Maria S. Rugh

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Marian Rugh is not in my direct ancestry. She is the wife of Paris A. Bower who is related in the following ways: Uncle of James Elgie Beals Son of David Bower and Caroline Snyder

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	June 1856
Marriage			To Paris A. Bower had 9 children)
Death
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

   Generation 4      Generation 5     Generation 6
 
                                   +--Unknown Bower
                                   |   (????-????)
                   +--David Bower--+
                   |               |
+--Paris A. Bower--+               +--Unknown
|   (1853-????)    |                 (????-????)
|                  +--Caroline Snyder
|                     (1831-1905)
+                        
|
|                  +--Unknown Rugh
|                  |
+--Maria S. Rugh---+
                   |
                   +--Sara Unknown

Sources:

Children

(6 children with Paris A. Bower)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Howard Burdette Bower	M	b. 28 Nov 1880 bapt 28 May 1881 Salem Lutheran		To
Arminta Frances "Minta" Bower	F	b. 22 Sept 1882 bapt. 5 June 1886 Salem Lutheran		Jake Minnich	Had no children
Effie Gladys Bower	F	b. 25 Mar 1885 bapt.16 June 1888 Salem Lutheran Church		Arthur Louis Kaltenborn	Reside: Ohio (expect Kent OH). Children: Ethel Kaltenborn(m. Clarence Muntz), 2 daughters; Arthur "Bus" Kaltenborn,Jr.; Jack Kaltenborn.
John N. Bower, Dr.	M	Dec 1887		To	resided Westfiled NY
Loy E. Bower	M	Nov 1891		Lettie unknown	No children
Arthur Bower, Rev.	M	Mar 1900		Mattie unknown	Pastor M. E. Church of Franklin, Venango Co. PA. Twin daughters: ZoeBower, Zora Bower
Dee Bower	M			To

We expect that either Dee or Howard is the same first child indicated in the 1900 census; the other would then be the 7th and last child.

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
expect Salem Twp Clarion Co PA	born 1853
Oakdale, Allegheny Co. PA	by 1900

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
4	1900 United States Federal Census, Oakdale borough, Allegheny Co. PA, enumeration district 464, pg. 7 of Ancestry.com Date of census 5 June 1900. Lines 2-9: Bower, Paris A., white male born Sept 1853, age 46, married 20 yrs., occupation oil well pumper. Rents house. Maria, wife, born June 1856, age 43, married 20 yrs., has had 6 children, all 6 are living. Children: daughter Minta born Sept 1882, age 17; daughter Effie born Mar 1885, age 15; son John born Dec 1887, age 12; son Loy born Nov 1891, age 8; son Arthur born Mar 1890 (sic; expect 1900), age 2 months. Sarah Rugh, mother-in-law, born May 1833, age 67, widow, bore 9 children; 4 living. All and all parents born in PA.
2	1910 United States Federal Census,
8	Record books for Salem Lutheran Church, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA. This collection of church record books was in the keeping of then pastor Kathleen Anderson, and was partially extracted in March 1995 by Elizabeth Ann Wilson Williams and Nancy Elizabeth Beals Walls. Transcriptions were incomplete due to time limitations and the quantity of material. Baptisms (child, parents, birth date, baptism date) Howard Burdette Bower; son of P.A. & M.S. Bower, 28 Nov 1880; 28 May 1881 Arminta Frances Bower; Maria & Paris Bower, 22 Sept 1882,; 5 June 1886 Effie Gladys Bower; Maria & Paris Bower, 25 Mar 1885; 16 June 1888	Records of Salem Lutheran Church, partial transcription 1995

Source notes

In the obituary of Carolyn Snyder Bower, Maria Rugh's mother-in-law, "Arthur Bower of Oakdale" is listed as a survivor, but not his wife Maria. See Paris A. Bower page, source No.6.