Hannah5 Urner (Jonas4, Martin3, Jacob2, Ulrich1), born 15 May 1813 in Frederick (now Carroll) County, Maryland; married first 09 November 1830 in Frederick County(16) to John W. Zimmerman who was born 25 December 1808 in Frederick County and died 31 October 1850 at Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio; married second 1850s in Seneca County, Ohio to David Cunningham who was born 05 March 1804 in Maryland and died 25 October 1888 at Tiffin(F).
John was a saddler. [He was the son of Jacob Zimmerman who was born 30 December 1767, died 05 February 1859 in Carroll County, Maryland, married 06 June 1782 to Catherine Stem (daughter of Conrad and Elizabeth Stem) who was born 11 December 1763 and died 30 May 1827 in Carroll County, Maryland.]
1850 Census: John Zimmerman, page 475, visit 273/273, Clinton, Seneca, Ohio. He is buried at Greenlawn Cemetery at Tiffin.
David was a cabinetmaker.
1860 Census: David Cunningham, page 354, visit 458/494, Clinton, Seneca, Ohio.
1870 Census: David Cunningham, page 333, visit 366/407, Tiffin (1st Ward), Seneca, Ohio.
1880 Census: David Cunningham, page 183, visit 194/206, Tiffin (1st Ward), Seneca, Ohio.]
Children with first husband, most born in Ohio:
(Doctor) Eliza Jane6 Zimmerman, born 23 August 1831 in Maryland; died 28 May 1915 in Seneca County (Death Certificate #030572, Volume 1658); married by 1870 to Thomas Burnside (son of Francis and Barbara Burnside) who was born about 1827 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and apparently died before the 1900 census. She was a physician. They were both teachers at a school for the deaf at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania(F). 1870 Census: Thomas Burnside (with his mother), page 229, visit 1344/1529, Philadelphia (District 63, Ward 20), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1880 Census: Thomas Burnside, page 290, visit 120/129, Philadelphia (E.D. 178), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1900 Census: Eliza J. Burnside (widow), page 101, visit 121/125, Philadelphia (E.D. 186), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Eliza J. Burnside (widow, with sister Ruth Arnold, below). They had no children.
Emily6 Zimmerman, born 29 August 1833 in Maryland; married 09 August 1854 to Joseph Helmond Whitson who was born 15 December 1828 in Indiana. He was a grocery man. 1860 Census: Joseph Whitson, page 439, visit 1564/1532, Freedom, Wood, Ohio. They moved to Indiana(F). Known children: Mary Whitson, born about 1854 in Indiana; Rollis Whitson, born about 1857 in Ohio; Julia Whitson, born about April 1860 in Ohio.
Catharine6 Zimmerman, born 15 March 1835 in Maryland; married 04 April 1854 in Seneca County to Charles A. Stoner (son of Christian and Anna M. Stoner) who was born about 1833 in Maryland. He was a farmer; later he owned a grocery store. 1860 Census: Charles A. Stoner, page 364, visit 585/622, Clinton, Seneca, Ohio. 1870 Census: Charles Stoner, page 348, visit 562/623, Tiffin (1st Ward), Seneca, Ohio. Known children, born in Seneca County: Anna Stoner, born about 1857; Christian Stoner, born about 1859, [not with parents in 1870]; Callie Stoner, born about 1867.
Sarah6 Zimmerman, born 1836; married to ______ MIlls(F). He was a miller(F).
Elizabeth6 Zimmerman, born 29 November 1838; died 24 April 1906 at Pleasant Lake, Steuben, Indiana; married 14 January 1858 at Tiffin to John Thomas Ransburg (son of Jacob Remsburg and Anna Elizabeth Devilbiss) who was born 15 March 1835 in Frederick County, Maryland and died 23 July 1907 at Pleasant Lake. He was a farmer; also a lumber merchant for a while. Biography on page 320, History of Northeast Indiana: LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Volume 2, published by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1920. 1860 Census: John Rensburg, page 351, visit 409/442, “Clinton (suburbs of Tiffin)”, Seneca, Ohio. 1870 Census: John Ransburg, page 178, visit 141/144, Salem, Steuben, Indiana. 1880 Census: Jno. T Ransburg, page 298, visit 074/076, Pleasant Lake, Steuben, Indiana. 1900 Census: John T. Ransburg, page 155, visit 066/070, Steuben, Steuben, Indiana. They had eleven children, two of whom died before the 1900 census. [More genealogy info is on descendant Ben Hines’ website]. Children, most born in Indiana:
Effie Aurelia7 Ransburg, born 18 October 1859 in Ohio; died 03 September 1860 in Ohio.
Harper G.7 Ransburg, born 26 June 1860 in Ohio; married 1889-90 to Margaret B. ______ who was born about November 1860 in Maryland. He was a superintendent for Adams Express Company, later for American Railway Express. They had two children, one of whom died before the 1910 census. 1900 Census: Harper G. Ransburg, page 019, visit 341/345, Baltimore (E.D. 190), Baltimore, Maryland. 1910 Census: Harper G. Ransburg, page 108, visit 182/191, Baltimore (E.D. 228), Baltimore, Maryland. 1920 Census: Harper G. Ransburg, page 155, visit 005/008, Harrisburg (E.D. 103), Dauphin, Pennsylvania. Known child: Frank Thurston Ransburg, born about January 1898 in Maryland.
Don Carlos7 Ransburg, born 16 March 1862(9) in Ohio; died 16 June 1934(9) at Evanston, Cook, Illinois (Death Certificate #5200302); married 15 March 1885 in Steuben County to Elizabeth H. Brown (daughter of George A. Brown and Ursula A. Stocker) who was born [about January] 1863(9) in Steuben County and died 1930(9). He owned a department store. 1900 Census: Carlos D. Ransburg, page 154, visit 062/066, Steuben, Steuben, Indiana. 1910 Census: Carl Ransburg, page 145, visit 004/004, Pleasant Lake village, Steuben, Indiana. They are buried at Pleasant Lake Cemetery. Known children: Don R. Ransburg, born 20 November 1886(14), died November 1969 at Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida(14), married Florence Dickey; Harold Brown Ransburg, born 06 February 1889 at Pleasant Lake(19), married after the 1910 census to Wavel Camp who was born 27 August 1898(14) and died 01 May 1988(14); Raymond Ransburg, apparently born and died before the 1900 census.
Ella Belle7 Ransburg, born 01 November 1864; died 17 November 1933; married 23 August 1886 in Steuben County to Cyrus Robertson (his second marriage) who was born about June 1841 in Michigan and apparently died about 1917-18. He was a bank clerk; she was a music teacher. He served in Companies C? and H, 11th Michigan Cavalry and in Company I, 5th U.S. Cavalry during the Civil War. He received an invalid pension (Certificate #521408); Application #687661 filed 31 January? ____? in Indiana. Ella B. received a widow’s pension (Certificate #851088); Application #1120066 filed 08 May 1918 in Indiana. 1900 Census: Cyrus Robertson, page 204, visit 036/036, Boyden village, Sioux, Iowa. 1910 Census: Cyrus Robertson, page 097, visit 378/384, Angola (2nd Ward), Steuben, Indiana. 1920 Census: Ella B. Robertson (widow), page 225B, line 96, Angola (2nd Ward), Steuben, Indiana. They had no children. Adopted children [apparently not siblings], adopted after the 1900 census: Frances Robertson, born about 1891 in Iowa; Frank Robertson, born about 1901 in Iowa.
Claudia May7 Ransburg, born 27 March 1867; married 30 June 1887 in Steuben County to John W. McCrum who was born about June 1863 in Iowa. He was a bank cashier. 1900 Census: John McCrum, page 203, visit 013/013, Boyden village, Sioux, Iowa. 1910 Census: John McCrum, page 240A, line 32, Boyden town, Sioux, Iowa. Children, born in Iowa: Paul Thomas McCrum, born 27 May 1887(17), he was a bank cashier at Boyden Bank(17); Grace McCrum, born about December 1890.
Frank Lincoln7 Ransburg, born 15 May 1870; married Leona VanAuken.
Nellie Grant7 Ransburg, born 08 November 1872; died 11 October 1902 aged 29 years at Chicago, Cook, Illinois (Death Certificate #001309); married 26 September 1899 in Cook County, Illinois (License #297974) to Calvin L. Bunting (his second marriage)(son of ______ Bunting and Alenia ______) who was born about June 1871 in Iowa. He worked for an express company; later he was a merchant. 1900 Census: Calvin Bunting, page 242, visit 046/080, Chicago (E.D. 336), Cook, Illinois. 1920 Census: Calvin Bunting (widower), page 057, visit 014/015, Decatur (E.D. 148), Macon, Illinois. [He was married first 17 May 1892 in Cook County to Nellie Johnson who died 14 July 1895, and had at least one child Hazel S. Bunting born about June 1893 in Illinois.] No children under 20 years old with him in 1920.
Mark Raymond7 Ransburg, born 13 December 1875(14)(17); died October 1967 at Pleasant Lake(14); married 09 December 1903 in Steuben County to Gertrude Ionia Mitchell (daughter of Albert J. Mitchell) who was born about 1882 in Indiana. He was a furnace salesman. 1910 Census: Mark Ransburg, page 145, visit 002/002, Pleasant Lake village, Steuben, Indiana. Known children, born in Steuben County: Margaret Elizabeth Ransburg, born 11 January 1905; Dean Mitchell Ransburg, born 21 October 1910; Robert Corlette Ransburg, born 07 April 1913(14), died January 1972(14).
Grace7 Ransburg, born 11 June 1878; died 19 December 1882.
Paul Revere7 Ransburg, born 29 September 1881(14)(17) in Steuben County(19); died October 1962(14) in Steuben County. He was a salesman, later a clerk, at his brother Mark’s department store. 1910 Census: Paul Ransburg (single, with Sarah A. Lacey), page 145, visit 015/015, Pleasant Lake village, Steuben, Indiana.
Gertrude Ethel7 Ransburg, born 08 March 1886(14); died 05 April 1973 at Pleasant Lake(14); married 27 December 1909 to Charles Rush Gilbert (son of George Washington Gilbert and Sarah Searle Gaylord) who was born 28 March 1885(17)(but SSDI says 1886(14)) in Steuben County and died 10 March 1967 at Pleasant Lake(14). He was a farmer. Biography on page 397, History of Northeast Indiana: LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Volume 2, published by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1920. Known children, born in Steuben County: Roger Ransburg Gilbert, born 24 August 1910(14), died 22 December 2000 at Angola, Steuben, Indiana(14); Sarah Elizabeth “Betty” Gilbert, born 10 October 1912(14), died 02 April 1997 at Angola(14), married 1941 to George Nonpariel Meyer (his second marriage) who was born 08 July 1902(14) in Indiana and died 20 February 1980 at Angola(14).
George6 Zimmerman, born 21 April 1841; never married(F). 1870 Census: (alone, with brother-in-law John Ransburg, above).
Ruth6 Zimmerman, born 30 September 1843; married 31 January 1867 in Wood County, Ohio to Lorenzo Dow Arnold who was born 01 July 1832 in New York and died 15 March 1880. He was a dry goods merchant. 1870 Census: Dow Arnold, page 311, visit 063/067, Tiffin (1st Ward), Seneca, Ohio. 1880 Census: Ruth Arnold (widow), page 183, visit 194/207, Tiffin (1st Ward), Seneca, Ohio. 1900 Census: Ruth Arnold (widow), page 089, visit 335/360, Tiffin (1st Ward), Seneca, Ohio. 1910 Census: Ruth Arnold (widow), page 057, visit 137/165, Tiffin (1st Ward), Seneca, Ohio. Children: Katherine M. Arnold, born about 1873, she was a music teacher, 1900 Census: (single, with mother), 1910 Census: (single, with mother); Flora Arnold, born about 1876.
Minerva6 Zimmerman, born 08 February 1845; married first 19 May 1868 at Tiffin to Francis Bingham who was born about 1841 and died 20 September 1872; married second to Charles A. Druliner.
Joseph6 Zimmerman, born 27 May 1848; died 21 January 1922 in New Jersey; married 20 June 1878 to Ida Amelia Weaver who was born 15 July 1853 in Fairfield County, Ohio. He worked for Adams Express Company at Chicago, Cook, Illinois(F).
John6 Zimmerman, born 03 February 1851; died 07 January 1853; buried at Greenlawn Cemetery.
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