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Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary Margaretta Rutman: Birth: 19 MAY 1860 in Allentownship, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Death: 26 JUN 1929 in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania

  2. Emma Rutman: Birth: FEB 1862 in Allentownship, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Death: 20 OCT 1932 in Lehighton, Carbon, Pennsylvania

  3. Elmer Jacob Rutman: Birth: 25 JUN 1864 in Allentownship, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Death: 13 MAY 1935 in Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania

  4. John Franklin Rutman: Birth: 3 JUL 1866 in Allentownship, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Death: 13 OCT 1932 in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania

  5. Alfred Henry Rutman: Birth: 15 MAR 1868 in Allentownship, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Death: 3 JUN 1962 in Pinellas County, Florida

  6. Lillie Agnes Rutman: Birth: 21 OCT 1871 in Allentownship, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Death: 20 JUN 1931 in Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania

  7. Robert Thomas Rutman: Birth: 6 SEP 1874 in Allentownship, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Death: 20 AUG 1963 in Newton, Northampton, Pennsylvania

  8. Sara Alice Rutman: Birth: 1877 in Allentownship, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Death: 1953

  9. William Walter Rutman: Birth: 22 MAR 1879 in Allentownship, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Death: 16 NOV 1924 in Northampton, Northampton, Pennsylvania

  10. Preston Rutman: Birth: 21 NOV 1882 in Allentownship, Northampton, Pennsylvania.

  11. Joseph Rutman: Birth: 21 NOV 1882 in Allentownship, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Death: 7 MAR 1883 in Allentownship, Northampton, Pennsylvania


Notes
a. Note:   nd 1880 Northampton Co census. Marriage dates of children from correspondence with Mrs. Norman Rutman of Bethlehem, PA in the 1980's and Marriage Register, Courthouse, Allentown, PA.
  PARENTS:
  No marriage record has been found for John Rutman and Sarah Freyman. Sources for the death dates of John and Sarah Rutman are from their death certificates.
  CHILDREN:
  Sources for most of the death dates for the children are from tombstones in the Greenwood Cemetery, Howerton, Northamtpon, Pennsylvania.
  The source for the dates of christenings, marriages, and death and burial information (the latter specifically for John, William Walter, and Alfred) are the records of the Salem United Church of Christ, Catasauqua, Lehigh, Pennsylvania.
  Source for middle names and birthdates of William, Thomas, and Alfred are the WW1 draft registration cards.
  Further documentation for the deaths of the children are:
 Alfred Rutman is from the Florida Death index 1877-1998. Source of death for Preston Rutman's wife is the obituary in the Allentown paper for 13 Dec 1926, pg. 7. Source for the death of William W Rutman is the obituary from the Easton Express/Easton Times Nov 18, 1924. WIlliam evidently never married, as he is single living with family members in the 1900, 1910, and 1920 census'. Source for the death of Lillie Rutman (called Tilly in the obit) is from the Easton Express/Easton Times, Jun 22, 1931. Source for the death and burial of Emma Rutman Troxell is her obituary from the Allentown Morning Call, October 1, 1932. Source for the death of Robert Rutman is his obituary in the Allentown Morning Call, 21 Aug 1963.
  A soruce for the birthdate and deathdate of William Walter Rutman is his obituary in the Easton Express, 18 Nov 1924.
  Source for the date of Elmer's marriage to Annie Kuhns is the 1900 census report, Allen, Northampton, Pennsylvania, Roll T623_1446, page 12a, Enumeration District 9a. Source for the "after 1920" death of Elmer is his appearance on the 1920 Pennsylvania census and non appearance on the 1930 census.
  Source for the birth of husband of Lillie Rutman is from the 1880 Lehigh County census, which finds Milton as a child living in South Whitehall. The source for his death as "after 1931" is from his survival of wife Lillie as listed in her obit from the Easton Sentinel/Express Jun 22, 1931. The date and place for the marriage of Lillie is from the Northampton County marriage license #5461.
  The source for the burial of Mary M Rutman is from Ancestry.com. Web: Pennsylvania, Find A Grave Index, 1681-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 27 December 2011.
Note:   The initial sources for the reconstruction of this family are the 1870 a


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