Joseph Ensminger (1872 - abt. 1953)

Born 1 Feb 1872 in Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Edith B Francis — married 18 Jun 1902 in Tent, New Castle, Delaware, United States

Descendants

Died about 28 Mar 1953 at about age 81 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

In 1880 Joseph (age 7) was living with his parents Samuel (51) and Hanna (45) Ensminger and siblings Harry (16) and Jacob (10). All were born in Pennsylvania, and lived in Harrisburg in 1880. Samuel was a school teacher.^[1] By 1900 he and mother Hannah A, born No 1834, are living with her sister Florence J, born May 1844. Both women are widowed. His birth date is shown as Feb 1872, and they are in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.^[2] The sister's last name is obscured, but starts with a B and may end in "ine".

The 1910 census shows Joseph and Edith with their sons.^[3]

In 1922 son Ralph Francis married Lillian Mae Schneck.^[4] In 1931 Joseph and wife Edith Francis Ensminger are listed as the parents on the marriage documents of son Samuel Lester Ensminger.^[5] Samuel married Pauline Jean Lindstrom.

Before the sons' marriages Edith passed away. In the 1930 and 1940 census Joseph appears with second wife Miriam P., born in Pennsylvania about 1884. ^{[6] [7]}

Miriam was Miriam F. Sweeney, daughter of Thomas Chalmer Sweeney and Mary Arms, according to a family genealogy. It gives her birth date as 16 Aug 1883 but does not give a date or location for her marriage to Joseph.^[8]

Joseph's 1953 birth certificate names his parents Samuel Ensminger and Hannah Starr. The information was Ralph F. Ensminger, presumably Joseph's son, but the use of Samuel's middle name as Hannah's maiden name seems to be mistake.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWFS-3DD : 15 July 2017), Hanna Ensminger in household of Samuel Ensminger, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 91, sheet 294C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,123.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3S7-PGK : accessed 4 November 2019), Joseph Ensiminger in household of Florence J B*Ine, Precinct 3 Harrisburg city Ward 7, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 66, sheet 3B, family 52, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,402.
3. ↑ 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910"
   Citing enumeration district (ED) ED 92, sheet 11A, family 206, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1337; FHL microfilm 1,375,350.
   FamilySearch (accessed 10 February 2022)
   FamilySearch Image Image number 00154
   Joseph Ensinger (37), married head of household in Harrisburg Ward 12, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States. Born in Pennsylvania.
4. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHNZ-Q8S : 23 September 2017), Joseph Ensminger in entry for Ralph Francis Ensminger and Lillian Mae Schneck, 29 Jun 1922; citing Marriage, , Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
5. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFSN-MBX : 4 November 2017), Joseph Ensminger in entry for Samuel Lester Ensminger and Pauline Jean Lindstrom, 29 Aug 1931; citing Marriage, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
6. ↑ 1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930"
   Citing enumeration district (ED) ED 54, sheet 19B, line 52, family 453, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2026; FHL microfilm 2,341,760.
   FamilySearch (accessed 10 February 2022)
   FamilySearch Image Image number 01060
   Joseph Ensminger (58), married head of household in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States. Born in Pennsylvania.
7. ↑ 1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940"
   Citing enumeration district (ED) 22-55, sheet 36B, line 60, family 800, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3482.
   FamilySearch (accessed 10 February 2022)
   FamilySearch Image
   Joseph Ensimger (68), married head of household in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States.
8. ↑ A genealogy and history of the Kauffman-Coffman families of North America, 1584 to 1937. Charles Fahs Kauffman. 1940. p. 142.
9. ↑ Certificate image The certificate image can be seen at Ancestry. File no. 23731.

• Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificate, Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 021151-023850, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5164/images/42410_2421406272_0885-03971?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=bbf94055441514f395fc7be2623bb34b&usePUB=true&_phsrc=fwF11865&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=7103726
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHSS-TLV : accessed 10 July 2021), Joseph Ensminger, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 54, sheet 19B, line 52, family 453, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2026; FHL microfilm 2,341,760.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ8G-GGS : 7 January 2021), Joseph Ensimger, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 22-55, sheet 36B, line 60, family 800, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3482.