Harry Claud “H C” RukesAge: 58 years1879–1938
- Name
- Harry Claud “H C” Rukes
- Given names
- Harry Claud
- Surname
- Rukes
- Nickname
- H C
 Birth | August 16, 1879 27 29 |
 Census | June 18, 1880 (Age 10 months) |
 Birth of a sister | Retta R Rukes November 1, 1881 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Bessie Irene Rukes May 26, 1893 (Age 13 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Census | June 2, 1900 (Age 20 years) |
 Marriage | Otis Lucinda Lewis — View this family October 5, 1904 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Benjamin Franklin Shemwell November 11, 1905 (Age 26 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Catherine Hall November 14, 1905 (Age 26 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Death of a father | John Russell Rukes September 2, 1911 (Age 32 years) Cause: Compound Fracture kicked by horse |
| Death of a half-brother | Charles Franklin Rukes December 4, 1911 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 36 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Military | WW1 Draft September 12, 1918 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 37 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 38 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 26, 1920 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elphina Ella Shemwell June 12, 1927 (Age 47 years) Cause: Cirrhosis of the liver not acoholic |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 50 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 14, 1930 (Age 50 years) |
 Death | April 2, 1938 (Age 58 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forehand Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Russell Rukes Birth: January 21, 1852 — Indiana, United States Death: September 2, 1911 — Green Ridge, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Elphina Ella Shemwell Birth: March 13, 1850 27 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 12, 1927 — Elk Fork, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: January 1, 1878 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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19 months himself |
Harry Claud “H C” Rukes Birth: August 16, 1879 27 29 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: April 2, 1938 — El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Retta R Rukes Birth: November 1, 1881 29 31 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: September 12, 1972 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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12 years younger sister |
Bessie Irene Rukes Birth: May 26, 1893 41 43 — Green Ridge, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: September 19, 1962 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| Father’s family with Sarah Ann “Allie” Stults |
| father |
John Russell Rukes Birth: January 21, 1852 — Indiana, United States Death: September 2, 1911 — Green Ridge, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| step-mother |
Sarah Ann “Allie” Stults Birth: about 1856 — Indiana, United States Death: 1877 |
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Marriage: February 11, 1873 — Vigo, Indiana, United States |
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2 months half-brother |
Charles Franklin Rukes Birth: April 6, 1873 21 17 — Indiana, United States Death: December 4, 1911 |
| Family with Otis Lucinda Lewis |
| himself |
Harry Claud “H C” Rukes Birth: August 16, 1879 27 29 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: April 2, 1938 — El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States |
| wife |
Otis Lucinda Lewis Birth: December 31, 1886 — Missouri, United States Death: April 28, 1966 — El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: October 5, 1904 — Johnson, Missouri, United States |
Harry Claud “H C” Rukes has 44 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (44)
Parents William McKinley Shemwell + Sarah Permelia Shemwell
Parents Asa W Mallott + Mary Ann Shemwell
Parents Adam Houston Richardson + Almiranda J “Allie” Shemwell
Parents James Caswell Shemwell + Sarah Ellen Roley
Parents Hiriam Breckenridge Richardson + Nancy Elizabeth Shemwell
Parents John Wilson Moorman + Rebecca Parallel “Becca” Shemwell
Parents Edward M Richardson + Virginia D “Jennie” Shemwell
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John Russell Rukes - Household
Prairie, Pettis, Missouri
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Russell Rukes - Household
Green Ridge, Pettis, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Harry Claud “H C” Rukes - Household
El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Harry Claud “H C” Rukes - Household
El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma
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