Rebecca J. Ernsbarger ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   Another name for Rebecca was Rebecca J. Ernsberger.⁶

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Fairview Township, Jones, IA on 7 October 1850. ⁶

Page 196B, Roll 185, Dwelling 844, Family 844
Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
Rebecca J. Ernsberger...10..OH
(Living with widowed father.)
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• She appeared on the 1852 Iowa State Census in Fairview Township, Jones, IA in January 1852. ⁸

Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
John Ernsbarger...3 males...5 females...1 voter...2 militia...8 total
(One of the 5 females is considered to be Rebecca; living with widowed father.)
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• She appeared on the 1854 Iowa State Census in Fairview Township, Jones, IA in January 1854. ⁹

Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
John Ensbarger...3 males...5 females...2 voters...2 militia...8 total
(One of the 5 females is considered to have been Rebecca; living with widowed father.)
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• She appeared on the 1856 Iowa State Census in Fairview Township, Jones, IA on January 1856. ³

1856 Iowa State Census
Page 166, Dwelling 96, Family 96
Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
R. J. Amberger..17
(Living with widowed father.)
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Fairview Township, Jones, IA on June 1860. ⁴

Page 47, Household 345
Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
Rebecca J. Williams..21..OH
(Living with husband and daughter.)
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Fairview Township, Jones, IA on 1 August 1870. ¹

Page 68, Roll 401, Dwelling 525, Family 546
Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
Rebecca J. Williams...Wife..31..OH..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 3 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Rose Creek Township, Republic County, KS on June 1880. ²

Page 45D, Roll 0394
Rose Creek Township, Republic County, Kansas
J. Rebecca Williams...Wife..40..OH..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 4 children.)
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• She was buried in 1915 in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Fairview, IA.

Plot: old 23
Find A Grave Memorial #57828749
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Rebecca married Joseph P. Williams about 1859.^{1 2} (Joseph P. Williams was born in 1832 in Ohio ^{1 4} and died after 1 June 1880.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Fairview Township, Jones, IA on June 1860. ⁴

Page 47, Household 345
Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
Joseph Williams..27..OH
Rebecca J. Williams..21..OH
Ida B. Williams..0..IA
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• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Fairview Township, Jones, IA on 1 August 1870. ¹⁰

Page 68, Roll 401, Dwelling 525, Family 546
Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
Joseph Williams...Head..38..OH..Farmer & Carpenter
Rebecca J. Williams...Wife..31..OH..Keeping House
Ida Belle Williams...Dau..10..IA
Ada A. Williams...Dau..8..IA
John A. Williams...Son..7..IA
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Rose Creek Township, Republic County, KS on June 1880. ²

Page 45D, Roll 0394
Rose Creek Township, Republic County, Kansas
P. J. Williams...Self..50..OH..Farmer
J. Rebecca Williams...Wife..40..OH..Keeping House
B. Ida Williams...Dau..20..IA
A. Ada Williams...Dau..18..IA
A. John Williams...Son..16..IA..Farmer
M. Jenna Williams...Dau..7..KS
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  Marriage Notes:

Both Joseph and Rebbeca Williams more or less disappear after the 1880 census. Apparently they moved their family to Kansas from Jones County, Iowa in about 1872 and their daughter, Jenna, was born in Kansas in 1873.

None of the children can be found in a census after 1880 with the exception of their son, John, who shows up back in Jones County, Iowa where he was married in 1887 and appears in the 1895 Iowa State Census. He was buried there in 1920.

Rebecca apparently died in Jones County, Iowa in 1915 so it would appear that she moved back to Iowa perhaps living her final years with her married son John. I'm not sure if the husband, Joseph, ever returned to Iowa; perhaps he died in Kansas or perhaps they divorced with Rebecca returning to Iowa.
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