Maude Pearl (Shannon) Ramer (1888 - abt. 1969)

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Biography

Maude Pearl Shannon was born in December 1888, a daughter of George Herring Shannon (1861–1931) and Clarissa "Clara" A. Ketner (1858–1942). She was baptized on 27 March 1889 in Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.^[1]

In 1900 the family was living on Railroad Street in Watsontown, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.^[2] In 1910 she was still living with her parents and younger sister. She was now teaching in a public school.^[3]

She married Harold "Harry" Webster Ramer (1888–1969) in about 1914. Their children included:

1. Ethel Elizabeth Ramer (1915–2002)
2. George Henry Ramer (1927–1951)

Interestingly, she is in the 1930 U.S. Census twice. Maude, Harry and their two children were living in Salisbury, Somerset County, Pennsylvania while he was teaching school.^[4] But she and both children were also listed as living with her parents in Watsontown.^[5]

Maude passed away at age 81 in February 1969.^[6] She was buried in Watsontown Cemetery, Watsontown, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 233. Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Image 132 of 523.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M373-R7P : accessed 26 August 2019), Maude Shannon in household of Geo Shannon, Watsontown borough Ward 1, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 167, sheet 6B, family 143, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,450.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG3G-ZLN : accessed 26 August 2019), Maud P Shannon in household of George H Shannon, Watsontown Ward 1, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 123, sheet 5B, family 116, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1384; FHL microfilm 1,375,397.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHHW-K3V : accessed 26 August 2019), Maud S Ramer in household of Harry W Ramer, Salisbury, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 43, sheet 1B, line 72, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2149; FHL microfilm 2,341,883.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHZ2-CTK : accessed 26 August 2019), Maud S Ramer in household of George H Shannon, Watsontown, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 82, sheet 2B, line 96, family 48, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2091; FHL microfilm 2,341,825.
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JP6Y-KMP : 20 May 2014), Maude Ramer, Feb 1969; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 October 2018), memorial page for Maude Shannon Ramer (1888–1969), Find A Grave Memorial no. 143392094, citing Watsontown Cemetery, Watsontown, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Sara (contributor 47069894); Photos added by SwampOphelia.