Louise Emma Harbauer Timberman

Louise Emma Harbauer Timberman

PennsylvaniaConfirmed

Earl's 2nd great-grandmother · born 1863

Born

June 1863, Pennsylvania

Parents

Eva Harbauer & Ludwig Harbauer

Married

James Harris Timberman Sr. (1885)

Children

James Harris Timberman Jr.

Sources

7

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED as the mother of James Harris Timberman Jr. His Ohio death certificate of 1919, read from the image, names his parents as J. H. Timberman Sr, born in New Jersey, and Louise Harbauer, born in Pennsylvania S79; in 1910 the 293 North Main Street household at Wilkes-Barre has James H. Timberman, 51, his wife Louise, 46, and their son James H. Jr., 23 S177.

Life in the order the records give it

Louise Emma Harbauer was born in Pennsylvania in June 1863, by the 1900 census, the daughter of two German-born parents S139. At 7 she was in Philadelphia in 1870 S175, and in 1880, at 17, she lived in the household of her widowed mother, Eva Harbauer, at 149 Noble Street, Philadelphia, where the census states that she is Eva’s daughter S176. Her father was probably Ludwig Harbauer; his card gives the evidence and what is weak. In 1885 she married James Harris Timberman Sr. His obituaries give that year S1649, and a Philadelphia marriage index has Louise E. Harbauer marrying there in 1885 S1455. The 1900 census records three children born to her and three living S139. Their sons were James H. Jr., George W. and Albert N. In 1910 the household at 293 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, had James H. Timberman, 51, his wife Louise, 46, and their son James H. Jr., 23 S177. When James H. Jr. died in Ohio in 1919, his death certificate, read from the image, named his parents as J. H. Timberman Sr, born in New Jersey, and Louise Harbauer, born in Pennsylvania S79. No record of her own death has been read. Older notes give the year 1934, but nothing here supports it.

Birth1863

Born June 1863, Pennsylvania, of two German-born parents, by the 1900 census, which also records three children born and three living S139.

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents1870

Daughter of Eva Harbauer: at 7 she is in Philadelphia in 1870 S175, and in 1880, at 17, she is in her widowed mother's household at 149 Noble Street, Philadelphia, where the census states the relationship S176. Her father was probably Ludwig Harbauer (his card gives the evidence and what is weak) Probable confirm or correct →.

Marriage1885

Wife of James Harris Timberman Sr., whom his obituaries say she married in 1885 S1649; a Philadelphia marriage index has Louise E. Harbauer marrying there in 1885 S1455. Their sons were James H. Jr., George W. and Albert N.

Marriage2026

History of this card. 24 Oct 2026

card added so that the parent links reach her mother, Eva Harbauer; every fact here was already on her husband’s, son’s or mother’s card, with the same sources and grades (GRAPH-GAPS-20261024).

Children1886

Mother of James Harris Timberman Jr., born 1886.

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Weak or missing

What is weak or missing: no record of her death has been read; the year 1934 that older notes on this record give her has no source here. Know a record? Use “Add to this record”.

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In the record Generation 5 — Earl's 2nd-great-grandparents

1. S79James Harris Timberman Jr. — Ohio certificate of death, 24 January 1919. State of Ohio, Bureau of Vital Statistics; Guernsey County, registration district 470, primary registration district 8717, registered no. 26, file no. 3039; Ohio, Deaths, 1908–1953, FamilySearch ARK 1:1:X8KB-Z38. Read from the certificate image on 15 September 2026, not from the index. Gives: Jas. H. Timberman, born 23 October 1886, birthplace Pa.; died 24 January 1919 at 9 p.m., city of Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio; occupation inspector, B. & O. R. R.; cause of death influenza, the attending physician certifying four days' attendance; father J. H. Timberman Sr, born N.J.; mother Louise Harbauer, born Pa.; informant Mrs. Jas. H. Timberman, Gallatin, Tenn.; buried Gallatin, Tennessee, 27 January 1919. This is the record that turned the Timberman parents from Probable to Confirmed, and the only source on this page for the cause of his death. Two cautions, both on the face of the document: the stated age of 31 is an arithmetic error — 23 October 1886 to 24 January 1919 is 32 years, and the FamilySearch index copies the mistake forward; and the cause of death is a handwritten word on 1919 microfilm, read here as Influenza on letter count, the four-day course and the date, not transcribed from type. The informant is his widow, so the parents' names are her testimony — corroborated independently by the 1910 Wilkes-Barre census, which is why the tag is Confirmed.
2. S1391900 U.S. Federal Census — the James H. Timberman household, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Ancestry collection 7602, record 47094515, image 4115129_00218. Supervisor's District 6, Enumeration District 159, Ward 5, 2nd Division, sheet 2 B, house 8, dwelling 38, family 44, enumerated 1 June 1900 by John Shadrach. Read from the image at full resolution — 3933 × 3947 px, 21 September 2026; read-only, nothing accepted, attached or edited. Lines 71–75: James H. Timberman, head, June 1858, age 41, married 14 years, Veterinary Surgeon, born New Jersey of New Jersey parents; Louisa E., wife, June 1863, age 36, 3 children born, 3 living, born Pennsylvania of German parents; James H., son, Oct 1886, At School; George W., son, Feb 1892; Albert, son, Aug 1893. The third independent source for the June 1858 birth. The tree carried 4 January 1858; the 1919 Pennsylvania death certificate [S93] gives June / Fourth / 1858 in longhand, and this census, taken nineteen years earlier while he was alive, gives June 1858 and corroborates itself on the age column — 41 at the 1 June 1900 census date is right for a 4 June birth and would be 42 for a 4 January one. The day is not on this page: a 1900 schedule carries month and year and no day, so the fourth is not given here; the 1858 township birth return settles it S374. He is already a Veterinary Surgeon here, nineteen years before the certificate records the same trade — and, as there, the occupation exists only in the image and not in Ancestry's transcription. Ancestry indexes the entire household as "Limberman"; the enumerator's looped capital is a T, and that is a transcription artefact, not a name variant.
3. S1751870 U.S. Federal Census — the Harbauer children, Philadelphia, 31st District. Ancestry collection 7163, record 5628177, image 4278818_00714; page 96, enumerated 25 June 1870. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. A household continued from page 95: Lewis 25, Maroco finisher; Henrettia 22, dress maker; Annie 20, milliner; Adaline 18; George 15 and Henry 9, at school; Louisa, 7, born Pennsylvania, both parents foreign-born, at school; lodger Jacob North 26, packing-box maker, born Kurhessen. The earliest record of Louise Emma Harbauer — age 7 fits the June 1863 birth. The same siblings and Jacob North are with the widow Eva Harbauer in 1880 [S176]. The household begins on page 95, which has not been read. Ancestry's inferred father Lewis is wrong — Lewis, 25, is the eldest brother. This sheet names no father; her card gives him as Ludwig Harbauer, Probable, from her sister Henriette's baptism entry of 1863.
4. S1761880 U.S. Federal Census — Eva Harbauer household, 149 Noble Street, Philadelphia. Ancestry collection 6742, record 225860, image 4244458-00660; SD 1, ED 190, page 11, enumerated 5 June 1880; house 149, dwelling 85, family 109. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. Eva Harbauer, 55, widowed, keeping house; Henry 25 and George 19, sons, morocco dressers; Louisa, 17, daughter, single, "In store"; then Jacob North 35, box maker, with his wife Adoline 28 (the Adaline of 1870), Clara 8 and Albert 5. Louise's mother is named: Eva Harbauer, a widow by 1880. In the next house, 151 Noble Street, boards "Jas Timberman", 22 — the age of James Harris Timberman Sr, born June 1858. Neighbours in 1880, married in 1885 or 1886 [S139] [S1455]. The identification is by name and age only and is stated as such. The birthplace columns on this page drift against the name rows — Louisa's line carries Bavaria three times, Eva's Pennsylvania/Ireland/Ireland. Ancestry's born Bavaria for Louisa is built on the drift; 1870 and 1910 both say Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania stands.
5. S1771910 U.S. Federal Census — James H Timberman household, 293 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Ancestry collection 7884, record 120845508, image 4450036_00989; Ward 16, ED 166, sheet 20A, enumerated 3 May 1910. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. James H, head, 51, born New Jersey, "Doctor, general practice", own account; Louise, wife, 46, born Pennsylvania of German-born parents, three children born, three living; James H Jr 23, clerk at a coal company; George 18; Albert 16; a servant, Helen, 14 or 19, born Bohemia. The page writes Louise — not Louisa, and nowhere Larissa. "Married 20 years" on both lines puts the marriage near 1890; the 1900 sheet's 14 years and James Jr's age both put it in 1886 [S139]. a Philadelphia marriage index and his obituaries say 1885 [S1455] [S1649]. The marriage is 1885 or 1886; the 20 is recorded, not adopted. "Doctor" is his own trade as a veterinarian [S178] [S139]; it is not published as a physician.
6. S1455Philadelphia marriage index, 1885 — Louise E. Harbauer. Ancestry, “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriage Index, 1885–1951”, record 763652. Index only; no image; read 22 September 2026. Probable Louise E. Harbauer, married in Philadelphia in 1885. An index line only; the groom is not shown here, and the licence image would settle it.
7. S1649Obituaries of Dr. J. H. Timberman — Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News, 4 June 1919, p. 5, and Wilkes-Barre Semi-Weekly Record, 6 June 1919, p. 4. Read as machine-read (OCR) text; the page images have not been checked by eye. Born at Alloway, Salem County, New Jersey, 4 June 1858; came to Wilkes-Barre in 1883 after two years’ practice in Philadelphia; trained at the Philadelphia College of Veterinary Medicine; married Louise E. Harbauer in 1885. “Three sons were born to them, James H., Jr., whose death was caused by influenza in January; George W. of Gary, W. Va., and Albert N. of this city.” Albert, a lieutenant of field artillery, had come home from the army of occupation in Germany ten days before. Funeral 5 June from the Washington Apartments; burial at Mt. Greenwood Cemetery. The second paper misprints the birth year as 1958.