Rilma was born on 12 June 1899 in Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States. She was the daughter of Andrew Appel and Margaret Catherine Davis.[1]
When Rilma was 33 she married Raymond Sage Kneeland on 29 September 1932.[2]
Rilma died at the age of 84 on 19 October 1983 in Ravenna, Portage, Ohio, United States.[1]
"Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HF2Y-8WZM : 27 January 2020), Apple, 1899.
"United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3SM-QFM : 13 January 2022), Rilmar V Appel in entry for Andeus Appel, 1900.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGQK-G92 : accessed 4 July 2023), Rilma Appel in household of Andrew Appel, Meadville Ward 2, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 1B, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1333; FHL microfilm 1,375,346.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SBZR-WW2 : accessed 4 July 2023), Rilma V Higgins in household of Chester A Higgins, St Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 31, sheet 4A, line 22, family 77, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 329; FHL microfilm 2,340,064.
"Florida Deaths, 1877-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP34-N5R : 23 February 2021), Rilma Appel Higgins in entry for Chester Augustus Higgins, 1932.
"New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ9D-RK2 : 9 March 2021), Rilma V Higgins in entry for Ray S Kneeland, 29 Sep 1932, Niagara, New York, United States; citing ref. ID , county clerk offices from various counties, New York; FHL microfilm 875,656.
"United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:KQBH-RPS : Fri Jun 09 02:47:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Raymond Kneeland and Rillna Kneeland, 1940.
"Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKK7-CFD : 30 June 2021), Relma Kneeland, 1983.
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