The Proeger Family · Generation 6 — earliest known

John H. Timberman

Father of James Harris Timberman Sr. · born about 1825

John H. Timberman

Confirmed

Father of James Harris Timberman Sr. · born about 1825

Parents
Mary Burroughs Timberman
Married
Rebecca Anna Harris
Children
James Harris Timberman Sr., Rebecca Timberman Harbauer
Sources
10

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED — added 24 September 2026; entered in the family tree the same day. His son's 1919 Pennsylvania death certificate names him as father, John H. Timberman, born New Jersey S93, and the 1858 Upper Alloways Creek birth return names the parents John Timberman & Rebecca, the father a carpenter S374

Life in the order the records give it

Death1860
John Timberman, 34, at Salem, New Jersey, in 1860 with Rebecca A., James H., Esther A. and the infant John H. S94; a house carpenter, 40, at Gloucester City in 1870, a widower again, with James H., John H. and a younger Rebecca S189
Census1880
🆕 In 1880, as John Timmerman Sen., 56, a widowed carpenter, he boarded in Clayton Township, Gloucester County, in the house of Alexander Peacock. His son John, 21, was there too, married to Peacock's daughter S619. added 26 September 2026.

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Children
Father of James Harris Timberman Sr.; husband of Rebecca Anna Harris
Marriage1857
Married Rebecca A. Harris, 16 August 1857, at Swedesboro, New Jersey, by Geo. Hitchens, minister; the Woolwich Township marriage return, read from the image, gives him as Jno. Timberman, 32, carpenter, of Gloucester, a widower, son of Saml. Timberman
Children1864
🆕 A daughter, Rebecca Timberman Harbauer, was born on 10 August 1864 in New Jersey and died on 23 April 1944 at 4840 Pine Street, Philadelphia. Her death certificate names her parents as John Timberman and Rebecca Harris, both born in New Jersey; she was the widow of Henry C. Harbauer S579. In June 1863 he was enrolled for the Civil War draft at Salem City: John Timberman, 38, carpenter S583. added 25 September 2026.
Parents1858
🆕 His mother: probably Mary Burroughs Timberman Probable confirm or correct →. Mary Timberman, married, 70, daughter of Benjamin Burroughs, died on 6 June 1858 at Upper Alloways Creek S860; a Samuel and Mary Timberman head a Pilesgrove household in 1850 S861 and are named as Harriet Timberman's parents S862. Accepted by Earl as probable; what is weak: no document names Mary as Samuel's wife or as John's mother. added 28 September 2026.

Open questions what is probable, weak or missing — confirm or correct it

Probable
Probable son of Samuel Timberman. His own birth and death dates are not yet documented

In the record Generation 6 — earliest known

John H. Timberman · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

10 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S93PA Death Certificate — James Harris Timberman, d. 3 Jun 1919, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA. Father John H. Timberman, mother Rebecca Anna Harris. Certificate no. 69731, registered no. 642, registration district 667. Ancestry collection 5164, record 870597; image 41381_1521003238_0722-02796, read from the image at full resolution 2884 × 2700 px (DeepZoom pyramid level 12, 36/36 tiles) on 21 September 2026. CONFIRMS James Harris Timberman's parents. His middle name "Harris" = mother's maiden name. The image carries three things Ancestry's transcription does not. (1) Line 6 is written out in longhand words — June / Fourth / 1858 — which settles the birth date against the tree's 4 Jan 1858; line 7's age at death, 60 yrs 11 mos 30 ds against a death of 3 Jun 1919, agrees independently. (2) His occupation, line 8a: Veterinary Surgeon. (3) Residence 60 South Washington St., Wilkes-Barre; cause of death carcinoma of the prostate, duration one year; buried Mt. Greenwood Cemetery, 5 June 1919, undertaker W. E. Doran & Sons; filed 4 June 1919. The informant is a W. Timberman of West Virginia — the surname is legible, the given initials are not confidently legible at this resolution and are not expanded into a guess.
  2. S941860 US Federal Census — John Timberman household, Salem, Salem County, NJ. John Timberman, 34; Rebecca A, 37; James H, 2; Esther A, 14; John H, 7/12. NARA M653, Roll 707, Page 43. Ancestry collection 7667, record 55012827. Places the Timberman family at Salem, NJ in 1860 with James age 2.
  3. S1891870 U.S. Federal Census — John Timberman household, Gloucester City, Camden County, New Jersey. Ancestry record 27598502; page 83, enumerated 8 July 1870. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. John Timberman, 40, house carpenter; James H., 12, works in cotton mill; John H., 11, the same; Rebecca, 6; the house kept by Rebecca Osborn, 62. 🔑 James Harris Timberman Sr at twelve, and a sister, Rebecca (c.1864). ⚠ His mother is not in the household; that is recorded, not read as a death.
  4. S374Salem County, New Jersey — Return of Births, Upper Alloways Creek Township, 4 June–17 December 1858, p. 139, line 1. Ancestry record 706930. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed James H. Timberman, male, born June 4 1858 at Allowaystown, son of John Timberman & Rebecca; father a carpenter, residence Allowaystown; recorded 15 July 1858. The first contemporary record of his birth; it settles the day, which had rested on his 1919 death certificate alone. A tree birth of 4 January 1858 is wrong.
  5. S579Pennsylvania certificate of death no. 9339 — Rebecca Timberman Harbauer, Philadelphia, 23 April 1944. Ancestry record 604549062. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Mrs. Rebecca Timberman Harbauer, born 10 August 1864 in New Jersey, died 23 April 1944 at 4840 Pine Street, Philadelphia; widow of Henry C. Harbauer; father John Timberman, mother Rebecca Harris, both born in New Jersey; informant Louise G. Harbauer, of the same address; burial at Arlington, Merchantville, New Jersey.
  6. S583U.S. Civil War draft registration, Class II, 1st Congressional District of New Jersey, June 1863. Ancestry record 3749125. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Salem City, line 12: John Timberman, 38, carpenter, born New Jersey, no former military service.
  7. S6191880 U.S. census — Clayton Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, ED 89, p. 38. Ancestry record 49591841. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed In the household of Alexander Peacock, 45, farmer, born Ireland: his married daughter, 20 (her given name is faint), and her husband John Timmerman, 21, son-in-law, farm labourer; and John Timmerman Sen., 56, boarder, widowed, carpenter, born New Jersey. The Ancestry index makes Martha Peacock, 17, his daughter; she is Alexander's.
  8. S860New Jersey return of deaths, Upper Pittsgrove Township, Salem County, 1 June 1858 – 31 May 1859, p. 519, entry 3 — Mary Timberman. Ancestry collection 62483, record 715000 (image 004210790_00530). Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Confirmed Mary Timberman, female, married, 70, died [June] 6th [1858] at Upper Alloways Creek, born Upper Pittsgrove; parent Benjamin Burroughs; cause, consumption. It names her father, not her husband or children.
  9. S8611850 U.S. census — Samuel Timberman household, Pilesgrove Township, Salem County, New Jersey. Ancestry collection 8054, record 4598891 (image 4201733_00195). Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Confirmed Enumerated 5 September 1850, stamp 191, dwelling 381, family 389: Samuel Timberman, 71, farmer; Mary Timberman, 32 [sic]; Jonathan, 22, farm hand; Judith, 30; Harriet, 20; Charles, 6; all born New Jersey. No relationships are stated. The index turns Mary's 32 into a birth in 1788; the image says 32. John H. Timberman is not in the house.
  10. S862FamilySearch index, New Jersey marriages — Harriet Timberman and Moses Thomas. FamilySearch ark:/61903/1:1:HW84-6G3Z and Q29L-M4Z7. Index only; no image read (checked 28 September 2026). Probable Harriet Timberman married Moses Thomas; her parents are given as Sam'l and Mary Timberman. Independent, but gives no maiden name for Mary. FamilySearch also indexes a Samuel Timberman x Mary Ann Applegate marriage in Salem County (VW5G-Y2Y, FZK4-M9S), a second Samuel or a second wife.

Know something this page doesn't? Send it to Earl — corrections, names, dates, documents. Nothing appears here until he has reviewed it.

Compiled for the Proeger family

Living adults appear by name and relationship, with the year only: no full date of birth and no home town on any page that search engines index, and a living person’s own page is kept out of search engines. Minors appear by name only — no date of birth, no birth year, no age, no school, no place, no address, no other identifying detail. A minor may be named and may appear in a family photograph; nothing further about them is published. Where it is not established whether someone is an adult or a minor, the minor rule applies.

Know something this record doesn't? Send it to Earl.

Top