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Oliver Ruedlinger 1909 - 1984

Oliver Charles Ruedlinger of Butlerville, Jennings County, Indiana was born on March 12, 1909 in St. Louis, Missouri United States to Charles Ruedlinger and Lena Ruedlinger. He married Eileen Ruedlinger, and had children Leonard Ruedlinger, Beatrice Lewis, Nancy Hylton, and Geraldine Newland. Oliver Ruedlinger died at age 75 years old on July 31, 1984 in North Vernon, IN.

Oliver Charles Ruedlinger
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Butlerville, Jennings County, Indiana 47223
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March 12, 1909
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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July 31, 1984
North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana, 47265, United States
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  • 03/12
    1909

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    March 12, 1909
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    St. Louis, Missouri United States
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Excerpt from “A Record Of The Notable Ancestry Of The Ruedlingers Vol. 2”: Ethnic Origin Of Leonard Ruedlinger: My dad’s parents are Oliver Ruedlinger (March 12th, 1909-July 31st, 1984) and Eileen (Manion) Ruedlinger (August 4th, 1917-April 12th, 1982). While Eileen is of heavy English colonial and German descent, Oliver is, as far as I can determine, not descended from any English royalty in any way. The direct Ruedlinger line originates in the municipality of Nesslau, of the Toggenburg District of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. This is also where our ancestral Ruedlinger family crest pictured on the cover of both volumes of this book originates. The furthest traceable Ruedlinger ancestor is Gallus Ruedlinger (August 24th, 1738-October 29th, 1786). Dad’s Great Grandfather, Johann Jakob Ruedlinger (September 23rd, 1854-October 1st, 1922) immigrated to the United States from Switzerland through Ellis Island in 1884, settling in St. Louis, Missouri. Johann’s mother is Regula Geiger (March 16th, 1823-January 9th, 1899), who may somehow be kin to Johannes Wilhelm Geiger (September 30th, 1882-September 24th, 1945), inventor of the Geiger counter, though this is pure speculation. From everything I’ve traced, Oliver Ruedlinger has no notable ancestry beyond fathering the patriarch of our Ruedlinger line, and his ancestry is purely Swiss-German. Eileen (Manion) Ruedlinger’s ancestry is much more interesting, and it is through her maternal ancestry that each member of the Ruedlinger family is related to my father. Eileen’s 7th Great Grandfather is William “The Elder” Dunlop I, Reverend, Professor, Principal Of Glasgow University, Historiographer Of Scotland (1654-March 8th, 1703). He immigrated to the Carolina Colony of America until after 1688, when he returned to Scotland. His line also includes dozens of Scottish Nobility, including the Hamiltons, and King Robert II of Scotland. I have just discovered this relation over the course of writing this summary while examining dad’s ancestry. It seems as though I have just found closer relations to the ancestors of the Kings of Scotland that those that are listed within the pages of this book, though the previously recorded relations are also equally as valid through different lines of descent. Eileen’s paternal 16th Great Grandfather is Sir Robert Browne Sheriff Of Kent, Chancellor Of The Exchequer For King Henry VI (1371-1462). Eileen’s paternal 14th Great Grandfather, Sir William Fowler Servant Of King Edward IV (1400-July 2nd, 1452) is my paternal 17th Great Grandfather. The most interesting area of overlap between my ancestry and that of my fathers is through the Chiefs of the Scottish MacLeod Clan. Eileen’s paternal 12th Great Grandfather, my paternal 15th Great Grandfather, is Alasdair “Crotach” MacLeod 8th Chief Of Clan MacLeod. The son of Alasdair which dad is descended from is William Ralph Cloud/ MacLeod (1502?-1544), while the son of Alasdair that I am descended from is Tormod MacLeod 12th Chief Of MacLeod (1510-1585). Dad is also kin to every descendant of the MacLeod clan, as well as the current Chief of the MacLeod Clan, Hugh Magnus MacLeod, 30th Chief Of Clan MacLeod (1973-Living), dad and I’s 14th Cousin 1x Removed. He has been the clan chief since the death of his father in 2007. The first royal ancestor of dad’s I discovered is through a long chain of intermarriages between English noble families beginning with the mother of dad’s 9th Great Grandfather William Cloud Sr. (July 8th, 1621-August 25th, 1702), Joan Norris (November 25th, 1594- November 24th, 1647). Her great grandfather, Sir Knight William Thomas Norris/Norreys (1501-January 30th, 1558) is the 13th Great Grandson of King Henry I of England (1100-1135), the son of King William I “The Conqueror” (?-September 9th, 1087), the 3rd Great Grandson of Rollo the Viking, who denounced his pagan viking religion and converted to Catholicism after invading France, becoming a devout Christian. His descendants are the ancestors of the throne of England. Eileen Ruedlinger is also the 35th Great Granddaughter of the legendary viking hero Ragnar Lodbrock through her newly discovered line of descent from King Robert II Of Scotland, who is the descendant of King Malcom III of Scotland, a descendant of Ragnar. Eileen’s maternal ancestry seems to be primarily German and difficult to trace very far, similar to dad’s paternal ancestry. In conclusion, it seems that, while dad is primarily of Swiss/German ancestry, and this is reflected in his genetics, he is much more colonial descended than the average American, and is biologically related to the rest of the Ruedlinger family several times over.
  • 07/31
    1984

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    July 31, 1984
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    North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana 47265, United States
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  • Obituary

    Oliver C. Ruedlinger North Vernon NORTH VERNON - Oliver Charles Redlinger, 75, of North Vernon, died at 10 p.m. Tuesday at Hoosier Hills Health Center in North Vernon. He was the widower of Eileen Manion Ruedlinger, who died April 12, 1982. Funeral service will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Dove and Sharp Funeral Home in North a Vernon. Calling hours will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday and burial will be at Otter Creek Cemetery. Ruedlinger was born March 12, 1909, at St. Louis, Mo., the son of Charles and Magdalena Ruedlinger. He was a retired sales representative for a trucking company and a member of Otter Creek Baptist Church in the Nebraska community. Survivors include a son, Leonard Ruedlinger of Butlerville; three daughters, Nancy Hylton of Indianapolis, Geraldine Newkirk of Greenwood and Beatrice Lewis of Spencer; and eight grandchildren.
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Ruedlinger Family Crest from Nesslau, Toggenburg, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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Ruedlinger, Estelle (May 4, 1915 - Apr 1977) Ruedlinger, Wm (Apr 10, 1913 - May 18, 2000) Ruedlinger, George (Feb 12, 1899 - Apr 1985) Ruedlinger, Ronald (Dec 30, 1935 - Jan 30, 1994) Ruedlinger, Esther (Nov 11, 1902 - Oct 1993) Ruedlinger, Bernice (Oct 1, 1911 - May 8, 1990) Ruedlinger, Jami (Nov 1, 1979 - Jan 10, 2011) Ruedlinger, George (Mar 22, 1927 - Mar 1989) Ruedlinger, William (Jun 26, 1891 - Mar 1971) Ruedlinger, Margaret (Jun 6, 1914 - Dec 5, 2005)
Ruedlinger, Frida (Mar 31, 1882 - Sep 1975) Ruedlinger, Jerome (Mar 10, 1929 - Oct 9, 2008) Ruedlinger, Donald (Jun 12, 1930 - Dec 1971) Ruedlinger, Irene (Dec 28, 1909 - Apr 10, 1992) Ruedlinger, Wayne (Jul 28, 1961 - Jun 22, 2008) Ruedlinger, Mark (Jul 24, 1960 - Oct 25, 1999) Ruedlinger, Leroy (Aug 10, 1927 - Jul 16, 2009) Ruedlinger, John (Jan 22, 1905 - Apr 1969) Ruedlinger, Ann (Jun 8, 1902 - Aug 1983) Ruedlinger, Rudolf (Aug 1, 1902 - Apr 1983)
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