Mary Ranshaw
(1808-1893)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Peter Stentz

Mary Ranshaw 1 2 3

  • Born: 30 January 1808, Maryland 1 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Peter Stentz on 8 January 1829 1
  • Died: 21 November 1893 at age 85 1
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 16 October 1850. 2

1850 US Census
Page 483A, Dwelling 110, Family 113
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Mary Stentz..41..VA

(Living with husband, 8 children, 1 married daughter, and son-in-law.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Ashland, OH on 2 June 1880. 3

1880 US Census
Page 152C, District 88, Dwelling 22, Family 24, Roll 0991
Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio
Maple Street
Mary Stentz..Self..72..MD..Widowed..Keeping House
Samuel C. Stentz..Son..38..OH
Mary J. Stentz..Daughter-in-Law..41..OH..Dressmaker

(Mary was widowed and had her married son and his wife living with her.)
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Mary married Peter Stentz, son of Daniel Stentz and Elizabeth Bowman, on 8 January 1829.1 The marriage ended in divorce. (Peter Stentz was born on 14 November 1807 in , Fayette County, PA 1 4 5 and died on 22 February 1880 in Ashland County, OH 1 4 5.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 16 October 1850. 2

1850 US Census
Page 483A, Dwelling 110, Family 113
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Peter Stentz..41..OH..Farmer
Mary Stentz..41..VA
Justus Stentz..21..PA..Farmer
Enos Collingwood..21..PA..Carpenter
Elizabeth Collingwood..18..PA
Daniel Stentz..16..OH..Farmer
Mary Ann Stentz..14..OH
Samuel Stentz..10..OH
Catherine Stentz..8..OH
Albert A. Stentz..1..OH
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Sources


1 William Arthur Richards, Jr., "Richards Family Group" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=123654; Updated: Tue Mar 30 19:21:02 2004).

2 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 483A, dwelling 110, family 113; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 16 Oct 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432.

3 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 88, p. 152C, family 24, Mary Ranshaw; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Aug 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0991.

4 Unknown, World Family Tree Vol. 004, Ed. 1, Tree #0408 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: August 23, 1996).

5 Robert E. Wallace, World Family Tree Vol. 012, Ed. 1, Tree #1194 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: July 28, 1997).


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