First name, birth date and location and death date and location from the Paul Families (and allied) of … at ancestry by Kenneth Powell
In the 1870 US census Point Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Frank Shoemaker, age 32, farmer, born Pennsylvania.
Mary Shoemaker, age 26, value of personal estate 350, born Maryland, cannot write.
Anna Shoemaker, age 9, at home, born Pennsylvania, attended school.
Elizabeth Shoemaker, age 7, at home, born Pennsylvania, attended school.
Clara Shoemaker, age 5, at home, born Pennsylvania.
Catharine Shoemaker, age 2, at home, born Pennsylvania.
[Note the discrepency of the parents ages from the 1880 census. Since mother cannot write this might not be a surprise.] [The land must be rented as there is no value for real estate.]
In the 1880 US census Polk Township, Shelby County, Iowa
Franklin Shoemaker, age 46, farmer, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania.
Wife Mary Shoemaker, age 40, keeping house, born Maryland, father born Maryland, mother born Maryland.
Daughter Anna Shoemaker, age 19, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Maryland.
Daughter Lizzie Shoemaker, age 17, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Maryland.
Daughter
Clara Shoemaker, age 15, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Maryland.
Daughter Catharine Shoemaker, age 13, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Maryland.
Son James Shoemaker, age 11, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Maryland.
Daughter Sarah Shoemaker, age 8, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Maryland.
Son John Shoemaker, age 1, born Iowa, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Maryland.
Mother Sarah Doll, age 62, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania.
[Did Franklin’s mother Sarah Doll remarry? Hence the different last name. ]
In the 1885 Kansas State census Rock Creek Township, Coffey County
F. Shumaker, age 49, male, married, farmer, born Pennsylvania, came from Iowa.
M. Shumaker, age 42, female, married, born Maryland, came from Iowa.
Clara Shumaker, age 20, born Pennsylvania, came from Iowa.
C. Shumaker, age 18, female, born Pennsylvania, came from Iowa
J. Shumaker, age 15, male, born Pennsylvania, came from Iowa.
S. Shumaker, age 13, female, born Pennsylvania, came from Iowa.
John Shumaker, age 6, born Iowa, came from Iowa.
Iowa marriage Records December 2, 1889, Harlan, Shelby,
Ellis Rorabaugh, age 40, of Harlan, Iowa, painter, second marriage, born Pennsylvania, father Daniel Rorabaugh, mother Caroline Ellis
and
Clara Shoemaker, age 25, of Harlan, Iowa, second marriage, father Franklin Shoemaker, mother Mary Cook,
In the 1900 US census Hiawatha City, Brown County, Kansas
Head
Ellis Rorabaugh, born January 1850, age 50, married 11 years, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania, junk dealer
Wife
Clara Rorabaugh, born May 1866, age 34, married 11 years, 5 children born alive - al still living, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Maryland
Son Archie Rorabaugh, born November 1890, age 9, born Iowa, parents born Pennsylvania, at school
Daughter Emma Rorabaugh, born June 1892, age 7, born Iowa, at school
Son Orville Rorabaugh, born June 1894,age 5, born Iowa, at school
Daughter Jessie Rorabaugh, born March 1896, age 4, born Missouri
Son Harry Rorabaugh, born June 1898, age 1, born Missouri
In the 1910 US census 206 Weibe Street, Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska
Head
Clara Rorabaugh, age 43, widow, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Maryland, laundress - private
Son Archie Roranaugh, age 19, single, born Iowa, laborer - nursery
Daughter Emma Rorabaugh, age 17, single, born Iowa, waitress - restaurant
Son Orville, Rorabaugh age 15, born Iowa
Son Jesse Rorabaugh, age 14, born Missouri
Son Harry Rorabaugh, age 11, born Missouri
Son Allen Rorabaugh, age 10, born Nebraska
Daughter Ethel Rorabaugh, age 7, born Nebraska
Newspaper Article
Archie Rorabaugh, the last of five brothers from Beatrice who were serving overseas in the world war had returned to Beatrice. They were sons of Mrs.
Clara Rorabaugh, Allen, one of the brothers, had been killed in action in France.
Newspaper Article The Beatrice Daily Express, Beatrice, Nebraska - Saturday, July 5 1919
Huddleson-Rorabaugh
Ernest B. Huddleson and Miss Ethel A. Rorabaugh, both of this city, were married Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by Judge by Judge E. E. Ellis at the later’s home, corner of ninth and Scott Streets. The ceremony was witnessed by Mrs.
Sarah [Clara?] Rorabaugh, mother of the bride.
The bride was born in Beatrice. Five of her brothers were in the service of the Unites States during the war, one of the number, Allen, being killed in action in France. He was one of the youngest soldiers to enlist from Nebraska.
In the 1920 US census 206 Garden Street, Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska
[Recorded data for January 1 1920]
Head
C. L. Rorabaugh, age 55, widow, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania [Should be mother born Maryland], no occupation
Son Jesse I? [should be S.] Rorabaugh, age 22, single, born Missouri, parents born Pennsylvania, laborer - street
Head E. B. Huddleson, married, age 27, born Missouri, parents born Illinois, painter - house
Wife E. [Ethel?] A. Huddleson, married, age 16, born Nebraska, father born Iowa, [should this be Pennsylvania?] mother born Pennsylvania, no occupation
Findagrave.comClara Louisa Shumaker Rorabaugh
Birth 3 May 1866, Pennsylvania, USA
Death 4 Apr 1920 (aged 53), Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Evergreen Home Cemetery, Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, USA
Plot Lot 24 Block 21
Memorial ID 127760204
There are articles about her in the Beatrice, Nebraska newspaper.
She married Ellis Rorabaugh on December 22, 1889 at Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa. In 1910 census records for her with her family listed her as a widow, while a record for Ellis showed him as being divorced.
It appears that she was living with a son at the time of her death.