Laura Angelina Glabe1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 3935, (1886 - 1962)
FatherSebastian Glabe4,5 (30 Jul 1859 - 7 May 1940)
MotherAnna Katherine Ruppel6,5 (29 Jan 1865 - 14 Jul 1920)

Key Events:

Birth: 26 Oct 1886, Holton, Kansas7,8,9
Marriage: 8 Sep 1909, Chatsworth, Illinois, William Henry Grosenbach (26 Jan 1884 - 22 Sep 1972)10,11
Death: 4 Oct 1962, 313 Stahl, Washington, Illinois12
Burial: 8 Oct 1962, Hillcrest Memory Gardens, Morton, Illinois13
ChartsDescendants of Jakob and Anna Katharina Glebe
AncestryThe Glabe Family

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Narrative:

     Laura Angelina Glabe was born on 26 Oct 1886 in Holton, Kansas.7,8,9
     She moved to Illinois with her parents about 1891.14 She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Germanville Twp., Livingston Co., Illinois, in the household of her parents, Sebastian Glabe and Anna Katherine Ruppel.4
     Laura married William Henry Grosenbach, son of Adam Grosenbach and Katherin E. Stormer, on 8 Sep 1909 in Chatsworth, Illinois, with Rev. M. Gronewold offciating.10,11
     Laura and William appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Germanville Twp., Livingston Co., Illinois, enumerated 10 May 1910, reporting they were renting their farm. Hubert King, a 21-year-old hired man, was listed as living with them..15
     Laura and William appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Germanville, Livingston Co., Illinois, enumerated 7 Jan 1920, reporting that they owned their farm, which was mortgaged. Their children LeRoy and Helen were listed as living with them.16
     Laura and William moved 120 miles north, to McHenry Co., by 1930. They appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Marengo, McHenry Co., Illinois, at 754 East Grant Highway, enumerated 3 Apr 1930, reporting they were renting their home for $25 per month, and they owned a radio. Their children LeRoy, Helen, Phyllis and Kenneth were listed as living with them.17
     She was working as a cook in a restaurant in 1930.17
     Laura and William moved nearly 150 miles southwest, to Tazewell Co., by 1935. They appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Washington, Tazewell Co., Illinois, enumerated 16 Apr 1940, reporting they owned a home valued at $1,000. Their children Phyllis and Kenneth were listed as living with them, and all were reported to have lived in rural Tazewell Co. in 1935. Their son LeRoy and his family were apparently living nearby as they are listed as the preceding household.18
     She was a carpenter helper, apparently working with her husband building houses by 1950, reporting in the 1950 census she had worked 5 hours the prior week.19
     Laura and William appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Washington, Tazewell Co., Illinois, at 328 Doering Ave., enumerated 31 Mar 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm. Their children Phyllis and Kenneth were listed as living with them.20
     Laura died on 4 Oct 1962 at her home, in 313 Stahl, Washington, Illinois, at age 75.12 She was buried on 8 Oct 1962 in Hillcrest Memory Gardens, Morton, Illinois.13

Children:
     Children with William Henry Grosenbach:

Citations

  1. [S3565] Sebastian Glabe household, 1900 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows name as Laura Glabe.
  2. [S8042] William H. Grosenbach household, 1910 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows name as Laura A. Grosenbach.
  3. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, pg 65, shows name as Laura Angelina Glabe.
  4. [S3565] Sebastian Glabe household, 1900 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  5. [S8047] Marriage certificates, Livingston Co., Illinois, no. 2132, Will H. Grosenbach and Laura A. Glabe.
  6. [S3565] Sebastian Glabe household, 1900 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows the girl as daughter of Katheryn's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  7. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, pg 65, shows date, town, and state.
  8. [S8047] Marriage certificates, Livingston Co., Illinois, no. 2132, Will H. Grosenbach adn Laura A. Glabe, shows age 23 at marriage 8 Sep 1909, town, and state.
  9. [S8052] Laura Grosenbach obituary, The Pantagraph, shows date, as 27th, town, as Hughton, and state.
  10. [S8047] Marriage certificates, Livingston Co., Illinois, no. 2132, Will H. Grosenbach adn Laura A. Glabe, shows date, town, and officant.
  11. [S8042] William H. Grosenbach household, 1910 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows married 7/12 year.
  12. [S8052] Laura Grosenbach obituary, The Pantagraph, shows died Thursday, at her home, address.
  13. [S8052] Laura Grosenbach obituary, The Pantagraph.
  14. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family.
  15. [S8042] William H. Grosenbach household, 1910 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  16. [S8043] Will H. Grossenbach household, 1920 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  17. [S8044] Will H. Grosenbach household, 1930 U.S. Census, McHenry Co., Illinois.
  18. [S8045] Willie H. Grosenbach household, 1940 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  19. [S13109] William H. Grosenbach household, 1950 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows occupation as carpenter helper and industry as building.
  20. [S13109] William H. Grosenbach household, 1950 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  21. [S8043] Will H. Grossenbach household, 1920 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  22. [S8044] Will H. Grosenbach household, 1930 U.S. Census, McHenry Co., Illinois, shows him as the son of her husband.
  23. [S8043] Will H. Grossenbach household, 1920 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows the girl as daughter of Laura's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  24. [S8044] Will H. Grosenbach household, 1930 U.S. Census, McHenry Co., Illinois, shows the girl as daughter of Laura's husband.
  25. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Phyllis Wilora Grosenbach, Soc. Sec. No. 333-20-4043.
  26. [S8045] Willie H. Grosenbach household, 1940 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows him as the son of her husband.
  27. [S8055] Kenneth S. Grosenback obituary, Journal Star.