"Children of William E. and Almeda (Ashcraft) Mapel:
A1C41. Rupert B. Mapel b. May 8, 1895, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV; d. long before 1992."[1]
1900 US Census - Martinsville Township, Wetzel County, West Virginia (Family #217):
Maple, W. E. (age 33) Cashier - born January 1867 in Pennsylvania (Father - PA; Mother - PA)
........... Medie E. (age 26) - born May 1874 in West Virginia (Father - WV; Mother - WV)
........... Rupert B. (age 5) - born May 1895 in West Virginia
........... Robert (age 1) - born December 1898 in West Virginia
1940 US Census - Farmington, Marion County, West Virginia (Household #228):
Whitlatch, Mary E. (age 82) - born in West Virginia
Maple, Rupert B. (age 44) Son in law; Postmaster - born in West Virginia
........... Hazel (age 43) Daughter - born in West Virginia
........... Betty (age 15) Granddaughter - born in West Virginia
Wallace, J. Bernard (age 29) - born in West Virginia
............. Madeline (age 38) Granddaughter - born in West Virginia
Sources
↑ Telford Grant Maple, "Genealogical History of the Maple/Mapel Family in America", Penobscot Press (1993).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rupert by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Bruce Maple :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R1b-BY63743, FTDNA kit #N175517 +
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup R1b-BY135865
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rupert: