Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Ephraim Rupert and Mary Magdalena Shellhammer


Husband Ephraim Rupert 1 

           Born: 25 Jul 1842 - Girty, South Bend Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Jan 1890 1
         Buried:  - Spring Church Cemetery, Armstrong Co, PA


         Father: Andrew Rupert (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Barbara Rupert (      -      ) 2


       Marriage: 2 Jan 1866 1

Wife Mary Magdalena Shellhammer 1 

           Born: 31 Aug 1848 - Cochran's Mills, Burrell Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Apr 1937 1
         Buried:  - Spring Church Cemetery, Armstrong Co, PA


         Father: Daniel Shellhammer (1822-1903) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Smail (1821/1822-1870) 3


   Other Spouse: George Washington Wilcox (1847-      ) 1 - 24 Aug 1892 1

Children
1 M Lewis Ellsworth Rupert 1 

           Born: 20 Oct 1868 - Girty, South Bend Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Mar 1950 1
         Buried:  - Spring Church Cemetery, Armstrong Co, PA

         Spouse: Elizabeth Catherine Dice (1870-      ) 1
           Marr: 20 Oct 1892 - Girty, South Bend Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1

2 M George Smith Rupert 4 

           Born: 18 Jun 1870 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Apr 1874 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

3 F Catherine Rupert 4 

           Born: 19 Aug 1872 - Girty, South Bend Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Apr 1874 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

4 F Jane Lucettia Rupert 4 

           Born: 4 Mar 1874 - Girty, South Bend Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 May 1954 4
         Buried:  - Spring Church Cemetery, Armstrong Co, PA

         Spouse: Lebanna Ecker (      -      ) 4

         Spouse: Josiah William Smail (1854-1923) 5
           Marr: 25 Sep 1902 4

5 F Elizabeth Rupert 4 

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1937 4
         Buried:  - Markle Cemetery, Sewickley Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: Nelson Sherman Swank (      -      ) 4

6 M Foster Clarence Rupert 4 

           Born: 15 Dec 1876 - Girty, South Bend Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: Feb 1957 4
         Buried:  - Spring Church Cemetery, Armstrong Co, PA

         Spouse: Virginia Gibson (1880-      ) 4

7 M Charles Carl Rupert 4 

           Born: 16 Oct 1878 - Girty, South Bend Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Jul 1963 4
         Buried:  - Brick Church Cemetery, Ford City, Armstrong Co, PA

         Spouse: Ida B. Claypool (1870-      ) 4

8 M Harry Roy Rupert 4 

           Born: 27 Mar 1880 - Girty, South Bend Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 May 1969 4
         Buried:  - Vandergrift Cemetery, Vandergrift, Armstrong Co, PA

         Spouse: Alma Pearl Smith (      -      ) 4

9 M Daniel Park Rupert 4 

           Born: 5 May 1882 - Girty, South Bend Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Jan 1972 4
         Buried:  - Spring Church Cemetery, Armstrong Co, PA

         Spouse: Gertrude Ida Riggle (1883-1945) 4
           Marr: 18 May 1904 4

10 F Vernie Maze Rupert 6 

           Born: 15 Jan 1884 - Girty, South Bend Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Albert Adam Beck (1855-      ) 6
           Marr: 12 Oct 1898 - Burrell Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 6

General Notes: Husband - Ephraim Rupert


While working in a sawmill he lost an arm; subsequently he was known as "One-Arm Eph," to distinguish him from others with the same name.

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Sources

1 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 111.

2 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 519.

3 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 97.

4 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 112.

5 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 112, 319.

6 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 114.

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