 1848 - 1933
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| Born |
25 Dec 1848 |
Springfield, PA  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
29 Dec 1933 [5, 6, 8, 9] |
| Buried |
2 Jan 1934 |
Upper Darby, PA [5, 6, 9] |
| Person ID |
I94 |
Rudolph |
| Last Modified |
22 Mar 2013 |
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Photos
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 | Samuel Fogg Rudolph in 1903
From the 21st birthday celebration for his nephew Errnest John Rudolph.
From the photo collection of Robert Charles Rudolph |
 | 21st Birthday Celebration for Ernest John Rudolph in 1903
You can hover your mouse over the identified people in this photo to see some quick information about them including their name, then click to go to their individual page if you'd like to see more about them. Although only ten people in this 1903 photo have been identified, the photo ties together several threads of the Rudolph family. Additions and corrections to the story below are very welcomed!
Ernest John Rudolph, who's 21st birthday is being celebrated, does not look very happy. His father John Mason Rudolph had passed away less than three years before. Ernest had been forced to leave Swarthmore College where he had been attending. The family wants Ernest to marry one of the young women in the photo, but Ernest does not wish too. Two and half years later he marries Julia Ann Taylor, whose family from Missouri is not welcome in the East because they had fought vigorously against the Union, never accepting the Missouri Compromise. Perhaps a little too central to the group in the photo is Ernest's younger brother Bert, the doted-upon son. Bert is directly in front of Ernest's mom and right next to their grandmother, Julia Klein Hornberger.
Several of Ernest's aunts, uncles and cousins are present. His father's older brother Samuel Fogg Rudolph is there with his wife Mary Hansell. His first cousin Thomas Rudolph, Samuel's son, is there with his wife Annie Hearst. His mother's sister Mamie Erskine is there with her husband Frank Vache.
There are several family heirlooms in the photo. The floral picture on the wall was painted by Emma Louise Erskine who was an artist. A search for this painting is underway. Emma Louise Erskine and her sister Mary Erskine purchased a pair of matching clocks. Emma's clock can be seen in the photo. The family china can be seen on the table. If you zoom in on the plates, you can see that there are twelve plates in a stack on the table, and there are still twelve plates today 110 years later. Finally, the Rudolph family "R" glasses can also be seen on the table. The clock, plates and glasses are currently held by Robert Charles Rudolph.
There were four successive generations of Rudolphs who were consecutive superintendents or caretakers of the Friends' Southwestern Burial Ground at 236 Powell Lane, Upper Darby, PA. The second and third of those generations are in this photo.
1) The first generation was Thomas Rudolph (1824 - 1887), who became caretaker in 1872 and held the position until his death in 1887. His wife was Sarah Ann Fogg.
2) The second generation was Samuel Fogg Rudolph (1848 - 1933), who became caretaker upon his father's death in 1887. He is the tall balding man standing in front of the door frame with his eyes closed. Samuel probably held the position of caretaker when this photo was taken in 1903. His wife Mary S. Hansell is seated at the table.
3) The third generation to serve as caretaker was Thomas Rudolph (1875 - 1941). Thomas was Ernest John's first cousin. Thomas is in the photo standing just in front of and to the left of his father Samuel. His wife Anna Hearst or Annie is standing to the right of Emma Louise Erskine with her eyes closed. Upon her husband Thomas' death in 1941, Annie served as caretaker for a few years until her son, who had been born while they lived in the caretaker's house at 236 Powell Lane five years before this photo was taken, took over care of the cemetery from her.
4) The fourth Rudolph to serve as consecutive caretaker was Samuel Fogg Rudolph (1898 - 1961). He was married to Ruth Martin Murray, whose brother Jim Murray took over as caretaker upon Samuel's death.
All four of these consecutive Rudolph caretakers, and their four wives including Annie who held the position for a while, are buried in the Friend's Southwestern Burial Ground. You can click to their individual webpages to see photos of their headstones and locations.
This 1903 photo has been restored and is in the photo collection of Robert C Rudolph. |
 | Mary Hansell and Samuel Fogg Rudolph, long time caretakers of and residents at the Friend's Southwestern Burial Ground. Both are buried there
Back of photo: Aunt Mary and Uncle Sam Rudolph
From the photo collection of John Mason Rudolph Jr. |
 | Mary Hansell and Samuel Fogg Rudolph, long time caretakers of and residents at the Friend's Southwestern Burial Ground. Both are buried there
From the photo collection of John Mason Rudolph Jr. |
Documents
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 | Rudolph Family Bible #2 - Dates between 1827 and 1934 - Births Page 2
His name and birth date are shown. |
 | Rudolph Family Bible #2 - Dates between 1827 and 1934 - Deaths Page
His death date is shown. |
 | Rudolph Family Bible #3 - Dates between 1824 and 1934 - Births Page
His name and birth date are shown. |
 | 1850 U.S. Federal Census; Census Place: Springfield, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_776; Page: 160B
Includes his name, age (1 year on 15 Aug 1850), place of birth and occupation |
 | Friends' SouthWestern Burial Ground - Plans of Family Lots #1601 - Lot B0
His name, birth date, death date and burial date/location are shown. |
 | Friends' SouthWestern Burial Ground - Plans of Family Lots #1601 - Lot B0 - Separate note found in book
This note from 19 May 1885, shows his mother Sarah A. Rudolph and father Thomas Rudolph, assigning their rights to the family burial plot, to their son Samual F. Rudolph. Includes their signatures. |
 | Friends' South-Western Burial Ground - Notebook for section B - Lot B0 - "old 16"
His death date and burial location are shown. |
 | Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy - vol. 2, p. 764, William Wade Hinshaw, (Edwards Brothers Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1938)
His move from the Gwynedd Monthly Meeting to the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting recorded 29 Apr 1875 and his move from the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting to the Abington Monthly Meeting recorded 25 Nov 1880 are shown under the RUDOLPH entry. |
 | Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy - vol. 2, p. 949, William Wade Hinshaw, (Edwards Brothers Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1938)
His disiplining for married out of unity as recorded 23 Apr 1873 is shown under the Rudolph entry. |
| Histories |
 | Samuel Fogg 1628-1672 His Ancestors and Descendants - Sarah Ann Fogg - No. 1220
This history includes his name, birth date and marriage to Mary S. Hansell, as well as the names and birth/death dates of their children. |
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| A History of Delaware County Pennsylvania and Its People, Jordan, John W., Editor, Librarian of the Historical Society of PA, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914), pp 826-827
Five paragraphs from this published history discuss the Rudolphs of Springfield and Upper Darby, PA through the 1800s and early 1900s. |
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- Residence, Education, Occupation, Biograpical information: "Samuel F., son of Thomas and Sarah A. (Fogg) Rudolph, was born in Springfield township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, December 25, 1848, in the same house in which his father had been born. He received a part of his education in the Friends' School in Chichester township, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, later attending the public schools. His education was completed when he left school at the age of sixteen years, and he then assisted his father in the cultivation of the farm until his marriage. He rented farms successively at Beverly, New Jersey, and in Delaware county, Pennsylvania, and upon the death of his father in 1887, was appointed to succeed him as superintendent of the cemetery. He is a member of the Society of Friends, attending the Western District Monthly Meeting. Mr. Rudolph is quiet, even-tempered and unassuming in his manner, yet with a perseverance and faithful attention to detail which render his services invaluable. He attends to his various duties in a most methodical manner, and the cemetery is kept in a model way."
This information is from A History of Delaware County Pennsylvania and Its People, Jordan, John W., Editor. The text of the entire entry can be clicked on and viewed from the Histories section above.
Notes: Appears in 1903 picture (Standing against door frame, eyes closed) Ran the Friends SWBG for a time.
Conflict: His birth year on the Rudolph Family Bible #3 - Dates between 1824 and 1934 - Births Page disagrees with other bible, headstone and cemetery records.
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- [S11] Rudolph Family Bible #3 - Dates between 1824 and 1934 - Births Page.
The name and birth date of Samuel Rudolph are shown.
(The original image for this source can be clicked on and viewed from the Documents section above.)
- [S2] A History of Delaware County Pennsylvania and Its People, Jordan, John W., Editor, Librarian of the Historical Society of PA, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914), F157.D3 J8..
The birth date/place and parents of Samuel F. Rudolph, birth place and parents of Mary S. Hansell, and their marriage date are mentioned.
(The source text can be viewed by clicking this Source number or from the Histories section above)
- [S68] Samuel Fogg 1628-1672 His Ancestors and Descendants - Sarah Ann Fogg - No. 1220, Whitten, Phyllis O., Compiler, (Annandale, Virginia: Mrs. Herbert O. Whitten), CS F655.1976 V.1..
The names, birth dates and marriage of Samuel Fogg Rudolph and Mary S. Hansell, as well as the name and birth/death dates of their children, are mentioned.
(The source text can be viewed by clicking this Source number or from the Histories section above)
- [S7] Rudolph Family Bible #2 - Dates between 1827 and 1934 - Births Page 2.
The name and birth date of Samuel Fogg Rudolph are shown.
(The original image for this source can be clicked on and viewed from the Documents section above.)
- [S64] Friends' South-Western Burial Ground - Plans of Family Lots #1601 - Lot B0.
The name, birth date, death date and burial date/location of Samuel F. Rudolph are shown.
(The original image for this source can be clicked on and viewed from the Documents section above.)
- [S151] Rudolph, Samuel F. - Headstone in lot B0 at the Friends South-Western Burial Ground, 236 Powell Lane, Upper Darby, PA..
The name, birth year and death year of Samuel F. Rudolph are readable.
(An image of this source can be viewed from the Headstones section above)
- [S253] 1850 U.S. Federal Census; Census Place: Springfield, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_776; Page: 160B, (Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.).
Includes the name, age, place of birth and occupation for Thomas, Sarah Ann, Samuel F. and William Rudolph
(The source image can be viewed by clicking this Source number or from the Documents section above)
- [S6] Rudolph Family Bible #2 - Dates between 1827 and 1934 - Deaths Page.
The death date of Samuel Fogg Rudolph is shown.
(The original image for this source can be clicked on and viewed from the Documents section above.)
- [S66] Friends' South-Western Burial Ground - Notebook for section B - Lot B0 - "old 16".
The death date and burial location of Samuel T. Rudolph are shown.
(The original image for this source can be clicked on and viewed from the Documents section above.)
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