Hi Dianne, Not sure if there is any correlation to your Ruethers but there is a street called Ruether in Santa Clarita, CA. Given that it is such an unusual name for me personally, I am wondering did any of your relatives ever make their way out here to CA? Terri --- Dianne Hoffman <[email protected]> wrote: > I am interested in a family of butchers from the > same area. Ruether was the last name. Have you come > across any information on them? There was August, > Anton, Frederick and maybe a couple others. > Dianne Hoffman > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Joanne Gaudio <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 4:58:11 AM > Subject: [MABERKSH] Ansell & Ripton Grocers, 1900 > > Does anyone have any information about the Ansell & > Ripton Grocers that operated in North Adams, MA in > the early 1900s. My great-great-uncle William A. > Ripton was the Ripton half of the partnership, and > he lived in North Adams with his family in 1900. > Richard W. Ansell, William's then brother-in-law, > was the Ansell half. In the 10 Sep 1900 "North > Adams Transcript," Richard announced that the > partnership had been dissolved and would now be > known as R. W. Ansell. He also left within a few > years. William Ripton had earlier started a family > grocery business in Johnstown, NY, and I don't know > if this store was a branch of that business or a > whole new enterprise. I'm writing a family history > and would appreciate any information anyone may > have. > Joanne Gaudio > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Any questions? Get answers on any topic at > www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather