| ![Show Contents]() Ruoff History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Germany Early Origins of the Ruoff familyThe surname Ruoff was first found in Saxony, where the name came from humble beginnings but gained a significant reputation for its contribution to the emerging mediaeval society. They later became more prominent as many branches of the same house acquired distant estates, some in foreign countries, and always elevating their social status by their great contributions to society. Early History of the Ruoff familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Ruoff research. Another 208 words (15 lines of text) covering the years 1671, 1731, 1735, 1771, 1795, 1817 and 1837 are included under the topic Early Ruoff History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Ruoff Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Rudolph, Rudloff (Thuringia, Saxony, Silesia), Rodloff (northern Germany), Rudolpher (southern Germany), Rudolphi (Brunswick), Rudolf, Rudolfi, Ruddolf, Ruddolph, Ruddolfi, Ruddolphi, Rudolff, Rudloff and many more. Early Notables of the Ruoff familyProminent bearers of the family name Ruoff at this time were Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1671-1735) who ruled over the Wolfenbüttel subdivision of the duchy from 1731 until his death; Carl Ludwig von Rudolphi...
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 Ruoff migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Ruoff Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Johann Georg Ruoff, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1751 1
Ruoff Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- John Ruoff, aged 44, who landed in Texas in 1829 1
- Mart Ruoff, aged 59, who arrived in New York, NY in 1852 1
- Mathus Ruoff, who landed in Mississippi in 1858 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Ruoff (post 1700) | + |
- Ed Ruoff, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 2001 2
- Bernard A. Ruoff, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to New York State Constitutional Convention 9th District, 1938; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940 2
- Marie Ruoff Byrum (1893-1967), from Hannibal, Missouri she became the first woman to vote in the United States after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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Ruoff migration to the United States 
