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Note: 0 Northampton County, Pennsylvania census record. The marriage date is from correspondence with Mrs. Norman Rutman of Bethlehem, PA in the 1980's and Marriage Register, Courthouse, Allentown, PA. At present (2012) there is no record of any children for this couple. They may have had children before Edwin's early death in 1884. A Sarah L or Sarah E Rutman with children cannot be found on the 1900 Northampton County census. This indicates she may have moved out of the state, remarried, or died.
The source for the death of Edwin Rutman is the newspaper Argus, November, 1884.
Subsequent to writing the above paragraph sources for children of Edwin and Sarah Rutman was found. The Lehigh County Death Register held in the collection of the LCHS records:
Record #4443, page 390:
Edwin F. Rutman
Age: 13 years
Death: June 3, 1898 Born: Whitehall Township, Lehigh Co.
Father: Edwin J. Rutman
Mother: Sarah L. Rutman
Cemetery: Stone Church, Kreidersville, Northampton Co., PA
for Samuel Rutman from FindaGrave.com online (photo of headstone included):
Birth: May 25, 1883
Death: Apr. 21, 1901
Tombstone gives birth year as 1884, but church records show 1883 and age on tombstone calculates to 1883.
Family links:
Parents:
Edwin J. Rutman (1851 - 1884)
Siblings:
Mary A. Rutman (1876 - 1879)*
Samuel H. Rutman (1883 - 1901)
Edwin F. Rutman (1884 - 1898)*
Inscription:
Son of Edwin & Sarah L. Rutman
Aged 17 Yrs 11 Mo & 26 Days
Burial:
Zion UCC Stone Church Cemetery
Kreidersville
Northampton County
Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Center South Section - Front
Note: The source for the reconstruction of the Edwin Rutman family is the 188
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