Just received the death certificate for my great grandfather Emanuel Whitmer listing his parents as Charles Whitmer and Rebecca Landis. I have found a 1850 census in Beaver, Mahoning, Ohio listing Charles, Rebecca and children Milton, Levi, Penrose, Samuel (all born in Pennsylvania) and Lewis (Louis), Edward, Angeline (last three born in Ohio). The spelling of the last name was Wetmore. I have also found a 1860 census in Springfield, Mahoning, Ohio with last name as Whitmer listing Charles, Rebecca, Milton Levi, Penrose, Samuel (all born in Pennsylvania), and Louis, Edward, Angeline, Lucena (later 4 born in Ohio). There is a glaring absense of Emanuel. I found a 1870 census Beaver, Mahoning, Ohio listing head as George Witmer, Rebecca, Angeline, Emanuel, Lucy (children born in Ohio, parents in Pennsylvania). I am very confused on the first name of the head of household change.

Emanuel married Celestia J Wunderlin in Mahoning, Ohio and lived in Falls River, Nebraska where Celestia and a baby boy died. They had children Charles David (moved to Denver, Colo where he died), Raymond (died in WWI service), Lottie (haven't found her past age 18. Family info says she died young), Marcus (my grandfather moved to Clark, Routt County, Colorado where he married Josephine Norman and had three children: Russell, Mary, and Ray). Emanuel remarried Mary F, moved on to California where he passed away in 1940.

Any information on these lines would be greatly appreciated.