Martin and Margaret Limb had seven children –
Two sets of twins: Will and Harry born 1867; Florence and George born 1875.
William died at the young age of 26.
Carl, Hattie, and Florence never married and lived together, in Wooster, their entire lives.
Harry married Sina Anne Bricker from Smithville. They lived in Alliance and then Orrville.
Marcus married Lucille Bradshaw, they divorced. Marcus married Helen Weidner. They lived in Wooster.
George married Laura Belle Sundy from Landisburg, PA. They lived in Wooster.
▸ The Limb family home at 145 E. Liberty street was sold.
Census
1860 ▸ Census. Wooster, Wayne Co, OH. Household includes Martin (Lemb) with wife, Caroline and children August, Mary and Fred.
1870 ▸ Census. Wooster 1st Ward, Wayne Co, OH. Household includes Martin (Lunp) with wife, Margareth, and children August, Mary, Frederick, Louisa, Caroline, Charles (Carl), Harmon and William. Machus, age 19.
1880 ▸ Census. Wooster 1st Ward, Wayne Co, OH. Household includes Martin with wife, Margaret, and children Caroline, Carl, William, Harry, Marquis, Harriet, Florence and George.
1900 ▸ Census. Wooster, Wayne Co, OH. Household includes Margaret with children Carl, Harry, Hattie, George and Florence.
1910 ▸ Census. Wooster, Wayne Co, OH. Household includes Margaret with children Karl M., Hattie, George S. and Florence K. Lodger, Charles Rakins.
1910 ▸ Census. Alliance City, Stark Co, OH. Household includes Harry and wife, Sina.
1910 ▸ Census. Wooster City, Wayne Co, OH. Household includes Marcus R. with wife Lucile and children Marcus G. and Frederick B.
1920 ▸ Census. Wooster, Wayne Co, OH. Household includes Carl, mother Margaret, and sisters Hattie and Florence.
1920 ▸ Census. Alliance City, Stark Co, OH. Household includes Harry and wife, Sina.
1920 ▸ Census. Wooster City, Wayne Co, OH. Household includes Marcus R. with wife Helen and children Marcus and Frederick.
1930 ▸ Census. Wooster, Wayne Co, OH. Household includes Hattie, Florence and Carl.
1930 ▸ Census. Oakmont Borough, Allegheny Co, PA. Household includes Harry and wife, Sina.
1930 ▸ Census. Wooster, Wayne Co, OH. Household includes Marcus with wife, Helen, and children Helen L. and Nancy.
The extensive railroad network allowed for easy visiting of family and friends in other cities and towns. The Limb family often went up to Elyria in Lorain county to visit their mother’s Schaible family there and the Schaibles also came down to visit the Limb’s in Wooster.
Carl Martin Limb
1865 ▸ October 9. Born in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH.
1931 ▸ Retired from a nearly 50-year career as an engineer with the Pennsylvania Railroad.
1955 ▸ March 13. Died in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH.
Carl was the oldest of five boys and 2 girls born to Martin and Margaret Limb. He was a Railroad Engineer, a member of Zion Lutheran Church and never married.
He was active in fraternal organizations as a member of the Improved Order of Red Men (I.O.R.M.), the International Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) Patriarchs Militant, the Knights Templar, and Wooster Ebenezer Lodge No. 33 F.& A.M.
Carl lived with his sisters, Florence and Hattie, at the East Liberty street home residence until 1925, when they moved to Nold avenue. The were members of Zion Lutheran Church.
William R. Limb
1867 ▸ Born 10 August in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH.
1893 ▸ Died 15 March in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH.
Will and his twin brother Harry were the second & third oldest of five boys and 2 girls born to Martin and Margaret Limb. He was a clerk and salesman with Wooster dry goods store, Quinby & Kline, and was also active in the management of Wooster’s City Opera House. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church.
Will was active in fraternal organizations as a member of the Improved Order of Red Men (I.O.R.M.), the International Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) Patriarchs Militant.
Will lived with his family at the East Liberty street home residence. He died at the young age of 25.
Harmon Edward Limb
1867 ▸ August 10. Harry was born in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH. Harry and William were twins.
1872 ▸ May 12. Sina born in Smithville, Wayne Co, OH.
1890 ▸ May 28. Moved from Wooster to Orrville, OH.
1895 ▸ August 7. Travelled to San Jose, CA for his health.
1896 ▸ May 20. Returned to Orrville after 10 month stay in San Jose.
1899 ▸ August 3. Suffered an attack of malarial fever.
1902 ▸ September 4. Working in Millbrook.
1903 ▸ August. Relocated to Salem, OH.
1904 ▸ June 19. Harry and Sina Anne Bricker married.
1910 ▸ June. Harry and Sina living in Alliance.
1944 ▸ July 8. Harry died in Sebring, Highlands Co, FL.
1958 ▸ October 2. Sina died in Cleveland, OH.
Henrietta Agnes Limb (Hattie)
1872 ▸ August 8. Born in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH.
1940 ▸ July 8. Died in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH.
Marcus Robert Limb
1870 ▸ December 28. Born in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH.
1937 ▸ July 17. Died in Columbus, OH.
George Schaible Limb
1875 ▸ April 29. Born in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH.
1955 ▸ November 27. Died in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH.
Florence Katherine Limb
1875 ▸ April 29. Born in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH.
1951 ▸ September 20. Died in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH.