Seberta Leona Glabe1,2

Family Chart
ID# 3943, (1904 - 1997)
FatherSebastian Glabe3,4,5 (30 Jul 1859 - 7 May 1940)
MotherAnna Katherine Ruppel6,7,5 (29 Jan 1865 - 14 Jul 1920)

Key Events:

Birth: 30 Nov 1904, Chatsworth, Illinois8,9,10
Marriage: 28 Nov 1926, Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois, Erasmus Franklin Shols (13 Nov 1902 - 12 Jan 1963)11,12
Death: 13 Dec 1997, Fairbury, Illinois13,14
Burial: 18 Dec 1997, Chatsworth Cemetery, Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois5
ChartsDescendants of Jakob and Anna Katharina Glebe
AncestryThe Glabe Family

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Narrative:

     Seberta Leona Glabe was born on 30 Nov 1904 in Chatsworth, Illinois.8,9,10
     She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Germanville Twp., Livingston Co., Illinois, in the household of her parents, Sebastian Glabe and Anna Katherine Ruppel.15 She appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois, in the household of her parents.4
     Seberta married Erasmus Franklin Shols, son of Erasmus Ross Shols and Louise Marie Wienand, on 28 Nov 1926 in Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois, with Rev. C. J Krell, minister of the Evangelical Church, officiating. He was a younger brother of the man her sister Alice had married three years before, and first cousin of the man her sister Eva had married six years prior.11,12
     Seberta and Erasmus moved to the suburbs of Chicago after their marriage. They appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Oak Park, Cook Co., Illinois, at 307 North Oak Park Ave., enumerated 24 Apr 1930, reporting they were renting their apartment, for $55 per month, and owned a radio.16
     Seberta and Erasmus moved north about ten miles, to Niles, between 1930 and 1935. They appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Niles, Cook Co., Illinois, at 8021 Keating Ave., enumerated 18 Apr 1940, reporting they were renting their apartment, for $48 per month, and had lived in the same house in 1935.17
     She was a secretary, working in real estate in 1930. She was later an office manager for Waldof Paper Company. In 1940 she reported having worked 41 hours the last week of March, and 52 weeks the prior year, earning $1,300. She reported in the 1950 census she had worked 40 hours the prior week and worked 52 weeks in 1949, earning $2,800 in wages or salary.18,19,20,21
     Seberta and Erasmus moved to Skokie, a few miles east, before 1950. They appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Skokie, Cook Co., Illinois, at 8021 Keating, enumerated 16 Apr 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm.22
     Her husband died on 12 Jan 1963 in Skokie, Illinois.23,24
     Seberta retired and moved back to Chatsworth in 1968.5 She moved to Fairbury in her later years, where she lived at the Helen Lewis Smith Pavilion.25
     Seberta died on 13 Dec 1997 in Fairbury, Illinois, at age 93.13,14 She was buried on 18 Dec 1997 in Chatsworth Cemetery, Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois.5

Children:
     There were no children with Erasmus Franklin Shols

Citations

  1. [S8130] Marriage Register, Livingston Co., Illinois, 1:293, no. 7695, Erasmus Franklin Shols and Seberta Leona Glabe.
  2. [S3488] Sebastian Glabe household, 1910 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows name as Seberta L. Glabe.
  3. [S3488] Sebastian Glabe household, 1910 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  4. [S422] Sabastian Glabe household, 1920 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  5. [S8177] Seberta L. Shols obituary, The Pantagraph.
  6. [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.
  7. [S422] Sabastian Glabe household, 1920 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows Seberta as daughter of Kate's husband.
  8. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Seberta Shols, Soc. Sec. No. 318-05-0509, shows date.
  9. [S3488] Sebastian Glabe household, 1910 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows age 6 and state.
  10. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, pg 66, shows date, with year as 1904, town, and state.
  11. [S8130] Marriage Register, Livingston Co., Illinois, 1:293, no. 7695, Erasmus Franklin Shols and Seberta Leona Glabe, shows date, town, state, and officiant.
  12. [S8174] Erasmus F. Shols household, 1930 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows married.
  13. [S8177] Seberta L. Shols obituary, The Pantagraph, shows date and town.
  14. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Seberta Shols, Soc. Sec. No. 318-05-0509, shows date and last residence as 60921 Chatsworth, Livingston, Illinois.
  15. [S3484] Henry Rupple household, 1900 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  16. [S8174] Erasmus F. Shols household, 1930 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois.
  17. [S8175] Erasmus Shols household, 1940 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois.
  18. [S8174] Erasmus F. Shols household, 1930 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows occupation as secretary, industry as real estate.
  19. [S8175] Erasmus Shols household, 1940 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows occupation as office work, industry as paper manufacturing company.
  20. [S13134] Erasmus Shols household, 1950 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows occupation as secretary and industry as paper box mfg.
  21. [S8177] Seberta L. Shols obituary, The Pantagraph, shows she was office manager, company.
  22. [S13134] Erasmus Shols household, 1950 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois.
  23. [S8176] E. F. Shols obituary, The Pantagraph, shows of Skokie, die at his home Saturday.
  24. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 73937127, Erasmus F. “Rusty” Shols, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  25. [S8177] Seberta L. Shols obituary, The Pantagraph, shows her of Fairbury, formerly of Chatsworth, and died at the Pavilion.