The Proeger Family · Generation 6 — earliest known

Rebecca Anna Harris

Mother of James Harris Timberman Sr. · died 1866

Rebecca Anna Harris

Confirmed

Mother of James Harris Timberman Sr. · died 1866

Died
8 July 1866
Married
John H. Timberman
Children
James Harris Timberman Sr.
Sources
2

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED — added 24 September 2026; entered in the family tree the same day. Her son's 1919 Pennsylvania death certificate names her Rebecca Anna Harris, born New Jersey S93, and his middle name is her maiden name

Life in the order the records give it

Death1866
Died 8 July 1866, City of Salem, New Jersey, aged 37, of consumption
the Salem death return, read from the image; the index's 1867 is the year the return was filed. Her birth year conflicts (about 1839 by the marriage age, earlier by the census and death ages), so none is given

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Children
Mother of James Harris Timberman Sr.; wife of John H. Timberman; daughter of James and Rachel Harris
Marriage1857
Married John Timberman, 16 August 1857, at Swedesboro, New Jersey; the marriage return gives her as 18, single, of Salem County, daughter of James & Rachel. Rebecca A., 37, at Salem in 1860 S94
Cited on this card S93 S94 Card added 2026-09-24

In the record Generation 6 — earliest known

Rebecca Anna Harris · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

2 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.

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