Katherine R. Aydelott

William + Lucille Ropp. Lucille (daughter of Aaron D. Ropp and Catherine (Katie) Schrock) was born on 1 Aug 1901 in IL; died on 22 Jan 1968 in San Mateo, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lucille Ropp received a degree from Northwestern University. Her husband was William R. Aydelott. Shortly after their marriage they moved to Pasadena, California. William was a real estate appraiser for a bank. They later lived in San Francisco where William had an insurance business. They had two children - Katherine and William. William died in Alameda, California in 1966. He was sixty-four years old. Katherine was widowed only two years. She died in San Mateo, California in 1968. She was sixty-six years old.

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• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

Obit: Herald of Truth, Vol XLI, No 47, 17 Nov 1904
Aaron D. Ropp, born July 11, 1861, died Oct. 28, 1904, buried at Railroad Cemetery. On Nov. 23, 1886 in Tazewell County he married Catherine 'Katie' Schrock. She was born at Elm Grove June 23, 1868, and died Oct. 18, 1951, a daughter of John Schrock and Barbara Rediger. She is buried in Lakeside Cemetery at Pekin. Herald of Truth, November 1904: "Bro. Aaron Ropp died Oct. 28, 1904, at his home, three miles east of Pekin, Tazewell Co., Ill., being sick only six days with pneumonia, aged 43 Y., 3 M., 17 D. He united with the Amish Mennonite church at an early age and lived a consistent Christian life to the time of his death. Funeral services by the brethren Val. Strubar and Joe King. Text, Rom. 6."

Buried:
Lakeside Cemetery. Service by Val. Strubar and Joe King.

Aaron married Catherine (Katie) Schrock on 23 Nov 1886 in Tazewell Co., IL. Catherine (daughter of John Schrock and Barbara Rediger) was born on 23 Jun 1868 in Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL; died on 18 Oct 1951; was buried in Pekin, Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1935, Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., CA

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Residence:
There in 1937 as well

Buried:
Lakeside Cemetery

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Obit: Herald of Truth, June 15, 1895:
"On the 24th of May, 1895, near Pekin, Tazewell Co., Ill., of cancer, Bro. Jacob Ropp, aged 78 y., 17 d. He leaves his wife and 9 children, 45 grand-children and many friends to mourn their loss. He was buried on the 26th at the Union M. H. at Elmgrove. Funeral services by Joseph Buercky of Tiskilwa, and Isaac Miller of Tremont, Ill. Benj. Berkey of Groveland, and John Schmitt, in German, and by Va. Strubhar of Washington, in English, from Phil. 1:21. The funeral was one of the largest that ever occurred in this part of the country. Bro. Ropp died in peace with God and man. - J. Buercky."

Buried:
Railroad Cemetery

Jacob married Elizabeth Schlegal on 10 Jun 1842 in Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL. Elizabeth (daughter of Christian Schlegel and Catherine Ernst) was born on 13 Jan 1823 in Bourogne, Upper Alsace, FR; died on 21 Mar 1901; was buried in Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigration: 1824

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Buried:
Railroad Cemetery

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• HIST: ILLINOIS RAILROADS IN 1901 (including Chicago-based) Source: "HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS" © 1901 ©Transcribed by Kim Torp http://genealogytrails.com/ill/cook/railroads.html CHICAGO, PEORIA & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY NY (of Illinois), a corporation operating two lines of railroad, one extending from Peoria to Jacksonville, and the other from Peoria to Springfield, with a connection from the latter place (in 1895), over a leased line, with St. Louis. The total mileage, as officially reported in 1895, was 208.66 miles, of which 166 were owned by the corporation. (1) The original of the Jacksonville Division of this line was the Illinois River Railroad, opened from Pekin to Virginia in 1859. In October, 1863, it was sold under foreclosure, and, early in 1864, was transferred by the purchasers to a new corporation called the Peoria, Pekin & Jacksonville Railroad Company, by whom it was extended the same year to Peoria, and, in 1869, to Jacksonville. Another fore closure, in 1879, resulted in its sale to the creditors, followed by consolidation, in 1881, with the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway. (2) The Springfield Division was incorporated in 1869 as the Springfield & Northwestern Railway; construction was begun in 1872, and road opened from Springfield to Havana (45.20 miles) in December, 1874, and from Havana to Pekin and Peoria over the track of the Peoria, Pekin & Jacksonville line. The same year the road was leased to the Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Railroad Company, but the lease was forfeited, in 1875, and the road placed in the hands of a receiver. In 1881, together with the Jacksonville Division, it was transferred to the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway, and by that company operated as the Peoria & Springfield Railroad. The Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific having defaulted and gone into the hands of a receiver, both the Jacksonville and the Springfield Divisions were reorganized in February, 1887, under the name of the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railroad, and placed under control of the Jacksonville Southeastern Railroad. A reorganization of the latter took place, in 1890, under the name of the Jacksonville, Louisville & St. Louis Railway, and, in 1893, it passed into the hands of receivers, and was severed from its allied lines. The Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railroad remained under the management of a separate receiver until January, 1896, when a reorganization was effected under its present name - "The Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railroad of Illinois." The lease of the Springfield & St. Louis Division having expired in December, 1895, it has also been reorganized as an independent corporation under the name of the St. Louis, Peoria & Northern Railway (which see). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Pekin_and_Jacksonville_Railroad#History
• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Mennonite
• USR1: Stroke
• Residence: 1903 / 20 Apr 1935, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Obit: Newspaper article

”The founder of a great family died in Pekin today: John Schrock, of 714 South Ninth Street. He was the father of twelve children, eleven of whom survive along with 25 other descendants; but only one of the 36 is left to carry on the good name of Schrock.
“Religion brought this grand old man to Pekin. Back in the Vaterland a man named Menno Simon founded a religion which has brought honor upon him and to this day they call his followers “Mennonites.” A century ago there was a group of them around Pekin among them the Ropp families.
“Johannes Schrock was eight years old in 1851 when the family came to Pekin, for he had been born March 26, 1843. That trip was often recalled by Mr. Schrock; and the older he became the better he remembered those days of children; and the less he recalled the fleeting things of yesterday. The family located in a log house on what is now the Allen Miller farm five miles east of Pekin. They were made at home by the Mennonites here and kindly neighbors; and because they were honorable and thrifty, they prospered.
“As John grew older he worked out in saw mills, grist mills, and brick yards. He could do a tremendous day's work, even in the days when a big day's work was expected of all men. He himself carried from the saw mill every tie and plank for the first bridge over the river here--the Peoria, Pekin & Jacksonville R.R. bridge. Three men would be assigned to such a job nowadays and work only half as many hours. They told of him that he could cut with an axe and rack five cords of wood in a day. Four men wouldn't want to do that today.
“On December 3, 1865, he married Barbara Rediger and the two established one of the most respected homes in the county. Twelve children were born to them, and all but the last (who died in infancy) live today to mourn the passing of the father. They are: Peter Schrock, Pekin; Mrs. Katherine Ropp, Pasadena, Calif.; Daniel Schrock, Pekin; Bina Schrock, Pekin; Mrs. Sarah Ringwald, Pekin; Mrs. Ida Gueber, Pekin; Frances Schrock, Pekin; Edward Schrock, Pekin; John W. Schrock, Pekin; Mrs. Belle Thode, Pasadena; Mrs. Barbara Heisel, Pekin; and Aaron Lester, deceased.
"In 1876, Mr. Schrock bought the home east of Pekin in which the first child born in that home still lives. He is Edward Schrock, president of the Farm Bureau. The family looks to it as the old family home.
"In 1903, the sons built a nice home at 714 South Ninth Street for the parents and they moved to town. There they lived in comfort. Mrs. Schrock died on Aug. 3, 1911. Although Mr. Schrock was near 70 then, he has clung to life for 24 years more. He was a man of excellent character, good habits, and moral strength, and to this is attributed his long years. Three years ago on his 89th birthday, he spaded in his garden. On his 90th birthday the family gathered for a great reunion and celebration, but he took pneumonia that day. None expected him to survive; but he lived; and he even weathered another attack of pneumonia this winter. Even till yesterday he was up; but two strokes had weakened him and death came to him quietly at 7:15 this morning in his 93rd year.
"Death of Mr. Schrock removes one of the links with Pekin's pioneer past. He lived in the day when pigeons came in flocks that shut out the sun; when wild turkey were in abundance; and deer were to be shot in the woods. The turn of his life has seen the coming of the modern age; but thru it all there has been no change in the fact that a man of honor and honest and clean living thrives best. His children today rise up to bless his memory.
“Memorial services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Noel’s. Friends may call at the residence till 11 a.m. It is asked that no flowers be sent. Burial will be at Lakeside cemetery.,

“The Pekin centenary 1849-1949: a souvenir book commemorating 100 years of community progress in the city of Pekin, Illinois”
http://www.archive.org/stream/pekincentenary1800peki/pekincentenary1800peki_djvu.txt

“Meanwhile, Pekin's growth became faster and faster. In 1858, Bitzer' s lake was drained to make right-of-way for the new Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville railroad (later the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis, and today the Chicago and Illinois Midland). The depot was built up on piling where Bitzer' s lake had been, and much of the track there was tresteled. The 16-foot ravine cutting across the river front area was filled, and the bridge over it destroyed. The city had subscribed $100,000 to get the railroad and other improvements.”

Residence:
714 So. 9th. St.

Died:
7:15 a.m.

Buried:
Lakeside Cemetery, ministers Rev. Geo Gundy of Meadows and E.V. Young, pastor of the First M.E. church, Pekin. Mrs. A. B. Shacklette presided at the organ and Dick Groen, soloist sang “Lead Kindly Light,”, “Crossing the Bar,” “Old Rugged Cross,” and “Safe in the Arms of Jesus.” Pallbearers were Edward Schrock, Herbert Ropp, Lawrence Gueber, Roland Heisel, Maurice Ringwald, Ernest Saal and Clyde McQueen.

John married Barbara Rediger on 3 Dec 1865 in Pekin Twp., Tazewell Co., IL. Barbara (daughter of Joseph Rediger and Anna Schmidt) was born on 29 May 1844 in Washburn, Woodford Co., IL; died on 3 Aug 1911 in Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried on 5 Aug 1911 in Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Mennonite
• USR1: Diffuse Chronic Nephritis (dropsy?)

Notes:

Died:
4:00 a.m. at 714 S. 9th St., Pekin, IL

Buried:
Lakeside Cemetery, 2 p.m.

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Married:
Noel Funeral Home Document gives date and place.