Christopher James Obleman

Christopher James Obleman

Male 1881 - 1936  (54 years)


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  • Name Christopher James Obleman  [1
    Birth 21 Jul 1881  Oneida, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 14 Mar 1936  Richland, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I34609  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father John Obleman,   b. 30 Nov 1853, Tamworth, Lennox, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1923, Richland, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Nancy Catherine Suits,   b. 21 Apr 1857, Durhamville, Oneida, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1933, Richland, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1878  Durhamville, Oneida, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F11649  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Belle Gardiner,   b. 1886   d. 23 Oct 1956 (Age 70 years) 
    Children 
     1. Charlie Gardiner Obleman,   b. 9 Apr 1906, Richland, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 1978 (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Nelson John Obleman,   b. 22 Jul 1909, Richland, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jul 1972, Richland, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Emma Katherine Obleman,   b. 14 Mar 1913, Richland, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Dec 1963 (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F11062  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Christopher James Obleman - July 21, 1881 - March 14, 1936. Son of John and Nancy Catherine Suits Obleman. Husband of Martha Belle Gardiner Obleman.

      Newspaper Obituary - Wednesday, March 18, 1936 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Richland Man Dies After Long Illness ¬C. J. Obleman Former Railroad Man - Christopher J. Obleman, 54, died at his home in Richland, Saturday. He had been an invalid for more than five years. Mr. Obleman was born in Oneida county, July 21, 1881, a son of John and Mary Shutts Obleman, coming to Richland with his parents when a child of three, and had since resided there. He was a retired railroad man, commencing at the age of 15 as a water boy at the old Centerville gravel pit, and continuing with the New York Central until injured in a fall from an engine in the Watertown engine house in May, 1930, when he was forced to retire. He was a member of the Richland Methodist church, Richland lodge of I. 0. 0. F., and the Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen and Engineers No. 212 of Watertown. Surviving are the widow, Martha Gardner Obleman; two sons, Charles and Nelson; a daughter, Mrs. Ivan Scriber, all of Richland; two brothers, Miles, of Rainbow Shores, and John of Oneida and a sister, Mrs. Fred Hall of Richland. The funeral was private at the home yesterday afternoon, Rev. H. H. Barnard of Mexico, a former pastor of the Richland church, and Rev. Frank H. Brown, of Richland, officiating. The Watertown chapter of the Railroad Brotherhood of Firemen and Engineers, will be in charge of the service at the local cemetery.

  • Sources 
    1. [S29] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Richland, Oswego, New York; Roll: 1144; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0141; FHL microfilm: 1241144.