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Joseph Murphy SCRUGGS, II

Male 1888 - 1964  (75 years)


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  • Name Joseph Murphy SCRUGGS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    • On 1905 census, enumerator wrote 'Josie' as his name.
    Suffix II 
    Birth 30 May 1888  Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Male 
    Name Joe  [6] 
    Residence 1900  Kickapoo Township, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1910  Pascoe Township, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation Between 1917 and 1964  Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 7, 9] 
    Reference Number 1 
    _MILT Between 1917 and 1918  [10] 
    Death 20 Mar 1964  Worsley, Clear Hills, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 11] 
    Cause: heart attack 
    • Buried in Worsley Cemetery, Worsley, Alberta. Findagrave Memorial# 117111207
    Person ID I1  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Joseph Murphy SCRUGGS, I,   b. Jan 1849, Weston, Platte, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1917, Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Susan BAKER,   b. 18 Oct 1855, Mount Joy, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1927, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 8 Nov 1876  Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clarise Ruth HOVIS,   b. 7 Nov 1902, Gibsonburg, Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1986, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 11 Sep 1920  Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 9, 12] 
    Children 
     1. Gordon Garfield SCRUGGS,   b. 19 Sep 1921, Unity, Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 2005, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [natural]
     2. Keith Russell SCRUGGS,   b. 16 Apr 1923, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 2003, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [natural]
     3. Richard Don SCRUGGS,   b. 17 Sep 1925, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 2019, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)  [natural]
     4. Ruth Colleen SCRUGGS,   b. 11 Sep 1927, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 2009, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [natural]
     5. Living
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 30 May 1888 - Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Sep 1920 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: heart attack - 20 Mar 1964 - Worsley, Clear Hills, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Notes 
    • CENSUS (Kansas) 1895: on ancestry.com. Joseph Scruggs, 6, b in Kansas, living with Joseph46, Susan39, Walter17, Lawreax11, Susan5, Edward3, Simion1 Scruggs. location: Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas.

      CENSUS 1900: on familysearch.org. Joseph Scrugs[sic], 32 [should be 12], b May 1888 in Kansas, living with Joseph51, Susan44, WalterW22, Lawrence16, Susan10, Edward8, Simmeon6, EdithE2 Scrugs. location: Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1905: Josie[sic] Scruggs, 17, b in Kansas, living with JM56, Suson48, L21, Susie15, Edward13, Simeon11, Edith7 ScruggsS. location: not mentioned on census form.

      CENSUS 1910: on familysearch.org. Joseph M. Scruggs Jr., 21, b in Kansas, living with JosephM61, Susan54, Edward18, Simion16, Edith12 Scruggs. location: Pascoe Township, number 16 12 11 E, Okmulgee, Oklahoma

      MILITARY 1918. on familysearch.org. Joseph Murphy Scruggs registered for WWI draft.

      MARRIAGE 1920: Province of Albera Registration of Marriage. Joseph Murphy Scruggs, 32, m Clarise Ruth Hovis 18 [actually only 17] in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. occupation: well digger. Registrar's Record no. 94 of 1920. (It may be Record No. 893 of 1920; both numbers appear on the registration form.)

      CENSUS (Canada) 1921: from ancestry.com. Joseph Scruggo[sic], 33, b. in USA, immigrated in 1917, living with wife:Clara Scruggo[sic]19. location: District 215, Saskatchewan, Canada

      BURIAL 1964: findagrave.com. Joseph Murphy, died in 1964. Buried in Worsley Cemetery, Worsley, Alberta. Findagrave Memorial# 117111207

      2015: All other information obtained with personal communication from Clarise Ruth Hovis Scruggs and Terrelene Ruth Scruggs.

  • Sources 
    1. [S16] 1905 Kansas State Census.
      Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925. Microfilm reels K-1 - K-181. Kansas State Historical Society. Found on Ancestry.com.

    2. [S24] 1895 Kansas State Census.
      Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-169. Kansas State Historical Society. Found on Ancestry.com.

    3. [S5] U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Found on Ancestry.com.

    4. [S37] 1900 US Federal Census, Location: Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas; Roll: 486; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 0089; FHL microfilm: 1240486. Found on Ancestry.com and on familysearch.org.

    5. [S38] 1910 USA Federal Census, Location: Pascoe, Okmulgee, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1267; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 0154; FHL microfilm: 1375280. Found on Ancestry.com and familysearch.org.
      NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls.
      /pal:/MM9.1.1/ML73-H66 : accessed 09 Jun 2013).

    6. [S30] Personal Information, Handwritten Note by Clarise Ruth Hovis Scruggs and further notes by Marjorie Hockley Scruggs.

    7. [S54] 1921 Canada Census, Location: Sub-district12, District 215, Saskatchewan. page 11A, line 34-35. Found on Ancestry.com.

    8. [S215] 1926-Censusof the PrairieProvinces, Location: District 49 Macleod, Sub-District 45, Alberta, family #133, page 12. Found on Library and Archives, Canada.

    9. [S126] Provincial Archives Tape, Taped March 1975 by Clarise Scruggs for Alberta Provincial Archives.

    10. [S98] 1910 US Federal Census, Location: Gibsonburg, Sandusky, Ohio, United States; Roll: T624_1227; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0122; FHL microfilm: 1375240.

    11. [S32] Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current.

    12. [S72] Province of Alberta Registration of Marriage, Record No, 893 of 1920.


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