‎Grant Wilson "W.G. Ambrose" Ambrose‏‎ 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7), son of Joseph Ritner Ambrose and Margaret Ann Dougherty‏. Born ‎ Aug 26, 1870 at Kittanning, Armstrong Co. PA‎ 8) 9), died ‎ Nov 22, 1932 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA‎, 62 years 1) 10) 11) 9), buried ‎ at Rural Valley Cemetery, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA 9). Occupation: (‎ 1932 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Laborer. 11) See attached sources. 8) 8) Event WEB Election: (‎ at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Election Board. 8) Election: (‎ at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Street Commissioner. 8) Membership: (‎ at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Rural Valley Presbyterian Church. 8) Alt. Birth: (‎ Aug 26, 1868) 10) 12) 11) Census (‎ 1870 at East Franklin Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living on the farm with parents and siblings. 13) Census (‎ 1880 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living on the farm with parents and siblings. 7) Located: (‎ Mar 1895 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Farmer. 14) Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Farmer. Living with father Joseph, brothers Samuel and James, sister Laura, wife Lena and son Sidney. 12) Census (‎ 1910 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Farmer. 15) Located: (‎ 1920 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) No occupation listed. 16) Located: (‎ 1923 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) 4) Census (‎ 1930 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Laborer. Widower. Living alone. 17) Married ‎ Mar 19, 1895 at Franklin, Venango Co. PA 1) 8) 14) (28 years married) to: ‎Lena "Martha Philena Ambrose, Philena Ambrose" Gourley‏‎ 8) 8) 5) 6) 18) 15) 14) Born ‎ Mar 8, 1872 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA‎ 1) 19) 18) 20), died ‎ Dec 30, 1923 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA‎, 51 years 1) 4) 18) 20), buried ‎ at Rural Valley Cemetery, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA 20) On the 1900 census, Lena reports that she has had one child, who is now living. On the 1910 census, Lena reports that she has had three children, with three now living. 12) 15) Event WEB Alt. Birth: (‎ Mar 1873 at PA) 12) Census (‎ 1880 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. 21) Located: (‎ Mar 1895 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) 14) Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband, son, father-in-law Joseph Ambrose, brothers-in-law Samuel and James Ambrose, and sister-in-law Laura Ambrose. 12) Census (‎ 1910 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband and children. 15) Census (‎ 1920 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband and children. 16) Children: 1. ‎Sidney Ward "Ward Ambrose" Ambrose‏‎ 4) 8) 8) 22) Born ‎ Jul 28, 1895 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA‎ 23) 6) 24) 25), died ‎ Feb 12, 1980 at Austintown, Mahoning Co. OH‎, 84 years 23) 24) 25), buried ‎ at Rural Valley Cemetery, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA 23) 24) 25) Event WEB Located: (‎between 1895 and 1976 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) 24) Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents, grandfather Joseph Ambrose, uncles Samuel and James Ambrose and aunt Laura Ambrose. 12) Census (‎ 1910 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and sisters. 15) Census (‎ 1920 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Laborer for gas company. Living with parents and sisters. 16) Located: (‎ 1923 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) 4) Census (‎ 1930 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Laborer for the gas company. Living with wife and daughter. 26) Census (‎ 1940 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Meter engineer for gas company. 27) 2. ‎Helen Ambrose‏‎ 4) 8) 8) 24) Born ‎ May 20, 1903 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA‎ 15) 19) 28), died ‎ Jan 7, 1977 at Youngstown, Mahoning Co. OH‎, 73 years 28), buried ‎ at Verona Cemetery, Oakmont, Allegheny Co. PA 28) Event WEB Census (‎ 1910 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. 15) Census (‎ 1920 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. 16) Located: (‎ 1923 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) 4) Census (‎ 1930 at Oakmont, Allegheny Co. PA) Public school teacher. Living with sister Marie in the home of Laurance and Ethel Bowman. 29) Located: (‎ Dec 1939 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Public school teacher. 19) Census (‎ 1940 at Oakmont, Allegheny Co. PA) Public school teacher. 30) 3. ‎Marie "Evelyn M. Ambrose" Ambrose‏‎ 4) 8) 8) 24) 15) 16) 29) Born ‎ Dec 26, 1909 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA‎ 5), died ‎ Jan 30, 1996 at Kittanning, Armstrong Co. PA‎, 86 years 5), buried ‎ at Dutch Hill Cemetery, West Monterey, Clarion Co. PA 31) Event WEB Membership: (‎ at Bruin, Butler Co. PA) Martinsburn Presbyterian Church 5) Census (‎ 1910 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. 15) Census (‎ 1920 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. 16) Located: (‎ 1923 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) 4) Census (‎ 1930 at Oakmont, Allegheny Co. PA) Telephone operator. Living with sister Helen in the home of Laurance and Ethel Bowman. 29) Located: (‎ Sep 1936 at New Kensington, Westmoreland Co. PA) Telephone operator. 32) Census (‎ 1940 at Verona, Allegheny Co. PA) Telephone operator. Living with husband, children and mother-in-law. 33) Located: (‎ Feb 1980 at Orlando, Orange Co. FL) 24) Located: (‎ 1996 at Chicora, Butler Co. PA) 5)

Sources

1) source: "A History of the Ambrose Family", page: XVIII
2) source: Armstrong Co. Court House, Kittanning, PA, 1910. Intestacy Records of Joseph Ritner Ambrose., extra text: To: H. B. Henderson Esq., Register of wills and ex-officio Clerk of the Orphans' Court of the County of Amstrong, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In the matter of the administration of the Goods, Chattels, Rights and Cretdits of J. R. Ambrose, dec'd. The petition of S. E. Ambrose respectfully showeth that J. R. Ambrose was a resident of Armstrong County, State of Pennsylvania, and departed this life at his residence in Rural Valley Borough in the County of Armstrong and the State of Pennsylvania on the 16th day of January, A. D. 1910 and 3 o'clock a.m. That the said decedent left surviving the following named widow or husband, heirs and nex to kin, to-wit:
T. H. Ambrose, son, Rural Valley
B. F. Ambrose, son, Rural Valley
S. E. Ambrose, son, Rural Valley
G. W Ambrose, son, Rural Valley
Laura K. Stewart, daughter, Rural Valley
James G. Ambrose, son, Rural Valley
3) source: Armstrong County Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present, Embracing a History of the County and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families, page: 751-752
4) source: Obituaries of Lena Gourley Ambrose
5) source: Marie Ambrose Buzard
6) source: Marriage License and Certificate of Sidney Ward Ambrose and Virginia Calhoun, page: Book 32, Page 608, Record 1923-19708
7) source: 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 4, Sheet 83-A, Dwelling 3, Family 3, J.R. Ambrose Family
8) source: Prominent Local Citizen Passes Away Tuesday
9) source: Find-a-Grave, page: Memorial for Grant Wilson Ambrose (Memorial # 107990498)
10) source: Record of birth and death dates of immediate family.
11) source: Death Certificate of Grant Wilson Ambrose
12) source: 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp. (South Division), Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 2, Sheet 14-B, Dwelling 278, Family 289, Joseph R. Ambrose Famiy
13) source: 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule, East Franklin Twp., Armstrong Co. PA, page: Page 137-A (Stamped), Dwelling 100, Family 100, Jos. R. Ambrose Family
14) source: Marriage License and Certificate of Grant Wilson Ambrose annd Philena Gourley
15) source: 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Rural Valley Borough, Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 42, Sheet 7-A, Dwelling 131, Family 145, Grant W. Ambrose Family
16) source: 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Rural Valley Borough, Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 47, Sheet 8-A, Dwelling 163, Family 166, Grant Ambrose Family
17) source: 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 3-45, Sheet 6-B, Dwelling 156, Family 164, rant Ambrose Residence
18) source: Death Certificate of Martha Philena Ambrose
19) source: Marriage License of Helen Ambrose and William S. Anderson
20) source: Find-a-Grave, page: Memorial for Lena Gourley Ambrose (Memorial # 107991002)
21) source: 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 4, Sheet 88-C, Dwelling 103, Family 105, J. M. Gourley Family
22) source: Cooper, Karen - Letter
23) source: Letter
24) source: Ambrose
25) source: Find-a-Grave, page: Memorial for Sydney Ward Ambrose (Memorial # 107991486)
26) source: 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 3-45, Sheet 1-A, Dwelling 5, Family 5, Ward Ambrose Family
27) source: 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Rural Valley Borough, Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 3-63, Sheet 11-A, Household 220, S. Ward Ambrose Family
28) source: Mrs. Helen A. Anderson
29) source: 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Oakmont, Allegheny Co. PA, page: ED 2-740, Sheet 11-B, Dwelling 237, Family 276, Laurance A. Bowman Residence
30) source: 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Oakmont Borough, Allegheny Co. PA, page: ED 2-417, Sheet 12-B, Household 217, William S. Anderson Family
31) source: Research Notes
32) source: Marriage License of Marie Ambrose and John Buzard
33) source: 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Verona Borough, Allegheny Co. PA, page: ED 2-570, Sheet 13-B, Household 273, Iva Buzard Family

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"Family Page: Grant Wilson Ambrose & Lena Gourley." HuMo-genealogy - A Rural Valley and Cowanshannock Family Tree (http://ruralvalleyhistory.com/family.php?tree_id=32&id=F80&main_person=I175 : accessed 01 May 2024) Grant Wilson Ambrose #I175, born ‎ Aug 26, 1870 at Kittanning, Armstrong Co. PA