First mayor of Brooklyn Heights, Ohio.

OBIT: Name: Ruetenik, Martin L.
Date: Sep 24 194?
Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #070.
Notes: Ruetenik, Martin L., beloved husband of Katharine (nee Kleinhans); father of Howard J., Paul B. and Mrs. Dorothea F. Pretzer; brother of Fred, Mrs. Ruth Winter, Mrs. Clara Whittaker, Mrs. Charolette Keller and Mrs. Nathalie Wagner; grandfather and great-grandfather; passed away Tuesday, Sept. 23, at residence, 812 East Schaaf Road. Friends may call at the G. H. Busch & Son Funeral Home, 4334 Pearl Rd. Services will be held from the Eighth Evangelical and Reformed Church, Willowdale Avenue, Friday, Sept. 26, at 2 p. m.

OBIT: Name: Ruetenik, Katharine A.
Date: Jan 4 1952
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #151.
Notes: Ruetenik, Katharine A. (nee Kleinhans), beloved wife of the late Martin L., mother of Howard J., Paul B., Mrs. Dorothea F. Pretzer, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away Thursday, Jan. 3, late residence, 812 E. Schaaf Rd., Brooklyn Heights. Friends may call at the Busch Funeral Home, 4334 Pearl Rd., until Saturday noon. All services at the Eighth Evangelical & Reformed Church, Willowdale Ave., Saturday, Jan. 5 at 2 p. m. In lieu of flowers kindly forward memorials to the Evangelical & Reformed Home for the Aged at Upper Sandusky, O.

1. Howard J. RUETENIK b. 30 Sep 1895, Brooklyn Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Aug 1978, Green Valley,, Arizona.
2. 1. Louise RUETENIK, [child] b. Jul 1897, ,, Ohio; d. Abt 1902.
3. Paul B. RUETENIK b. 5 May 1904; d. 21 Dec 1993, Vermillion, Erie, Ohio.
4. Dorothea F. RUETENIK b. 23 Nov 1902, Brooklyn Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 5 Oct 1978, Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

Ordained a clergyman 17 jul 1853 at Easton, Pennsylvania.

From the 1860 census
Herman Ruetenik Clinton, Seneca, OH 33 1826 Preußen Male
Emily Ruetenik Clinton, Seneca, OH 24 1835 New York Female
Otto Ruetenik Clinton, Seneca, OH 4 1855 Ohio Male
Gustavus Ruetenik Clinton, Seneca, OH 2 1857 Ohio Male
Martin Miller Clinton, Seneca, OH 25 1834 Württemberg Male
Charles Schaaf Clinton, Seneca, OH 18 1841 Darmstadt Male

1870 Census as REUTMICK (10th Ward - Cleveland West Side (Pg 393), Pg21)
Herman, 43, Minister
Emelia, 34
Otto, 14
Gustave, 12
Ruth, 8
Calvin, 6
Martin, 2
Clara, 4/12
Wagner, Martha, 19
Reutmick, Elizabeth, 30 (Note: this is probably his sister-in-law --Nathaniel's wife--)

1880 Census as RUDINICK
Herman J., 53
Amelia, 44
John C., 16,
Ruth, 14,
Martin L., 12,
Clara A., 10,
Nathalie, 8
Fredrick H., 6/12

1900 Census as Ruetenik (1252 Scranton Ave., Cleveland, Ohio - Ward 39, ED#194, Sheet 17B)
Herman, Sept 1827, 72, married 47 yrs
Amelia, Sept 1834, 65
Clara, Feb 1870, 30
Lottie, July 1882, 17
(note: Son, Gustave, lives at 1246 Scranton and appears on this same census page.)

Author -- [Ruetenik, Herman Julius.] Berühmte Deutsche Vorkämpfer für Fortschritt, Freiheit und Friede in Nord-Amerika von 1626 bis 1901: Einhundert und fünfzig Biographien, mit Portraits. Cleveland, Ohio: Forest City Bookbinding Co., 1904. 500 pp., ill.Biographies of famous German-Americans.


OBIT:Name: Ruetenik, Herman J.
Date: 1914
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #070.
Notes: 1827-1914. age 87. Riverside Cem. Cem.rec. Cleveland, Ohio.

OBIT:Name: Ruetenik, Rev. Dr. H. J.
Date: Feb 23 1914
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #070.
Notes: 3412 Scranton Rd. Five sons, four daughters survive.

Her father was the manufacturer of fine guitars and musical instruments.

OBIT: Name: Ruetenik, Amelia Clara
Date: January 14, 1905
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #070.
Notes: Ruetenik-Amelia Clara, wife of H. J. Ruetenik, on Friday, January 13. Funeral from residence, No. 1252 Scranton ave. on Monday, Jan. 16, at 2 p. m.

1. Otto Seth RUETENIK b. 1855; d. Dec 1927, Willoughby,, Ohio.
2. Gustavus A. RUETENIK b. Aug 1857, , Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Sep 1926, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. John C. RUETENIK b. Abt 1864.
4. Calvin RUETENIK b. Abt 1864, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. Ruth RUETENIK b. Abt 1865; d. 14 Mar 1955, Galion,, Ohio.
6. 2. Martin Luther RUETENIK b. 17 May 1868, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Brooklyn Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
7. Clara Emilie RUETENIK b. 26 Feb 1870, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 4 Jun 1958, Napa, Napa, California.
8. Nathalie RUETENIK b. 6 May 1873, Plymouth,, Wisconsin; d. 30 Dec 1950.
9. Fred (Fritz) H. RUETENIK, Sr. b. Nov 1879, ,, Ohio; d. 22 Apr 1955, Painesville, Lake, Ohio.
10. Charlotte (Lottie) RUETENIK b. Jul 1882, Wheat Ridge,, Colorado.

1. 3. Katherine A. KLEINHANS b. Abt 1878, Youngstown,, Ohio; d. 3 Jan 1952, Brooklyn Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Charles F. KLEINHANS d. Jul 1944.
3. Louis D. KLEINHANS