E. Neil Kensler

Notes:

His FindAGrave memorial, created by Jim Cox, shows that he was a "TM 3/c USNR -- Lost at Sea" These notations are also inscribed on the headstone he shares with his mother and brother.

Notes:

His FindAGrave memorial page, created by "corgilover" notes that he was a "Pvt, US Army" and buried in the Dayton National Cemetery.

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Census Listings:

1940 Census
Indiana, Allen County, Wayne Township, Fort Wayne, Block 611-618
Enumerated April 7, 1940
SD 4 ED 94-104 Sheet # B
Anthony
3716-61-O-5500
Kensler, Ray L Head M W 51 M No H-4 Ind (sic) Same House Laborer Road Construction
Kensler, Alma Wf F W 52 M No X Ind Same House
Kensler, Leanor Dtr F W 16 S Yes H-2 Ind Same House
Kensler, Neil Son M W 14 S Yes 8 Ind Same House

Ray married Alma Orpha Maxwell on 31 May 1920 in Whitley County, Indiana. Alma was born on 7 Oct 1887 in Indiana; died in Mar 1973 in Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona; was buried in Eberhard Cemetery, Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She shares a triple headstone with sons John Thomas, who died as an infant, and E. Neil, who was "lost at sea" in 1945.

Notes:

Married:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFN6-LZQ
groom's name: Ray L. Kensler
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bride's name: Alma Orpha Maxwell
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marriage date: 31 May 1920
marriage place: Whitley, Indiana
groom's father's name: John W. Kensler
groom's mother's name: Irene N. Cramer
bride's father's name: John Maxwell
bride's mother's name: Anna B. Eberhard
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indexing project (batch) number: I05965-5
system origin: Indiana-EASy
source film number: 1710719
reference number: p 290/291
Collection: Ray L. Kensler, "Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992"

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Ohio, Van Wert County, Ridge Township
Enumerated 27 Jun 1900
SD 4 ED 30 Sheet 14B
285-287
Kensler, Thomas Head W M Mar 1828 72 Wd Oh Pa Oh Farm Manager
Kensler, John Son W M Aug 1859 M 15 Oh Oh NY Farmer
Kensler, Irene Dtr-in-law W F May 1857 43 m 14 5/5 Oh Pa Oh
Kensler, Fred B Son W M Apr 1887 13 S Oh Oh Oh Farm Laborer
Kensler, Ray L Son M W Mug 1888 12 S Oh Oh Oh Farm Laborer
Kensler, Wilber C Son W M Feb 1890 10 S Oh Oh Oh
Kensler, Thomas T Son W M Mar 1892 8 S Oh Oh Oh
Kensler, Hassie/Harrie Son Jun 1894 S Oh Oh Oh

John married Irene Henrietta Cramer on 28 Dec 1884 in Van Wert County, Ohio. Irene (daughter of Johannes "John" Cramer and Ann Eve Shaffner) was born on 23 May 1857 in Bloomville, Seneca County, Ohio; died on 17 Jan 1948 in Richwood, Union County, Ohio; was buried in Ridge Cemetery, Middle Point, Van Wert County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X6LX-PNL
name: Irene Kensler
titles & terms: Mrs.
event: Death
event date: 17 Jan 1948
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gender: Female
death age: 90y 7 m 25d
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race: White
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birth date: 23 May 1857
birthplace: Bloomville, Ohio
estimated birth year: 1858
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father: John Cramer
father's titles & terms: Cramer
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mother: Ann Eve Schaffner
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spouse: John Kensler
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reference number: Certificate
film number: 2246455
digital folder number: 4109084
image number: 00198
Collection: Irene Kensler, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"

Notes:

Per BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF VAN WERT COUNTY (Ohio) "John Cramer was eighteen years of age when he accompanied his parents to Seneca County, Ohio, and had then finished his education. Until twenty-one years of age he remained on the home farm, and then engaged as a laborer in a saw-mill in Seneca County for two years, and then, in 1847, he married and bought eighty acres of land, on which he at once located and cultivated until 1864, when he came to Van Wert and bought 120 acres in Pleasant township, where he now resides and still owns 75 acres of finely improved land. The family all worship in the Methodist Episcopal faith, and in politics Mr. Cramer is a prohibitionist; he is a member of the grange No. 82, of which he was the treasurer for 14 years."

FindAGrave lists his date of birth as 9 Oct 1822, and date of death as 10 Jan 1912. A photo of an engraved double tombstone, with a second wife, Sarah J. Cramer, shows the dates as 6 Oct 1833 through 11 Jan 1912. Dean Cramer has an earlier date of death, 11 November 1905.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Ohio, Seneca County, Bloom Twp
Enumerated 28 Sept 1850
1305-1333
Martin and Rebecca Schaffner
1306-1334
John Cramer 28 M Laborer Pa
Ann Cramer 20 F Ohio

1860 Census
Ohio, Seneca County, Bloom Twp, PO Bloomville
Enumerated 28 Jun 1860
Page 79
600-567
John Cramer 36 M Farmer 2000 844 Pa
Anne E Crame4r 30 F O
William J Cramer 8 M O
Sarah C Cramer 6 F O
Frank A Cramer 4 M O
Irene H Cramer 3 F O
Anne E Cramer 1 F O
Charles W Cooly 17 M Laborer O

1870 Census
not located

1880 Census
Ohio, Van Wert County, Fourth Ward Van Wert
Enumerated 14 Jun 1880
Page 31 SD One ED 151
Cherry Street
3
Van Danig John B M 20 Laborer Mich Penn Oh
Cramer, John W M 57 Farmer Pa Pa Pa
Cramer, Ann W F 49 Wf Keeping House Oh Pa Pa
Cramer, Frank W M 24 Son Farmer Oh Pa Oh
Cramer, Irene H W F 23 Dtr Oh Pa Oh
Cramer, Annie W F 21 Dtr Oh Pa Oh
Cramer, Martin S W M 19 Son At School Oh Pa Oh
Cramer, Ralph A W M 14 Son At School Oh Pa Oh
Cramer, Charles W M 12 Son At School Oh Pa Oh

Johannes married Ann Eve Shaffner on 29 Dec 1847 in Seneca County, Ohio. Ann (daughter of Martin Shaffner and Ann E. Wirt) was born on 17 Sep 1830 in Crawford County, Ohio; died on 28 Mar 1901 in Van Wert County, Ohio; was buried in Woodland Union Cemetery, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]