REBBE, Herman and Emma (Chester, IL)

IDENTIFIED AS:  "Emma & Herman Rebbe"

PHOTO TAKEN: Welge Studio, Chester Illinois, circa 1900-1902

PURCHASED: Sep 2024, Bright's Antique Mall, Franklin KY

Emma Maria Margarethe REBBE and Herman Christian REBBE were siblings, and two of the four children born to Herman F. REBBE and Carolina (Roeder) REBBE.

The other two children were Alfred F. REBBE (1884-1977) and Charles Henry REBBE (1880-?)

Herman Christian Rebbe was born 7-Oct-1886 and worked as a bookkeeper at a bank. In 1916 he married Edna Muir and the couple had 3 children (Ruth, Muirene and Alfred). He died 6-Apr-1945. 

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Emma Rebbe worked briefly as a teacher, but gave it up when illness left her bed-ridden for the last five years of her life. She died, unmarried, at age 25 or 26. 

[NOTE - she is seen on some Ancestry family trees as having married Edward Ebers, having children with him and living a long happy life in California. I believe that Emma Rebbe is a cousin of this one.]

Obit of Herman below. Click on any image for a larger version.