Ruby C. Emel, 1908-1911

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Birth: 4 Mar 1908, Seattle, King County, Washington

Death: 17 Apr 1911, Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington

Relatives in Seabeck Cemetery: Elizabeth (née Emel) Maher, Peter Frank Emel

American Revolutionary War Patriots*: None.

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Ruby Emel was born on March 4, 1908, in Seattle, Washington, to her parents, Peter Emel Jr. and Hedwick Elizabeth (née Sacher) Emel. She spent her short life in the Seabeck area, where the Emel family had deep roots and where many relatives worked in logging, lumber, and farming.

Ruby’s early years were surrounded by extended family—grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins—who shared the close bonds and daily hardships of pioneer life on the Kitsap Peninsula. Though her time was brief, she was part of a large and interconnected family whose presence shaped the Seabeck community.

Tragically, Ruby died in Bremerton from lobar pneumonia in 1911, at just three years of age. She was laid to rest in Seabeck Cemetery beside her aunt, Elizabeth Emel, who had died two years earlier in 1909. Although no grave marker is currently present, Ruby’s resting place remains an enduring part of the Emel family’s history and legacy in Seabeck.