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Mary Abbey <I>Starbuck</I> Ruberg

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Mary Abbey Starbuck Ruberg

Birth
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
6 Apr 1903 (aged 72)
Florida, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Florida, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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dau of Henry J Starbuck & Abbie Gould (Bourden) Starbuck

m. Rev George Long Ruberg 6 Jan 1852 at Nantucket, Mass.

children:
i. Nelson Curtis b. 12 Feb 1855 [aged 5 mos in July 1855 census, listed as "Nancy"], m. Hattie Packard
ii. Susan Maria b. 6 March 1859 m. Hannum S Brown
iii. Henry J. b. 1861 d. 28 Apr 1936 in Los Angeles, California; m. Ellen Ballard dau of
Nathan Ballard & Adelia (Rice) Ballard
iv. Mary b. 1867 m. Jerome Brown
v. Lyman b. 21 Oct 1871 Hancock, Mass. m. Vesta D Bliss & Clarissa Bliss

Mary's father, Henry Starbuck, a whaling Captain, is said to have stowed away on a whaler in the Azores when he was about 10. The Captain made him cabin boy then adopted him. Some say he could have actually been a son of the Captain from a previous trip to the island. Information on the Starbuck family is available online at Barney Genealogical Record, Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, www.nantuckethistoricalassociation.net

"Inventories were filed in the probate court yesterday of the following Pittsfield estates: Mary A Ruberg, personal $1,242."
[published Wednesday, September 9, 1903, Springfield Republican]
dau of Henry J Starbuck & Abbie Gould (Bourden) Starbuck

m. Rev George Long Ruberg 6 Jan 1852 at Nantucket, Mass.

children:
i. Nelson Curtis b. 12 Feb 1855 [aged 5 mos in July 1855 census, listed as "Nancy"], m. Hattie Packard
ii. Susan Maria b. 6 March 1859 m. Hannum S Brown
iii. Henry J. b. 1861 d. 28 Apr 1936 in Los Angeles, California; m. Ellen Ballard dau of
Nathan Ballard & Adelia (Rice) Ballard
iv. Mary b. 1867 m. Jerome Brown
v. Lyman b. 21 Oct 1871 Hancock, Mass. m. Vesta D Bliss & Clarissa Bliss

Mary's father, Henry Starbuck, a whaling Captain, is said to have stowed away on a whaler in the Azores when he was about 10. The Captain made him cabin boy then adopted him. Some say he could have actually been a son of the Captain from a previous trip to the island. Information on the Starbuck family is available online at Barney Genealogical Record, Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, www.nantuckethistoricalassociation.net

"Inventories were filed in the probate court yesterday of the following Pittsfield estates: Mary A Ruberg, personal $1,242."
[published Wednesday, September 9, 1903, Springfield Republican]

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Mary A Starbuck
wife of
George L Ruberg
Mar 21 1831
Apr 6 1903



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  • Added: May 7, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69476434/mary_abbey-ruberg: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Abbey Starbuck Ruberg (21 Mar 1831–6 Apr 1903), Find a Grave Memorial ID 69476434, citing Florida Baptist Church Cemetery, Florida, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 47283828).