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Abel Family History & Genealogy

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Early Abels

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Louisa (Abel) Straub was born circa 1842, and died in Mar in Eaglehawk, VIC Australia. Louisa Straub was buried on March 21, 1895 at Eaglehawk Cemetery Section Mon K3 Grave No 50, in Eaglehawk. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Louisa Abel.
Christiana Rosine Margarethe Abel of Eaglehawk Australia was born in 1844, and died at age 87 years old in 1931 in Eaglehawk.
Laura B Abel of Graysville, Rhea County, TN was born on December 4, 1867, and died at age 100 years old on February 15, 1968.
Emma Abel of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas was born on March 28, 1868, and died at age 99 years old in April 1967.
John Abel of California was born on September 18, 1869, and died at age 95 years old in October 1964.
Katie Abel of York, York County, PA was born on December 17, 1869, and died at age 98 years old in November 1968.
Eliza Abel of Johnstown, Fulton County, NY was born on January 16, 1869, and died at age 98 years old in April 1967.
Louis Abel of New York was born on November 20, 1870, and died at age 94 years old in January 1965.
Henry Abel of Media, Delaware County, PA was born on May 11, 1871, and died at age 94 years old in February 1966.
Lillian Abel of Ohio was born on April 8, 1871, and died at age 91 years old in January 1963.
Maggie Abel was born on June 14, 1872, and died at age 98 years old on October 15, 1970.
John Abel of California was born on October 27, 1872, and died at age 93 years old in February 1966.

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Thelma B Abel of Indian Lake Estates, Polk County, FL was born on July 29, 1927, and died at age 63 years old on February 14, 1991.
Robert William Abel I was born to Arnold Claudius Abel (1904 - 2972) and Edna G Zube (1911 - 1999). He had siblings Richard Arnold (1936 - 2018) and Albert Carl Abel (1938 - 2014). Robert Abel married Della Jane Ross (1939 - 2017) in 1957 and they had two daughters, one of whom died as an infant, and a son. Robert and Jane divorced in 1979. He married again on November 10th, 1990 to Paula K. Baker in Harris County, Texas, and they divorced on February 3rd, 1995 in Galveston, Texas. They had two children.
David Abel
Motion Picture Cinematographer. Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands of Russian parents, he came to the United States as a child and worked as a portrait photographer before entering films with the Flying A studio in 1913. A solid craftsman, he was considered particularly good with complex action scenes. At RKO Radio studios during the 1930s, Abel was a favorite collaborator of director Mark Sandrich and was responsible for the photography of five Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals: "The Gay Divorcee" (1934), "Top Hat" (1935), "Follow the Fleet" (1936), "Swing Time" (1936), and "Shall We Dance" (1937). He retired in 1937 but Sandrich persuaded him to come back as cameraman for the classic "Holiday Inn" (1942). After two more films, "Follow the Boys" (1944) and "The Affairs of Susan" (1945), Abel left the Hollywood scene for good. His other credits include "Thais" (1917), "Rip Van Winkle" (1921), "Beau Brummel" (1924), "The Awful Truth" (1929), "Huckleberry Finn" (1931), "Hips, Hips, Hooray!" (1934), and "History Is Made at Night" (1937).
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Magdalene Abel.
Deanna Marie (Milburn) Abel of Ames, Iowa United States was born on May 4, 1967 in Flint, MI to Richard Allen Polachek and Brenda Ann (Wicker). Deanna Abel has a sister Richene Rene (Milburn). Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Deanna Marie Abel.
Benjamin H Abel of Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida was born on July 4, 1922, and died at age 65 years old in July 1987.
Frank Abel of Benton Harbor, Berrien County, MI was born on January 7, 1923 in British North America or Canada or Labrador or Newfoundland, and died at age 71 years old on May 10, 1994.
Frank C Abel of Lewistown, Fergus County, Montana was born on March 13, 1907, and died at age 69 years old in October 1976.
Hollis B Abel of Jacksonville, Cherokee County, TX was born on December 13, 1927, and died at age 76 years old on January 3, 2004.
Floyd L Abel of Austin, Travis County, TX was born on January 26, 1929. Floyd Abel was married to Mary I. (Swank) Abel on November 16, 1981 in Travis County, TX and they separated on February 22, 1984, and died at age 75 years old on April 22, 2004.
Kenneth C Abel of Waukesha, Waukesha County, WI was born on February 17, 1922, and died at age 83 years old on December 2, 2005.
Kenneth Abel of Canton, Haywood County, NC was born on July 6, 1921, and died at age 74 years old on April 16, 1996.
Kenneth Abel of Halethorpe, Baltimore County, MD was born on February 5, 1922, and died at age 82 years old on January 19, 2005.
Kenneth G Abel of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on December 13, 1921, and died at age 63 years old in July 1985.
Claude L Abel of Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN was born on September 26, 1907, and died at age 75 years old on November 23, 1982. Claude Abel was buried at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery Section T Site 1669 7601 34th Avenue, South, in Minneapolis.
Jo A Abel of Kaufman, Kaufman County, TX was born on March 12, 1936, and died at age 72 years old on July 9, 2008.
Alan Wade Abel of North Richland Hills, Tarrant County, Texas was born on January 15, 1962, and died at age 45 years old on August 25, 2007.
Alan Keith Abel of League City, Galveston County, Texas was born on August 6, 1946, and died at age 64 years old on July 5, 2011.
Dale L Abel of Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio was born on February 16, 1923, and died at age 44 years old in November 1967.
Dale E Abel of Maynard, Chippewa County, MN was born on April 13, 1925, and died at age 73 years old on October 5, 1998.

Popular Abel Biographies

Kevin B Abel
Kevin married Kristin E. Huber when he was 31 in Minnesota (State file number 21736). He had lived on Tom Hebert Rd in Lake Charles Louisiana.
Robert William Abel I was born to Arnold Claudius Abel (1904 - 2972) and Edna G Zube (1911 - 1999). He had siblings Richard Arnold (1936 - 2018) and Albert Carl Abel (1938 - 2014). Robert Abel married Della Jane Ross (1939 - 2017) in 1957 and they had two daughters, one of whom died as an infant, and a son. Robert and Jane divorced in 1979. He married again on November 10th, 1990 to Paula K. Baker in Harris County, Texas, and they divorced on February 3rd, 1995 in Galveston, Texas. They had two children.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Emily Faith Abel.
Mildred (Johnson) Abel of Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mildred (Johnson) Abel.
Louisa (Abel) Straub was born circa 1842, and died in Mar in Eaglehawk, VIC Australia. Louisa Straub was buried on March 21, 1895 at Eaglehawk Cemetery Section Mon K3 Grave No 50, in Eaglehawk. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Louisa Abel.
Jeffery Raymond Abel was born on August 7, 1965. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffery Raymond Abel.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ludwig Friedrich Abel.
Vera K Abel of TX was born circa 1956. Vera Abel was married to Scott R. Abel on January 1, 1989 in Williamson County, TX. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Vera K. (Turner) Abel.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Johann Simeon Abel.
Mary Abel was born at Germany, and died at Germany. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Abel.
John T Abel was born in 1953 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan United States, and died at age 45 years old on September 28, 1999 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, TX. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John T Abel.
Walter Abel
WALTER ABEL, 88, ACTOR IN THEATER AND FILMS By Jeremy Gerard March 28, 1987 Walter Abel, an actor who appeared in the earliest plays of Eugene O'Neill in the 1920s and who continued to work on stage and in films for more than 50 years, died Thursday at Chesterfields Nursing home in Essex, Conn. He was 88 years old. Mr. Abel played major and featured roles in a wide variety of Broadway comedies and melodramas before a role in the George S. Kaufman-Moss Hart play ''Merrily We Roll Along'' won him a contract with RKO in 1934. Known for his rugged looks and husky voice, Mr. Abel appeared in some 60 movies, among them a 1935 screen version of ''The Three Musketeers'' in which he played D'Artagnan, ''Arise My Love'' (1940), ''Hold Back the Dawn'' (1941), ''Holiday Inn'' (1942), ''Mr. Skeffington'' (1944), ''Kiss and Tell'' (1945), ''Dream Girl'' (1948), ''Bernardine'' (1957), ''Mirage'' (1965) and ''Grace Quigley'' (1985). A 1917 graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Mr. Abel made his professional debut in ''Forbidden'' in 1919 and quickly became part of the theater crowd in Greenwich Village, where O'Neill was staging his first works. In November 1924 he played simultaneous roles in O'Neill's ''Bound East for Cardiff'' - one of four one-act plays performed under the collective title ''S.S. Glencairn'' - at the Provincetown Playhouse and in the O'Neill's ''Desire Under the Elms'' at the Greenwich Village Theater. In their biography of O'Neill, Arthur and Barbara Gelb wrote that Mr. Abel ''demonstrated both his acting talent and his sprinting ability by doubling the role of Olson in 'S.S. Glencairn'; he would speak his last line (in Swedish dialect) in 'Bound East for Cardiff' from the stage of the Provincetown -''Nothin' but yust dirty weather all dis voyage. I yust can't sleep when wheestle blow'' - then sprint over to the Greenwich Village Theater, make a few slight changes in his costume, pick up the rifle he carried as his prop, assume the hard-bitten visage of a New Englander and utter three lines, including the curtain speech: 'It's a jim-dandy farm, no denyin.' Wished I owned it!' '' Mr. Abel played Olson a number of times. Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times recalled Mr. Abel's performance as ''deeply sincere.'' Appeared With Top Actors In his many radio and television appearances, the actor was most often cast as prosecutors or crusading district attorneys. Throughout his career, he shared billing with most of the top actors of his time. In 1935, he played opposite Spencer Tracy in Fritz Lang's ''Fury.'' In 1950 he appeared on Broadway with Helen Hayes in Joshua Logan's production of ''The Wisteria Trees.'' His last New York theater appearance was in 1976, in the New York Shakespeare Festival at Lincoln Center production of ''Trelawney of the 'Wells.'' In the 1950s, Mr. Abel served as vice president of the Screen Actors Guild under the union presidency of Ronald Reagan. In the 1960s, Mr. Abel was the president of the American National Theater and Academy during a major expansion of the organization. Mr. Abel is survived by two sons, John, of Alexandria, Va., and Michael, of Ivoryton, Conn. His wife, Marietta Bitter, a harpist, died in 1979. A service will be held at 5 P.M. today at the First Congregational Church of Essex, Conn. A memorial service, to be held at The Little Church Around the Corner in Manhattan, is being planned.
David Abel
Motion Picture Cinematographer. Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands of Russian parents, he came to the United States as a child and worked as a portrait photographer before entering films with the Flying A studio in 1913. A solid craftsman, he was considered particularly good with complex action scenes. At RKO Radio studios during the 1930s, Abel was a favorite collaborator of director Mark Sandrich and was responsible for the photography of five Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals: "The Gay Divorcee" (1934), "Top Hat" (1935), "Follow the Fleet" (1936), "Swing Time" (1936), and "Shall We Dance" (1937). He retired in 1937 but Sandrich persuaded him to come back as cameraman for the classic "Holiday Inn" (1942). After two more films, "Follow the Boys" (1944) and "The Affairs of Susan" (1945), Abel left the Hollywood scene for good. His other credits include "Thais" (1917), "Rip Van Winkle" (1921), "Beau Brummel" (1924), "The Awful Truth" (1929), "Huckleberry Finn" (1931), "Hips, Hips, Hooray!" (1934), and "History Is Made at Night" (1937).
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Joseph Abel Sr.
Helen Abel Bey of Sacramento, Sacramento County, California was born on November 9, 1943, and died at age 66 years old on August 13, 2010.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ernestine Gottlieben Luise Abel.
Deanna Marie (Milburn) Abel of Ames, Iowa United States was born on May 4, 1967 in Flint, MI to Richard Allen Polachek and Brenda Ann (Wicker). Deanna Abel has a sister Richene Rene (Milburn). Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Deanna Marie Abel.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Magdalene Abel.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sophia Johanna Abel.
Trishia M (Abel) Taylor of Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas United States was born on March 4, 1979 in Wichita Falls. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Trishia M (Abel) Taylor.

Abel Death Records & Life Expectancy

The average age of a Abel family member is 74.0 years old according to our database of 7,414 people with the last name Abel that have a birth and death date listed.

Life Expectancy

74.0 years

Oldest Abels

These are the longest-lived members of the Abel family on AncientFaces.

Addie Abel of Centralia, Marion County, Illinois was born on May 15, 1875, and died at age 105 years old in January 1981.
105 years
Teresa Abel of Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin was born on October 27, 1877, and died at age 104 years old in August 1982.
104 years
Viola M Abel of Russell, Lucas County, IA was born on April 3, 1893, and died at age 105 years old on September 10, 1998.
105 years
May Abel of Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa was born on February 2, 1876, and died at age 104 years old in February 1980.
103 years
Joan Abel of Gladewater, Gregg County, TX was born on November 20, 1897, and died at age 103 years old on January 26, 2001.
103 years
Margaret M Abel of Plainfield, Hendricks County, IN was born on March 4, 1902, and died at age 102 years old on March 2, 2005.
102 years
Mercedes Abel of East Moline, Rock Island County, IL was born on November 10, 1901, and died at age 102 years old on March 31, 2004.
102 years
Dolly Abel of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH was born on September 10, 1897, and died at age 102 years old on May 10, 2000.
102 years
Henry Arthur Abel of Fairmont, Martin County, Minnesota was born on July 16, 1905, and died at age 103 years old on August 4, 2008.
103 years
Martha Abel of Albany, Linn County, OR was born on January 17, 1899, and died at age 103 years old on July 10, 2002.
103 years
Leone Abel of Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, WI was born on December 27, 1885, and died at age 102 years old on October 21, 1988.
102 years
Alice Abel of North Dakota was born on September 28, 1908, and died at age 102 years old on February 16, 2011.
102 years
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