Pearl Belle Forrer Faber Rastorfer
Pearl
Belle (Forrer) Faber Rastorfer was born September 15th, 1888 in Smithville,
Ohio to George Martin and Amanda May (Webb) Forrer. Pearl’s Great-Grandfather Moses Webb settled
two miles south of Orrville, Ohio area near Pearl’s birth place in 1824 after
receiving 80 acres in a Federal Land Grant for his Service in the War of
1812.
March 27, 1908 Pearl Belle Forrer was
married to Roy Ernest Faber. The pair
had six children, Mary Filena (1909 – 1978), Winora Belle (1911 – 1990), Roy
Ernest Jr. (1914 – 2010), Doris Mae (passed away at childhood 1916-1917),
JoAnne Harriet (1924 – 2005) and Richard Laverne (1926 – 1991).
On October 15, 1929, Pearl’s husband, Roy
Ernest Faber passed away unexpectedly following an appendectomy operation in
Wheeling, West Virginia. Pearl would
remain a widow until 1937 when she married Adolf Rastorfer. Adolf emigrated from Switzerland in April of
1909, and we first see Adolf in Rittman, Ohio working as a farm hand on 1910
census. As a result of the marriage Pearl
would become the step mother to two step-sons, Fred and Arthur, and two
step-daughters, Leah and Anne. At the
time of her death Pearl had 5 children, four step-children, 24 grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
December 19th, 1958 Pearl
passed away at the age of 70, she was laid to rest in between her first and
second husband in Rittman Cemetery, Rittman, Ohio.
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