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The Rublee family was among the earliest of young families from New York and New
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285:William Alvah Rublee
251:The Lady of the Lake
240:Edward Bulwer-Lytton
212:Republican and News.
179:Matthew H. Carpenter
62:Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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801:Gildenhorn
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570:Winchester
555:Harrington
462:References
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208:Daily News
201:Advertiser
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713:Patterson
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414:1943-7366
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766:N. Davis
761:Dominick
756:S. Davis
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703:Harrison
648:Leishman
628:Washburn
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437:(1911).
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382:Zillier
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369:Zillier
234:See also
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218:Sentinel
114:and the
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