Fredricka Wilhemina RUEHLE [136]

   Cause of her death was Hemorage.⁸³

   Other names for Fredricka were Fredricka Mina RUEHLE,⁵⁸ Minnie F. RUEHLE and Wilhemina RUEHLE.

  General Notes:

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Ruehle is pronounced "really".

Minnie's death record lists her age at death as 50 years, 4 months, and 8 days. This would establish her birth date as September 8, 1878 which conflicts with her age of 19 listed on the record of her marriage to Edmund Martyn in 1894. If the death record is accurate, Minnie was only 16 at the time of their marriage.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census: 1880 United States, 2 Jun 1880, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States. 1880_MI_Chippewa_4_40_6b

• City Directory: Polk City Directory, 1889, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States.

• Census: 1900 United States, 16 Jun 1900, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States.
Minnie appears in the 1900 US Federal Census in the household of her mother, Barbara Ruehle.

• Census: 1910 United States, 15 Apr 1910, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States. 1910_MI_Chippewa_12_17_10a

• Census: 1920 United States, 24 Jan 1920, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States. 1920_MI_Chippewa_11_32_16a

• Cemetery: Riverside Cemetery, Jan 1929, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States. Riverside Cemetery Photos
Inscription: Minnie F. Ruehle, wife of Mark Sheply, 1875 - 1929

Fredricka married Edmund Jonathan MARTYN [135], son of John Piper MARTYN [137] and Hannah MANN [138], on 18 Apr 1894 in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States ¹.^,55 The marriage ended in divorce about 1899. (Edmund Jonathan MARTYN [135] was born about 1861 in Yarmouth Township, Elgin, Ontario, Canada ^59,60 and died on 20 Feb 1944 in , Yankton, South Dakota, United States.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Notice: Democrat/Sault Ste. Marie - Page 2, 21 Apr 1894, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States.
Surprised Their Friends
E. J. Martyn and Miss Minnie Ruehle Quietly Wedded

The friends of E. J. Martyn and Miss Minnie Ruehle were somewhat surprised Wednesday evening at the announcement of their marriage, as their engagement had been kept a secret. The wedding occurred Wednesday evening (April 18, 1894) at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Wm. Ruehle, 77 Peck street. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. T. R. Easterday in the presence of only the relatives. Mr. Martyn is one of the city's prosperous and popular business men. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mrs. Wm. Reuhle, one of the Soo's oldest residents, and was born and brought up in this city. She is a charming young lady, is highly cultivated and possessess' many accomplishments. Mr. and Mrs. Martyn will be home after May 15 at No. 77 Peck street. THE NEWS joins with friends in wishing the couple a long and prosperous journey over the matrimonial sea.

---Transcribed from The Sault Ste. Marie News (The Democrat) by Ida Reed.

• Marriage Record: Edmund Martyn and Minnie Ruehle, 21 Apr 1894, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States.

• Divorced: Minnie Martyn, Complainant vs. Edmund J. Martyn, Defendant, 19 Dec 1899, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States. ⁷⁹

  Marriage Notes:

The wedding ceremony was presided over by Reverend T. R. Easterday, Presbyterian Minister. Witnesses were Barbara Ruehle (bride's mother) and Richard J. Common (bride's brother-in-law). Edmund was age 30 and Minnie age 19 at the time of their marriage.

Edmund left sometime after the birth of their son, Glenn Edmund, in 1895.

Fredricka next married Mark SHEPLY [141]. (Mark SHEPLY [141] was born about 1874 in Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, United States.)