Eliza Ellen Ramsey

     Eliza Ellen Ramsey was born on 2 May 1862 at Missouri. She was the daughter of James Ramsey and Elizabeth Ellen Irvine. Eliza Ellen Ramsey married, at age 18, William Franklin VanBebber, age 27, son of Calvin VanBebber and Barthena A. VanBebber, on Sunday, 9 May 1880. Eliza Ellen Ramsey died on 4 October 1944 at age 82 years, 5 months and 2 days.
     She From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and Ted and Sharon Van Bebber, comps., 'Services for Mrs. Eliza Van Bebber Here Today,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 7 (May 2001), pp. 17 - 18.

SERVICES FOR MRS. ELIZA VAN BEBBER HERE TODAY

Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the L. P. Anker Mortuary, at two o'clock, for Mrs. Eliza Van Bebber, a resident of Willits for the past 43 years, who passed away here Wednesday, after an illness of several months.

Mrs. Van Bebber, a native of Missouri, was born May 2, 1862, and came to California in 1880.

Before leaving her home state she was married to William Frank Van Bebber, who passed away here in 1932. They were the parents of 11 children, eight boys and three girls, all but two of whom survive.

The sons are Charles of Willits, James of Bakersfield, William of Willits, Tom of Paxton, Calif., Ray of Illinois, and Fred of San Francisco. Harry and John are the two who did not survive their parents.

The daughters are Mrs. Bertha Cleveland of Willits, Mrs. Nell Snow of Redding and Mrs. Ann Talbot of San Francisco.

There are 16 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. All of the surviving children will be here today for the funeral services except two, Mrs. Snow and Ray, who were unable to come home.

Mrs. Van Bebber lived an active life up to about five years ago, but since that time had been more or less bedridden. She became critically ill early in the summer and has been declining since then.

Rev. J. H. Howe will officiate at the services this afternoon, which will be followed by interment in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

The Willits News, Willits, Mendocino County, California, Friday, October 6, 1944, Page 1.

Additional information provided by Ted & Sharon Van Bebber:

Eliza's parents are:
James Ramsey, b 4 October 1811, d 16 February 1878
Elizabeth Ellen Irvine, b 19 April 1831, d 27 April 1909

Predeceased children:
Johnnie Van Bebber, b 26 April 1899, d 10 July 1901
Harry Francis Van Bebber, b 1 June 1895, d 23 December 1929

Grandchildren are:
Dora Ellen Van Bebber, Ila Pearl Van Bebber, Ellamay Cleveland, Marjorie Nell Cleveland, Walter George Cleveland, Inez Van Bebber, Kenneth Van Bebber, Dorothy Snow, Harold Snow, Jr., Ruth Rowena Snow, Beverly Talbot, Phyllis Talbot, Wilma Louise Van Bebber, Violet Hopper (step), Ray Hopper (step), (one more unknown).

Great grandchildren are:
Theodore John Van Bebber, Francis Frederick Louwaert, Charles William Louwaert, Nina Louise Louwaert, Peter Michael Louwaert, Emma Madeline Louwaert, 2 more - probably children of Inez Van Bebber. She and William Franklin VanBebber appeared on the census of 13 June 1900 at Hydesville Township, Humboldt County, California.