Matilde Ruhe married Charles Gfroerer and lived in Monroe OH. Being Catholic, they were married at the Church of the Seven Dolors in Monroe and my grandmother, Helen Rose Gfroerer, was born in 1899. They moved to Lindenwald where my grandfather was a tile cutter and did carpenter work. The only other date I have is that Charles Gfroerer died in 1967. > I was told a few years ago that the St. Stephen's cemetery records > were destroyed by fire/water sometime after 1867. But yet, there is > some question about some old moldy records that were around some 30 > years ago. I haven't confirmed that. I heard they were in German. I > would love to find out if they still exist. The same person also said > about 30 years ago she was visiting Greenwood and a large number of > stones in an area were broken/destroyed. Since she too was searching > for RUHLs, I felt this might be the area where Elias could be found. > I was hoping the Civil War veterans' resting spots would have been > untouched. His company came out of Camp Denison. I was going to see > if they might have something to view. > > Matilde Ruhe ... can you give me any dates? I'll do my best. > > Karen Ruhl I attended a reunion of sorts in 1997 and wrote down this address & phone number, but don't know why: St. Mary Cemetery Assn, 4030 Pleasant Ave., Hamilton, (513)893-1151. I wrote it after noting that Greenwood Cemetery was next to St. Stephen's and that St. Stephens has the mausoleum the Gfroerers were buried in, or in the Catholic cemetery off Pleasant Ave. Maybe this address could help you find Elias Ruhl. Thanks for any info you find for me.