Caroline Glabe1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 7385, (1852 - 1927)
FatherJohann Jakob Glebe4,5,6 (1 Dec 1815 - 12 Jul 1892)
MotherAnna Katharina Stein4,5,6 (10 Jan 1816 - 19 Dec 1899)

Key Events:

Birth: 8 Nov 1852, Farmdale, Illinois7,8,9
Marriage: 18 Jan 1877, Tazewell Co., Illinois, Adam Oetzel (15 Jul 1852 - 13 Mar 1903)10,11,12
Death: 24 Mar 1927, Washington, Tazewell Co., Illinois13,14,15
Burial: 26 Mar 1927, Farmdale Cemetery, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois16,17,18
ChartsDescendants of Jakob and Anna Katharina Glebe
AncestryThe Glabe Family

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Narrative:

     Caroline Glabe was born on 8 Nov 1852 in Farmdale, Illinois.7,8,9
     She appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, in the household of her parents, Jacob Glebe and Katherine Stein.19
Adam & Caroline (Glabe) Oetzel tombstone
courtesy Amelia Crombie, Washington, Illinois
She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, in the household of her parents.20
     Caroline married Adam Oetzel, son of George Oetzel and Anna Catharina Berck, on 18 Jan 1877 in Tazewell Co., Illinois.10,11,12
     After their marriage, Caroline and Adam lived at the old Glabe homestead in Farmdale, where all of their children were born.21 They appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, enumerated 1 Jun 1880. Their daughter Katie was listed as living with them.22
     Caroline and Adam appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, enumerated 22 Jun 1900, reporting the family owned its farm, mortgage free. Their children Katie, Margaret, Louis, Edward, Nellie, Clara, Rudolph and Viola were listed as living with them.23
     Her husband died on 13 Mar 1903 in Farmdale, Illinois, murdered by his sister's ex-husband, William Minch.24,14,25
     Caroline appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, enumerated 21 Apr 1910, reporting she was renting her farm, which appears to have been operated by her son Edward. Her children Edward, Clara, Rudolph and Viola were listed as living with her. Her daughter Margaret and her husband were apparently living close by, as they are listed next.26
     Caroline appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Washington, Tazewell Co., Illinois, enumerated 19 Jan 1920, reporting she owned her home, mortgage free. Her children Clara and Rudolph were listed as living with her, Her son Edward and his family appear to have been renting a part of her home, or at least living closeby.27
     Caroline died on 24 Mar 1927 in Washington, Tazewell Co., Illinois, at age 74.13,14,15 She was buried on 26 Mar 1927 in Farmdale Cemetery, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois.16,17,18

Children:
     Children with Adam Oetzel:

Citations

  1. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows name as Caroline Glabe.
  2. [S1055] Jacob Clabe household, 1860 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows name as Lina Claip.
  3. [S3479] Farmdale Cemetery, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., ILL, online, shows name as Caroline Glabe Oetzel.
  4. [S111] Pound, German Ancestry of Jacob Glabe.
  5. [S1055] Jacob Clabe household, 1860 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  6. [S1056] Jacob Clabe household, 1870 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  7. [S3479] Farmdale Cemetery, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., ILL, online, shows date, with year as 1852.
  8. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Caroline Oetzel, citing FHL #1613730 and cert no 11000, shows date, with year as 1852, town, and state.
  9. [S3496] Adam Oetzel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows month, year, as 1851, age 48 and state.
  10. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows year.
  11. [S1917] Adam Oetcel household, 1880 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows married.
  12. [S1195] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900, online, record for Carolinie Glabe and Adam Atzel, citing vol D pg 60, shows date and county.
  13. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Caroline Oetzel, citing FHL #1613730 and cert no 11000, shows date, town, county, and state.
  14. [S3479] Farmdale Cemetery, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., ILL, online, shows date.
  15. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows date.
  16. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Caroline Oetzel, citing FHL #1613730 and cert no 11000, shows date, town, and state.
  17. [S3479] Farmdale Cemetery, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., ILL, online.
  18. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows buried in "the small Farmdale Cemetery, Farmdale."
  19. [S1055] Jacob Clabe household, 1860 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  20. [S1056] Jacob Clabe household, 1870 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  21. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family.
  22. [S1917] Adam Oetcel household, 1880 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  23. [S3496] Adam Oetzel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  24. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows date, place, murderer as "a fanatic named Minch," Oetzel was working on his barn, and that Minch was shot while trying to excape.
  25. [S3186] "Diabolism of Minch," Muskegon Daily Chronicle, 14 Mar 1903, dated Peoria, 14 Mar, shows name of murderer and Adam was Minch's brother-in-law.
  26. [S3497] Caroline Oetzel household, 1910 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  27. [S3798] Caroline Oetzel household, 1920 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  28. [S1917] Adam Oetcel household, 1880 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows Katie as the daughter of Caroline's husband.
  29. [S8194] Marriage Register, Tazewell Co., Illinois, 2:176, no. 5438, George Schuck and Katie E. Oetzel.
  30. [S3496] Adam Oetzel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows the girl as daughter of Carolina's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  31. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Margaret Stumpf, citing FHL #1983456 and cert no 25626.
  32. [S3496] Adam Oetzel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows the boy as son of Carolina's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  33. [S8194] Marriage Register, Tazewell Co., Illinois, 3:128, no. 9806, Philipp Ropp and Nellie Oetzel.
  34. [S13219] Nellie Ropp obituary, The Pantagraph.