Oliver Idwal RUCK, R.E.

1856 -

• Name	Oliver Idwal RUCK
  Suffix	R.E.
  Birth	Sep 1856	Machynlleth District, Pennal, Merionethshire, Wales ( vol. 27, p. 179)
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I2551	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 May 2016

  
  

  Father	Lawrence RUCK,   b. 1819, Hartlip, Kent, England d. 1896 ??, Wales
  Mother	Mary Anne MATTHEWS,   b. 1822, Esgair Leverin, Pennal, Merioneth, Wales d. 1905, Wales (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	25 Oct 1841
  Notes	Marriage date is date of Faculty Office marriage licence.
  Family ID	F3387	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Sep 1856 - Machynlleth District, Pennal, Merionethshire, Wales ( vol. 27, p. 179)  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  info from http://www.ancestrysolutions.com Major General Richard Matthews RUCK and Colonel Oliver Edwal RUCK were career soldiers (in the Royal Engineers Submarine Mining Division) so don't always appear in the censuses. Richard was part of the War Cabinet in the Great War and was knighted in 1920. Richard and Oliver both played in FA Cup finals in different years - Richard's team won and Oliver's lost!!!!! Oliver Edwal Ruck. Lieutenant, 28-1-1875; Captain, 28-1-1886; Major, 3-11-1894. War Service: Transvaal, 1881. Richard Matthews Ruck. Lieutenant, 2-8-1871; Captain, 2-8-1883; Major, 17-12-1889; Lieutenant Colonel, 31-12-1896. At least one voyage in the life of Oliver Edwal has made it into public records. The Ellis Island website lists the arrival at Ellis Island, New York City of O.E. Ruck and his wife and two children, Laurence, aged 12 years and Mary, aged 8 years. Oliver was 42 and his wife 35 years at the time. The family arrived 30 March 1897 via the ship Trinidad sailing out of the port of Hamilton, Bermuda. That must have been quite a trip for the young children - memories that would have stayed with them for the remainder of their lives.