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• Race: White
• Address: 1900, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  2055 Bellmore Ave
• Residence: 1900, Philadelphia Ward 25, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 11; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Address: 1910, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  2055 Bellmore Ave
• Occupation: 1910, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; wallpaper hanger
• Residence: 1910, Philadelphia Ward 25, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 21; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Address: 1917, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  2077 E Orleans St
• Physical Description: Jun 1917, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; tall with a medium build, with gray eyes and sandy hair
• Occupation: Jun 1917, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; wallpaper hanger/decorator with own shop
• Residence: Jun 1917, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 28
• Address: 1920, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  2071 Orleans St
• Occupation: 1920, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; wallpaper hanger
• Residence: 1920, Philadelphia Ward 25, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 30; Age: 39; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Address: 1930, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  2077 Orleans St
• Occupation: 1930, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; decorator with his own shop
• Residence: 1930, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 41; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Address: 1942, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  2077 E Orleans St
• Residence: 1942, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 53

Notes:

The 1920 Census lists his occupation as a paperhanger. In 1930, Alfred was listed as a decorator, with his own shop. In the 1920 and 1930 Census, the family lived at 2071 Orleans St., Philadelphia. This is a home they owned. The 1930 Census lists the house with a value of $4,000.

Alfred married Margaret Obenland 1913, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. Margaret (daughter of Gottlob Friederich Obenland and Wilhelmina Friederike Schickler) was born 17 May 1890, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; died 7 Dec 1944, Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried 11 Dec 1944, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Find A Grave Memorial Number: 146547054
• Race: White
• Name: Maggie
• Alternate Date of Birth: 16 May 1891
• Address: 1900, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  669 Lippincott St
• Residence: 1900, Philadelphia Ward 33, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
• Address: 1910, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  704 E Ontario St
• Occupation: 1910, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; stenographer for a hardware supply
• Residence: 1910, Philadelphia Ward 33, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 19; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Address: 1920, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  2071 Orleans St
• Residence: 1920, Philadelphia Ward 25, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 29; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Address: 1930, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  2077 Orleans St
• Residence: 1930, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 39; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Last Residence: Dec 1944, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; 2077 E Orleans St
• _FUN: 11 Dec 1944, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Kester's Funeral Home, at 609-11 E Allegheny Ave

Notes:

Buried:
Northwood Cemetery

Died:
Norristown State Hospital

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• Find A Grave Memorial Number: 148457069
• Race: White
• Name: Alfred David Rapp
• Baptism: 19 Aug 1860, Gomaringen, Tubingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Arrival: 1886; Age: 26
• Address: 1900, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  2055 Bellmore Ave
• Occupation: 1900, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; 2055 Bellmore Ave
• Residence: 1900, Philadelphia Ward 25, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 39; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Last Residence: 1903, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; 2055 Bellmore Ave
• Occupation: 1903, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; baker

Notes:

Parents were Philipp David Rapp and Anna Maria Staiger.

Buried:
Northwood Cemetery

Died:
at the hospital at 216 W Thompson St.

Philipp married Anna Maria Voetsch 1888, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. Anna was born 27 Mar 1868, Germany; died 11 Oct 1941, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried 16 Oct 1941, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Find A Grave Memorial Number: 148457141
• Race: White
• Name: Annie
• Arrival: 1885; Age: 17
• Address: 1900, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  2055 Bellmoore Ave
• Residence: 1900, Philadelphia Ward 25, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 32; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Address: 1910, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  2055 Bellmore Ave

Notes:

Buried:
Northwood Cemetery

Died:
at home at 2038 E Glenwood Ave; age 73

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• Find A Grave Memorial Number: 30393653
• Race: White
• Arrival: 1869; Age: 9
• civil: Sep 1869, Marbach, Neckarkreis, Württemberg, Germany; applied to emigrate to the United States.
• Occupation: 1870, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; bartender
• Residence: 1870, Philadelphia Ward 6 District 17, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; bording with Bernard and Mina Albrecht
• Address: 1880, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  1731 Fitler St
• Occupation: 1880, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; baker
• Residence: 1880, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1890, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; baker
• Address: 1900, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  669 Lippincott St
• Residence: 1900, Philadelphia Ward 33, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 40; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Address: 1910, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  704 E Ontario St
• Residence: 1910, Philadelphia Ward 33, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 60; Age: 60; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Address: 1920, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  704 E Ontario St
• Occupation: 1920, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; retired baker
• Residence: 1920, Philadelphia Ward 33, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
• _FUN: 23 Aug 1920, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; at his home at 704 E. Ontario St.

Notes:

Like many German names, there is some discrepancy as to this man's name. Some places his name is spelled as Gottlieb, other times it's Gottlob. His interment records use the latter, so that's what I'm using.

Gottlob was the son of Gottlob Friederich Obenland and Jacobine Guenzel. He had 8 brothers and sisters. After his mother died, his father married Katharine Friederike Wieland. She is not the children's mother, as she herself was born in 1842.

Gottlob Friederich, the son, and the topic of this memorial, was born on April 5, 1850 in Kleinaspach, Wuerttemburg, Germany. His siblings were Friederike Magdalena (9/24/1839), Luise (2/6/1841), Wilhelmina (3/16/1843), Ernestina (10/29/1848), Johan Carl (12/24/1851) and August (9/9/1854). One sibling died as a newborn or stillborn on 4/29/1848.

Gottlob came to the United States in 1869. The 1870 Federal Census shows he was working as a bar tender in Philadelphia, Pennyslvania.

On July 27, 1873, Gottlob married Wilhelmina Schickler. Their marriage took place in Philadelphia at St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church. His wife is listed as "Mina."

By 1880, the couple had three children: Emma, born in 1875; Wilhelmina (Minnie), born in 1877; and Louisa (Lizzie), born in 1878. Their other children were William, born in 1880, Charles born in 1883, Friederike, 1888 and Margaret, 1890. All of their children were born in Pennsylvania.

The Philadelphia City Directory for 1890 lists Gottlob as a baker at 2860 Amber St.

On February 14, 1895, Gottlob bought the property at 669 E. Lippincott Street. The Philadelphia Inquirer listed the sale in its February 16, 1895 edition. The purchase price was $800. In the 1900 Census, the family was then living at the Lippincot St address.

On August 1, 1902, the Philadelphia Inquirer listed the transfer of the property at 665 and 667 E. Lippincott St. The seller was George K. Cummings and the buyer was Gottlob F. Obenland. The transfer of title had taken place on July 22, 1902. Each lot was 14.3' x 50', and the sales price for both was $3,100.

From those addresses, the family lived and worked.

County records in 2009 show that the structures where Gottlob lived and worked in 1900 are no longer there. They were torn down and three row houses built on the lots in 1920. Two are privately owned and one is owned by Inner City Rehab, Inc.

Sons William and Charles went on to own their own plumbing company, aptly named Obenland Brothers Plumbing. They ran their business out of the 669 address. Friederich became a bookkeeper and married Anna E. Allen in 1913. William first marriage was to Lillian Gross in 1902. He lost her to smallpox two years later. William went on to marry Feronica (Fannie) McKnight. Charles married Cora Rustine.

Their daughter Wilhelmina married Charles Zeiser in 1904. Margaret married Alfred D. Rapp in 1913. All of the marriages took place in Philadelphia. No marriages have yet been found for Emma and Louisa.

Gottlob died on August 18, 1920 and was buried on August 23, 1920. His wife Wilhelmine was buried next to him three years later.


Buried:
Oakland Cemetery; Section E, Lot 122, Grave 3

Died:
at home at 704 E Ontario St

Gottlob married Wilhelmina Friederike Schickler 27 Jul 1873, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. Wilhelmina (daughter of Johann Michael Schickler and Wilhelmine Katharine Sohn) was born 25 Sep 1849, Zell, Neckarkries, Wurttemburg, Germany; was christened 27 Sep 1849, Zell, Neckarkries, Wurttemburg, Germany; died 11 Apr 1923, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried 16 Apr 1923, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Find A Grave Memorial Number: 30400495
• Race: White
• Name: Minnie
• Arrival: 1870; Age: 21
• Arrival: 1871; Age: 21
• Address: 1880, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  1731 Fitler St
• Residence: 1880, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
• Address: 1900, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  669 Lippincott St
• Residence: 1900, Philadelphia Ward 33, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 60; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Address: 1910, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  704 E Ontario St
• Residence: 1910, Philadelphia Ward 33, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 60; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Address: 1920, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Address:
  704 E Ontario St
• Residence: 1920, Philadelphia Ward 33, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

Christened:
Lutheran Church.

Buried:
Oakland Cemetery; Section E, Lot 122, Grave 2

Died:
704 E Ontario St

Other Events:

• Alternate Spelling of First Name: Gottlieb

Notes:

Christened:
Lutheran Church

Gottlob married Jacobina Günzel 25 Aug 1839, Kleinaspach, Württemberg, Deutschland. Jacobina (daughter of Johann Gottlieb Günzel and Christina Catharina Günzel) was born 24 Aug 1814. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 28 Aug 1814, Beilstein, Württemberg, Deutschland; Lutheran Church

Notes:

Alternate spelling of last name is Guentzel.

Johann married Wilhelmine Katharine Sohn 19 Sep 1847, Zell, Neckarkries, Wurttemburg, Germany. Wilhelmine (daughter of Philipp Conrad Sohn and Elisabethe Margarethe Wandnagel) was born 6 Oct 1823, Altbach, Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet]