Third Generation
Marriage Notes for ANNA SHAPPE
and SAMUEL REDMAN:
Return of a Marriage to the County Clerk
La Salle County, Illinois
Vol 2 - Page 212 - LIC 3767
Full Name of Groom: Samuel Redman
Place of Residence: Farm Ridge
Occupation: Farmer
Age next birthday: 21
Palce of birth: Farm Ridge LaSalle Co. ILL.
Father's Name: A. J. Redman
Mother's Maiden Name: Sarah [sic]Bunger
Number of Groom's Marriage: 1st
Full Name of Bride: Anna Shape
Maiden Name if Widow: [blank]
Place of Residence: Grand Ridge
Age next birthday: 18
Place of Birth: [sic]Parksville Penn.
Father's Name: J. M. Shape
Mother's Maiden Name: Maggie Rush
Number of Bride's Marriage: 1st
Married at Streator in the County of LaSalle and State of Illinois,
7 day of April 1888
Witnesses to Marriage: John [sic]?ssigsglin [and] John [sic]Doherty
Transcriptions for MATTHEW
RUTAN:
1880 Federal Census of La Salle County, Illinois
La Salle County Genealogy Guild Transcription
Volume 1 - Page 223
Farm Ridge Township
RUTAN, Mathias 25 WM laborer-M PA
PA PA ; Emma 25 WF wife-M OH ** ** ; Francis 4 WM son-S IL PA OH
PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Mathias (Matthew, Matt) RUTAN
would marry a second time in 1898. See following notes.
Marriage Notes for PRISCILLA
SHAPPE and MATTHEW RUTAN:
Return of a Marriage to the County Clerk
La Salle County, Illinois
Bk. 4 - Page 169 - LIC 2194
Full Name of Groom: Matt Rutan
Place of Residence: Grand Ridge
Occupation: Farmer -Retired-
Age next birthday: 46
Palce of birth: Pa.
Father's Name: Samuel Rutan
Mother's Maiden Name: Sarah Clutter
Number of Groom's Marriage: 2nd
Full Name of Bride: Mrs. Anna Redman
Maiden Name if Widow: Anna Shape
Place of Residence: Grand Ridge
Age next birthday: 26
Place of Birth: Pa.
Father's Name: John Shape
Mother's Maiden Name: Margaret Rush
Number of Bride's Marriage: 2nd
Married at Ottawa in the County of LaSalle and State of Illinois,
11th day of May 1898
Witnesses to Marriage: H. May Ladd
Transcriptions for ARRATTA
BELLE SHAPPE:
1880 Federal Census of Pennsylvania
Census Place: Morgan, Greene County
Source: FHL Film 1255133 National Archives Film T9-1133 Pages 289-290
[Page 289C] Samuel SHAPE Self M M
W 43 PA Fa: MD Mo: PA Occ: Farmer ; Patience SHAPE Wife F M W 36 PA
Fa: PA Mo: PA Occ: Keeping House ; John A. SHAPE Son M S W 12 PA Fa:
PA Mo: PA ; Martha J. SHAPE Sister F S W 27 PA Fa: PA Mo: PA Occ:
House Servant ; Deemas I. SHAPE Brother M S W 35 PA Fa: PA Mo: PA
Occ: Farm Laborer ; Franklin SHAPE Nephew M S W 6 PA Fa: PA Mo: PA
[Page 289D] Morgan SHAPE Self M M W 42 PA Fa: MD Mo: PA Occ: Farm
Laborer ; Margaret A. SHAPE Wife F M W 32 OH Fa: PA Mo: OH Occ: Keeping
House ; William SHAPE Son M S W 12 OH Fa: PA Mo: OH ; Priscilla A.
SHAPE Dau F S W 9 OH Fa: PA Mo: OH ; Arista B. SHAPE Dau F S W 5 OH
Fa: PA Mo: OH
[Page 290A] Eliza SHAPE Self F Wd W 53 PA Fa: GER Mo: PA Occ: Keeping
House ; Lidia A. SHAPE Dau F S W 23 PA Fa: PA Mo: PA Occ: House Servant
; Elizabeth E. SHAPE Dau F S W 18 PA Fa: PA Mo: PA Occ: House Servant
PERSONAL OBSERVATION: the death certificate of Arratta Belle Shappe
Applebee lists her father as John Shappe and her mother as Margaret
Rush Shappe, both parents indicated as born in Pennsylvania. Arratta's
birth is indicated as November 22, 1874 in Greene County, Pennsylvania.
There is a John M. Shape buried in Grand Ridge Cemetery, not far from
the burial plot of Herman and Arratta Belle Shappe Applebee. These
facts and the information shown above from the 1880 census of Greene
County, Pennsylvania, strongly indicate that the MORGAN SHAPE in the
census record is the same as the John M. Shape buried in Grand Ridge
Cemetery. Both had a wife named Margaret and both had a daughter.
The death certificate does list that daughter as ARRATTA BELLE SHAPPE
whereas the census record shows that daughter as ARISTA B. The close
similarity of the given name and the date of birth of the daughter
is added proof. The only discrepency is the nativity of this daughter:
the census shows the birth state as Ohio, and the death certificate
shows the birth state as Pennsylvania. HOWEVER, GREENE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,
IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THAT STATE, PLACING IT
ADJACENT TO THE STATE OF OHIO.
Transcriptions for HERMAN
APPLEBEE:
1900 Federal Census of Farm Ridge Township, La Salle
County, Illinois
Partial transcription of file on Ancestry.com
APPLEBEE, Herman Head W M Nov 1875
24 M 1 Illinois New York Germany; Belle Wife W F Nov 1875 24 1 2 2
Penn Penn ?; Walter Son W M Nov 1895 4 S Ill Ill Penn; Myra Daughter
W F July 1899 10/12 S Ill Ill Penn
1910 Federal Census of La Salle County,
Illinois
Enumeration District # 87, Page 12 - Deer Park Township
Ancestry.com Image Library - Downloaded 05/24/2001
Partial transcription
APPLEBEE, Herman Head M W 34 M1 14
Illinois Pennsylvania Ger-Germany ... farmer ... ; Belle Wife F W
34 M1 14 6, 6 Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois .. ; Walter V. Son M W 13
S ILL ILL Penn ... ; Myra Daughter F W 11 S ILL ILL Penn ... ; Zelma
Daughter F W 9 S ILL ILL Penn ... ; Clyde Son M W 6 S ILL ILL Penn
... ; Guy Son M W 4 S ILL ILL Penn ... ; Herbert Son M W 2 S ILL ILL
Penn ...
PERSONAL OBSERVATION: on nearby farms at this time
lived the families of John Huss, widower, and Richard Huss [the relationship
between John and Richard, if any, is unclear].
1920 Federal Census of La Salle County, Illinois
Enumeration District #99, Page 12 - Deer Park Township
Ancestry.com Image Library - Downloaded 07/11/2001
Partial transcription
APPLEBEE, Herman Head MW 44 M Illinois
New York Germany Farmer General farm ... ; Arratta B. FW 44 M Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania ... ; Walter V. Son MW 24 S ILL ILL PA ...
; Irene Z. Daughter FW 18 S ILL ILL PA ... ; Clyde W. Son MW 16 S
ILL ILL PA ... ; Guy E. Son MW 14 S ILL ILL PA ... ; Herbert D. Son
MW 12 S ILL ILL PA ... ; Arratta B. Daughter FW 1/12 S ILL ILL PA
...
PERSONAL OBSERVATION: both Kenneth and Pauline died
at birth between 1910 and 1920; Myra had married in 1916; it is currently
[07/15/2001] unclear where Lawrence L., who was eleven years old in
1920, was living.