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Frederick Arthur Ruecker, Sr

Frederick Arthur Ruecker, Sr

Male 1910 - 1947  (36 years)

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  • Name Frederick Arthur Ruecker  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Suffix Sr 
    Birth 8 Aug 1910  Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Draft Registration 1940  Richmond Heights, St Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Draft Registration - WWII: Married to Leona 
    Obituary Apr 1947  St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Death of Fred Ruecker in Texas City Disaster • St. Louis Globe-Democrat • St. Louis, Missouri • 22 Apr 1947, Tue • Page 4 
    Obituary-RUECKER Fred    		 Obituary-RUECKER Fred
    FSID L2YF-FMW 
    Death 16 Apr 1947  Texas City, Galveston, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6] 
    Cause: Industrial Accident - Texas City Disaster 
    Burial Galveston Memorial Park, Hitchcock, Galveston, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I29134  A Tree Called Smith
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Family 1 Helen Gilligan,   b. 2 May 1913, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1976 (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 22 Sep 1934  Clayton, St Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F13680  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Family 2 Helen Elizabeth Kirchem,   b. 20 Mar 1920, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 2007, Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 1946  Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F13681  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Family 3 Leona Pearl Bourgeois,   b. 22 Nov 1911, St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 2005, St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage Sep 1939  St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. David Louis Ruecker
     2. Frederick Arthur Ruecker, Jr
    Family ID F13682  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Aug 1910 - Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Sep 1934 - Clayton, St Louis County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Sep 1939 - St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWII: Married to Leona - 1940 - Richmond Heights, St Louis County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1946 - Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - Death of Fred Ruecker in Texas City Disaster • St. Louis Globe-Democrat • St. Louis, Missouri • 22 Apr 1947, Tue • Page 4 - Apr 1947 - St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: Industrial Accident - Texas City Disaster - 16 Apr 1947 - Texas City, Galveston, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • News
    Obituary-RUECKER Fred    		Obituary-RUECKER Fred

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    2. [S8] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm].
      Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002      		 Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002


    3. [S23] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Missouri, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 280.
      U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947      		 U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947


    4. [S3] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2020;), St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Publication Date: 7/ Sep/ 1939; Publication Place: St. Louis, Missouri, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/138447371/?article=06cd3171-45f7-4350-a3e3-418f05666ad4/f79e4939-9c97-46b2-854c-2ff06436b8a3&focus=0.4819752,0.52963.

    5. [S3379] Obituary of Fred Ruecker - St Louis Globe-Democrat - 1947, (Name: St Louis Globe-Democrat; Location: St Louis MO; Date: 22 Apr 1947;), FORMER ST LOUISANS DEAD IN BLAST NOW 6.
      Fred A Ruecker, 36, former St. Louisan, has been identified as one of the Texas City dead, Monsanto Chemical Company announced yesterday. Ruecker was formerly employed at Emerson Electric Manufacturing Company and Union Eleetrigs Company of Missouri before he joined the Monsanto organization here in 1942. He was transferred to Texas City in February 1943, where be advanced to power superintendent. Surviving here are his mother, Mrs Flora M Ruecker; a brother, Rudy A Ruecker; a sister, Mrs Gordon Kohlbry, and two sons by a former marriage, Fred A Ruecker Jr, 6, and David L Ruecker, 5. Ruecker's widow, formerly of Galveston TX, was with him in Texas City. Five former residents of this area previously were listed as killed in last week's disaster.
      • St Louis Globe-Democrat • St Louis, Missouri • 22 Apr 1947, Tue • Page 4
      https://www.newspapers.com/image/573441002/?article=4f266686-f686-4f79-b853-dd97927598ae&focus=0.86503136,0.07005566,0.9831924,0.21526816&xid=3355
      Obituary-RUECKER Fred      		 Obituary-RUECKER Fred


    6. [S3378] Wikipedia: Texas City Disaster, (Name: Wikipedia;), 1947 Texas City Explosion.
      The 1947 Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred on April 16, 1947, in the port of Texas City, Texas, United States, located in Galveston Bay. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history and one of history's largest non-nuclear explosions.
      The explosion was triggered by a mid-morning fire on board the French-registered vessel SS Grandcamp (docked at port), which detonated her cargo of about 2,300 tons (about 2,100 metric tons) of ammonium nitrate.[1] This started a chain reaction of fires and explosions aboard other ships and in nearby oil-storage facilities, ultimately killing at least 581 people, including all but one member of Texas City's volunteer fire department.[2]: 100
      The disaster drew the first class action lawsuit against the United States government, on behalf of 8,485 plaintiffs, under the 1946 Federal Tort Claims Act.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_disaster


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