Henry Ruppel1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 377, (1830 - 1912)
FatherErnest Ruppel4 (abt 1803 - )

Key Events:

Birth: 11 Apr 1830, Niederaula, Kurfuerstentum Hessen5,6,7
Marriage: about 1851, Illinois, Anna Gehla Berlet (1 Apr 1827 - 23 Oct 1902)8,9,10
Death: 24 Mar 1912, Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois11,12
Burial: Germantown Cemetery, Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois13

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Narrative:

     Henry Ruppel was born on 11 Apr 1830 in Niederaula, Kurfuerstentum Hessen, (Electorate of Hesse.)5,6,7
     Henry arrived in New York on 18 Apr 1851, aboard the Bremen Bark Bessel from Bremen, traveling in steerage class, with one case. He was later naturalized.14,15
     Henry married Anna Gehla Berlet about 1851 in Illinois. His obituary claims they married in 1850, but he did not arrive in the U.S. until the following spring and she did not arrive with him. It appears they were married in Illinois after they immigrated.8,9,10
     Henry and Anna moved to Livingston Co. in 1860, settling on a farm in Germanville Twp., south of Chatsworth. They lived there her death, and he moved in with a daughter.16 They appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Chatsworth Twp., Livingston Co., Illinois, enumerated 24 Aug 1860, reporting real estate valued at $500 and personal estate of $250. Their children Elizabeth and Christina were listed as living with them.2
     Henry and Anna appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois, enumerated 20 Jul 1870, reporting real estate valued at $5,000 and personal estate of $800. Their children Elizabeth, Christina, Mary, Anna and Adam were listed as living with them.17
     Henry and Anna appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Germanville Twp., Livingston Co., Illinois, enumerated 1 Jun 1880. Their children Mary, Anna and Adam were listed as living with them, as was his father, Ernest Ruppel, and Henry Berlet, age 22, listed as a servant, but judging from his surname, likely a relative of Anna.4
     Henry and Anna appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Germanville Twp., Livingston Co., Illinois, enumerated 18 Jun 1900, reporting the family owned its farm, mortgage free. Their daughter Elizabeth and her family were apparently living nearby, a they are listed as the preceding household.18
     He reported his occupation as shoemaker when he arrived in New York, but took up farming when he moved to Illinois.19,20,17,4,18
     His wife died on 23 Oct 1902 in Livingston Co., Illinois.21 Henry moved in with his daughter Anna and her husband, Sebastian Glabe. He appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Germanville Twp., Livingston Co., Illinois, in the household of Anna and Sebastian.18
     Henry moved to the town of Chatsworth about 1911 and lived with eldest his daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband, an unknown person until his death a year later.22
     Henry died on 24 Mar 1912 in Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois, at age 81, at the home of his daughter Elizabeth.11,12 He was buried in Germantown Cemetery, Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois.13
     His obituary described him as "a substantial German citizen, of quiet and unpretentious disposition. He was a man universally esteemed, being honest, gentle and industrious."16

Children:
     Children with Anna Gehla Berlet:

  • Elizabeth Ruppel23,24,25 (31 Aug 1855 - 19 Apr 1928)
  • Christina Ruppel26,24,27 (abt 1858 - 1 Jan 1925)
  • Mary Ruppel27,4 (27 Mar 1862 - 6 Aug 1888)
  • Anna Katherine Ruppel1,25,27 (29 Jan 1865 - 14 Jul 1920)
  • Adam Ernest Ruppel27,4 (14 Mar 1867 - 3 Oct 1886)
  • Phillip Ruppel28 (18 Jan 1869 - 5 Feb 1869)
  • John Ruppel29 (23 Jan 1871 - 5 Aug 1871)

Citations

  1. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Anna Katherine Glabe, citing pg 253 cert no 28312.
  2. [S3485] Henry Rupple household, 1860 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  3. [S4846] Bessel arrival 18 Apr 1851, Passenger Lists, New York, 1820-1897, passenger no. 144, shows name as Heinrich Ruppel.
  4. [S3487] Henry Ruple household, 1880 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  5. [S4846] Bessel arrival 18 Apr 1851, Passenger Lists, New York, 1820-1897, passenger no. 144, shows age 22 on arrival 18 Apr 1851, and originating in Nieder Aula.
  6. [S3637] Obituary: Henry Ruppel, Chatsworth Plaindealer, 29 Mar 1912, shows date and town.
  7. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 34195307, Henry Andrew? Ruppel, shows date and includes photo of stone with same.
  8. [S3637] Obituary: Henry Ruppel, Chatsworth Plaindealer, 29 Mar 1912, shows year.
  9. [S3484] Henry Rupple household, 1900 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows married 49 years.
  10. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Anna Katherine Glabe, citing pg 253 cert no 28312, shows them as her parents.
  11. [S3637] Obituary: Henry Ruppel, Chatsworth Plaindealer, 29 Mar 1912, shows date, at home of daughter Elizabeth, "this city."
  12. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 34195307, Henry Andrew? Ruppel, shows date, county, and state, and includes photo of stone with date.
  13. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 34195307, Henry Andrew? Ruppel, includes photo of stone.
  14. [S4846] Bessel arrival 18 Apr 1851, Passenger Lists, New York, 1820-1897, passenger no. 144.
  15. [S3484] Henry Rupple household, 1900 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows year, as 1850.
  16. [S3637] Obituary: Henry Ruppel, Chatsworth Plaindealer, 29 Mar 1912.
  17. [S3486] Henry Rupple household, 1870 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  18. [S3484] Henry Rupple household, 1900 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  19. [S4846] Bessel arrival 18 Apr 1851, Passenger Lists, New York, 1820-1897, passenger no. 144, shows occupation as shoemaker.
  20. [S3485] Henry Rupple household, 1860 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows occupation as farmer.
  21. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 34195307, Anna Gehla Berlet Ruppel, shows date, county, and state, and includes photo of stone with date.
  22. [S3637] Obituary: Henry Ruppel, Chatsworth Plaindealer, 29 Mar 1912, shows he moved in with his daughter about a year before his death, 24 Mar 1912.
  23. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Elizabeth Ruppel Glabe, citing FHL#1614420, pg 105, and cert no 15051.
  24. [S3485] Henry Rupple household, 1860 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  25. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family.
  26. [S3634] Obituary: Mrs. Christena Walter, Chatsworth Plaindealer, 8 Jan 1925.
  27. [S3486] Henry Rupple household, 1870 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  28. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 34197550, Phillip Ruppel, shows Henry as parent and includes photo of family stone showing Ruppel.
  29. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 34197838, John Ruppel, shows Henry as parent and includes photo of family stone showing Ruppel.