Louis Adam Glabe1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 382, (1881 - 1933)
FatherJohn Glabe4,5,6 (Oct 1847 - 8 Feb 1907)
MotherElizabeth Ruppel5,6,7 (31 Aug 1855 - 19 Apr 1928)

Key Events:

Birth: 22 Dec 1881, Germanville Twp., Illinois8,9,10
Marriage: 18 Nov 1908, Melvin, Ford Co., Illinois, Bertha M. Van Velson (12 Nov 1883 - 30 Jan 1965)11,12,13
Death: 10 Feb 1933, Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois14,15,16
Burial: 12 Feb 1933, Chatsworth Cemetery, Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois5,17
ChartsDescendants of Jakob and Anna Katharina Glebe
AncestryThe Glabe Family

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Narrative:

     Louis Adam Glabe was born on 22 Dec 1881 in Germanville Twp., Illinois.8,9,10
     He appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Germanville Twp., Livingston Co., Illinois, in the household of his parents, John Glabe and Elizabeth Ruppel.4
Bertha and Louis Glabe
courtesy Patrick Kauffold

     Louis married Bertha M. Van Velson, daughter of William Henry Van Velson and Laura Ann Wise, on 18 Nov 1908 in Melvin, Ford Co., Illinois.11,12,13
     Louis and Bertha appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Germanville Twp., Livingston Co., Illinois, enumerated 12 May 1910, reporting they rented their farm. Guy Coleman, a 26-year-old hired man was listed as living with them.3
     Louis and Bertha moved to Forrest Twp. by 1917. He was listed in the 1917 edition of the Prairie Farmer's Reliable Directory of Farmers & Breeders as operating a 195 acre farm owned by Mrs. S. P. Morris. The farm was in Livingston Co., section 2, Forest Twp., with Forrest the post office.18,19,20,21
     Louis registered for the draft for World War I on 12 Sep 1918, while living at Route # 2, Forest, Livingston Co., Illinois, reporting he was a self-employed farmer.1
     Louis and Bertha appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Forest, Livingston Co., Illinois, enumerated 7 Jan 1920, reporting they rented their farm.22
     Louis and Bertha moved to Germanville Twp. in 1930. They appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Germanville Twp., Livingston Co., Illinois, enumerated 2 Apr 1930, reporting they rented their farm, and owned a radio.23
     Louis died on 10 Feb 1933 in Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois, at age 51.14,15,16 He was buried on 12 Feb 1933 in Chatsworth Cemetery, Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois.5,17

Children:
     There were no children with Bertha M. Van Velson

Citations

  1. [S3675] Louis Adam Glabe, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  2. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, pg 3, shows name as Louis Adam Glabe.
  3. [S3671] Louis A. Glabe household, 1910 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  4. [S3483] John Glabe household, 1900 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  5. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Louis A. Glabe, citing FHL#1684955, Reg Dist 563 Reg #5.
  6. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family.
  7. [S3483] John Glabe household, 1900 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows the boy as son of her husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  8. [S3675] Louis Adam Glabe, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, shows date.
  9. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Louis A. Glabe, citing FHL#1684955, Reg Dist 563 Reg #5, shows date, twp., and state.
  10. [S3483] John Glabe household, 1900 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows month, year, age 17 and state.
  11. [S3900] "Illinois County Marriages, 1810-1934," FamilySearch.org, record for Louis Glabe and Bertha M. Vanvelson, shows month, year, city, county and state.
  12. [S3671] Louis A. Glabe household, 1910 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows married one year.
  13. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, pg 22, shows date.
  14. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Louis A. Glabe, citing FHL#1684955, Reg Dist 563 Reg #5, shows date, town, county, and state.
  15. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows month and year, as 1932.
  16. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 72216231, Louis A. Glabe, shows year.
  17. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 72216231, Louis A. Glabe, shows cemetery, town, county, and state.
  18. [S27] "Livingston County, Illinois, Farmers Directory, 1917," Ancestry.com, Louis H. Glabe entry.
  19. [S3671] Louis A. Glabe household, 1910 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows occupation as farmer, industry as general farm.
  20. [S3672] Lewis Glabe household, 1920 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows occupation as farmer, industry as stock farm.
  21. [S3673] Louis A. Glabe household, 1930 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows occupation as farmer, industry as farm.
  22. [S3672] Lewis Glabe household, 1920 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  23. [S3673] Louis A. Glabe household, 1930 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.