Luella Christina Glabe1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 3937, (1891 - 1985)
FatherSebastian Glabe4,5,6 (30 Jul 1859 - 7 May 1940)
MotherAnna Katherine Ruppel7,8,6 (29 Jan 1865 - 14 Jul 1920)

Key Events:

Birth: 26 Feb 1891, Germanville Twp., Livingston Co., Illinois9,10,11,12
Marriage: 30 Mar 1921, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma, Orville Orvan Oliver (9 Feb 1895 - 15 Mar 1959)13,14
Death: 6 Aug 1985, Fairbury, Livingston Co., Illinois15,16
Burial: 9 Aug 1985, Chatsworth Cemetery, Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois6
ChartsDescendants of Jakob and Anna Katharina Glebe
AncestryThe Glabe Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     17 Luella Christina Glabe was born on 26 Feb 1891 in Germanville Twp., Livingston Co., Illinois.9,10,11,12
     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
Orville and Leulla Oliver about 1946
from The Pantagraph18
She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Germanville Twp., Livingston Co., Illinois, in the household of her parents.19 She appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois, in the household of her parents.20
     She was a book keeper at a bank before her marriage.20
     Luella married Orville Orvan Oliver, son of John L. Oliver and Mary Elizabeth Sealock, on 30 Mar 1921 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma, with Rev. Adolph Walton, pastor of Zions Evanglical Church, officiating.13,14
     Luella and Orville returned to Chatsworth, Illinois, after their marriage. In Mar 1922 he started farming on the place where he had been born.18
     Luella and Orville appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Chatsworth Twp., Livingston Co., Illinois, enumerated 1 May 1930, reporting that they owned their home, and did not own a radio.21
     Luella and Orville appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Chatsworth Twp., Livingston Co., Illinois, enumerated 15 Apr 1940, reporting they owned a home valued at $1,500, and had lived in the same house in 1935. Also listed in the household was Charles Crem, a 26-year-old hired hand.22
     Luella and Orville appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois, enumerated 15 Apr 1950, reporting they lived on a farm.23
     Her husband died on 15 Mar 1959 in Fairbury, Illinois.24,25
     Luella died on 6 Aug 1985 in Fairbury, Livingston Co., Illinois, at age 94.15,16 She was buried on 9 Aug 1985 in Chatsworth Cemetery, Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois.6

Children:
     Children with Orville Orvan Oliver

Luella's obituary mentions two infant sons who had preceded her in death, but not the daughter. No other record has been found of the two sons. The obituary may have had the sex of one child confused, or there may have been three infants lost.6
  • infant daughter Oliver26 (15 Aug 1922 - 15 Aug 1922)

Citations

  1. [S8110] Luella C. Oliver obituary, The Pantagraph, shows father's surname as Glabe.
  2. [S3488] Sebastian Glabe household, 1910 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows name as Luella C. Glabe.
  3. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Oliver, citing cert no. 1582, 16, shows name as Luella Christina Glahe Or Glabe.
  4. [S3565] Sebastian Glabe household, 1900 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  5. [S3488] Sebastian Glabe household, 1910 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  6. [S8110] Luella C. Oliver obituary, The Pantagraph.
  7. [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.
  8. [S3488] Sebastian Glabe household, 1910 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows the girl as daughter of Katherine's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  9. [S8110] Luella C. Oliver obituary, The Pantagraph, shows date and township.
  10. [S3565] Sebastian Glabe household, 1900 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows month, year, as 1881, age 9, and state, as Illinois.
  11. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows date, town, and state, as Holton, Kansas.
  12. [S3488] Sebastian Glabe household, 1910 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows age 19 and state, as Illinios.
  13. [S8086] Marriage Record, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma, 39:185, Orville O. Oliver and Luella C. Glabe, shows date, city, county, state, and officiant.
  14. [S8105] Orville Oliver household, 1930 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows married, with his first marriage at at 26 and hers at 30.
  15. [S8111] Luella C. Oliver death notice, The Pantagraph, shows date and Fairbury Hospital.
  16. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Luella Oliver, Soc. Sec. No. 352-40-0755, shows month, year, and last residence as 60921 Chatsworth, Livingston, Illinois.
  17. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family.
  18. [S8112] "Oliver Grove Farm," The Pantagraph, 27 Feb 1946.
  19. [S3484] Henry Rupple household, 1900 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  20. [S422] Sabastian Glabe household, 1920 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  21. [S8105] Orville Oliver household, 1930 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  22. [S8106] Orville O. Oliver household, 1940 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  23. [S13121] Orville Oliver household, 1950 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  24. [S8115] Orville Orvan Oliver obituary, The Pantagraph, shows died Sunday, and city.
  25. [S8109] Orville Orvan Oliver, Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941, shows date.
  26. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Oliver, citing cert no. 1582, 16.