Amos Ropp1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 18226, (1852 - 1886)
FatherJoseph Ropp4,5 (abt 1824 - )
MotherCatherine [surname unknown]4 (abt 1829 - Mar 1870)

Key Events:

Birth: 1852, Illinois6,7,8
Marriage: 8 Mar 1877, Tazewell Co., Illinois, Mary Kennel (25 Dec 1854 - 31 Oct 1941)9,10,11
Death: 18868
Burial: Glendale Cemetery, Washington, Tazewell Co., Illinois12

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Narrative:

     Amos Ropp was born in 1852 in Illinois.6,7,8 He appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Elk Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, in the household of his parents, Joseph Ropp and Catherine [surname unknown].1 He appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Elk Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, in the household of his father.1
     Amos married Mary Kennel, daughter of Jacob Kennel and Catherine Gerber, on 8 Mar 1877 in Tazewell Co., Illinois.9,10,11
     Amos and Mary appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, enumerated 3 Jun 1880. Their children Ida and Joseph were listed as living with them, as were two farm laborer, identified as servants, John Munson, age 18, from Denmark, and George Stitsly, age 60, from Sweden.13
     He was a farmer.13
     Amos died in 1886.8 He was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Washington, Tazewell Co., Illinois, with a tombstone which also has the names of his wife and her second husband.12

Children:
     Children with Mary Kennel:

  • Ida Ropp13,14 (13 Mar 1878 - Jul 1971)
  • Joseph Ropp13,15 (Sep 1879 - )
  • Emanuel Ropp15 (Sep 1881 - )
  • Rudolph Ropp15 (1 Oct 1883 - Jun 1974)
  • Philip Ropp15,16,17 (15 Jan 1885 - 14 Mar 1969)

Citations

  1. [S3783] Joseph Ropp household, 1860 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  2. [S3784] Joseph Ropp household, 1870 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  3. [S1057] "Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900," Ancestry.com, record for Amos Ropp and Mary Kennel, citing FHL #1314686 - 1314688.
  4. [S3783] Joseph Ropp household, 1860 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S3784] Joseph Ropp household, 1870 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  6. [S3783] Joseph Ropp household, 1860 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows age 7 and state.
  7. [S3784] Joseph Ropp household, 1870 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows age 16 and state.
  8. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 41845352, Amos Ropp, shows year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  9. [S1057] "Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900," Ancestry.com, record for Amos Ropp and Mary Kennel, citing FHL #1314686 - 1314688, shows date and county.
  10. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 41845392, Mary Kennell Ropp-Portscheller, show him as her spouse and includes tombstone photo showing her name as Mary his wife, with also the names of Amos Roop and Conrad Portscheller.
  11. [S3782] Amos Ropp household, 1880 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows married.
  12. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 41845352, Amos Ropp, includes tombstone photo.
  13. [S3782] Amos Ropp household, 1880 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  14. [S3780] Conrad Portsheller household, 1895 Kansas State Census, Pawnee Co., Kansas, Larned Twp., shows the girl with surname Ropp, apparently living as parent and child with Mary and her second husband.
  15. [S3779] Conrad Portsheller household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows him as the son of Mary's husband, but the child was born longer ago than they had been married, and he has the surname of her first husband.
  16. [S8194] Marriage Register, Tazewell Co., Illinois, 3:128, no. 9806, Philipp Ropp and Nellie Oetzel.
  17. [S13217] Philip Ropp obituary, The Pantagraph.