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Sophia Caroline Ward
b.Abt 1848
Facts and Events
References
- ↑ Center, St. Joseph County, Indiana, in United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623)
sheet 6.
Abraham Ringler, born Mar 1835 (age 65) in Canada, married 36 years (father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in North Carolina), farm laborer
wife: Sophia Ringler, born Oct 1849 (age 50) in Germany (both parents born in Germany), mother of 15 children (12 living)
daughter: Sarah Ringler, born June 1887 (age 12) in Indiana
daughter: Rosa Ringler, born Apr 1895 (age 5) in Indiana
- ↑ Lincoln, La Porte County, Indiana, in United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132).
Abram Bigbun [clearly written, but possibly copied from a less legible draft], age 35, born in Canada, farmer
Sophia Bigbun, age 21, born in Germany, keeping house
Betsey Bigbun, age 5, born in Canada
Susana Bigbun, age 2, born in Indiana
Sevilla Bigbun, age 1, born in Indiana
- ↑ Union, Elkhart County, Indiana, in United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9).
Abram Ringler, age 46, born in Canada (father born in Penn, mother born in N. C.), day laborer
wife: Sophia Ringler, age 32, born in Germany (both parents born in Germany) keeping house
daughter: Elisabeth Ringler, age 16, born in Canada
daughter: Susan Ringler, age 13, born in Ind.
son: David Ringler, age 8, born in Ind.
son: Enos Ringler, age 6, born in Ind.
son: Abraham Ringler, age 4, born in Ind.
son: Samuel Ringler, age 2, born in Ind.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Union Center Cemetery, Nappanee, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA, in Find A Grave.
Sophie Caroline Ward Ringler
Birth: Dec. 17, 1848, Ontario, Canada
Death: Feb. 9, 1930, Kosciusko County, Indiana, USA
Inscription (from photo of gravestone):
'Sophia C. wife of Abraham Ringler
Dec [--] 1849'
- ↑ Waterloo, in Ontario, Canada. Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario).
groom: Abraham Ringler, age 28, born in Stratford, Ontario, living in Elma Township, son of John Ringler and Elizabeth Wildfang
bride: Sophia Ward, age 15, born in Mornington Township, living in Mornington Township, daughter of John Ward and Elizabeth Hawk
married: 27 Oct 1863 in Waterloo
Abraham's birth place appears to be an error, as all the evidence points to the family having lived in Waterloo County for years.
Sophia's birth place also appears to be an error, as census records indicate she was born in Germany.
- Eby, Ezra E. A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county ... (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971)
2:187.
'RINGLER, ADAM [son of John and Elizabeth (Wildfong) Ringler], is married to Sophia Wart. They reside in Indiana where he is farming.'
- ↑ 1870 and 1880 census records imply that if she was born in Dec, it was Dec 1847 or Dec 1848, and her marriage record implies that if she was born in Dec, it was Dec 1847 (age 15 in Oct 1863). According to the 1900 census, her last child was born Apr 1895, when she would have been 47 if she was born Dec 1847. However, it is possible that the last child was actually a grandchild (either incorrectly reported in the census, or the illegitimate child of a daughter, passed off as her own child). Her second last child was born Jun 1887, when she would have been 39 if she was born Dec 1847. Her gravestone appears to say Dec 1849 (barely legible), but even the family may have been misled as to her actual birth year.
Census records all agree that she was born in Germany, while her marriage record says she was born in Ontario. She does not appear to be in the 1851 or 1861 Canadian censuses, so it is likely her marriage record that is incorrect.
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