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Elizabeth Schram

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Descent: Meghan Jane Leineweber ← Catherine Raye Lobb ← Ray Stewart Lobb ← Gladys Myrtle Kipp ← Edgar Allen Kipp ← Isaac Kipp ← Elizabeth Force ← Elizabeth Schramm

In brief

Born August 9, 1791, in Grantham, Niagara, Province of Quebec, Canada or New York, USA. She married December 16, 1808, in Louth Township, Lincoln County, Upper Canada (now Ontario). She died April 24, 1857, in Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA.

Family

Father

Johannes “John” Schram

Mother

Margaret Ann Darby

Spouse

Reziah Force

m. 1808

Children

Margaret Force
b. July 27, 1809, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
d. February 3, 1874, in Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois
Nelson H. Force
b. January 1, 1814, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
d. May 1880, in Salem, Michigan
Charlotte Force
b. March 31, 1816, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
d. November 12, 1884, in Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois
Elizabeth Force · in this line
b. March 19, 1818, in Woodbury, Brant County, Upper Canada
m. Benjamin Kipp, April 20, 1836, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
d. September 14, 1881, in Burford Township, Brant County, Ontario, Canada
John H. Force
b. June 19, 1820, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
d. January 1, 1885, in Lone Tree township, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, USA
Julia Ann Force
b. April 8, 1822, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
d. October 22, 1891, in Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois
Jeremiah Schram Force
b. May 15, 1824, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
m. Caroline
d. April 4, 1901, in Wheaton, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, USA
Jane Force
b. April 15, 1826, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
d. In Wheaton, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, USA
Nathaniel Force
b. May 29, 1828, in Woodstock, Oxford County, Upper Canada
m. Mariah
d. October 10, 1911, in Wheaton, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, USA
Johannah Force
b. April 4, 1830, in Woodstock, Oxford County, Upper Canada
d. April 30, 1860, in Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois
Levi Edward Force
b. May 2, 1834, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
d. November 8, 1864, in Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois
Liza C Force
b. Jun 9, 1834, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
Susannah Force
b. April 15, 1836, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
Almira Force
b. June 2, 1840, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
d. March 17, 1859, in Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois

Siblings

Jacob Schram
b. February 25, 1786, in Loonenburg, Greene County, New York
d. October 11, 1873
William Schram
b. November 23, 1788, in Loonenburg, Greene County, New York
d. August 19, 1834
Eleanor Schram
b. 1793
Jeremiah Myron Schram
b. 1800
John Frederick Schram
b. 1801 in Pelham Township, Welland County, Upper Canada
d. November 21, 1879, in Welland, Welland County, Ontario, Canada
Catharine Schram
b. 1802
Hannah Schram
b. 1803
Margaret Schram
b. October 24, 1806

Life story

From Niagara to Illinois

Elizabeth Schram was born August 9, 1791, in Grantham, near Niagara, Upper Canada (or possibly New York), and married Reziah Force in December 1808 in Louth Township, Upper Canada. Unable to read or write, she moved west with her family in later life, recorded in 1850 living in Iroquois County, Illinois, in her son Nathaniel's household. Elizabeth died April 24, 1857, in Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois.

Sources (3)

1850 United States Federal Census, Census District 21, Iroquois County, Illinois, population schedule, page 5-6, dwelling 36, Family of John Shoub; NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 110; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4193359-00010 : accessed 23 September 2024).
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100841370/elizabeth_force : accessed 23 September 2024), memorial page for Elizabeth Schram Force (1791–1857), Find a Grave Memorial ID 100841370, citing Shrontz Cemetery, Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Diana Montoya (contributor 46844793).
Estate of Edward Burnice Kipp, “Ancestors of Edward Burnice Kipp”; 2024; pdf publication (http://www.kipp-blake-families.ca/publications/Ancestors%20of%20Edward%20Burnice%20Kipp.pdf : accessed 17 January 2025).