Individual Details

Martha Ellen WOLFE

(21 Mar 1879 - 2 Jun 1962)

An obituary clipped from a newspaper and found at the Jefferson County History Center in Brookville, Pennsylvania for Martha Zimmer states "She was born March 21, 1879 in Knoxdale, a daughter of Daniel and Emeline Harmon Wolfe and was married to Joseph Zimmer who died in 1961. She had been a lifelong resident of Knoxdale." There is a handwritten date on the obituary of 3 June 1962.

Events

Birth21 Mar 1879Knox Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
BirthApr 1880
Marriage26 Feb 1896Maurice CLONTZ
Census1900Knox Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
Census1920Knox Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
MarriageBet 1920 and 1930Joseph ZIMMER
Census1930Fuller and Knoxdale Road, Knox Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
Census1940Route 33028, Knox Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
Death2 Jun 1962due to virus infection (intestinal) - Jefferson County Home, RD1, Brookville, Pine Creek Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
Burial5 Jun 1962Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Knoxdale, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

Families

SpouseJoseph ZIMMER (1880 - 1961)
SpouseMaurice CLONTZ (1877 - 1950)
ChildCharles Edward CLONTZ (1900 - 1961)
FatherDaniel WOLF (1824 - 1890)
MotherEmaline HARMAN (1843 - 1923)
SiblingFrederick M. WOLFE (1859 - 1909)
SiblingConrad Lincoln WOLFE (1861 - 1954)
SiblingSamuel Peter WOLFE (1862 - 1956)
SiblingLavina WOLF (1864 - 1880)
SiblingCatherine Elizabeth "Katie" WOLFE (1867 - 1906)
SiblingErven WOLF (1869 - 1880)
SiblingJoseph Henry WOLFE (1874 - 1932)
SiblingSusan Alice WOLFE (1874 - 1941)
SiblingAaron Neal WOLFE (1881 - 1932)
SiblingHarry Blaine WOLFE (1884 - 1971)
SiblingEdward Michael WOLFE (1886 - 1946)
SiblingMary Anna "Annie" WOLFE (1888 - 1978)
SiblingEmma Ella M. WOLFE (1888 - 1970)

Notes

Marriage

Martha Clontz was listed as Joseph Zimmer's companion in the 1920 census but was listed as his wife in the 1930 census.

Endnotes

1. "Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1885-1950," index and images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : accessed 29 May 2013), Maurice Glontz and Marth Wolf, 26 February 1896; Volume 10, page 361, number 2179.

2. Martha Zimmer, death certificate number 057260-62 (2 June 1962), Pennsylvania Department of Health, Divison of Vital Records, New Castle, Pennylvania.

3. 1900 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Knox Township, enumeration district (ED) 65, page 5B, dwelling 95, family 95, Maris Clontz; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 May 2013); from National Archives microfilm T623, roll 1416.

4. "Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1885-1950," index and images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : accessed 29 May 2013), Maurice Glontz and Marth Wolf, 26 February 1896; Volume 10, page 361, number 2179.

5. 1900 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Knox Township, enumeration district (ED) 65, page 5B, dwelling 95, family 95, Maris Clontz; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 May 2013); from National Archives microfilm T623, roll 1416.

6. 1920 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Knox Township, enumeration district (ED) 149, page 11B, dwelling 184, family 186, Martha Clontz; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 May 2013); from National Archives microfilm T625, roll 1575.

7. 1930 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Knox Township, enumeration district (ED) 15, page 10B , dwelling 182, family 185, Joseph Zemmer; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 May 2013); from National Archives microfilm T626, roll 2047.

8. 1940 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Knox Township, enumeration district (ED) 33-18, page 237 (stamped), page 3A (penned), household 46, Joe Zimmers; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 May 2013); from National Archives microfilm T627, roll 3519.

9. Martha Zimmer, death certificate number 057260-62 (2 June 1962), Pennsylvania Department of Health, Divison of Vital Records, New Castle, Pennylvania.

10. Martha Zimmer, death certificate number 057260-62 (2 June 1962), Pennsylvania Department of Health, Divison of Vital Records, New Castle, Pennylvania.