On this date the 16th of April in 1900, our paternal great-grandmother Rosa Pearl Raabe was born to parents Chris Raabe and Ida Mae Carlile in Creek Nation, Indian Territory, United States.****
Rosa* was Chris and Ida’s second born child. Her siblings were Stella Raabe Wilson*, Celia Raabe Blackstone*, and John Raabe*.
Her marriage license to Asa Burris, which was filed in Drumright, Oklahoma on August 8, 1919, listed her name as Rosy Rabey.** They lived in Oklahoma and had 11 children including our grandmother Ida Mae.***
*Source: Find A Grave
**Source: On Demand Court Records
***Source: Ancestry.com
****Source: United States Census, 1900
Here is how we are related:
Our parents – Floyd Dee Adams was married to Nelda Grace Laprarie
Floyd Dee’s parents – ^Ida Mae Burris was married to Floyd Brazier Adams
Ida Mae’s parents – ^^Rosa Raabe was married to Asa Azil Burris
(^) stands for
each generation
between our
parents and Rosa.