Franklin Ellsworth Rappe

Had a 4th grade education. Worked for a lumbermill as a tallier, adding up how much lumber had been loaded onto trains. During his adult life, he worked around Oregon as jobs arose, with the family living a rather nomadic lifestyle, moving from place to place often. For a time at the Silver Falls Lumber Company in Silverton, he worked along side Clark Gabel before the latter had made it big in the movies. Even when Clark Gabel was working in the lumbermills, he always said he was doing it to get enough money to launch his movie career, which he successfully did. Frank served in the Army during World War I. He landed in Liverpool in 1917, went across the Channel to Brest, France, and worked behind the lines building hospitals, caring for the wounded, etc. He saw no combat. His commanding officer was Lt. Gibling. !Birth-Death-Burial: Funeral Program, in possession of Lonnie Chrisman. Reads: "In Memory of FRANK E. RAPPE; BORN February 14, 1888 Seward, Nebraska; PASSED AWAY January 10, 1978 Woodburn, Oregon; FUNERAL SERVICES: January 12, 1978 -- 10:00 A.M., Simon Woodburn Funeral Chapel, Woodburn, Oregon; OFFICIATING: Rev. John P. Ginter, Sr., Mrs. Barney Moran, Organist; PALLBEARERS: Lloyd Lyon, Buford Brown, A.O. Soderholm, Albert Meicho, Whitmer Wright, Sig Sand; INTERMENT: Bethany Cemetery, Silverton, Oregon." !Baptism: At Woodburn Nursing Home with Pastor Carl Lity at age 88. [Communicated to me by Naomi (Rappe) Mortensen in letter Jan 1995] !Marriage: They were married at the home of John Haines in Silverton Oregon on 5/16/1915. [Letter from Naomi (Rappe) Mortensen Jan 1995] !WWI: Draft Registration Card (ancestry.com): Franklin Ellsworth Rape, age 29, living in Salem, Oregon, b. Feb 14, 1888, natural born citizen, born in Seward, Nebraska, USA, laborer, employed by W. J. Jefferson in North Howell, dependents: Wife and child, married, caucassian, no previous military service, short height, slender build, grey eyes, black hair, not bald. Precinct: North Howell, Marion Co., Oregon. Filed Jun 5, 1917, Ellis Stevens registrar. !SSDI: Frank Rappe 14 Feb 1888-Jan 1978 res West Linn, OR 97068, last benefit (same), SSN 544-16-4134 (OR) !Census 1920 soundex, courtesy of John V. Reeb, 5/2/98: Marion Co., OR: Frank Rape, age 31, b. Nebraska Grace, 26, b. OR Clifford, 3 4/12, b. OR Norman, 1 5/12, b. OR (Note: Dates relative to 1 Jan 1920) !Census 1920: West Silverton Pct, Marion Co., Oregon, E.D. 329, sheet 20A, line 29 (adjacent to his father-in-law, John Haines), enum 16 Jan 1920: Rape, Frank, head, owns home free & clear, age 31 b. Nebraska, married, reads & writes, woodcutter in woods, parents b. NE/NE --, Grace, wife, 26 Oregon, reads & writes, par b. ILL/Missouri --, Clifford, son, 3 1/12, b. Oregon, parents b. NE/OR --, Norman, son, 1 11/12, b. Oregon, par b. NE/OR !Census 1930: Woodburn City, East Woodburn Precinct, Marion Co., Oregon, E.D. 24-27, S.D. 2, sheet 4A, page 2101, enum 8 Apr 1930 by Ethan J. Allen, 387 Oswald Street, household 98, family 102: Rape, Frank E., head, rents $10 real estate, age 40 married at 25, b. Nebraska, par b. Ill/Ill, occ: laborer at Trull Gas Co. --, Grace, wife, age 34, married at 22, b. Oregon, par b. Ill/Missouri --, Clifford E., son, age 12, b. Oregon, par b. Nebraska/Oregon --, Norman L. [sic -- should be E.], son, age 11, b. Oregon, par b. Nebraska/Oregon --, Namoni A. [sic -- this is Naomi], dau., age 4 2/12, b. Oregon, par b. Nebraska/Oregon