Individual Details

Mariposa Gazette, Mariposa, California, April 29, 1922: William H. Ramsden Called by Death. After an illness extending over many months of patient suffering, William H. Ramsden, one of the most prominent an generally well liked men of Mariposa County, passed away at his home at Buckeye on the morning of April 25. 1922. William H. Ramsden was born at Mariposa on January 15, 1869 and was. at the time of his passing, aged 53 years, 3 months and 10 days. Almost his entire lifetime has been given to farming and stockraising and he was considered one of the most successful ranchers in this section of the county. Honest, kind hearted and a faithful friend, "Bill" Ramsden, (as he was familiarly known), will be missed by a wide circle of friends that included all who knew him, for if he had an enemy among mankind, it was not generally known. To mourn his passing, he leaves a widow, Mrs, Maud Ramsden, three small children, William S., Patricia E. and Maud S. Ramsden, four sisters, Mrs. Hattie Bradford of Madera, Mrs. Myra Dolan of Morgan Hill, Mrs. Mary Cox of Oakland and Mrs. Alice Peterson of Hornitos; four brothers, Homer of Mariposa, Dorsey of Ahwahnee, James of Hornitos and Charles of Mariposa. The funeral service; were held at the M. E. Church at Mariposa Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock p. m., interment being in the Odd Fellows cemetery under the auspices of Mariposa Lodge, No. 39, I. O. O. F., of which he had been a member for a great many years A large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends followed the body to its last resting place.

Birth	15 Jan 1869	Mariposa Co., California
Census	1870
Census	1880
Marriage	6 Jul 1914	Fresno Co., California - Maude Stanton
Death	25 Apr 1922	Mariposa, Mariposa Co., California
Alt name		William H. Ramsden
Burial		Mariposa IOOF Cemetery, Mariposa, Mariposa Co., California

Spouse	Maude Stanton (1898 - 1992)
Child	William S Ramsden (1916 - 1999)
Child	Patricia E Ramsden (1918 - 2009)
Child	Sophronia Maude Ramsden (1920 - 1992)