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Courtland Reuben Gailfus
(1866-1925)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ella May Paupst

Courtland Reuben Gailfus 2 3

  • Born: 28 Oct 1866, Ayton, Grey, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
  • Marriage (1): Ella May Paupst on 26 Feb 1896 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States 1
  • Died: 4 Aug 1925, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States at age 58
  • Buried: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo, California, United States

Courtland married Ella May Paupst, daughter of Ephraim Poapst and Margaret Agnes Sheets, on 26 Feb 1896 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.1 (Ella May Paupst was born on 29 Jul 1869 in Lunenburg, Osnabruck Twp (South Stormont), Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, christened on 24 Oct 1883 in Free Presbyterian Church, Lunenburg, Osnabruck Twp (South Stormont), Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada,4 died on 4 Aug 1945 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States 5 and was buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.)


  Marriage Notes:

From Gord Adams 27 Nov 2011:
Description: Marriage of Ella May Paupst to Courtland Reuben Gailfus at Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois

Marriage may be celebrated between Mr. Courtland R. Gailfus of Rolla in the County of Rolette and State of Nth. Dakota of the age 28 years, and Miss Ella May Paupst of Lunenburg in the County of Stormont and Dom. of Canada of the age of 24 years.

Witness: Philip Knopf, Clerk of the County Court of said Cook County, and the seal thereof, at my office in Chicago this 21 day of February AD 1896. [signed "Philip Knopf"]

Marriage performed by Thomas C. Hall, Fourth Presb. Church

I, Thos C. Hall hereby certify that Mr. Courtland R Gailfus and Miss Ella May Paupst were united in marriage by me at Chicago in the County of Cook and State of Illinois, on the 26 day of February 1896

Sources


1 <i>Johan Adam Papst U.E., Descendants and Ancestors</i>, http://www.myfamily.com/isapi.dll?c=Content&htx=View&siteid=54C*CM&contentid=ZZZZZX6P&contentclass=PICT&categoryid=0. Cit. Date: 27 Nov 2011.

2 <i>Johan Adam Papst U.E., Descendants and Ancestors</i>, http://www.myfamily.com/exec?SiteID=54C*CM&c=content&htx=View&ContentClass=PICT&ContentID=ZZZZZX6R. Cit. Date: 27 Nov 2011.

3 <i>www.findagrave.com</i>, Find A Grave Memorial# 85389983. Cit. Date: 23 Jan 2017.

4 <i>FamilySearch Historical Files</i> (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XLG9-94R. Cit. Date: 27 Nov 2011.

5 <i>www.findagrave.com</i>, Find A Grave Memorial# 85390069.


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