Barbara Heck

RUCKLE BARBARA (Heck) b. Bastian Ruckle was married to Margaret Embury in Ballingrane, Republic of Ireland. The couple had seven children, of which only four lived until adulthood.

In general, the person who is featured in a biography has been as a key participant in major occasions or has articulated unique thoughts or suggestions that have been recorded in documentary format. Barbara Heck did not leave any letters or written statements. The evidence of the day she married was secondary. Through the entirety of her adulthood, there are no evidence from the primary sources which allow us to reconstruct her intentions and actions. Yet, she's considered a hero by the history of Methodism. The job of a biographer is to explain and account for the myth as well as explain, if it is possible, the actual individual who is hidden in the myth.

It was the Methodist historian Abel Stevens wrote in 1866. Barbara Heck's modest name is now indisputablely top of the listing of women who have contributed significantly to ecclesiastical life in New World history. This is due to the growth of Methodism in the United States. Her accomplishments will be largely due to the creation of her most important name, derived from the past of the famous reason for which her name is forever identified more than in the story of her own lives. Barbara Heck was involved fortuitously with the beginning of Methodism in both the United States and Canada and her fame is based on the inherent tendency of a highly popular organization or movement to highlight its early days in order to strengthen the sense of tradition as well as the continuity of its history.