Louisa Clare

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1865, Amherst, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Amherst, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1 Jun 1875, Amherst, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1880, Isabella, Isabella Co., Michigan

Notes:

Information here is provisional, taken from a tree on Ancestry.com’s “oneworldtree” and a tree on rootsweb.

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: Daughter

Census:
Residence Post Office: Williamsville

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: Daughter

Census:
Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of Household: Daughter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Black Rock, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1855, Amherst, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1865, Amherst, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Amherst, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1875, Amherst, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1880, Isabella, Isabella Co., Michigan

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: Child

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: Head

Census:
Residence Post Office: Williamsville

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: Head

Census:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of Household: Self

Francis married Mary Sophia Louisa "Sophia" Ramé on 24 Jun 1858 in St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Swormville, Erie Co., New York. Mary (daughter of Anthony Ramé and Victoria Rusch) was born on 14 Feb 1843 in Buffalo, Erie Co., New York; died in 1920 in Isabella Co., Michigan; was buried in Mount Pleasant, Isabella Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: Isabella Co., Michigan
• Census: 1850, Black Rock, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1865, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Amherst, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1875, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1880, Isabella, Isabella Co., Michigan
• Census: 1900, Isabella, Isabella Co., Michigan
• Census: 1910, Isabella, Isabella Co., Michigan

Notes:

According to family history she married a Mr. Clare of Mt. Pleasant, MI, "a large family of farmers.” With this information, she can be matched to Francis Clare on Ancestry.com’s “oneworldtree,” which though it includes no source data, has been a place to start.

Census:
Marital Status: Widowed

Census:
aged 4, born in New York. As "Sarah"

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: Daughter

Census:
Residence Post Office: Williamsville

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: Head

Census:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of Household: Wife

Census:
Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of Household: Head

Census:
Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of Household of House: Mother

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Black Rock, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1855, Amherst, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Amherst, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1 Jun 1875, Amherst, Erie Co., New York

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: Head

Census:
Residence Post Office: North Buffalo

Census:
Residence Post Office: Williamsville

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: Father

Peter married Mary. Mary was born about 1799 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1855, Amherst, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Amherst, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1 Jun 1875, Amherst, Erie Co., New York

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: Wife

Census:
Residence Post Office: North Buffalo

Census:
Residence Post Office: Williamsville

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: Mother

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration date: 1828, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France
• Immigration date: 17 May 1828, New York City, New York

Notes:

At his birth, his father was 35, and his mother 25.

This seems to be his family arriving arriving on 17 May 1828 in NYC from Le Havre, on the SS Henri IV:  Louis Rhame, age 54, farmer; Françoise, age 44 (parents, presumably, though her name doesn't match Anthony's mother in the marriage record); Antoine, age 19, Louis, age 17; Françoise, age 11; Mary Ann, age 9; and François, age 4.

A note by the transcriber says that "Rhame family may also have ties to Romagny-sous-Rougemont." It's not clear why the transcriber included this note, but a number of other passengers on the ship were from this small area. Romagny-sous-Rougemont is in the Alsace region of France (near the upper Rhine). It is now in the township of Rougemont-le-Château, Territoire de Belfort in Franche-Comté.

According to the the St. Louis Catholic Church Archivist: 1 June 1836 Antonius Ram, son of Ludovicus (Ludwig or Louis) and Maria Francesca Claire, and Victoria Rusch, daughter of Joseph and Maria Gangloff: marriage performed by Fr. Alexander Pax, no witnesses given.  

I assume that Françoise was altered to Francesca by the clerk.

The 1867 Buffalo directory lists an “Anthony Rame, Farmer” that might be his son, living at “Bird Road n. Del.” I don't see the name at all, however, in any other city directory going all the way back to 1844.

Birth:
Family history places his birth in Alsace. Date is from from likely immigration record.

Anthony married Victoria Rusch on 21 Jun 1836 in St. Louis Church, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York. Victoria (daughter of Joseph Rusch, Sr. and Maria Gangloff) was born in 1814 in Alsace, Grand-Est, France; died on 11 Dec 1895 in Buffalo, Erie Co., New York; was buried in United German and French Cemetery, Cheektowaga, Erie Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Black Rock, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 6 Aug 1850, Black Rock, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1865, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1872, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1 Jun 1875, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1880, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York

Notes:

The name is also "Resch" and "Rush" in records. I assume she immigrated. She must have been in the US, and married to Ramé, by the mid-1830s.

According to the the St. Louis Catholic Church Archivist:  21 June 1836 Antonius Ram, son of Ludovicus (Ludwig or Louis) and Maria Francesca Claire and Victoria Rusch, daughter of Joseph and Maria Gangloff marriage performed by Fr. Alexander Pax, no witnesses given.

On the 1850 census, as "Victoria Rohm," she is living with an "M. Rush," male aged 67, born in France. Is this an error for her mother? Or another older relation? I see no "Rush" or "Rusch" in city directories around that year.

Also, no husband is listed as living with her, and she has no profession either. There is no "Rame," or an Anthony with a close last name, in the Buffalo city "commercial advertiser" directories between 1849 and 1859

This following might be her; the age matches, at least. If so, she was married after she arrived:
Name:   Victoria Riess
Arrival Date:   Jul 5, 1842
Age:   28
Gender:   F
Port of Arrival:   New York
Port of Departure:   Havre
Place of Origin:   France
Ship:   Condor
Family Identification:   30093740
Microfilm Serial Number:   M237
Microfilm Roll Number:   49

On the 1880 census she is living with “daughter” Luise Bisantz, aged 37; and “son” Anton Bisantz”, aged 5. This must be Mary Louisa and Anthony; her daughter’s husband, Anthony Bisantz Jr., had died in 1875, and so after this they all moved in together. She and her parents were born in Alsace, and her daughter was born in New York, and so with her grandson. The children were born in “New York” State according to the 1900 census.

Census:
aged 36, born in France

Census:
Residence Post Office: North Buffalo; aged 50, housekeeper, born in France

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: Head

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: Mother

Census:
Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of Household: Self; with her daughter Mary Louisa and her grandson “Anton” Bisantz

Notes:

Married:
marriage performed by Fr. Alexander Pax, no witnesses given

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farmer
• Emigration date: 1828, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France
• Immigration date: 17 May 1828, New York City, New York

Notes:

On his marriage record his job is described as a “journalier,” a day-laborer. This also gives his parents, and that he was their oldest son.

A note by the transcriber of the immigration record says that "Rhame family may also have ties to Romagny-sous-Rougemont." This is where the couple’s children were born. A number of other passengers on the ship were from this small area. This area is in the Alsace region of France (near the upper Rhine); now it's in the township of Rougemont-le-Château, Territoire de Belfort in Franche-Comté.

This family arrived on 17 May 1828 in NYC from Le Havre, on the SS Henri IV: Louis Rhame, age 54; Francoise, age 44 (parents, presumably, though her name doesn't match Anthony's mother in the marriage record); Antoine, age 19, Louis, age 17; Francoise, age 11; Mary Ann, age 9; and Francois, age 4.

From the St. Louis Catholic Church Archivist:  21 June 1836 Antonius Ram, son of Ludovicus (Ludwig or Louis) and Maria Francesca Claire and Victoria Rusch, daughter of Joseph and Maria Gangloff; marriage performed by Fr. Alexander Pax, no witnesses given.  

Louis married Maria Françoise Clerc on 18 Feb 1802 in Rougemont-le-Château, Territoire de Belfort, France. Maria (daughter of Cesar Clerc and Marie Thérèse Barbier) was born on 20 May 1784 in Rougemont-le-Château, Territoire de Belfort, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration date: 1828, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France
• Immigration date: 17 May 1828, New York City, New York

Notes:

Her name was originally "Clerc," and there is also a Clerc family in Romagny-sous-Rougemont records. Later, she was “Claire.”

A note by the transcriber of the immigration record says that "Rhame family may also have ties to Romagny-sous-Rougemont." This is where the couple’s children were born. A number of other passengers on the ship were from this small area. This area is in the Alsace region of France (near the upper Rhine); now it's in the township of Rougemont-le-Château, Territoire de Belfort in Franche-Comté.

This seems to be her family arriving on 17 May 1828 in NYC from Le Havre, on the SS Henri IV:  Louis Rhame, age 54; Francoise, age 44 (parents, presumably, though her name doesn't match Anthony's mother in the marriage record); Antoine, age 19, Louis, age 17; Francoise, age 11; Mary Ann, age 9; and Francois, age 4.

From the St. Louis Catholic Church Archivist:  21 June 1836 Antonius Ram, son of Ludovicus (Ludwig or Louis) and Maria Francesca (i.e., Françoise) Claire and Victoria Rusch, daughter of Joseph and Maria Gangloff marriage performed by Fr. Alexander Pax, no witnesses given.  

Birth:
from likely immigration record

Notes:

Married:
Date is given as “du vingt neuvieme jour du moi de pluviale an dix de la republique française”

Notes:

From the St. Louis Catholic Church Archivist:  21 June 1836 Antonius Ram, son of Ludovicus (Ludwig or Louis) and Maria Francesca Claire and Victoria Rusch, daughter of Joseph and Maria Gangloff marriage performed by Fr. Alexander Pax, no witnesses given.  

A Joseph Rusch is buried in the United French & German cemetery, b. 1810, d. 1852, with his wife Franziska, d. 1889. This might be his son.

Joseph married Maria Gangloff. Maria was born about 1783 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Black Rock, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York

Notes:

From the St. Louis Catholic Church Archivist:  21 June 1836 Antonius Ram, son of Ludovicus (Ludwig or Louis) and Maria Francesca Claire, and Victoria Rusch, daughter of Joseph and Maria Gangloff marriage performed by Fr. Alexander Pax, no witnesses given.