Names in the directory of Ransom Township in the
History of Newton and Ransom Townships
by J.B. Stephens, Montrose, PA: JB Stephens,
©1912
The names listed are the heads of the family. If the husband has died, the head of the family will be the wife (Mrs.). The names in ( ) are the wife's name. Profession of the person who is head of the household follows the wife's name.
Ace, Edward E. (Mary Ellen Breeze) truck farmer
Ace, Elwood Laverne (Elizabeth L. Davis) general farmer
Ace, George W. (Susanna Courtright) general farmer
Ace, George C. (Etta Weiss) car repairer for Lehigh Valley RR
Avery, Frank -- foreman who lives at Ransom Home
Baumgartner, Walter E. station agent for Lehigh Valley RR
Bedell, Abram (Mallisa Miller) retired farmer
Bedell, David H. (Mary C. Ayers) rural mail carrier
Bedell, Jacob (Ellen Ayers) retired farmer
Bedell, Peter (Emma Rader) farmer
Bedell, Peter, Jr. (Eva Musselman) rural mail carrier
Behlke, Theodore G. (Catherine Isabel Kline) laborer
Bender, Robert (Mercie S. Pinnock) mine laborer
Beyrent, John (M. Elizabeth Finkler) truck and dairy farmer
Blackwell, Charles W. (Christina Scherer) truck and dairy farmer
Blackwell, Elmer W. (Louise Weisenfluh) carpenter
Blackwell, John M. (Ellen Nora Miller) farm laborer
Blackwell, Mrs. William (Margaret Ace)
Blishiak, Mrs. Anna
Bonetto, William T. (Mary Pearce) farmer
Bowen, William (Letitia Gilbert) mine laborer
Breeze, Mrs. Joseph (Sarah J. Blackwell)
Burgess, Henderson G. (Maud Inman) truck farmer and road supervisor
Busch, Arnold (Pauline Starobetzky) miner
Canterbury, William F. (Mary Ann Gilbert) miner
Coolbaugh, Johnson B. (Rosa Maas) truck and dairy farmer
Coon, Frank H. (Marie F.Corselius) general farmer
Corselius, Harry S. (Maud E. Bedell) truck and dairy farmer
Coslett, Lewis W. (Sarah J. Davis) mine track layer
Courtright, Harry A. (Margaret Bedell) blacksmith
Courtright, Horace (Arminda "Minnie" Clark) truck and dairy farmer
Courtright, Mrs. John (Phebe Michaels)
Davies, Albert R. (Arminda E. Sweet) truck farmer
Davis, Ira E. (Hattie E. Rozelle) blacksmith and wheelwright
Depeake, George (Anna) laborer
Edwards, John (Annie Dimmick) mine bratticeman
Edwards, Thomas E. (Sarah Gilbert) (Isabella Mead Murray) assistand mine foreman
Engleman, Louis (Charlotte A. Stout) car inspector for LV RR
Fabrie, Julius (Sophia Gardner) mine laborer
Felker, Howard L. (Anna Richards) car repairer for LV RR
Gardner, Elias A. (Martha Cooper) farmer
Gardner, James (Rosa Garey) stone mason
Gardner, James S. (Stella Palmer) laborer
Gaul, Frank W. (Emma) carpenter
Gaul, William A. (Kate D. Wolcott) (Sophia Annemans) car and con
Geary, Joseph (Harriet Smith) stone mason and farmer
Grose, Mrs Charles (Anna)
Hantz, Anthony (Mary) general farmer
Harder, Arthur (Ella) farmer
Hoffman, Frederick (Maggie E. Brezee) truck farmer
Hoffman, John (Elizabeth Maas) truck farmer
Holcomb, Horace (Mary Rader) justice of the peace
Howells, Moses moterman
Hufford, Henry (Amanda Neyhart) laborer
Huggler, Emil (Emma Eggler) truck farmer
Huthmaker, Roy H. truck farmer
Huthmaker, Thomas J. (Julia Shellenberger) (H. Eliza Courtright) truck farmer
Ives, Francis M. (Marilla E. Akens) car and wood worker
Klalie, Mrs. Regina B.
Klipple, Christopher H. (Rachel Roth) truck farmer
Klipple, Walter M. (Sadie M. Courtright) farm laborer
Klipple, William (Mildred Petty) truck farmer
Korischar, Stephen (Mary Starobetzky) miner
Krauss, Michael G. (Margaret Metzner) labor
Krouse, Alvy (Marietta Ace) car and farmer
Krynisky, Victor S. farmer
Kunsman, John C. (Lulu M. Bedell) blacksmith
Kunsman, Mrs. Jacob (Sarah)
LaCoe, Clarence D. (Elizabeth M. Swartwood) farm laborer
LaCoe, James M. (Barbara M. Barrier) truck and general farmer
Landsidle, Christopher (Emma D. Blackwell) truck farmer
Landsiedel, Lewis A. (Emma Maas) truck farmer
Landsiedel, Mrs. Andrew (Margaret Roeszler)
Learn, Amos C. (Mary E. Brown) farmer
Learn, T. Thomas (Kathryn Ace) farmer
Legg, William (Maggie Jackson) farmer
Lewis, Thomas H. (Mary Jane Rowlands) miner
Long, Joseph (Anna M. Klaile) laborer in brewery
Maas, John P. (Mary Stoft) (Elizabeth Grose) truck farmer
Maas, Wesley (Susannah "Susie" Blackwell) farmer
Major, Thomas F. (Susan Polly) engineer at the Lehigh Valley Coal Storage Plant
Mayer, Mrs. Charles (Mary)
McCabe, James (Anna Burk) sec foreman for LV RR
Metzgar, Peter S. (Ada Blackwell) truck farmer
Michael, Mrs. David J. (Elizabeth Michael)
Miller, Adam B. (Edna G. Huthmaker) farm laborer
Miller, Edwin S. (Sarah M. Michaels) truck and dairy farmer
Miller, Irwin (Falla Sharps) farmer
Mosier, Mrs. William (Susannah Miller)
Moss, Henry (Rushia Swingle) farmer
Munson, John (Pernilla Nelson) truck farmer
Munson, Joseph B. (Blanche M. Winters) truck farmer
Musselman, Charles (Matilda Gardner) car repairer
Newman, Mrs. Charles H. (Mary Lanterman)
Neyhart, Amanda and Susan (sisters)
Nicholas, Harry (Catherine Roberts) miner
Ott, Margaret
Park, Mrs. John B. (Ellen D. Hunt) housekeeper
Parker, Edward P. (Alice Mills) miner
Petty, Milton W. (Mary Ann LaCoe) truck farmer and fruit grower
Petty, Oswald W. (Mary B. Decker) merchant
Petty, William C. (Elizabeth Rader) truck farmer
Powell, Lewis E. (Gertrude Chambers) truck farmer
Pulver, Andrus P. (Mary) laborer
Rader, George W. (Catherine Zeiss) truck farmer
Raife, Levi (Caroline (Lydia) Honeywell) gerneal farmer
Ransom Home
Rifenbary, George H. -- supt.
Rifenbary, Mrs. George H. (Eva Bunnell)-- matron
Avery, Frank -- foreman
Avery, Mrs. Frank -- asst. matron
Reed, Willis L. (Minnie E. Ross) farmer
Reed, Nicholas G. (Sarah Ann Petty) farmer
Regan, Mrs. Daniel (Mary Harnett)
Richards, H. Wells (Harriet E. Brown) general farmer
Richards, Jeptha C. (Eleanor M. Newman) general farmer
Richards, Ostrander (Amelia M. LaCoe) farmer and fruit grower
Richter, Charles F. (Lizzie Herman) truck farmer
Ricketts, William W. clerk at Coal Storage Plant
Rifenbary, George H. (Eva Bunnell) -- superintendent at Ransom Home
Rizzo, John (Mary) fireman
Robinson, George M. (Sarah M. Northup) farm laborer
Roeszler, John (Margaret Lore) general farmer
Rosenkrans, Emerson (Dora Roesler) lumberman
Rosenkrans, Johnson (Emma Taylor) farmer
Sames, Charley (Catherine Landsiedel) farmer and milk dealer
Scheuer Brothers Farm (George; John, Jr.; Henry; Philip; and Peter) bakery
Schmidt, Mrs. Ferdinand (Elizabeth Coon)
Schmidt, Stephen (Mrs. Julia Gardner Friedman) surveyor
Schultheis, Anthony (Julia Maas) truck farmer
Serene, Umberto (Maria) sec laborer
Setzer, Mrs. Ezra (Dorinda Ross) she also married Isaac Reed
Sharps, Freeman B. (Mrs. Mary Martin Stevenson) she also married William M. Stevenson
Sickler, Martin (Savannah Place) miller
Singer, Bert W. (Mamie E. Stine) truck farmer
Smith, Rev. Walter E. (Stella Delp) pastor of United Evangelical Church
Smith, Mrs. Noah (Catherine Jacoby) farmerness
Stark, Isaac (Anna E. Haupt) station engine fireman
Stephens, John (Rachel Reynolds) miner
Stewart, Hiley W. (Martha G. Bowman) teamster
Stine, Charles (Augusta Schultheis) truck farmer
Stine, Tobias (Harriet Carey) truck farmer
Stoft, Mrs. Philip (Adiliah)
Stoft, Philip (Elsie Ace) farmer
Stout, Albert and his brother Wesley R. Stout Albert - laborer Wesley - air brake inspector
Taft, Wiliam J. (Sarah R. Stout) car inspector for LVRR
Taylor, James (Martha French) farmer
Thompson, Frank C. (Minnie W. Smith) electrician
Turner, Mrs. George (Lillie Crowell) clerk at VanOstrand's store
Vanderburg, Samuel (Minvera A. Barber) laborer
VanOstrand, James P. merchant
Volker, Henry (Madaline Messner) farm laborer
Wallace, James W. (Jennie Webber) pig and poultry raiser
Walter, James B. (Lydia A. Davis) carpenter
Walter, Lorey W. farm laborer
Wickizer, Alonzo J. (Nettie Stewart) farmer and teamster
Williams, John M. (Emeline Ace) truck farmer
Wilson, John (Margaret Hartzel) (Emma Coons) laborer
Wilson, Mrs. Jacob (Catherine A. Thatcher) (she also married David Williams)
Winters, Harry B. (Nellie Fahs) general farmer
Winters, Samuel J. (Catherine Barrier) farmer
Winters, Mrs. Frank (Margaret Hopkins)
Witzal, John (Margaret Getz) mine laborer
Wroblisky, Charles (Mary) mine laborer
Zeiss, William (Katherine Freuhan) farmer
Zeiss, Roy W. (Grace A. Biesecker) truck farmer
Zilk, Henry (Sally Rutledge) truck farmer