Mark Rudman
birth: 19 Jan 1878, Sosice, Croatia, Austria-Hungary to Nick Rudman and Ana Hranilovic
death: 15 Jan 1958 at Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN
burial: Crownland Cemetery, Noblesville, Hamilton Co., IN
First marriage: 8 Nov 1909, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY
Maud Harrison
birth: 1 Feb 1890, at Noblesville, Hamilton Co., IN to Henry Melvin Harrison and Alice Susanna Teeters
death: 4 oct 1932, Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN
burial: Crownland Cemetery, Noblesville, Hamilton Co., IN
Second marriage:
Alice Margaret Compton
birth: 29 Dec 1908, Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN to Wesley Albert Compton and Lillian May Toole
death:22 Aug 1997 at Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN
burial: Crownland Cemetery, Noblesville, Hamilton Co., IN
Children of Mark Rudman and Maud Harrison:
- Francis Mark Rudman, b. 14 May 1910, d. Jan 1982, m. Claribel Evans
- Alice Rudman, b. 11 Dec 1914, d. 11 Dec 1914
- Carl Rudman, b. 29 Oct 1916, d. 3 jan 2012, m. (1) Imogene Cunningham, (2) Ruth Elizabeth Westerman, (3) Ann R. Ford
Children of Mark Rudman and Alice Compton:
- Janet Anne Rudman, m. (1) Norman Eldred Lee, (2) William Ray Webb
Mark Rudman lived In:
- 1878- 1895: Sosice, Croatia
- Chicago, Illinois
- 1902- Kansas City, MO
- 1902-1904: Des Moines, IA
- 1909- Indianapolis
- 1910- Noblesville
- 1912-1914: Indianapolis
- 1914- Fort Wayne
- 1915-1958: Indianapolis
Other Information:
Mark Rudman was a shoemaker. He owned and operated his own shoe repair shop in several places in Indiana. The place he had the shop the longest was at 52nd St & College Ave.
Mark and his first wife held a patent for a type of women’s heel (shoes).
Mark also had invented a type of a rubber cement and sold it under the business name of Rudman Manufacturing. (No proof of a patent for the rubber cement has been found.)
He played with various bands including the Vonneguet Hardware Band, and the Irvington Orchestra. He played the clarinet and the violin. His daughter Janet remembers going with him while he played with people along Massachusetts Ave in Indianapolis, Indiana in the 1940’s.
Submitted by:
Cheryl Cockrum
Email: ccockrum59@gmail.com
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