Gertrude "Trudie" Ebsersole was the third and youngest child of Austin and Belle (Welsh) Ebersole. She was seven and nine years younger than her older brother John and sister Cora, both of whom never married and never had children. Trudie grew up in relative affluence in the Victorian mansion her father built during the Civil War. Her father Austin Ebersole became quite prosperous as the result of his partnership in the Arcadia Bank which flourished until the market crash and run on the banks in late 1929-1930.
Trudie would attend Ohio Northern University to receive her teaching degree. Older sister Cora Ebersole graduated from Ohio Northern with her four year degree. Trudie came to teach at the Arcadia School, teaching intermediates, from 1895 until her marriage in April 1899. Her parents had both been teachers too, but in one room school houses, back in their early adult lives.
Very much in love with Rollan Creighton, Trudie made sacrifices for him that probably only someone in love would do. For the first couple years of her marriage she lived with her in-laws. Her husband, an only child, eventually built them their own house across the driveway from his parents.
Her mother-in-law, an absolute perfectionist, was not always the easiest person to deal with. However, Trudie managed to keep a sense of humor about it all.
Once her first child, daughter Pearl, was born Trudie became golden in the eyes of her in-laws. She would also be the only one to provide grandchildren to her own parents. Both sets of grandparents became very doting to all three grandchildren. This was a nice life enhancement for her three children because all four grandparents lived well into old age and into the adulthood of her three children.
Trudie's life took an unpleasant turn after the deaths of her in-laws, in 1926, with financial set-backs for her husband, later her own father's collapsed bank in the Great Depression, then her husband's strange un-diagnosed illness that took his life relatively early.
Unbeknownst to her son L.J., while he was away serving as an officer in World War II, she turned around and sold the Creighton family farm and homestead and all the acreage which had been in the Creighton family for four generations. She had her own house picked up and moved into Arcadia. L.J. did not find out about any of this until after he came back from the war. This was a huge letdown for him. However, he still remained loyal and helpful to his mother. Even though her own house was moved into town, she kept moving from house to house, in town, renting different places. The older she got the odder and more eccentric she became. She also became a terrible hoarder and pack-rat. This behavior was quite a dichotomy from her early adult life when she was young, stylish, pretty, and vivacious. In old age she became a recluse.
Authored by her Great-Grandson, Shaun Creighton
Trudie would attend Ohio Northern University to receive her teaching degree. Older sister Cora Ebersole graduated from Ohio Northern with her four year degree. Trudie came to teach at the Arcadia School, teaching intermediates, from 1895 until her marriage in April 1899. Her parents had both been teachers too, but in one room school houses, back in their early adult lives.
Very much in love with Rollan Creighton, Trudie made sacrifices for him that probably only someone in love would do. For the first couple years of her marriage she lived with her in-laws. Her husband, an only child, eventually built them their own house across the driveway from his parents.
Her mother-in-law, an absolute perfectionist, was not always the easiest person to deal with. However, Trudie managed to keep a sense of humor about it all.
Once her first child, daughter Pearl, was born Trudie became golden in the eyes of her in-laws. She would also be the only one to provide grandchildren to her own parents. Both sets of grandparents became very doting to all three grandchildren. This was a nice life enhancement for her three children because all four grandparents lived well into old age and into the adulthood of her three children.
Trudie's life took an unpleasant turn after the deaths of her in-laws, in 1926, with financial set-backs for her husband, later her own father's collapsed bank in the Great Depression, then her husband's strange un-diagnosed illness that took his life relatively early.
Unbeknownst to her son L.J., while he was away serving as an officer in World War II, she turned around and sold the Creighton family farm and homestead and all the acreage which had been in the Creighton family for four generations. She had her own house picked up and moved into Arcadia. L.J. did not find out about any of this until after he came back from the war. This was a huge letdown for him. However, he still remained loyal and helpful to his mother. Even though her own house was moved into town, she kept moving from house to house, in town, renting different places. The older she got the odder and more eccentric she became. She also became a terrible hoarder and pack-rat. This behavior was quite a dichotomy from her early adult life when she was young, stylish, pretty, and vivacious. In old age she became a recluse.
Authored by her Great-Grandson, Shaun Creighton
Gertrude "Trudie" Ebsersole was the third and youngest child of Austin and Belle (Welsh) Ebersole. She was seven and nine years younger than her older brother John and sister Cora, both of whom never married and never had children. Trudie grew up in relative affluence in the Victorian mansion her father built during the Civil War. Her father Austin Ebersole became quite prosperous as the result of his partnership in the Arcadia Bank which flourished until the market crash and run on the banks in late 1929-1930.
Trudie would attend Ohio Northern University to receive her teaching degree. Older sister Cora Ebersole graduated from Ohio Northern with her four year degree. Trudie came to teach at the Arcadia School, teaching intermediates, from 1895 until her marriage in April 1899. Her parents had both been teachers too, but in one room school houses, back in their early adult lives.
Very much in love with Rollan Creighton, Trudie made sacrifices for him that probably only someone in love would do. For the first couple years of her marriage she lived with her in-laws. Her husband, an only child, eventually built them their own house across the driveway from his parents.
Her mother-in-law, an absolute perfectionist, was not always the easiest person to deal with. However, Trudie managed to keep a sense of humor about it all.
Once her first child, daughter Pearl, was born Trudie became golden in the eyes of her in-laws. She would also be the only one to provide grandchildren to her own parents. Both sets of grandparents became very doting to all three grandchildren. This was a nice life enhancement for her three children because all four grandparents lived well into old age and into the adulthood of her three children.
Trudie's life took an unpleasant turn after the deaths of her in-laws, in 1926, with financial set-backs for her husband, later her own father's collapsed bank in the Great Depression, then her husband's strange un-diagnosed illness that took his life relatively early.
Unbeknownst to her son L.J., while he was away serving as an officer in World War II, she turned around and sold the Creighton family farm and homestead and all the acreage which had been in the Creighton family for four generations. She had her own house picked up and moved into Arcadia. L.J. did not find out about any of this until after he came back from the war. This was a huge letdown for him. However, he still remained loyal and helpful to his mother. Even though her own house was moved into town, she kept moving from house to house, in town, renting different places. The older she got the odder and more eccentric she became. She also became a terrible hoarder and pack-rat. This behavior was quite a dichotomy from her early adult life when she was young, stylish, pretty, and vivacious. In old age she became a recluse.
Authored by her Great-Grandson, Shaun Creighton
Trudie would attend Ohio Northern University to receive her teaching degree. Older sister Cora Ebersole graduated from Ohio Northern with her four year degree. Trudie came to teach at the Arcadia School, teaching intermediates, from 1895 until her marriage in April 1899. Her parents had both been teachers too, but in one room school houses, back in their early adult lives.
Very much in love with Rollan Creighton, Trudie made sacrifices for him that probably only someone in love would do. For the first couple years of her marriage she lived with her in-laws. Her husband, an only child, eventually built them their own house across the driveway from his parents.
Her mother-in-law, an absolute perfectionist, was not always the easiest person to deal with. However, Trudie managed to keep a sense of humor about it all.
Once her first child, daughter Pearl, was born Trudie became golden in the eyes of her in-laws. She would also be the only one to provide grandchildren to her own parents. Both sets of grandparents became very doting to all three grandchildren. This was a nice life enhancement for her three children because all four grandparents lived well into old age and into the adulthood of her three children.
Trudie's life took an unpleasant turn after the deaths of her in-laws, in 1926, with financial set-backs for her husband, later her own father's collapsed bank in the Great Depression, then her husband's strange un-diagnosed illness that took his life relatively early.
Unbeknownst to her son L.J., while he was away serving as an officer in World War II, she turned around and sold the Creighton family farm and homestead and all the acreage which had been in the Creighton family for four generations. She had her own house picked up and moved into Arcadia. L.J. did not find out about any of this until after he came back from the war. This was a huge letdown for him. However, he still remained loyal and helpful to his mother. Even though her own house was moved into town, she kept moving from house to house, in town, renting different places. The older she got the odder and more eccentric she became. She also became a terrible hoarder and pack-rat. This behavior was quite a dichotomy from her early adult life when she was young, stylish, pretty, and vivacious. In old age she became a recluse.
Authored by her Great-Grandson, Shaun Creighton
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