Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameGertrude Valeria Wiggins 
Birth20 Jun 1855, Owego, Tioga Co, NY
Census1860, Owego, Tioga Co, NY
Memoroll# 867, pg 405
Census1865, Nichols, Tioga Co, NY
Census1870, Tioga, Tioga Co, NY
Memoroll# 1103, pg 361
Census1880, Franklin Twp, Jackson Co, KS
Memoroll#383, ED 108, Sht 17
Census1900, Leavenworth, Leavenworth Co, KS
Memoroll #486, ED 94, sht 4
Census1910, St Joseph, Buchanan Co, MO
Memoroll# 771, ED102, Fam 209
Census1920, St Joseph, Buchanan Co, MO
Memoroll# 908, ED131,sht 8,ln 57
Death31 Jul 1925, St Joseph, Buchanan Co, MO
Burial3 Aug 1925, Mt Muncie Cem, Lansing, Leavenworth Co,KS
MemoSect 14 Lot 105 row 0 grave 4
FatherGeorge F. Wiggins (1826-1915)
MotherMahala A. Hubbell (1832-1857)
Misc. Notes
Death Cert (info from dau) said her birth date was June 20, 1855, gave her parents names and birthplaces. Found her with her family in Owego, Tioga Co, NY in 1860, age 5. Her mother died young and she was raised by 2 maiden aunts (Lydia and Hannah), then married at 17. Listed in 1865 living with her grandparents and aunts Lydia & Hannah. 1870 census lists her (age 15) with her grandfather and her 2 aunts. Married in Owego in 1872. 1880 census says her mother was born in NY. Aunt Gertrude said she may have been "NY Dutch".
She is listed at 736 Chestnut in the 1890 Leavenworth city directory, as a widow with her son Wm. She is listed at 746 Chestnut with both Wm and Frances in 1893 and 1898.
1900 census lists her as a widow on Olive St with Frances and says both her parents were born in NY.
After her husbands death, she moved to St Joseph MO to live with her daughter Frances at 207 East Cliff, where she stayed (20 yrs) until she died.
Died of Cerebral Hemorrhage, and was then brought back to Kansas for burial.
She is listed at 736 Chestnut in the 1890 Leavenworth city directory, as a widow with her son Wm. She is listed at 746 Chestnut with both Wm and Frances in 1893 and 1898.
1900 census lists her as a widow on Olive St with Frances and says both her parents were born in NY.
After her husbands death, she moved to St Joseph MO to live with her daughter Frances at 207 East Cliff, where she stayed (20 yrs) until she died.
Died of Cerebral Hemorrhage, and was then brought back to Kansas for burial.
Spouses
Birth23 Jul 1849, Ithaca, Tompkins Co, NY
Death1 Sep 1887, Leavenworth, Leavenworth Co, KS
Burial3 Sep 1887, Mt Muncie Cem, Lansing, Leavenworth Co,KS
MemoSect 14 Lot 105 row 0 grave 3
OccupationWagon Maker
ReligionPresbyterian
FatherDr. Henry Thorp Ruttan (1820-1883)
MotherJean “Jane” Watson Kirkpatrick (1810-1886)
Misc. Notes
- from “A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans” by William E. Connelley 1919:
H. K. Ruttan, son of Doctor Ruttan and father of the Grainfield merchant, was born in New York in 1849. He grew up there and became a wagon maker. The 1865 NY census shows him as Henry J. age 15, born in Tompkins Co, NY. In following his trade he lived in various localities; for a time at Owego, New York, where he married. He is listed with his parents in the 1870 census in Pennsylvania as a Wagon Maker, age 21. Was also at Cresco, Iowa, at Freeport, Illinois, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and in 1876 came to Kansas and followed his trade for several years at Holton. The 1880 census lists him as a wagon maker (30), with his wife and 3 children. It says his mother was born in N. Carolina. In addition to the 3 children, there is also Ida Neiman (16, b. PA) living with them as a servant. In 1881 he moved to Leavenworth, and was in the real estate business there until his death in 1887. He was a republican in politics and a member of the Presbyterian Church. The maiden name of his wife was Gertrude Veleria Hubble(sic). She was born at Owego, New York in 1855, and is now living at St. Joseph, Missouri. William Henry Ruttan is the oldest of her three children: Frances May, wife of H. W. Sandusky, a retired farmer living at St. Joseph, Missouri, is the second and Grace Laafret, wife of O. H. Schrey, a farmer at Leavenworth, Kansas, is the youngest.
Henry died of Typhoid Fever while living at 420 Olive St, Leavenworth KS.
H. K. Ruttan, son of Doctor Ruttan and father of the Grainfield merchant, was born in New York in 1849. He grew up there and became a wagon maker. The 1865 NY census shows him as Henry J. age 15, born in Tompkins Co, NY. In following his trade he lived in various localities; for a time at Owego, New York, where he married. He is listed with his parents in the 1870 census in Pennsylvania as a Wagon Maker, age 21. Was also at Cresco, Iowa, at Freeport, Illinois, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and in 1876 came to Kansas and followed his trade for several years at Holton. The 1880 census lists him as a wagon maker (30), with his wife and 3 children. It says his mother was born in N. Carolina. In addition to the 3 children, there is also Ida Neiman (16, b. PA) living with them as a servant. In 1881 he moved to Leavenworth, and was in the real estate business there until his death in 1887. He was a republican in politics and a member of the Presbyterian Church. The maiden name of his wife was Gertrude Veleria Hubble(sic). She was born at Owego, New York in 1855, and is now living at St. Joseph, Missouri. William Henry Ruttan is the oldest of her three children: Frances May, wife of H. W. Sandusky, a retired farmer living at St. Joseph, Missouri, is the second and Grace Laafret, wife of O. H. Schrey, a farmer at Leavenworth, Kansas, is the youngest.
Henry died of Typhoid Fever while living at 420 Olive St, Leavenworth KS.
Marriage14 Mar 1872, Owego, Tioga Co, NY
Marr Memoby Rev W.H. King