Prosser family search...

PROSSER, VORCE, HEALY, SMITH, VANSICKLE, BRONSON

Posted By: Debra Woodyatt (email)
Date: 8/2/2004 at 09:25:29

Would like to share family history with other's conected with the surnames mentioned and branches of;
* If emailing me direct, please put "Iowa family connection" in subject title.

Listed below is some information i have obtained on the surnames mentioned. My family line is through Andrew Jackson & Almira E. Vorce -their son Lewis Ellsworth Prosser...

I would like to buy a copy of the Janesvillian that is mentioned below, if someone could please let me know who i would contact i would appreciate it very much. Also if i could find out about the picture taken- On the 16th of August, 1900 about my Great grandfather; Lewis E. Prosser and how to obtain it for my family files.

Iowa Cemetery Records page 378, "The Janesvillian Booklet".

Name: Andrew J. Prosser
Birth date: 11 Apr. 1824
Death Date: 6 June 1899
Cemetery: Oakland
Town: Janesville, Jackson, County, Iowa
Comment: (Place of birth New York State): residence at time of death Janesville, IA, Ezra of Chicago, Lewis E. of Janesville and Frank of Shelton, Nebr.
Relative: chi Ezra; chi: Lewis E.; chi: Frank.

Burial:Oakland Cemetery, Bremer County, Iowa

also listed on page 378,

Almira E. Prosser (Maiden name Vorce)
Birth date: 1833 (N.Y)
Death date: 1873
Relative: wif of: Andrew J.

Son of above; Lewis Ellsworth Prosser
Unknown paper; from Iowa

On the 16th of August, 1900---L. E. Prosser delivered 41 corn binders and 3 corn shredders last Saturday, making a festive day of it, giving every purchaser his dinner at the hotel, hiring the Finchford Brass Band all day long and having a parade in the afternoon, and having a picture taken of the machines, men and crowd of people massed from the roof of front of his store. The artist was from Waverly and took the picture from the roof of the bank building. The town was full of people; flags were flying from many buildings and it looked as though 4th of July was with us once more minus the everlasting firecrackers.

* This was sent to me from a lady that works in the Janesville Library, and said this information was on page 154 in ---- "The Janesvillian" A book that was compiled for the towns 125th Anniversary in 1970.

Lewis Ellsworth Prosser;
Born: May 11, 1862-Penn Yan, Yates County, New York.
Married;
Sarah Healey;
Born; March 24, 1858-Iowa
Died; May 31, 1904 & burial; Oakland Cemetery, Janesville, Iowa -
Sarah's parents; Erastus Healy & Sarah Smith

Another son of; Andrew Prosser & Almira E.Vorce
Ezra Prosser; His obit notice-

Ezra Prosser died age 75. Funeral to be held Janesville Sunday.
Ezra V. Prosser born N.Y. May 7, 1855 and died Independence Jan. 9. When a small boy he came to Iowa with parents. Later went to Chicago where worked 25 years. 1890 Married Miss Mary E. Bronson of Chicago who died Aug. 1920. As a young man became member of Methodist Episcopal Church. Survivors 2 daughters; Mrs. M. G. Mac Murry and Miss Ida Prosser of Chicago and 1 brother L. E. Prosser of California. Funeral Janesville Methodist Episcopal Church. Local Masonic Lodge in charge. Burial Oakland Cem. (Bremer County Independent and Waverly Republican, Waverly, Iowa Jan. 15, 1931.
Cemetery records -have his date of death as Jan. 1
Funeral held 11 Jan. 1931, Janesville, Iowa.

Son of; Andrew Prosser & Almia Vorce;
Frank VanRansler Prosser, Born; December 29, 1868
William Henry Prosser, Born; August 11, 1848
Matt Prosser ?

Daughter;
Ida E. Prosser Born; June 21, 1864 in Geneva, New York. From the following information; Vorce history;
Ida Died unmarried. Vorce family history has her date of death as; Dec. 31, 1889 in Chicago.
From records transcribed in Janesville where she is buried; they have Dec. 3, 1889.

Hope to make family connections!!!
Thanks,
Debra Woodyatt