John Ruff - help please - Genealogists' Forum

Margaret in Burton · #1 05-01-13, 15:49

I'm helping a distant cousin with his mothers line.

He's seen this gravestone in Alwalton (was Huntingtonshire now Cambridgeshire)

John Ruff. Son of Joseph & Mary. Died April 11th 1854 aged 21yrs

I can't find a corresponding death reg for him or him and / or his parents in 1841 or 1851.

HELP!!!!

Merry · #2 05-01-13, 15:59

There's a Joseph and Mary in Somersham in 1851.

Margaret in Burton · #3 05-01-13, 16:00

Yes I've seen that but it's quite a distance from Alwalton.

Merry · #4 05-01-13, 16:03

Hmmm.... see what you mean! Was he supposed to be John Wm or just John?

Margaret in Burton · #5 05-01-13, 16:03

I've found that same family in 1841, searched for Selina, and the father is listed as James not Joseph.

Margaret in Burton · #6 05-01-13, 16:05

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Originally Posted by Merry

Hmmm.... see what you mean! Was he supposed to be John Wm or just John?

Just John on the gravestone. I've seen the death reg for a John William in 1854 in Oundle, but that registration is March qtr and John died April 11th.

Merry · #7 05-01-13, 16:05

registered before he died???!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Deaths Mar 1854
Ruff John William Oundle 3b 131

Merry · #8 05-01-13, 16:06

Snap, did they say whether the stone was easy to read? Did they take any photos

Margaret in Burton · #9 05-01-13, 16:07

Can you amend the title to John not John William please Merry. I put that then realised about the wrong qtr.

Margaret in Burton · #10 05-01-13, 16:07

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Originally Posted by Merry

Snap, did they say whether the stone was easy to read? Did they take any photos

I'll email and ask.