Nellie E. Oetzel1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 3724, (1889 - 1972)
FatherAdam Oetzel4,2,5 (15 Jul 1852 - 13 Mar 1903)
MotherCaroline Glabe6,2,5 (8 Nov 1852 - 24 Mar 1927)

Key Events:

Birth: 15 Jul 1889, Morton Twp., Illinois7,8,9
Marriage: 20 Feb 1907, Farmdale, Tazewell Co., Illinois, Philip Ropp (15 Jan 1885 - 14 Mar 1969)10,11,12
Divorce: 16 May 1941, Lapeer Co., Michigan, Philip Ropp (15 Jan 1885 - 14 Mar 1969)13,14
Death: 11 Feb 1972, Peoria, Illinois15,16,17
Burial: Farmdale Cemetery, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois16
ChartsDescendants of Jakob and Anna Katharina Glebe
AncestryThe Glabe Family

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Narrative:

     18 Nellie E. Oetzel was born on 15 Jul 1889 in Morton Twp., Illinois.7,8,9
     She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, in the household of her parents, Adam Oetzel and Caroline Glabe.4
Nellie (Oetzel) Ropp tombstone
courtesy Amelia Crombie, Washington, Illinois

     Nellie married Philip Ropp, son of Amos Ropp and Mary Kennel, on 20 Feb 1907 in Farmdale, Tazewell Co., Illinois, with Rev. Ferdinand W. Doede officiating.10,11,12
     Nellie and Philip moved to Indiana after their marriage. They appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Boone Twp., Cass Co., Indiana, enumerated 5 May 1910, reporting they rented their farm.19
     Nellie and Philip moved to to a farm in Michigan in Mar 1916.20 They appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Imlay Twp., Lampeer Co., Michigan, enumerated 17 Jan 1920, reporting they owned their farm, which was mortgaged.21
     Nellie and Philip appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Imlay Twp., Lampeer Co., Michigan, enumerated 22 Apr 1930, reporting they owned their farm and owned a radio.22
     Nellie and Philip appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Imlay Twp., Lampeer Co., Michigan, enumerated 15 May 1940, reporting they owned a home valued at $1,500, and had lived in the same house in 1935. Also listed as living with them was a housekeeper, Laura Gerlach, a 47-year old widow.23
     Philip was granted a divorce from Nellie in Lapeer Co., Michigan, 16 May 1941. The grounds were extreme cruelty. She did not contest, and no alimony was granted.13,14
     She went to work outside the home after her divorce. By 1950 she was working on an assembly line at a lock manufacturing company, reporting in the census that year she had worked 40 hours the prior week, and 45 weeks in 1949, earning $1,750 in wages or salary, and $20 in interest, dividends, etc.24
     Nellie appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Imlay City, Lapeer Co., Michigan, at 360 Cedar St., enumerated 1 Apr 1950, reporting she lived in a home that was not on a farm and she lived in the same house the year before.3
     Nellie moved to a nursing home in Washington, Illinois, about 1963.25
     Nellie died on 11 Feb 1972 in Peoria, Illinois, at age 82.15,16,17 She was buried in Farmdale Cemetery, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois.16

Children:
     Children with Philip Ropp:

Philip and Nellie had no children.18

Citations

  1. [S3496] Adam Oetzel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows name as Nellie Oetzel.
  2. [S8194] Marriage Register, Tazewell Co., Illinois, 3:128, no. 9806, Philipp Ropp and Nellie Oetzel.
  3. [S13215] Nellie E. Ropp household, 1950 U.S. Census, Lapeer Co., Michigan.
  4. [S3496] Adam Oetzel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  5. [S13219] Nellie Ropp obituary, The Pantagraph.
  6. [S3496] Adam Oetzel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows the girl as daughter of Carolina's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  7. [S3496] Adam Oetzel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows month, year, age 12 and state.
  8. [S8194] Marriage Register, Tazewell Co., Illinois, 3:128, no. 9806, Philipp Ropp and Nellie Oetzel, shows age 20 at marriage 20 Feb 1907 and town.
  9. [S13219] Nellie Ropp obituary, The Pantagraph, shows date and township.
  10. [S8194] Marriage Register, Tazewell Co., Illinois, 3:128, no. 9806, Philipp Ropp and Nellie Oetzel, shows date, city, county, state, and officiant.
  11. [S3793] Philip Ropp household, 1910 U.S. Census, Cass Co., Indiana, shows married 3 years.
  12. [S11264] Divorce Record, State Copy, Michigan, 1941, Lapeer Co., no. 44 520, Philip Ropp and Nellie Ropp, shows date and state.
  13. [S13215] Nellie E. Ropp household, 1950 U.S. Census, Lapeer Co., Michigan, shows her as divorced.
  14. [S11264] Divorce Record, State Copy, Michigan, 1941, Lapeer Co., no. 44 520, Philip Ropp and Nellie Ropp, shows date, county, state, grounds, and alimony.
  15. [S13219] Nellie Ropp obituary, The Pantagraph, shows died Friday and city.
  16. [S3479] Farmdale Cemetery, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., ILL, online.
  17. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Nellie Ropp, Soc. Sec. No. 364-28-1770, shows month, year, and last residence as 61571 Washington, Tazewell, Illinois.
  18. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family.
  19. [S3793] Philip Ropp household, 1910 U.S. Census, Cass Co., Indiana.
  20. [S13216] "News from Our Neighbors," Logansport Journal-Tribune, 5 Mar 1916.
  21. [S3794] Philip Ropp household, 1920 U.S. Census, Lapeer Co., Michigan, shows age 34 and state.
  22. [S3795] Phillip Ropp household, 1930 U.S. Census, Lapeer Co., Michigan.
  23. [S3796] Philip Ropp household, 1940 U.S. Census, Lapeer Co., Michigan.
  24. [S13215] Nellie E. Ropp household, 1950 U.S. Census, Lapeer Co., Michigan, shows occupation as assembly line and industry as lock mfg co.
  25. [S13219] Nellie Ropp obituary, The Pantagraph, shows she lived there 9 years.