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Family HistoryFamily History - Rupert E. Pendleton


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Rupert E. Pendleton and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Rupert E. Pendleton,1 born April 1890 in Rhode Island, the son of Frank Everett Pendleton and Edith E. Geer;1, 2, 3, 4 died 26 February 1951.5 Rupert is buried in Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, Stonington Borough, New London County, Connecticut.5
  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Rhode Island, Washington County, Hopkinton Town, E.D. 233, Sheet No. 13A, Frank E. Pendleton, 34, Connecticut, July 1865, cotton carder; wife of 15 years Edith E. Pendleton, 32, Connecticut, March 1868, 8 children, 8 living; son James E. Pendleton, 15, Connecticut, June 1885, cotton spinner; daughter Rose M. Pendleton, 12, Rhode Island, September 1887; Rupert E. Pendleton, 10, Rhode Island, April 1890; son John L. Pendleton, 8, Rhode Island, January 1892; daughter Grace L. Pendleton, 6, Rhode Island, December 1893; son Willie E. Pendleton, 4, Connecticut, May 1896; son Carl A. Pendleton, 2, Rhode Island, January 1898; mother-in-law Phebe Geer, 72, Rhode Island, November 1827, widowed, 9 children, 4 living.
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Rhode Island, Washington County, Westerly Town, E.D. 309, Sheet No. 28A, Frank E. Pendleton, 44, Connecticut, foreman, woolen mill; wife of 26 years Edith E. Pendleton, 42, Connecticut, 12 children, 10 living; son Rupert E. Pendleton, 20, Rhode Island, picker, woolen mill; son John L. Pendleton, 18, Rhode Island, finisher, woolen mill; daughter Grace L. Pendleton, 16, Rhode Island, weaver, woolen mill; son William E. Pendleton, 13, Connecticut; son Carol A. Pendleton [sic, most likely an enumerator error; this is son Carl], 11, Rhode Island; Frank L. Pendleton, 9, Rhode Island; daughter Ella May Pendleton, 7, Rhode Island; son Delmoor R. Pendleton, 4, Rhode Island; mother-in-law Phebe Geer, 82, Rhode Island, widowed, nine children, 4 living.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Rhode Island, Washington County, Westerly, E.D. 360, Sheet No. 6B, Frank E. Pendleton, 54, Connecticut, stripper, woolen mill; wife Edith E. Pendleton, 51, Connecticut; son James E. Pendleton, 34, Connecticut, divorced, finisher, woolen mill; son Robert E. Pendleton, 29, Rhode Island, spinner, woolen mill; son William E. Pendleton, 23, Connecticut, yard man, woolen mill; son Frank L. Pendleton, 19, Rhode Island, carder, woolen mill; daughter Ella M. Pendleton, 17, Rhode Island, spooler, woolen mill; daughter Delma M. Pendleton [sic, likely an enumerator error; this is son Delmar] 14, Rhode Island; granddaughter Amie T. Pendleton, 8, Rhode Island; border Jeremiah Foley, 56, Connecticut, widowed, carder, woolen mill.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Rhode Island, Washington County, Westerly, E.D. 5-15, Sheet No. 4B, Frank E. Pendleton, 64, Connecticut, first married age 19, laborer, odd jobs; wife Edith E. Pendleton, 62, Connecticut, first married age 16; son Rupert E. Pendleton, 40, Connecticut, spinner, woolen mill; son Delmer R. Pendleton, 24, Rhode Island, laborer, woolen mill. Living next door: Frank L. Pendleton, 29, first married age 21, laborer, odd jobs; wife Martha G. Pendleton, 24, Rhode Island, first married age 18; son Raymond E. Pendleton, 8, Rhode Island; son Donald L. Pendleton, 5, Rhode Island; son Robert R. Pendleton, 8/12, Rhode Island.
  5. Find a Grave (website). Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, Stonington, Connecticut, Rupert E. Pendleton, born: unknown; died: 26 February 1951 (from record, which includes the inscription “14th CO 152 Div D.B. World War age 60.”