Jacob and Anna Margaretha Tuck Rufi, Part 1 of 2.

Jacob Rufi
b. 19 Sep 1853, Saanen, Bern, Switzerland
p. Christian Rufi, Margaretha Dubi
m. 17 Jul 1879, Salt Lake City, Utah
wife. Anna Margaretha Tuck (Tueck)
d. 19 May 1916, Salt Lake City, Utah
b. 21 May 1916, Salt Lake City Cemetery

Anna Margaretha Tuck (Tueck)
b. 18 Dec 1851, Neuendort, Schleswig, Holstein, Prussia
p. Christopher Tueck, Anna Geschen Jungmann
d. 14 Nov 1919, Salt Lake City, Utah
b. 14 Nov 1919, Salt Lake City, Cemetery

Jacob Rufi is listed as a passenger on the 1877 Wisconsin voyage.
#128. Jacob Rufi, 22, M, Plasterer, Switzerland, Steerage. He is the only Rufi listed.

The steamship Wisconsin sailed from Liverpool England, with 714 Saints on June 25, 1877 in the charge of John Rowberry. The company arrived at New York July 7th and at Salt Lake City July 14th.

471 Scandinavian emigrants “boarded the steamship 'Wisconsin,' together with a number of British, German, Swiss, and Dutch Saints. Bishop John Rowberry was appointed captain of the whole company, while Elder Erik F. Branting was continued as captain of the Scandinavian emigrants. The 'Wyoming' [Wisconsin] sailed from Liverpool, June 27th, and arrived in New York, July 7th. From New York the journey was continued by rail westward the same day and the emigrants arrived safe and well in Ogden and Salt Lake City, July 14th.”

One passenger recorded “There were nearly a thousand emigrants of all nationalities on the boat. We had a pleasant trip with very little seasickness and arrived in New York as near as I could figure out, 7 minutes past 7 in the morning, on the 7th day of the 7th month, year 1877.”

How and when Anna arrived in Salt Lake City I haven’t discovered. According to Family Search she and Jacob married 17 Jul 1879, Salt Lake City, Utah.

In the 1880 Salt Lake City census they appear in the 18th Ward.
Jacob Rufy, self, married, male, 28, birthplace Switzerland, works in shoe factory
Anna Rufy, wife, married, female, 26, birthplace, Holstein, keeping house

L-R, David (1890-1945), Jacob (1883-1965), Annie Margaret (1880-1969), Emily (1886-1972), father, Agnes (1882-1966), mother, John William (1888-1955).

By the time I tried to come up with a history of Jacob and Anna Margaretha Tuck Rufi, nobody who was still living remembered them. In 2007 I talked with their last (I believe) surviving granddaughter, Helen Frazier Scott, who passed away that year. She told me her grandparents were gone before she was born, and she could no longer remember their names.

The R. L. Polk Salt Lake City directories told me a lot about the family. A nearly 30 year picture of their employment, and the roll Z.C.M.I. played in their lives. Emily told me her father’s shoemaker sign posted in their front yard embarrassed her. She delighted in going to Saltaire with her family to the yearly Z. C. M. I. employee parties. It was there her father yodeled as he had in his native Switzerland. Emily also told me her father gave each of the children a ring. Notice all of Annie's rings. You can read Emily's biography here.

Definitions: Boot Laster: a person who makes a shoemaker’s model for shaping or repairing a boot. r, res, bds, rms = resides

1893. Rufi Jacob, mach opr ZCMI, res. 244 9th East

1894-95. Rufi Jacob, shoemaker ZCMI, res. 244 9th East

1898. Rufi, Annie, trimmer ZCMI, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Jacob, shoemaker ZCMI, res. 244 S 9th East

1899. Rufi, Annie M [Margaret], mach opr ZCMI, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Jacob laster ZCMI, bds 244 S 9th East

1900. Rufi Agnes, stenog Patterson & Moyer, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Annie M, mach opr, AXMI, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Jacob, shipper SL Portrait Co, bds 244 S 9th East

1901. Rufi, Agnes, stenog Patterson & Moyer, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Annie M, Mach opr ZCMI, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Jacob, laster ZCMI, res 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Jacob, shipper SL Portrait Co, bds 244 S 9th East

1902. Rufi, Agnes, stenog Patterson & Moyer, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Annie Mach opr ZCMI, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Emily, student, U of U, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Jacob, laster ZCMI, res 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Jacob Jr., shipping clk SL Portrait, bds 244 S 9th East

1903. Rufi, Annie, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Emily, student U of U, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Jacob, laster ZCMI, res 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Jacob Jr., clk SL Portrait

1904. Rufi, Agnes, stenog Patterson & Moyer, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Annie, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Emma, student U of U, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Jacob, laster ZCMI, res 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Jacob Jr., clk SL Portrait

1905. Rufi, Agnes, stenog Patterson & Moyer, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Annie, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, David, emp ZCMI, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Emily, packer Sweet Candy Co, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Jacob, laster ZCMI, res 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Jacob Jr., packer SL Portrait
Rufi, Wm, moved to Randolph, U.

1906. Rufi, Emily, bds 244 S 9th East

1907. Rufi, David clk SL Modeling & Art, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Jacob, shoemaker ZCMI, res 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Wm, helpr Royal Laundry

1909. Rufi, Jacob, emp ZCMI, res 244 S 9th East
Rufi, David, clk Herbert Bros, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Wm, usher Colonial Threatre, rms Savoy Hotel

1911. Rufi, David, laund, bds 244 S 9th East
Rufi, Jacob, laster ZCMI, res. 244 S 9th
Rufi, Wm, washer, rms Hotel Heron

1912. Rufi, David, lab, bds 244 S. 9th East
Rufi, Jacob, laster, res. 244 S. 9th East

1913. Rufi, David, hlpr Utah Imp Co bds 244 S. 9th E
Rufi, Jacob, shoemaker res 244 S 9th so
Rufi, Jacob, jr. hlpr Utah Imp Co, bds 244 S 9th east
Rufi, Wm. Laund Star Lndry, r 934 edison

1914. Rufi David, hlpr Utah Imp-eh Co b 244 S. 9th E
Rufi, Jacob, shoemaker r 244 S. 9th E
Rufi, Jacob jr., tmstr, r 244 S. 9th E

1915. Rufi, David, clk Utah, Imp-Veh Co b 244 S 9th E
Rufi, Jacob, lab, r 244 S 9th E
Rufi, Wm, emp Royal lndry, r 2 Iretta Ter.

1916. Rufi, Annie (wid Jacob) r 244 9th E
Rufi, Jacob, died May 19 1916, aged 62.
Rufi, Wm, laund Star Lndry, r 934 Edison

1919. Rufi, Annie (wid, Jacob) r 240 s 9th East
Rufi, David chfr b 240 S. 9th East

1920. Rufi, Anna died Nov 14, 1919, age 67.
Rufi, David b. 240 So 9th East

Polk Directories list the name, address, and occupation of Salt Lake City residents, but married women were not listed, unless they were widows.

(To be continued.)

Pictures from Glenn and Helen Rex Frazier collection, Salt Lake City R. L. Polk and Co. Directories in the Utah State Historical Society Library. Family dates and 1880 census from FamilySearch. Anna Margaretha Rufi Utah state death certificate. S S Wisconsin Immigrant Ship List. Please let me know of information that needs to be corrected.