BIRTH NAME: Jacob Ruel Fundaberg
BIRTH: 1864 09 08
Somerset, Perry Co., Ohio
FATHER: Noah Funderburg 1827-1905
MOTHER: Phoebe Skinner 1827-1892
SIBLINGS: Mary Elva Funderburg
George Clarke Funderburg
Laura Catherine Funderburg
Minerva Bell Funderburg
William Tod Funderburg
Rachel Cora Funderburg
John N Funderburg
Noah Ellis Funderburg
MARRIAGE:
SPOUSE: Rachel Levitt
CHILDREN:
S- Robert William Fundaberg 1895-1931
S- Charles F Fundaberg 1904-1940
D- Florabelle Fundaberg 1909-1978
VOCATION: Hotelier
MILITARY: unknown
RELIGION: Presumed Lutheran
DEATH: 1940 08 25 Detroit, MI
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Jacob Ruel Fundaberg
Newark, Ohio ca 1890-1900
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Rachel [Levitt] Fundaberg
Newark, Ohio ca 1894
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US Census 1870 - Ohio
Perry County Hopewell Twnshp,
July 21, 1870 pg 28, Lines 5-15, Dwelling 211 Family 212
Funderburg, Noah 42 [1828] Ohio Value of Real Estate $8440
Funderburg, Phebe 41 [1829] Ohio
Funderburg, Mary E 16 [1854] Ohio
Funderburg, George 14 [1856] Ohio
Funderburg, Laura C 12 [1858] Ohio
Funderburg, Minerva 10 [1860] Ohio
Funderburg, William 8 [1862] Ohio
Funderburg, Jacob H 5 [1865] Ohio [error. Jacob R]
Funderburg, Rachel 4 [1866] Ohio
Funderburg, John 3 [1867] Ohio
Funderburg, Noah 2 mo [1870] Ohio
US Census 1880 - Ohio
Perry County Hopewell Twnshp,
June 17, 1880 pg 19, Dist 201, Lines 31-41, Dwelling 9 Family 9
Funderburg, Noah 52 [1828] Ohio Farmer
Funderburg, Phebe 53 [1829] Ohio
Funderburg, Mary E 26 [1854] Ohio dau At Home
Funderburg, George 24 [1856] Ohio son Farmer
Funderburg, Laura C 22 [1858] Ohio dau At Home
Funderburg, Minerva 20 [1860] Ohio dau At Home
Funderburg, William 18 [1862] Ohio son Farmer
Funderburg, Jacob H 16 [1865] Ohio son Farmer [error. Jacob R]
Funderburg, Rachel 14 [1866] Ohio dau At Home
Funderburg, John 12 [1867] Ohio son At Home
Funderburg, Noah 10 [1870] Ohio son ---
US Census 1900 - Ohio
Perry County Somerset
June 20, 1900 pg 11, Dist 13, Lines 94-96, Dwelling (illeg) Family (illeg)
Funderburg, Jacob 36 1864 Ohio head Hotel Keeper
Funderburg, Rachel 27 1872 Ohio wife [ Rachel Levitt ]
Funderburg, Robert 5 1895 Ohio son
In 1900 Jacob Funderburg, age 36, was living with wife Rachel and son Robert in Somerset,
Perry County, Ohio. He was proprietor of the American Hotel in Somerset.
Before June 1909 when daughter Flora Belle was born, he moved his family from Somerset to
Newark, Licking County, Ohio twenty miles away and became a motorman on the electric railway [streetcars].
He changed the spelling of his name from Funderburg to Fundaberg.
He continued his employment as a motorman at least through April 1930 when the last available
US Census was enumerated. He was sixty-four years of age at that census.
The following year, 1931, he lost both his wife Rachel and his son Robert to death from an
auto accident. In 1938 he moved to Detroit to live with his daughter Florabelle and her husband
Bernard O'Neill. He died there is 1940.
This author has yet to discover what may have precipitated the move and change of occupation from
what seemingly was a significant business career to a mundane occupation.
Noah, the first Funderburg to migrate from Maryland yo Ohio, settled in Perry County right
at the time Ohio was admitted to the Union.
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Between 1900 census and 1920 census Jacob moved his family twenty miles from Somerset to Newark
In 1910 this Fundaberg family lived at 70 North Fourth Street, Newark, Ohio
In 1920 they were living at 161 Fairfield Ave.
Ten years later at 161 Jefferson Road, literally
around the corner from the Fairfield address.
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US Census 1910 - Ohio
Licking County Newark,
April 19, 1910 sheet 3, Dist 81, Lines 67-74, 70 North Fourth St
Fundaberg, Jacob R 42 [1868] Ohio head [ age error ]
Fundaberg, Rachel M 37 [1873] Ohio wife [ Rachel Levitt ]
Fundaberg, Robert 15 [1895] Ohio son
Fundaberg, Charles 6 [1904] Ohio son
Fundaberg, Flora B 10 mo [1909] Ohio dau [ Florabelle ]
Levitt, Flora 43 [1867] Ohio
US Census 1920 - Ohio
Licking County Newark,
January 15, 1920 sheet 11A, Dist 162, Lines 7-10, 161 Fairfield Ave, Ward 5 Precinct A
Fundaberg, Jacob R 56 [1864] Ohio head Streetcar Motorman
Fundaberg, Rachel 43 [1877] Ohio wife [ age error ]
Fundaberg, Charles 16 [1904] Ohio son
Fundaberg, Flora B 10 [1909] Ohio dau [ Florabelle ]
[ son Robert, age 24, is living on Sixth Street in Newark with wife Margaret ]
US Census 1930 - Ohio
Licking County Newark,
April 17, 1930 sheet 19B, Dist 13, Lines 65-69, 161 Jefferson Road, Ward 5
Fundaberg, Jacob R 65 [1865] Ohio head Streetcar Motorman
Fundaberg, Rachel 58 [1878] Ohio wife
Fundaberg, Flora B 21 [1909] Ohio dau [ Florabelle ]
[ son Charles, age 26, is living in a rooming house on Burlingame St in Detroit, Michigan. ]
[ son Robert, age 35, is living in Newark at 69 Tenth St with
wife Margaret 33, daughter Betty 11 and daughter Jean 9. Erroneously indexed as Fendaberg. ]
The proprietor of the American Hotel, Mr. Jacob Fundaberg, is not only widely known, but enjoys
a poularity commensurate with his far-reaching acquaintance. Not a few traveling men who come to
Somerset regularly make it a point to Sunday, or prolong their stay here, largely, if not solely,
on account of the courteous and hospiytable entertainment they receive at the hands of the genial
Mr. Fundaberg.
During the several years he has conducted this hotel he has continually
widened its scope of patronage, which is a fitting testimony to meritorious effots.
As a citizen Mr. fundaberg enjoys the confidence and esteem of all who know him. He is the only Republican
that has been elected to the Somerset mayoralty in the past twelve years.
He is a modest gentleman, ever willing to concede to another the privilege of his own views. This
trait of character fits him admirably for the entertainment of the classes and the masses.
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Author notes: Text taken from photocopy of a page in a book held by Margaret Heckman Fundaberg.
Title, authorship, etc. unknown.
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1932 February 15
Jacob was still in Perry County, Ohio, when he was appointed Administrator for the estate of
his deceased wife Rachel Levitt Fundaberg.
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1938 August 31
In 1938 Jacob was living in detroit with his daughter Florabelle and her husband Bernard O'Neill.
He may have already been in the illness which ended his life in 1940. His niece Jeanne went to
visit him and this was reported in the local newspaper.
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1938-39 Detroit
Left:
Jacob at age 75 on the porch at daughter Florabelle's home in Detroit
2007 Somerset, Ohio
Photo of Jacob's gravestone taken by granddaughter Kathleen O'Neill Hepburn while visiting.
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