FAMILIES Q-U: RAMSEY ~ William "Babe" Ramsey
William "Babe" Ramsey
BACKGROUND: This page was created in March 2012, after receiving copies of newspaper clippings/articles that included information about and photographs of Babe Ramsey and/or his family members.
The newspaper clippings/articles were contributed to Darrtown.com by Ron Wiley, who received them from Harry Ogle. Handwritten notes on the documents indicate that Joanne Rose gave the documents to Harry Ogle.
If you have information about or photographs of "Babe" Ramsey and/or the Ramsey family, please use the "Contact Me" link below to inform the Darrtown.com webmaster.
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William "Babe" Ramsey identified in group photo
According to the following news article, "Babe" Ramsey is the third from the right
in the back row.
The image above appeared in an undated
"Remember When" section of the Hamilton Journal News.
William "Babe" Ramsey is identified as the third from the right in the back row. Babe Ramsey's brother, Frank Ramsey, is identified as the last man at the right, in the back row.
Handwritten notes on the document read as: "Babe Ramsey (only weighed 2# when born - didn't get named for 6 mo."
The following caption accompanied the image (above) when it appeared in the Hamilton Journal:
'These men were photographed, while visiting the five ice houses on big reservoir, north of Hamilton, in 1901. The front, left to right, includes Etleburt Kuth, William Doellman, Edward Kuth, and Herman Luegers. Top row, same order, Scott Whelan, Joseph E. Geinet, George Boger, Carl Fox, Charles Asplan, Babe Ramsey, Jacob Seifert, and Frank Ramsey.'
A Google search revealed the following statements about the five ice houses on the reservoir:
'A description of icehouse procedures and working conditions was provided to the writer in the 1970s by Mrs. Olive Stumpf. She shared her research, including the recollections of Frank Kapp, an ice company employee. Kapp, later an Oxford resident, worked for Frank Ramsey, who managed five icehouses for the Cincinnati Ice Co. The ice was harvested from the Big Reservoir on the Hamilton Hydraulic, north of Hamilton, in an area now the site of municipal softball diamonds and a swimming pool.'
Jim Blount wrote an article about the natural-ice industry, in Hamilton, Ohio, that flourished from the late 1800's into the early 1900's. See: Hamilton (Ohio) ice industry.
The image at the right appeared as an undated news item from the Hamilton Journal News.
The following handwritten note appeared in the margin of the news clipping: "This was my house about 1907 on the island of the Hamilton Reservoir shown at the right. This was the site of the seven ice houses - washed out in the 1913 flood. William Ramsey"
The image at the left appeared as an April 1964 news item from the Hamilton Journal News.
The following caption accompanied the image:
"Mrs. W. R. Ramsey and Mrs. Harry Williams are pictured above with the attractive maple rocking chair, which the McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital recently purchased through a grant from the Ruth Lyons Fund.
The chair will remain in the pediatric (children's) section of the hospital, for the use of visiting mothers and was purchased at the suggestion of Miss Lyons, who has found such accommodations highly advantageous."
"Babe" Ramsey is Deemed 'Ringleader' of Old-Timers' Trio
For a glimpse at the wit and humor of William "Babe" Ramsey:
1. Visit: Recollections.
2. Click the "Community" link and then...
3. Scroll to: "1953_1 - Three Old-Timers Get Together and Devise New Way for Burying"
