Anna Lewis Ramsey
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| Anna Lewis Ramsey (circa 1910 in Wilkes Barre, PA) |
Anna was born to Welsh parents, William E. Lewis (1858-1886) and Mary Jane Hughes (1860-1926) in Plains, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately Luzerne County birth vitals were not recorded until 1893. However, I suspect Anna's church record can be found in the Miner's Mills Congregational Church holdings. The Hughes family were founding members of this congregation and remained active there throughout their lives. I am actively working on locating any existing church records.
Anna's father, William, died in a mine accident in the year of her birth. His obituary states he had "two small children." I believe Anna's sibling may have died as a young child.
After William's death, Mary Jane married a widowed Welshman and local mine foreman by the name of David Morgan (1846-1908) on March 17, 1890. He and Mary had several children of their own. David also had children from his previous marriage. You can see this new blended family in the 1900 US Census for Plains Township. (Click image to view larger PDF).
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| 1900 US Census, Plains Township David Morgan and Mary Jane Hughes (Lewis, Morgan) Family Lines 86-92 |
Marriage to Joseph Bernard Ramsey 1908
Anna, "a charming young lady having a large circle of friends and acquaintances," married Joseph B. Ramsey (1883-1927) in a "quiet but pretty wedding" at St. Mary's Church at 7:45 am on March 2, 1908. By 8:30 am they were married, fed and on a train to New York City for the week. At the time, it was customary to have small, brief weddings without much fanfare. It was not until the 1920s when weddings and their parties grew in size. (Click image to view as PDF.)
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| The Wilkes-Barre Record (Wilkes-Barre, PA), Tuesday March 3, 1908, p 6. |
Family & Residence
Joseph and Anna had six children: Anna (1908-1968), Dorothy (1910-1994), Mary (1913-1923), Florence (1915-1996), Joseph (1918-2002), and Edith (1926-2002). The 1910 Census and 1920 Census shows they lived at 18 Kulp Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Joseph died in 1927 and in the 1930 Census, Anna is the head of household at 558 North Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA. The census tells us that Anna, young Anna, and Dorothy were all working to support the family and pay the $40 per month rent at the new home. Anna was working as a cleaner in the lace mill, young Anna was working as a stenographer at a jewelry store, and Dorothy was working as an edger in the lace mill.
I assume the family needed to move after Joseph's death, just as the family wound move again after Anna's death in 1932. More on the family and the Wilkes-Barre Lace Manufacturing Company in a future post.
Death Claims Anna Ramsey
Anna died at the young age of 46 on July 27, 1932 at Mercy Hospital in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Anna's death certificate tells us that she died from complications of Cholecystitis, inflammation of the gallbladder often caused by gallstones. The complication was Septicemia, a serious infection of the blood that can cause multi-system organ failure. Anna had surgery ten days before her death, likely to remove her gallbladder. The deadly infection could have been from the surgery or the acute gallbladder problem.
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| Anna Lewis Ramsey, Death Certificate |
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