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Marriage: Children:
  1. Ester Irene Rutman: Birth: 16 DEC 1909 in North Catasauqua, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Death: 24 NOV 1927 in North Catasauqua, Northampton, Pennsylvania

  2. Arthur Preston Rutman: Birth: 12 JUN 1915 in North Catasauqua, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Death: 31 MAR 1988 in Whitehall, Lehigh, Pennsylvania

  3. Ralph Emerson Rutman: Birth: 23 OCT 1916 in North Catasauqua, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Death: 4 FEB 2007 in Hellertown, Northampton, Pennsylvania

  4. Ethel Dorothy Rutman: Birth: FEB 1918 in North Catasauqua, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Death: 5 APR 2001 in Fort Myers, Lee, Florida


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Notes
a. Note:   PARENTS: The source for the reconstruction of the Preston Rutman family are the 1920 Northampton County census records and the Social Security Death Index. The marriage date is from correspondence with Mrs. Norman Rutman of Bethlehem, PA in the 1980's and Marriage Register, Courthouse, Allentown, PA.
  Further information on the marriage date of Preston and Aleda, the middle names of the children and their birth and baptismal dates and locations is from the record books of the Salem United Church of Christ in Catasauqua, Lehigh, Pennsylvania.
  The source for the death date of Eva is Northampton County Death Register #4, p. 122. This record leads us to believe that Eva Aleda was widowed at the time of her marriage to Preston, and that her maiden name was Hunsberger. The record states "daughter of Henry Martin & Erma Hunsberger.
  The source for the names of the parents of Eva Aleda is her page on FindaGrave.com online.
  Birth: Aug. 18, 1883
 Schuylkill County
 Pennsylvania, USA
 Death: Dec. 10, 1926
 North Catasauqua
 Northampton County
 Pennsylvania, USA

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 Parents:
 Henry M. Grow (1848 - 1913)
 Emma <i>Hornberger Wolfgang</i> Grow (1857 - 1938)

 Spouse:
 Preston Ralph Rutman (1882 - 1957)*

 Children:
 Esther Irene Rutman (1909 - 1927)*
 Arthur P Rutman (1915 - 1988)*

 Siblings:
 John Adam Wolfgang (1877 - 1959)**
 Lila Mae <i>Wolfgang</i> Simons (1879 - 1957)**
 Aleda Eva <i>Grow</i> Rutman (1883 - 1926)
 Mattie M <i>Grow</i> Shirk (1884 - 1947)*
 Emma Lucretia Grow (1887 - 1970)*
 Levada M <i>Grow</i> Lawall (1890 - 1957)*
 Levada M <i>Grow</i> Lawall (1890 - 1957)*
 Peter Leland Grow (1895 - 1962)*
 Hilda S <i>Grow</i> Diefenderfer (1897 - 1987)*

 **Half-sibling

 Burial:
 Fairview Cemetery 
 West Catasauqua
 Lehigh County
 Pennsylvania, USA
 Plot: Section 12
  The source for the second marriage of Preston is Lehigh County Marriage License Applications, number 60195
  The source for the death of Arthur Preston Rutman is from the Social Security Death Index.
  CHILDREN:
  The source for the marriage of Ethel Rutman and Robert Croll is "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VFWQ-HG8 : accessed 11 Nov 2013), Robert E. Croll and Ethel Dorothy Rutman, 06 Jun 1942; citing Lehigh Pennsylvania, United States, ; FHL microfilm 2080486.
  The source for the death of Ethel Rutman is an unsourced entry on Ancestry.com from the Public Member FamilyTree of Violet Gweny.
  The source for the death and burial information of Esther Irene is the Northampton County Death Register #4, p.123: Esther I. Rutman, age: 17½ years; single; student; b.North Catasauqua; d.24 Nov.1927 at 1st Ward, North Catasauqua; cause of death: nephritis; buried: 28 Nov.1927 at Fairview Cemetery; daughter of Preston Rutman & Almeda Grow.


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