Arabelle Welker

Person/Family

Spouse 1

Robert Leroy Crippin (son of Albert Leroy Crippen and Hannah L. Conklin)

Sources

1. Find a Grave (website). Arlington Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan, Arabella Welker Crippin, born: 27 February 1885 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan; died: 15 February 1939 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, two siblings, and husband).
2. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Van Buren County, Bangor Township, E.D. 150, Sheet No. 5A, Robert Crippin, 26, Michigan, farmer, general farm; wife of one year Arabelle Crippin, 25, Michigan, no children; brother Clare Crippin, 20, Michigan, laborer, general farm.
3. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Van Buren County, Bangor Township, E.D. 180, Sheet No. 6A, Robert L. Crippin, 35, Michigan, farmer, home farm; wife Arabelle Crippin, 34, Michigan; daughter LaRue I. Crippin, 4, Michigan [LaRue is actually the daughter of Robert’s brother Ralph Crippin].
4. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Van Buren County, Bangor Township, E.D. 80-7, Sheet No. 5A, Robert Criffen [sic, Crippin], 46, Michigan, first married age 25, farmer, general farm; wife Arabelle Criffen, 45, Michigan, first married age 24; daughter LaRue Criffen, 12, Michigan [LaRue is the daughter of Robert’s brother Ralph]; laborer Cassie Cook, 46, Michigan, divorced, laborer, farm.
5. Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995; Robert L. Crippen, age 24, born in Michigan, father: Albert L. Crippen; mother: Hannah Conklin; Arabelle Welker, age 23, Michigan, father: Jeremiah Welker; mother: Martha Miller; married on 14 February 1909 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan.
6. Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006, Muriel Link Collection, Obituary dated 16 February 1939, Mrs. Arabelle Crippen, died Wednesday 15 February 1939. The article provides the names of her husband, parents, two brothers, and “an adopted daughter, Mrs. Larue McWhirter, of Bangor.”