Catharine (Kate) Ropp
1843 - 1907 (64 years)-
Name Catharine (Kate) Ropp [1] Birth 6 Apr 1843 Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL 
Gender Female Death 21 May 1907 Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL Burial Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL - Pleasant Grove Mennonite Cemetery
Person ID I5665 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 21 Mar 2018
Father Jacob Ropp, b. 7 May 1817, Altkirch, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR d. 24 May 1895, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 78 years) Mother Elizabeth Schlegal, b. 13 Jan 1823, Bourogne, Upper Alsace, FR d. 21 Mar 1901 (Age 78 years) Marriage 10 Jun 1842 Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL [2] Family ID F3971 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Jacob Gerber, b. 20 Oct 1837, OH d. 11 Jan 1864, Congerville, Woodford Co., IL (Age 26 years) Marriage 27 Oct 1861 Children 1. Bishop Samuel Gerber, b. 8 Sep 1863, Carlock, McLean Co., IL d. 28 Oct 1929, Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 66 years)Family ID F3969 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Sep 2004
Family 2 Joseph W. Ropp, b. 30 Jan 1840, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL d. 10 Jun 1920, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 80 years) Marriage 11 Mar 1866 Children 1. Asa Ropp Family ID F3972 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Oct 2002
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Birth - 6 Apr 1843 - Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL 
Death - 21 May 1907 - Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL Burial - - Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Obit: Gospel Witness Vol 3, No 13 26 June 1907
Ropp - Catharine Ropp was born April 6, 1843; died May 21, 1907: aged 64y, 1m, 15d.
She leaves a sorrowing husband, six sons, and twelve grandchildren to mourn her departure.
Sister Ropp accepted her Savior in her youth and united with the Amish Mennonite Church, and lived a faithful Christian life till she was called from this world to a better one; therefore we need not mourn as those who have no hope. Funeral at Pleasant Grove, near Tremont, Ill. Services were conducted by J C Birkey, Peter D Schertz and Joseph Burcky. Rest in peace.
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Lived near Pekin, near the Schrock family.
“After a brief education, Catharine Ropp united in marriage with Jacob Gerber in 1861, and they moved to a farm in the vicinity of Carlock. Little is known of their home life due to the untimely death of her husband. It is known, however, that after Jacob’s death she was courted by a cousin, Joseph Ropp, who was son of Bishop Andrew Ropp and Jacobina (Vercler) Ropp. She married her first cousin Joseph Ropp on March 11, 1866, after he returned from a trip to Germany. They moved to the Ropp farm two and one-half miles northwest of Tremont. Here they built a house, which later became a “meeting house” where worship services were held regularly.... [1]
- Obit: Gospel Witness Vol 3, No 13 26 June 1907
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