Emanuel Rohrer family photo. Emanuel Rohrer with his Wife Mary, their four sons, Roy, Glade, Joseph, and Harold, and their families. [http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/25224925/person/1624533746, Rohrer/Ardelan Family Tree]
1859 Emanuel Rohrer was born in Indiana in September. [1]
1860 Joseph and Harriet Rohrer lived in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana with children Mary Rohrer (age 3), Sarah Rohrer (age 2), and Emanuel Rohrer (age 11 months). [2] [3]
1870 Joseph and Harriet Rohrer lived in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana with children Anna, Mary, Sarah, Emanuel, Lovina, Isaiah, Josiah, and Almira. [4] [5]
1880 Joseph Rohrer (age 50) and Harriet Rohrer (age 46) lived in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana with children Sarah Rohrer (age 22), Emanuel Rohrer (age 20), Lovina Rohrer (age 19), Isaiah Rohrer (age 17), Josiah Rohrer (age 14), Elmira Rohrer (age 12), Elisabeth Rohrer (age 9), Rosia M Rohrer (age 4), and Lovisa Rohrer (age 1). [6] [7]
1890 Emanuel Rohrer was listed in the Elkhart Indiana directory at Elkhart County. [8]
1895 Emanuel Rohrer and Mary Roose were married on October 9, in Elkhart County, Indiana. [9] [10] [11]
1900 Emanuel Rohrer (born Sep 1859) and Mary Rohrer (born Jan 1872) lived in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana with sons Roy (born April 1897) and Glade (born Nov 1899). Nellie Roose, possibly a sister of Mary, (born Oct 1881) was a boarder in their house. [12] [13] [14]
1908 Harold Rohrer, son of Emanuel Rohrer and Mary Ann Roise, was born on May 28 in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana. [15]
1910 Emanuel Rohrer (age 50) and Mary (age 38) lived in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana with Roy R (age 13), Glade E (age 11), Joseph J (age 9), and Harold (age 2). [16] [17] [18]
1915-20 A plat map of Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana shows the farm in section 27, that Joseph Rohrer had owned [see 1874 atlas], was owned by Emanuel and M Rohrer (perhaps grandson Emanuel and wife Mary Roose Rohrer). [19] [Map, 1915 platt map of Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana.] [20] [Map, c 1920 plat map of Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana.] [21]
1920 Emanuel Rohrer (age 60) and Mary (age 47) lived in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana with sons Roy (age 22), Glade (age 21), Joe (age 19), and Harold (age 11). Nearby was Donald Rohrer (age 19) and his family. [22] [23] [24]
1920 Roy R Rohrer, age 23, and Pearl Bechtel were married on October 28 in St Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan. Roy R Rohrer, son of Emanuel Rohrer and Roose, was born abt 1897 in Indiana. [25] [26]
1921 Joseph J Rohrer, son of Emanuel Rohrer and Mary Roose, married Lucille Hess on September 17, at Elkhart County, Indiana. [27]
1922-29 Emanuel Rohrer lived in South West, Indiana. [28]
1928 Harold Rohrer, age 20, and Beulah May Werner were married on June 23 in Indiana. Harold Rohrer, son of Emanuel Rohrer and Mary Roose, was born on 28 May 1908 in Harrison Twp, Elkhart, Indiana. [29] [30]
1929 A platt map of Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana shows the farm in section 27 owned by Emanuel Rohrer. [31]
1930 Emanuel Rohrer and Mary lived in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana. Nearby was Josiah Rohrer. [32]
1933
Emanuel Rohrer family photo. Emanuel Rohrer with his Wife Mary, their four sons, Roy, Glade, Joseph, and Harold, and their families. [http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/25224925/person/1624533746, Rohrer/Ardelan Family Tree]
1933 Emanuel Rohrer, married, son of Joseph J. Rohrer and Harriet Rohrer, spouse of Mary Robrer, died, at age 73y 8m 12d, on June 9, 1933, in R R, Elkhart County, Indiana. Emanuel Rohrer was born on September 27, 1859, in Elkhart County, Indiana. [33]
1933 Emanuel Rohrer was buried at Yellow Creek Brick Cemetery, Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana. [34] [35]
1933 Emanuel Rohrer grave marker
1933 Emanuel Rohrer's obituary reported [36] [37]:
County Board Member Dies - Emanuel Rohrer, 73, Elkhart county councilman-at-large since January, 1931, a native and lifelong resident of Harrison township, died at 11:30 o'clock Friday forenoon at his home at Southwest, eight miles south of Elkhart. An attack of the influenza last March weakened his heart, and two wekes [sic] ago he suffered a heart attack. He had been confined to his bed since that time, experiencing another attack last Sunday. Mr. Rohrer was the second member of the county council to be taken by death since their election of the democratic ticket in November, 1930... Mr. Rohrer, who was the son of Joseph and Harriet Rohrer, was married to Miss Mary Roose in October, 1895. They then located on the farm at Southwest, where they have lived ever since. For half a century Mr. Rohrer was a member of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ church at Southwest, and for a number of years he was a deacon of the church. Surviving beside Mrs. Rohrer are four sons - Roy, west of Wakarusa, Glade and Harold, of Wakarusa, and Joseph, west of Goshen; nine grandchildren, and the following sisters and brothers: Mrs Elizabeth Neterer, Mrs. Louise Doering and Josiah and Isaiah Rohrer. The funeral will be held Sunday, with a service at the home at 1:15 p.m. (cst), followed by further services at the Yellow Creek Brick church, in charge of the Rev. Charles Wright. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. Members of Mr. Rohrer's Sunday school class will serve as pallbearers. The six members of the county council will select Mr. Rohrer's successor...
1942 Mary Rohrer, widowed, daughter of Silas Roose and Harriett Roose, spouse of Emanuel Rohrer, died, at age 71y 8m 26d, on October 17, 1942, in Goshen Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana. Mary Rohrer was born on January 21, 1871, in Indiana. [38]
1942 Mary A. Roose Rohrer died and was buried at Yellow Creek Brick Cemetery, Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana. Mary A. Roose Rohrer was born in 1872. [39] [40]
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