The Twins, Kent Joseph Reuther & Kenneth Reuther, Research Report, the As It Is Series

Copyright 2022, CABS for Reflections From the Fence

This continues a series of posts, done in a very efficient (make that speedy fast) manner to share some research on the ancestors.  This is NOT intended to be the end all to end all report.  It's a work in progress, to show you what I have found, right or wrong. Kind feedback is welcomed via comments.

Let's begin - - 

Meet - -  Kent Joseph Reuther:

Kent Joseph Ruther **Spelling off a bit

in the Iowa, U.S., Births (series) 1880-1904, 1921-1944 and Delayed Births (series), 1856-1940

Name: Kent Joseph Ruther

Gender: Male

Birth Date: 7 Aug 1938

Birth Place: Le Mars, Plymouth, Iowa, USA

Legitimacy: Y

Father: Henry Ruther

Mother: Madge Youne

Certificate Number: 1241

Kent Joseph Reuther

in the Iowa, U.S., Death Records, 1880-1904, 1921-1952

Name: Kent Joseph Reuther

Gender: Male

Age: 0

Birth Date: abt 1938

Death Date: 8 Aug 1938

Death Place: Le Mars, Plymouth, Iowa, USA

Father: Henry Reuther

Mother: Madge Youne

Certificate Number: 75113

Now meet his twin, Kenneth Ruether:

Both have Find A Grave memorials, Kent Joseph Reuther's memorial # is 79426300; Kenneth Reuther's memorial # is  79419147.  Their names are inscribed on the marker of their grandparents, Theodore and Theresa Reuther.  There appears to be another grandson on the marker, Theodore, I have no knowledge of this child (?), and have done no research on him.  

Their memorials include an obituary (unknown if it is the complete obituary or an extracted version, I have not obtained a full copy of it).

The boys were named in the obituary of their mother as Kent Theodore and Kenneth Joseph Ruether.  Said names do not totally agree with the vital records.

* Disclaimers, I use Find A Grave, Ancestry dot com, FamilySearch, several newspaper subscriptions, free sites, such as Virginia Chronicles, Virginia Chancery Cases online at the Library of Virginia and more to research my ancestors.  I pay for subscriptions, full price.

** My judgements may or may not be correct.  Transcriptions may or may not have errors.

*** Links, URL's, for the most part will not be included henceforth on my posts, as so many of them change and then I have to come back and try to re-discover and relink.  Frankly folks, I have no desire to spend my limited time here on this side of the sod with those kinds of do overs.  As researchers, or just members of the internet community, sites such as Find A Grave are easy to find, some are free to use and with the information I am sharing with you, hopefully, you can duplicate the research/findings. That said, I have seen memorials at Find A Grave be removed.  If you have questions, I suggest you leave a nice comment for me. OR find the method I have outlined on my blog for contacting me.

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