Margaret Malinda Pershing
Ancestors
Person Page 608
Elizabeth Ressler
F, #15185, b. 1818
Parents
| Father* | John Resler (b. about 1780, d. 1855) |
| Mother* | Esther Bruner (b. 1793, d. 1880) |
| Mother | Esther Bruner (b. 1793, d. 15 August 1880) |
Family 1:
| Daughter* | Sarah A. Brooks (b. 1842) |
| Son* | Jacob Brooks (b. 1846) |
| Son* | Elijah Brooks (b. 1848) |
| Son* | John Brooks (b. 1850) |
Family 2: John Brooks (b. 1817)
| Daughter* | Sarah A. Brooks (b. 1842) |
| Son* | James Brooks (b. 9 May 1844, d. 31 May 1900) |
| Son* | Jacob Brooks (b. 1846) |
| Son* | Elijah Brooks (b. 1848) |
| Son* | John Brooks (b. 1850) |
Biography
Elizabeth Ressler was born in 1818 in Pennsylvania.1 She was married before 1841. John Brooks and she were married before 1842.2
Elizabeth Ressler was also known as Elizabeth Brooks. She appeared on the census of in 1820 in the household of John Resler and Esther Bruner in Saltlick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Had 1 female born between 1794 and 1804 living in his household - doesn't appear to be one of his sisters - maybe Esther's sister or a cousin.3,4 Elizabeth Ressler witnessed the land transaction of David Rasler and John Resler on 1 April 1850 of in Springfield Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.3,5 John Brooks and she appeared in the census in 1860 in Springfield Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.6 She appeared in the census in 1880 in Springfield Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.1
Citations
- [S1759] recorded as Extract #2163, 1880 Pennsylvania Federal Census ().
- [S13425] Davis and Cropley Heritage with the Life of Willia recorded as Extract #13093 Davis and Cropley Heritage with the Life of William Thornton Cropley Aka Wilmer Lee Davis, online http://books.google.com/books?id=z0X8lRyMpuIC&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=%22john+brooks%22+fayette+county+pennsylvania+dorothy&source=bl&ots=IdZ1aWvEcG&sig=ulzBnifzSuTgYyNeG0FJYdiKmIM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=j1_LU5aGKMzxoAS8j4GIBg&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22john%20b formerly published: Marilyn Cropley, (Trafford Publishing)
- [S358] FayetteCoPA Deeds recorded as Extract #450 Fayette county, Pennsylania Deeds 1784-1914, Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Fayette Deeds.
- [S1793] PA Census 1820 recorded as Extract #2198, 1820 PA Federal Census Index (). Hereinafter cited as 1820 PA Census.
- [S2207] Long, Ruth Correspondence recorded as Extract #2697
Letter from Ruth Long () to Rasmusson, Jenny, 28 Oct 1992; (). - [S3289] PA 1860 Census recorded as Extract #4610
1860 Pennsylvania Federal Census, Original.