When Dr Walter James Ransom was born on 8 April 1853, in Ransomville, Niagara, New York, United States, his father, William Henry Harrison Ransom, was 36 and his mother, Eliza Jane Estes, was 28. He married Mary Lillian Baker on 9 October 1878, in Niagara, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Porter, Niagara, New York, United States for about 15 years. He died on 27 October 1897, in Lockport, Niagara, New York, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara, New York, United States.
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patronymic from the Middle English personal name Rand , a pet form of the personal name Randolf (see Randolph ), + -son.
perhaps a variant of Ramsden .
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