Julius Michael Ruck (1874 - 1960)

Julius Michael Ruck is the husband of Fanny Leah Levinson, the sister-in-law of Minnie Glynn, my 1st cousin 2x removed. Glynn family HERE

Parents: Aaron Michael Rak (1852 - ?) and Eunice Sopher (1855 - ?)

Born: 10 December 1874 in Losice, Seidlce Goberna, Russian Empire, nowadays in Poland. Yiddish: לאָשיץ. Russian: Лосице / Лосицы. Hebrew: לושיצה. Alternate names: Łosice [Pol], Loshitz [Yid], Loshitse [Rus], Loshits

Hebrew name: Michel Yoel son of Aharon

Siblings

• Asher Ruck (1879 - 1953) married Polly Goodman (1886 - 1949) on 11 January 1905 in London, England

Marriage certificate for Asher and Polly. They had three children; Abraham Leon Ruck (1906 - 1949) who married Madge Cassell (1908 - 1998) in Birmingham in (January to March) 1934, Eunice Ruck (1908 - 1972) who married Cecil David Simons (1909 - 1979) in London in (July to September) 1930 and Sidney Ruck (1910 - 2002)

Occupation: Importer of toys and fancy goods and then a haberdashery wholesaler

Naturalization

Naturalization certificate for Julius Ruck dated 19 July 1909

Married: Fanny Leah Levinson on 24 February 1909 in the Great synagogue in Russell Street, Liverpool, England. Fanny was 24 and Julius age 34

Marriage certificate for Fanny and Julius. Julius's profession is given as a fancy good dealer

Children

Their first child was born in 1909 when Julius was 35 and Fanny 23. Their last child was born in 1917 when Julius was 42 and Fanny 31 

• Eunice Ruck 1909 - 1984
• Nancy Freda Ruck 1912 - 1995
• Harold Cecil Ruck 1917 - 1974

Census details

1911

In 1911 Julius and Fanny are married and living at 2 Station Boulevard, Aberdeen Road, Swansea, Wales. The dwelling has 5 rooms. Julius is age 37  and an importer of fancy goods on his own account. Fanny is age 25. Their daughter is Eunice age 1 and they have a Jewish domestic servant, Hetty Struel age 16, who was born in Russia

1921

1921 census for the Ruck family in Swansea, Wales. The family are in a 9 room dwelling at 55 Walter Road. Julius is 48 years and 6 months, a wholesale importer of toys and fancy goods and the children are Eunice age 11 years and 6 months, Freda age 8 and Harold age 3 years and 8 months

Julius's wife Fanny on the night of the 1921 census is visiting her parents and her siblings who are living in a 5 room terrace at 7 Montpelier Terrace, Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool. Her father Moses is age 62 and six months and a picture framer on his own account working out of a premises on 33 Park Place, Liverpool. Her mother Hannah Rachel is listed as Rachel and is 57 and three months. Her sister Cecilia is 23 and five months and a school teacher. Her brother Max is 25 years and eleven months and an assistant manager. Fanny is named Fanny Ruck age 36 years and eleven months. She normally lives with her family at 55 Walter Road in Swansea Wales

1921 census for Fanny and her parents in Liverpool, England

1939 Register

1939 finds Fanny and Julius at 55 Walter Road, Swansea, Wales. Julius is a wholesaler in haberdashery. Living with them is Fanny's mother Hannah, age 75 and listed as incapacitated. They also have a domestic servant, Beatrice M Temblett, age 33

Photos

Julius as a soldier in the Russian army

Julius and Fanny with their son Harold visiting Egypt in 1934

An undated photo of Fanny and Julius

Electoral Register

Fanny and Julius listed on the electoral register in 1950. Their address is 55 Walter Road, Swansea, Wales

Death

22 April 1960 in Swansea, Wales at age 85. He is buried in the Townhill Cemetery, Swansea, Wales, section D, Row 8, Plot 4

Burial record for Julius Ruck

Tombstone for Fanny and Julius Ruck: "In ever loving memory of Julius Michael Ruck died 24 April 1960 aged 88 years and Fanny Leah Ruck aged 76 years. Deeply mourned by their loving and devoted children, grandchildren and relatives. May their dear souls rest in everlasting peace"

Hebrew translation: "Here are buried
The companion Michel Yoel son of Mr. Aharon
Passed away 27 Nisan 5720
The woman Feyga Leah daughter of Mr. Shlomo Moshe
Passed away 27 Sivan 5720
Loving and pleasant in their lives, and in their deaths undivided
May their souls be bound up in the bond of life"

Probate

RUCK Julius of 55 Walter Road Swansea died 26 April 1960 Probate Carmarthen 11 August to Abe Stephens personnel manager. Effects £9,306 15s. 7d.

Place of Birth

Julius Ruck was born in  Losice, Siedlce in the Russian Empire, nowadays in Poland

Residence

From around 1919 until their deaths in 1960, Julius and Fanny lived at 55 Walter Road, Swansea, Wales