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Elnora
Ensminger
- Born 19 April 1867, Ripley
County, Indiana
- Died May 1955, Jennings
County, Indiana
- Buried: Hopewell Cemetery,
Riplay County, Indiana
- Married Charles Vanosdol, 14 February 1892, Ripley County,
Indiana
- Father: David Ensminger
- Mother: Samantha Jane Day
NOTES: Audra Vanosdol, Hopewell
Cemetery, Q.C. Stevens. One of my earliest memories is of being
seated upon the lap of a wrinkled little woman, and feeling frightened
that I might somehow break her. That turned out to be a pose for
a four-generation photograph, at a family reunion. Dad told me
that shortly after we returned home, some 5 hours away, he was
called almost at once with the news that his grandmother had died,
and had to turn around and drive right back down to Ripley County
again for the funeral.
David
Ensminger
Samantha Jane Day
David Ensminger:
- Born c1840, Ohio
- Died before February 1870,
Ripley County, Indiana
- Married Samantha Jane
Day, 23 December 1863, Ripley County, Indiana
- Father: Samuel Ensminger
- Mother: Catharine Brendenburgh (Brandenburg)
Samantha Jane Day:
- Born 1847, Ohio
- Died 1920, Ripley County,
Indiana
- Father:
David Day (no information known other than name)
- Mother:
Elizabeth "Bessie" (_____)
Children:
1.
Montezuma (Aman) Ensminger
- b. c1865, Indiana
- d. Ripley County, Indiana
- m. Ella Vanosdol. Ella
was born 16 August 1864 in Ripley County, Indiana, and died 25
June 1833, Ripley County. Ella is a daughter of Isaac Vanosdol
and Elizabeth Ann Davis,
and thus a cousin of Charles Vanosdol, who married Montezuma's
sister Elnora.
2. Elnora Ensminger
- b. 19 April 1867, Ripley
County, Indiana
- d. May 1955, Jennings
County, Indiana
- m. Charles Vanosdol, 14 February 1892, Ripley County,
Indiana
3.
David Brandenburg Ensminger
- b. 12 March 1870
- d. 1940, Ripley County,
Indiana
- m.
Anna W. Cady, Ripley County, Indiana. Anna was born 1876, died
1966 in Ripley County. Also found as LouAnna Wynona Cady.
- Born after his father's
death.
NOTES: Hopewell Cemetery,
Ripley County, Indiana. Ripley County Census records, marriage
records. Audra Vanosdol, Audra Rea. Ensminger family bible.
Samuel
Ensminger
Catharine Brendenburgh
Samuel Ensminger:
- Born 2 November 1810,
York County (?), Pennsylvania
- Died before 1880, Ripley
County, Indiana
- Married Catharine Brendenburgh
(Brandenburg), c1832, probably in Greene County, Ohio
- Father: Philip Ensminger
- Mother: Mary Park
Catharine Brendenburgh (Brandenburg)
- Born December 1805, Maryland
- Died before 1880, Ripley
County, Indiana
Children:
1.
Philip Ensminger
- b. 5 May 1834, Ohio
- d. after 1880, Ripley
County, Indiana
- m.
Susan A. Smith, 14 March 1866, Ripley County, Indiana. Susan
was born 17 November 1847.
2.
William P. Ensminger
3. David Ensminger
- b. c1840, Ohio
- d. before 1870, Ripley
County, Indiana
- m. Samantha Jane Day, 23 December 1863, Ripley County, Indiana
4.
Jane C. Ensminger
- b. c1842, Indiana
- d. after 1870, Ripley
County, Indiana
- m.
James S. Little, Ripley County, Indiana. James was born c1827,
Ohio, and died after 1870.
5.
Anna E. Ensminger
- b. c1844, Indiana
- m.
John Shinolt. John was born c1843, Indiana
NOTES: Ripley County Census
and marriage records. Audra Rea. Philip Ensminger was a carpenter.
He was superintendent for the building of the Otter Creek covered
bridge, for which he was paid $42, in 1844. He built the Purcell
Bridge over Laughery Creek, one mile northeast of Versailles,
at a cost of $3,571. It was destroyed in 1956, by the creation
of the Versailles State Park reservoir. In 1889, he built the
Pipe Stem bridge over Ripley Creek, north of Pierceville, at a
cost of $984. This landmark was destroyed by vandals on Hallowe'en,
1970. Catharine Brandenburg was almost certainly a member of the
family of several Brandenburgs who appear in Jay and adjoining
Indiana and Ohio counties. Ensminger family bible.
Philip
Ensminger
Mary Park
Philip Ensminger:
Mary Park:
- Born 8 April 1786, Pennsylvania
- Died 8 April 1861, Jay
County, Indiana
- Buried: Hawkins Family
Cemetery, Jay County, Indiana
Children:
1.
Frances Ensminger
- b. 13 September 1807,
probably York County, Pennsylvania
- d. 2 January 1863, Jay
County, Indiana
- m.
Obadiah Winters, 20 August 1828. Obadiah died 12 May, 1877, aged
74 years, Jay County, Indiana.
2. Samuel Ensminger
- b. 2 November 1810, probably
York County, Pennsylvania
- d. before 1880, Ripley
County, Indiana
- m. Catherine Brendenburgh c1832, Greene County, Ohio (?)
3.
Amanda Melvina Ensminger
- b. 1813
- d. 1859
- m.
David N. Frazee. David was born 1814 and died 1866.
4.
Charlotte Ensminger
- m.
Paul L. Knight, 6 April 1837
5.
Caroline Ensminger
- b. 28 December 1816
- d. 17 August 1900, Jay
County, Indiana
- m.
Benjamin W. Hawkins, 20 July 1837. Benjamin was born 20 January
1816, died 27 October 1878.
6.
Mary Ensminger
- b. 5 November 1821
- d. 17 June 1866, Jay County,
Indiana
- Unmarried. A school teacher,
she lived for a time with Nancy Hawkins in Portland, Jay County,
Indiana, and later with her parents in Pike township, Jay County.
7.
George Ensminger
- b. 1826
- m.
Adaline Hanna, 28 October 1849, Jay County, Indiana
NOTES: "Biographical
and Historical Record of Jay & Blackford Counties, Indiana,"
(Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago: 1887). Hawkins Family Cemetery,
Jay County, Indiana. R.M. Bell, "Ensminer Family," (Washington,
Pennsylvania: 1973). Bell & Wehrung, "Ensminger of Alsace
and Pennsylvania," (Washington, Pennsylvania: 1994, 1997).
The Biographical Record states that Frances Ensminger married
Obadiah Winters in Jay County, and that Caroline Ensminger married
Benjamin Hawkins there. No record of their marriages exists in
the courthouse records, nor in the courthouse records of any adjoining
Indiana county. Possibly a marriage by a minister whose returns
went to an Ohio county?
John
George Ensminger
Maria Magdalena Griest
John George Ensminger:
- Born 17 January 1743/44,
Pennsylvania
- Died 17 February 1815,
York County, Pennsylvania
- Married: Maria Magdalena
Griest, 24 June 1765, Dover township, York County, Pennsylvania
- Married (2) Sarah (_____)
before 1815
- Father: Hans Heinrich Ensminger
- Mother: Christina Orner
Maria Magdalena Griest
- No solid information other
than her marriage record: born probably c1745, and died presumably
before 1815.
Children:
1.
Christina Ensminger
- b. 1 May 1766
- d. 23 February 1777
2.
Catharine Ensminger
- b. 15 January 1768
- m.
Jesse Oran
3.
Catharine Elizabeth Ensminger
- b. 16 August 1769
- d. 9 July 1841
- m.
John Kline, 1787. John was born 1 March 1769, and died 10 February
1835.
4.
Mary Ensminger
- b. 25 September 1771
- m.
Peter Williamson
5.
John Ensminger
- b. 10 August 1773
- d. in youth.
6.
George Ensminger
- b. 2 December 1775
- d. 30 August 1842, Portage
township, Hancock County, Ohio.
- m. Mary (_____), who was
born 1780 and died 1 September 1843.
7. Philip Ensminger
- b. 1 April 1777, Pennsylvania
- d. 29 March 1867, Jay
County, Indiana
- m. Mary Park, 20 October 1804, probably in Greene County, Ohio.
8.
Margaret Ensminger
- b. 6 March 1780
- m.
(1) Andrew Blymer, 28 November 1797
- m.
(2) Andrew Shetler
9.
Henry Ensminger
- b. 19 April 1782 (or 21
April 1782)
- d. 28 April 1856
- m.
Mary Starr. Mary was born 28 November 1784, and died 23 October
1861.
NOTES: Also found as Johan
George Ensminger. Marriage recorded in the records of Strayer's
(Salem) Lutheran Church, Dover township, York County, Pennsylvania
(provided by Win Clark). John was a soldier in the American Revolution.
Hawkins Family Cemetery, Jay County, Indiana. R.M. Bell, "Ensminer
Family," (Washington, Pennsylvania: 1973). Bell & Wehrung,
"Ensminger of Alsace and Pennsylvania," (Washington,
Pennsylvania: 1994, 1997). DAR papers of Ethel Wiggs.
Hans
Heinrich Ensminger
Christina Orner
Hans Heinrich "Henry"
Ensminger:
- Born 13 April 1723, Mattstall,
Alsace
- Died December 1789, Newberry
township, York County, Pennsylvania
- Married Christina Orner,
19 October 1742, York County, Pennsylvania
- Father: Hans Peter Ensminger
- Mother: Mary Catharina Trautmann
Christina Orner
- Born probably c1723. No
further information: last name possibly Arner.
Children:
1. John George Ensminger
- b. 17 January 1743/44,
Pennsylvania
- d. 17 February 1815, York
County, Pennsylvania
- m. (1) Maria Magdalena Griest, 24 June 1765, Strayer's Lutheran Church, Dover township,
York County, Pennsylvania
- m. (2) Sarah (_____)
2.
Christina Ensminger
- b. 17 January 1743/44,
Pennsylvania (twin)
3.
Anna Catharine Ensminger
- b. 13 April 1746
- m.
Samuel Grove, 21 October 1765, Strayer's Lutheran Church, Dover
township, York County, Pennsylvania. Found as Groff in the marriage
record.
4.
Conrad Ensminger
- b. 21 December 1747
- d. 12 July 1783
- m.
Anna Mary Quickel. Anna was born 7 Septmeber 1752 and died 16
March 1813. She is buried at Quickel's Church (location unknown:
presumably Pennsylvania -- York County?)
5.
Mary Elizabeth Ensminger
6.
John Ensminger
7.
Mary Magdalena Ensminger
- b. 7 May 1754
- m.
Philip Wallick
NOTES: Hans Heinrich "Henry"
crossed to America with his parents, brothers and sisters in 1733,
at the age of ten. Bought land in Newberry township, York County,
Pennsylvania, 1752. Constable for the township in 1760. In 1764,
he built a stone house near Lewisberry, which still stands. Henry,
along with his two oldest sons George and Conrad, was a soldier
in the American Revolution. Marriage records of Strayer's (Salem)
Lutheran Church, Dover township, York County, Pennsylvania (provided
by Win Clark). R.M. Bell, "Ensminer Family," (Washington,
Pennsylvania: 1973). Bell & Wehrung, "Ensminger of Alsace
and Pennsylvania," (Washington, Pennsylvania: 1994, 1997).
DAR papers of Ethel Wiggs.