In an attempt to get more genealogy material online, I decided that rather then only posting information about the research I am currently doing (which is limited by how much time I am able to spend on genealogy with all of the other things going on in my life), that I will also try to intermittently post materials that I have saved on my computer from past research, and genealogy that family members have shared with me.
So, here goes:
I found this letter from a Helen Spohr at the home of my grandma, Beverly Monk Spohr. I believe that Helen was writing to my great grandparents, Carl and Nettie Graham Spohr. I’d never come across anyone named Helen Spohr, or the other family members she writes about, in my research before finding this letter. In 2008 I took some time to try to figure out how this family is connected to our Spohr relatives. I typed up the letter and then used clues from the letter to search for members of Helen Spohr’s family, hoping to find a common ancestor, but I wasn’t able to figure out how they were related. In her letter, Helen certainly seemed familiar with “our” side of the Spohr family, even mentioning my grandpa Carl’s cousin, Dolores Anne Spohr.
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Here is the letter:
So, here goes:
I found this letter from a Helen Spohr at the home of my grandma, Beverly Monk Spohr. I believe that Helen was writing to my great grandparents, Carl and Nettie Graham Spohr. I’d never come across anyone named Helen Spohr, or the other family members she writes about, in my research before finding this letter. In 2008 I took some time to try to figure out how this family is connected to our Spohr relatives. I typed up the letter and then used clues from the letter to search for members of Helen Spohr’s family, hoping to find a common ancestor, but I wasn’t able to figure out how they were related. In her letter, Helen certainly seemed familiar with “our” side of the Spohr family, even mentioning my grandpa Carl’s cousin, Dolores Anne Spohr.
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Here is the letter:
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“December 28, 1940.
1103 – C. St. S. E.
1103 – C. St. S. E.
My dear Cousins,
So glad to hear from you and pleased to get the Christmas card with your picture, there certainly is a most decided family resemblance between our boys and men. Will send you a snap made of our children and let you judge – I’m sure you’ll say Earl and Carl are very much alike in the face altho Earl’s hair is curly and he is five feet tall, weighs 82 lbs now, sure grows fast. He will be ten years old on January 15th. What date is Carl’s birthday in June? Mine is 11th.
My goodness, Carl sure had a hard start in life didn’t he? But am so happy to know he is well and happy now – I love boys especially and they almost all take to me, big or little, my house is full of boys, boys, boys! I think it’s grand Carl has a bike, Earl is crazy for one but with so many doctor bills and three children also my completely paralyzed brother to provide for – well we just can’t get him one. Maybe some day later we can.
Go ahead and ‘rave’ about your boy, I just love it! And it would be easy to love Carl, I like him a lot already. Tell him my kids are wild to see their cousin and will have a big time. Mary Lou can do the same as any rough boy her size, she fights, plays, wrestles – all like a ‘tough little guy.’ I know she’d love to wrestle around with Carl, all the boys like her, and girls a little afraid.
Earl was promoted two weeks ago to the Senior choir, his voice has improved a lot in his practice at church. He isn’t allowed to sing swing songs as voice is trained for hymns and chants. Can reach a high ‘C’ very nicely. He won a gold cross for the highest soprano.
We are terribly sorry about the family loss and will try to call or write Mrs. Ramirch. You know D. C. has 674,000 people, while it’s not a big city, it is fairly large. I have lived here for fourteen years in June.
Congratulations on the new baby, isn’t that nice? And a son, too! Hope both are fine. What is the baby’s name?
Tell Delores that her cousin Mary Lou is just seven but another tomboy so they will have a grand and glorious time when we stop by next summer, as we plan.
Sorry to say that my father-in-law, Clyde Spohr, is dying with an enlarged heart, we got word on Christmas Eve. It made us quite sad all during the holidays.
Hope you all had a nice Christmas, sure enough wish you a very happy and prosperous New Year.
We had a really pretty tree and the kids got lots of things, so many relatives.
Earl got his chemistry set and microscope, he wants to be a surgeon some day. Of course Mary Lou got a doll, dishes etc. She said she’d rather have a gun + soldiers! Edward was only 5½ months on Christmas Eve, he got clothes and high chair. Is cutting teeth now.
Kids gone to matinee, they go every Saturday as have cowboy pictures for children they like Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy and such. We are careful what they see.
I am a grade mother and committee matron in our P.T.A. at Bryan school, also a Sunday school teacher. I think it’s fine Carl is a cub scout but Earl says none of his ‘gang’ are, they all want to wait to be regular scouts. He goes to fifth grade in Feb., what grade is Carl in? I guess he is a way ahead of Earl, being older by some months. Earl does well tho, Mary Lou is in high second soon.
It is chilly + rainy here today. Bunch of big boys are in living room playing Monopoly and laughing, they just fixed a set of lights that blew out. All around 16 or 17. I yelled in for them not to play too much with Edward’s rattle – ha ha. Say they won’t.
Our tree is so dry, guess we will take it down New Year day, place is so warm here. Have six rooms + bath apt. but small rooms.
Well dear know you have your hands full and so have I right now as my maid is sick, I hung out some baby clothes and broke a couple adhesions, sure felt terrible. But tied up tight now so feel better. I am just an old useless critter now a days.
Earl fixed a mess of chow mein for supper last night, will finish it for lunch. He and the others made hot cakes for their Saturdays, I let them fix their own meals and once in a while in between if I am too bad. As they don’t like outside cooks. Earl is a real good cook, makes fine biscuits + gravy, bread, and is great at candy and cakes too – he would be.
He sure will be delighted to hear from Carl all right, bet they’ll be pals on sight. Earl is a friendly easy going boy, lots of friends. He never fights unless forced into it.
Well will have to say byebye for now. Was mighty proud to hear from you all and hope you’ll write soon again.
Tell all best wishes from all of us for a very happy New year,
So glad to hear from you and pleased to get the Christmas card with your picture, there certainly is a most decided family resemblance between our boys and men. Will send you a snap made of our children and let you judge – I’m sure you’ll say Earl and Carl are very much alike in the face altho Earl’s hair is curly and he is five feet tall, weighs 82 lbs now, sure grows fast. He will be ten years old on January 15th. What date is Carl’s birthday in June? Mine is 11th.
My goodness, Carl sure had a hard start in life didn’t he? But am so happy to know he is well and happy now – I love boys especially and they almost all take to me, big or little, my house is full of boys, boys, boys! I think it’s grand Carl has a bike, Earl is crazy for one but with so many doctor bills and three children also my completely paralyzed brother to provide for – well we just can’t get him one. Maybe some day later we can.
Go ahead and ‘rave’ about your boy, I just love it! And it would be easy to love Carl, I like him a lot already. Tell him my kids are wild to see their cousin and will have a big time. Mary Lou can do the same as any rough boy her size, she fights, plays, wrestles – all like a ‘tough little guy.’ I know she’d love to wrestle around with Carl, all the boys like her, and girls a little afraid.
Earl was promoted two weeks ago to the Senior choir, his voice has improved a lot in his practice at church. He isn’t allowed to sing swing songs as voice is trained for hymns and chants. Can reach a high ‘C’ very nicely. He won a gold cross for the highest soprano.
We are terribly sorry about the family loss and will try to call or write Mrs. Ramirch. You know D. C. has 674,000 people, while it’s not a big city, it is fairly large. I have lived here for fourteen years in June.
Congratulations on the new baby, isn’t that nice? And a son, too! Hope both are fine. What is the baby’s name?
Tell Delores that her cousin Mary Lou is just seven but another tomboy so they will have a grand and glorious time when we stop by next summer, as we plan.
Sorry to say that my father-in-law, Clyde Spohr, is dying with an enlarged heart, we got word on Christmas Eve. It made us quite sad all during the holidays.
Hope you all had a nice Christmas, sure enough wish you a very happy and prosperous New Year.
We had a really pretty tree and the kids got lots of things, so many relatives.
Earl got his chemistry set and microscope, he wants to be a surgeon some day. Of course Mary Lou got a doll, dishes etc. She said she’d rather have a gun + soldiers! Edward was only 5½ months on Christmas Eve, he got clothes and high chair. Is cutting teeth now.
Kids gone to matinee, they go every Saturday as have cowboy pictures for children they like Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy and such. We are careful what they see.
I am a grade mother and committee matron in our P.T.A. at Bryan school, also a Sunday school teacher. I think it’s fine Carl is a cub scout but Earl says none of his ‘gang’ are, they all want to wait to be regular scouts. He goes to fifth grade in Feb., what grade is Carl in? I guess he is a way ahead of Earl, being older by some months. Earl does well tho, Mary Lou is in high second soon.
It is chilly + rainy here today. Bunch of big boys are in living room playing Monopoly and laughing, they just fixed a set of lights that blew out. All around 16 or 17. I yelled in for them not to play too much with Edward’s rattle – ha ha. Say they won’t.
Our tree is so dry, guess we will take it down New Year day, place is so warm here. Have six rooms + bath apt. but small rooms.
Well dear know you have your hands full and so have I right now as my maid is sick, I hung out some baby clothes and broke a couple adhesions, sure felt terrible. But tied up tight now so feel better. I am just an old useless critter now a days.
Earl fixed a mess of chow mein for supper last night, will finish it for lunch. He and the others made hot cakes for their Saturdays, I let them fix their own meals and once in a while in between if I am too bad. As they don’t like outside cooks. Earl is a real good cook, makes fine biscuits + gravy, bread, and is great at candy and cakes too – he would be.
He sure will be delighted to hear from Carl all right, bet they’ll be pals on sight. Earl is a friendly easy going boy, lots of friends. He never fights unless forced into it.
Well will have to say byebye for now. Was mighty proud to hear from you all and hope you’ll write soon again.
Tell all best wishes from all of us for a very happy New year,
Affectionately,
Helen Earl + Family
Helen Earl + Family
Love to Carl. Sure liked the picture.”
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Envelope:
“_. C. Spohr Apt 3
103 – C. St. S/E.
Washington D. C.”
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Envelope:
“_. C. Spohr Apt 3
103 – C. St. S/E.
Washington D. C.”
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Spohr
1517 a 3’d. Street
Madison
Ill.”
With three green 1 cent stamps picturing the statue of liberty.
Postmarked: “Washington D. C. Jan 2 11:30 am [illegible year]”
[The corner of the envelope is damaged, and it is difficult to read the first initial in the sender’s address – it was likely “E. C. Spohr,” for Earl Clyde Spohr.]
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But I can’t figure out how Helen Spohr and her relatives would be connected to us – as far as I know, my great, great grandfather, Ludwig “Louis” Spohr came to the United States, and the only other family member that we know of who came was his sister, Amelia. Since Amelia married, she did not have any descendants by the name of Spohr. Ludwig Spohr married Anna Marie Ott and they had two surviving sons, Louis Christopher Spohr and Carl John Spohr. Carl John Spohr is my great grandfather – he married Nettie Dorothy Graham and they were the parents of my grandpa, Carl Jr. (who was an only child). Louis Christopher Spohr married Nettie’s sister, Florence Frances Graham, and Louis and Florence had three children: Louis John Spohr, Dolores Anne Spohr (Lyerla) (Cunningham), and Frank K. Spohr. Since the letter was written in 1940, when my grandpa Carl (Jr.) was about 10 years old, and Helen Spohr had three children at the time with the oldest not much younger than my grandpa Carl, it is reasonable to think that Helen was born in the same generation as my great grandparents, Nettie and Carl. But Helen’s husband couldn’t have been another descendant of Ludwig Spohr, as she mentions the name of her father-in-law, Clyde Spohr. The only conclusion that I can come to, if in deed these two Spohr families were actually closely related, is that Helen Spohr’s husband’s family is descended from another relative of Ludwig and Amelia who also came to America?
It would really be interesting to find out more about who Helen Spohr’s husband descended from, and how they are related to Ludwig Spohr and his descendants. If anyone out there has any ideas, I’d love to hear them!
It’s been a while since I looked back at this research, but here are all the documents I found at the time, and my research notes that I took. (I also have a genealogy file that I created from the information that I found in the letter and these other sources, if anyone’s interested – too bad I can’t share a gedcom file on this blog. But if anyone wants it, I’d be glad to e-mail it to you).
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1900 US census, William and Mary Spohr family, 1 of 2:
1900 US census, William and Mary Spohr family, 2 of 2:
1885 Kansas State Census, William and Mary Spohr family, 1 of 2:
1885 Kansas State Census, William and Mary Spohr family, 2 of 2:
1880 US census, William and Mary Spohr family:
1915 Iowa State Census, Ira A Spohr:
1915 Iowa State Census, Earl C Spohr:
1915 Iowa State Census, Clyde Spohr:
1915 Iowa State Census, Lou L Spohr:
1910 US census, Clyde Spohr:
1903 Ottumwa, Iowa newspaper with Spohr and Cree families:
1930 US census, Earl and Helen Spohr:
And here are my research notes from 2008:
“Helen Spohr family research:
1930 United States Federal Census, District 11, Falls Church, Fairfax, Virginia, www.ancestry.com image 13 of 48, census sheet 7A, lines 1-6, dwelling no. 150, family no. 151:
“Line 1, James G. Bennett, head of household, male, white, age 45 . . . occupation: Machinest, industry: Pennsylvania RR . . .
Line 2, Carrie M. Bennett, wife of head, female, white, age 44 . . .
Line 3, Gordon R. Bennett, son of head, male, white, age 25 . . .
Line 4, Ruth O. Bennett, daughter of head, female, white, age 17 . . .
Line 5, Earl C. Spohr, Hired man, male, white, age 28, married, age 25 at first marriage, did not attend school within the year, able to read and write, born in Iowa, father born in Iowa, mother born in Iowa, able to speak English, occupation: Laborer, US Veteran, war: WW.
Line 6, Helen R. Spohr, Housewife, female, white, age 25, married, age 22 at first marriage, did not attend school within the year, able to read and write, born in District of Col., father born in Maryland, mother born in Virginia, able to speak English, occupation: Housewife, industry: Private Family.”
Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925, ancestry.com image 88613 of 106414, census date: 1915, roll IA1915_406:
“Name: Lou L. Spohr, age 32, Card Number: H625, Sex: Female, Color: White, Divorced, can read, can write, Years in Iowa: 32, County: Polk, P.O. 1127-High, Town: Des Moines, Ward: 2, Occupation: Rooming House Keeper, Total earnings for 1914 from occupation: $900, Extent of Education: Grammar school: 8, high school: 1, Birth place: Iowa, Church Affiliation: Methodist, Father’s Birthplace: Pennsylvania, Mother’s Birthplace: Iowa, Signed R.C. Cooper.”
Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925, ancestry.com image 88611 of 106414, census date: 1915, roll IA1915_406:
“Name: Earl C Spohr, age 14, Card Number: H626, Sex: Male, Color: White, Single, months in school in 1914: 9 ½, can read, can write, Years in Iowa: 14, County: Polk, P.O. 1127-High, Town: Des Moines, Ward: 2, Occupation: At School, Extent of Education: Grammar School: 8, Birth place: Iowa, Church Affiliation: None, Father’s Birthplace: Kansas, Mother’s Birthplace: Iowa, Signed R.C. Cooper.”
Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925, ancestry.com image 88612 of 106414, census date: 1915, roll IA1915_406:
“Name: Ira A Spohr, age 10, Card Number: H627, Sex: Male, Color: White, Single, months in school in 1914: 9 ½, can read, can write, Years in Iowa: 10, County: Polk, P.O. 1127-High, Town: Des Moines, Ward: 2, Occupation: At School, Extent of Education: Grammar School: 5, Birth place: Iowa, Church Affiliation: None, Father’s Birthplace: Kansas, Mother’s Birthplace: Iowa, Signed R.C. Cooper.”
Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925, ancestry.com image 88610 of 106414, census date: 1915, roll IA1915_406:
“Name: Clyde Spohr, age 31, Card Number: H282, Sex: Male, Color: White, Divorced, can read, can write, Years in Iowa: 29, County: Polk, P.O. 516 E 5, Town: Des Moines, Ward: 5, Occupation: R.R. Brakeman, Months Unemployed in 1914: 6, Total earnings from 1914 from occupation: $540, Extent of Education: Grammar School: 8, Birth place: Kansas, Do you own your own farm: No, Church Affiliation: None, Father’s Birthplace: New York, Mother’s Birthplace: Iowa, Signed L.W. Smith.”
Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925, ancestry.com image 88614 of 106414, census date: 1915, roll IA1915_406:
“Name: Mary Spohr, age 60, Card Number: H281, Sex: Female, Color: White, Married, can read, can write, Years in Iowa: 60, County: Polk, P.O. 516 E 5, Town: Des Moines, Ward: 5, Extent of Education: Grammar School: 6, Birth place: Iowa, Do you own your own farm: No, Church Affiliation: Christian, Father’s Birthplace: Virginia, Mother’s Birthplace: Ohio, Signed L.W. Smith.”
Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925, ancestry.com image 88615 of 106414, census date: 1915, roll IA1915_406:
“Name: William H. Spohr, age 62, Card Number: H280, Sex: Male, Color: White, Married, can read, can write, Years in Iowa: 56, County: Polk, P.O. 516 E 5, Town: Des Moines, Ward: 5, Occupation: Laborer, Months Unemployed in 1914: 6, Total earnings from 1914 from occupation: $390, Extent of Education: Grammar School: 5, Birth place: New York, Do you own your own farm: No, Church Affiliation: None, Father’s Birthplace: Germany, Mother’s Birthplace: Germany, Signed L.W. Smith.”
Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925, ancestry.com image 600 of 2069, census date: 1925, line 9, roll IA1925_1889:
“George A Wall, residence county: Polk, sate: Iowa, Locality: Des Moines Ward 1, Born: Indiana, married, male, age 46, born about 1879, white, head of household, mother born in Indiana, father: Wall, father born in Indiana, spouse: Luella Wall.
Luella Wall (Luella Cree), residence county: Polk, sate: Iowa, Locality: Des Moines Ward 1, Born: Indiana, married, female, age 42, born about 1883, white, wife of head, mother: Carrie V. Lockman, mother’s birth year: about 1856, mother born in Iowa, father: Thomas C Cree, father born about 1855, father born in Pennsylvania, Parents’ marriage place: Blovinfield IA, spouse: George A Wall.
Earl C Spohr, residence county: Polk, sate: Iowa, Locality: Des Moines Ward 1, Born: Iowa, single, male, age 22, born about 1903, white, son of head, mother: Luella Cree (Luella Wall), mother’s birth year: about 1881, mother born in Iowa, father: Clyde Spohr, father born about 1883, father born in Kansas, Parents’ marriage place: Bloomfield IA.
Ira W Wall, residence county: Polk, sate: Iowa, Locality: Des Moines Ward 1, Born: Iowa, single, male, age 19, born about 1906, white, son of head, mother: Luella Cree (Luella Wall), mother’s birth year: about 1881, mother born in Iowa, father: George A Wall, father born about 1879, father born in Indiana, Parents’ marriage place: Bloomfield IA.
Ruth B Wall, residence county: Polk, sate: Iowa, Locality: Des Moines Ward 1, Born: Iowa, single, female, age 3, born about 1922, white, daughter of head, mother: Luella Cree (Luella Wall), mother’s birth year: about 1881, mother born in Iowa, father: George A Wall, father born about 1879, father born in Indiana, Parents’ marriage place: Bloomfield IA.”
[Could not get the original record to load on ancestry.com, so this information is from ancestry.com’s index of the 1925 Iowa state census.]
Social Security Death Index, ancestry.com:
“Name: Earl Spohr, SSN: 577-03-4487, Last Residence: 50125 Indianola, Warren, Iowa, United States of America, Born: 7 May 1901, Died: Apr 1973, State (Year) SSN issued: District of Columbia (Before 1951 )”
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, ancestry.com:
“Name: Earl Clyde Spohr, Service Info.: PVT US ARMY, Birth Date: 7 May 1901, Death Date: 15 Apr 1973, Cemetery: Des Moines Masonic Cemetery, Cemetery Address: 1550 48th St Des Moines, IA 50311”
1900 United States Federal Census, District 12, Soap Creek, Davis County, Iowa, www.ancestry.com images 20 and 21 of 21, census sheets 129B and 130A, lines 99-100 and 1-3, dwelling no. 214, family no. 215:
“Sheet 129B, Line 99, William H. Spohr, head of household, white, male, born Apr 1852, age 48, married 26 years, born in New York, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, occupation: hotel keeper, able to read, able to write, able to speak English, living in a house.
Sheet 129B, Line 100, Mary Spohr, wife of head, white, female, born Sept 1854, age 45, married 26 years, mother of 6 children, 2 children living, born in Iowa, father born in Virginia, mother born in Pennsylvania, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Sheet 130A, Line 1, Clyde Spohr, son of head, white, male, born June 1883, age 16, single, born in Kansas, father born in New York, mother born in Iowa, occupation: Day Laborer, month unemployed: 0, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Sheet 130A, Line 2, Reve Spohr, daughter of head, white, female, born Apr 1890, age 10, single, born in Iowa, father born in New York, mother born in Iowa, attended school 6 months in the year, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Sheet 130A, Line 3, George Rigles, Boarder, white, male, age 20 . . . occupation: RR Laborer . . .”
1910 United States Federal Census, Sioux Ward 6, Woodbury County, Iowa, www.ancestry.com image 27 of 50, census sheet 14B, line 69:
“Line 69, Clyde Spohr, Lodger in the household of E. K. Hydal, male, white, age 26, single, born in Kansas, father born in New York, mother born in Iowa, able to speak English, occupation: Switchman, industry: Railroad, able to read, able to write.”
1910 United States Federal Census, District 150, Center, Wapello County, Iowa, www.ancestry.com image 22 of 33, census sheet 11B, lines 76-80:
“Line 76, William Spohr, head of household, male, white, age 58, first marriage, married for 37 years, born in N. Y., mother tongue: German, father born in Ger., father’s mother tongue: German, mother born in Ger., mother’s mother tongue: German, able to speak English, occupation: Street work, industry: city, able to read, able to write, renting house.
Line 77, Mary Spohr, wife of head, female, white, age 55, first marriage, married for 37 years, mother of 6 children, 2 children living, born Iowa, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Pennsylvania, able to speak English, occupation: none, able to read, able to write.
Line 78, Earl Spohr, grandson of head, male, white, age 8, single, born Iowa, father born in Kansas, mother born in Iowa, able to speak English, occupation: none, attended school within the year.
Line 79, Reva McMain, daughter of head, female, white, age 20, first marriage, married for 4 years, mother of 1 child, 1 child living, born Iowa, father born in New York, mother born in Iowa, able to speak English, occupation: Laborer, industry: Laundry, able to read, able to write.
Line 80, Carl Spohr, grandson of head, male, white, age 3, single, born Iowa, father born in Iowa, mother born in Iowa, occupation: none.”
Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, ancestry.com images 37 and 38 of 98, census date: 1885, Canville, Neosho County, Kansas, page 73-74, dwelling no. 106, family no. 127:
“W. H. Spohr, age 33, male, white, married, occupation: Farmer, born in N. York, where from to Kansas: Iowa.
Mary Spohr, age 30, female, white, married, occupation: Wife, born in Iowa, where from to Kansas: Iowa.
Clide Spohr, age 1, male, white, single, born in Kansas, where from to Kansas: Kansas.”
Historical Newspapers, www.ancestry.com, Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa):
“The Ottumwa Courier Page 7
Thursday, January 29, 1903.
Little Bits of News
Short Tales Concerning People You Know.
The Vicinity of Ottumwa in Brief
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements of your Acquaintances as Chronicled by Courier’s Staff of Correspondents Who Know Whereof They Speak.
(Continued from Page Six.)
Belknap.
. . . Mrs. T. C. Cree and son William of Bloomfield visited her Saturday with Mrs. Lou Spohr. . . . Obe Burns and wife are moving in today with Mr. Burn’s parents, P. H. Burns and wife, and Clyde Spohr and wife expect to move in the house vacated by them. . . .”
Historical Newspapers, www.ancestry.com, Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa):
“The Ottumwa Courier Page 7
Thursday, February 5, 1903.
Little Bits of News
Short Tales Concerning People You Know.
The Vicinity of Ottumwa in Brief
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements of your Acquaintances as Chronicled by Courier’s Staff of Correspondents Who Know Whereof They Speak.
Belknap.
. . . Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Spohr spent Saturday night at Eldon with friends. . . . Carl A. Guile and wife, of Trenton, visited here Saturday night with Mrs. Guile’s sister, Mrs. Clyde Spohr, and family, leaving Sunday morning for a visit with friends at Bloomfield and returning home this evening. . . .”
Historical Newspapers, www.ancestry.com, Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa):
“The Ottumwa Courier Page 7
Thursday, April 2, 1903.
Neighborhood News
Belknap.
. . . Clyde Spohr was an Eldon visitor last Tuesday. . . .”
Historical Newspapers, www.ancestry.com, Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa):
“The Ottumwa Courier Page 7
Thursday, April 14, 1903.
Belknap.
. . . Mrs. Clyde Spohr and son Earl, Mrs. A. J. Combs, and Mrs. Mary Sharon were Bloomfield visitors Saturday. . . .”
Historical Newspapers, www.ancestry.com, Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa):
“The Ottumwa Courier Page 7
Thursday, April 21, 1903.
Belknap.
. . . Clyde Spohr is filling T. B. Cameron’s place as night man at the tower. . . .”
Historical Newspapers, www.ancestry.com, Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa):
“The Ottumwa Courier Page 7
Thursday, June 9, 1903.
Belknap.
. . . Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Spohr visited in Bloomfield last week with Mrs. Spohr’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Cree. . . .”
Historical Newspapers, www.ancestry.com, Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa):
“The Ottumwa Courier Page 7
Thursday, June 16, 1903.
Neighborhood News
Belknap.
. . . Clyde Spohr, who has been given a job braking on the Rock Island, expects to leave today for Eldon. . . .”
Historical Newspapers, www.ancestry.com, Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa):
“The Ottumwa Courier Page 7
Thursday, June 30, 1903.
Belknap.
. . . Mrs. Clyde Spohr visited in Bloomfield last week at the parental T. C. Cree home. . . . J. T. Munn and wife expect to move into their property this week, which was vacated last week by Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Spohr who have moved into the hotel with Mr. Spohr’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Spohr. . . .”
Historical Newspapers, www.ancestry.com, Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa):
“The Ottumwa Courier Page 7
Thursday, July 7, 1903.
Neighborhood News
Belknap.
. . . Miss Reva Spohr, who spent the Fourth at Eldon, is expected home today. . . . Clyde Spohr, who has employment at the round house in Eldon, spent Sunday here with his wife. . . .”
Historical Newspapers, www.ancestry.com, Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa):
“The Ottumwa Courier Page 7
Thursday, August 18, 1903.
Belknap.
. . . Clyde Spohr, who has employment on the Milwaukee, spent Sunday here with his family. . . .”
1880 United States Federal Census, District 70, Eldon, Wapello County, Iowa, www.ancestry.com image 4 of 15, census sheet 236A, lines 4-7, dwelling no. 137, family no. 138:
“Line 4, Wm. Spohr, white, male, age 28, [head of household], married, occupation: Works on R Road, born in NY, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany.
Line 5, Mary Spohr, white, male, age 25, wife of head, married, occupation: Housekeeper, born in Iowa.
Line 6, Cloe Spohr, white, female, age 3, dau of head, single, occupation: At Home, born in Iowa.
Line 7, Maud Spohr, white, female, age 11/12 months, born in Jul, dau of head, single, occupation: At Home, born in Iowa.”
Iowa State Census, 1895, ancestry.com:
“Name: William H. Spoor, Age: 42, Race: White, Birthplace: NY, RESIDENCE: Lincoln, Story”
Iowa State Census, 1895, ancestry.com:
“Name: Mary A. Spoor, Age: 40, Race: White, Birthplace: Van Buren IA, RESIDENCE: Lincoln, Story”
Iowa State Census, 1895, ancestry.com:
“Name: Clyde Spoor, Age: 11, Race: White, Birthplace: Kansas, RESIDENCE: Lincoln, Story”
Iowa State Census, 1895, ancestry.com:
“Name: Rena A. Spoor, Age: 4, Race: White, Birthplace: Wapello IA, RESIDENCE: Lincoln, Story””
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From all of that, I was able to piece together the following information about Helen Spohr and her family:
Helen and her husband, Earl Clyde Spohr, had three children that I know of: Earl, Mary Lou, and Edward Spohr.
Earl Clude Spohr was the son of Clyde Spohr and Louella Cree. Louella Cree was the daughter of Thomas C. Cree and Carrie V. Lockman. Louella had one brother that I know of, William Cree, and a sister who’s first name I do not know. This ‘unknown’ sister Cree married a man named Carl Guile. Louella Cree and Clyde Spohr were divorced, and Louella remarried to George A. Wall. Louella and George had a daughter named Ruth B. Wall.
Clyde Spohr was the son of William H. Spohr and Mary A. (unknown maiden name). William H. Spohr was born about April 1852 in New York state, and Mary A. was born about September 1854 in Van Buren, Iowa. William Spohr’s parents were both born in Germany (according to census records). William and Mary A. Spohr had six children that I know of:
1. an unknown child who was born and died before 1901
2. Cloe Spohr born about 1877 in Iowa, and died before 1901
“Helen Spohr family research:
1930 United States Federal Census, District 11, Falls Church, Fairfax, Virginia, www.ancestry.com image 13 of 48, census sheet 7A, lines 1-6, dwelling no. 150, family no. 151:
“Line 1, James G. Bennett, head of household, male, white, age 45 . . . occupation: Machinest, industry: Pennsylvania RR . . .
Line 2, Carrie M. Bennett, wife of head, female, white, age 44 . . .
Line 3, Gordon R. Bennett, son of head, male, white, age 25 . . .
Line 4, Ruth O. Bennett, daughter of head, female, white, age 17 . . .
Line 5, Earl C. Spohr, Hired man, male, white, age 28, married, age 25 at first marriage, did not attend school within the year, able to read and write, born in Iowa, father born in Iowa, mother born in Iowa, able to speak English, occupation: Laborer, US Veteran, war: WW.
Line 6, Helen R. Spohr, Housewife, female, white, age 25, married, age 22 at first marriage, did not attend school within the year, able to read and write, born in District of Col., father born in Maryland, mother born in Virginia, able to speak English, occupation: Housewife, industry: Private Family.”
Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925, ancestry.com image 88613 of 106414, census date: 1915, roll IA1915_406:
“Name: Lou L. Spohr, age 32, Card Number: H625, Sex: Female, Color: White, Divorced, can read, can write, Years in Iowa: 32, County: Polk, P.O. 1127-High, Town: Des Moines, Ward: 2, Occupation: Rooming House Keeper, Total earnings for 1914 from occupation: $900, Extent of Education: Grammar school: 8, high school: 1, Birth place: Iowa, Church Affiliation: Methodist, Father’s Birthplace: Pennsylvania, Mother’s Birthplace: Iowa, Signed R.C. Cooper.”
Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925, ancestry.com image 88611 of 106414, census date: 1915, roll IA1915_406:
“Name: Earl C Spohr, age 14, Card Number: H626, Sex: Male, Color: White, Single, months in school in 1914: 9 ½, can read, can write, Years in Iowa: 14, County: Polk, P.O. 1127-High, Town: Des Moines, Ward: 2, Occupation: At School, Extent of Education: Grammar School: 8, Birth place: Iowa, Church Affiliation: None, Father’s Birthplace: Kansas, Mother’s Birthplace: Iowa, Signed R.C. Cooper.”
Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925, ancestry.com image 88612 of 106414, census date: 1915, roll IA1915_406:
“Name: Ira A Spohr, age 10, Card Number: H627, Sex: Male, Color: White, Single, months in school in 1914: 9 ½, can read, can write, Years in Iowa: 10, County: Polk, P.O. 1127-High, Town: Des Moines, Ward: 2, Occupation: At School, Extent of Education: Grammar School: 5, Birth place: Iowa, Church Affiliation: None, Father’s Birthplace: Kansas, Mother’s Birthplace: Iowa, Signed R.C. Cooper.”
Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925, ancestry.com image 88610 of 106414, census date: 1915, roll IA1915_406:
“Name: Clyde Spohr, age 31, Card Number: H282, Sex: Male, Color: White, Divorced, can read, can write, Years in Iowa: 29, County: Polk, P.O. 516 E 5, Town: Des Moines, Ward: 5, Occupation: R.R. Brakeman, Months Unemployed in 1914: 6, Total earnings from 1914 from occupation: $540, Extent of Education: Grammar School: 8, Birth place: Kansas, Do you own your own farm: No, Church Affiliation: None, Father’s Birthplace: New York, Mother’s Birthplace: Iowa, Signed L.W. Smith.”
Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925, ancestry.com image 88614 of 106414, census date: 1915, roll IA1915_406:
“Name: Mary Spohr, age 60, Card Number: H281, Sex: Female, Color: White, Married, can read, can write, Years in Iowa: 60, County: Polk, P.O. 516 E 5, Town: Des Moines, Ward: 5, Extent of Education: Grammar School: 6, Birth place: Iowa, Do you own your own farm: No, Church Affiliation: Christian, Father’s Birthplace: Virginia, Mother’s Birthplace: Ohio, Signed L.W. Smith.”
Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925, ancestry.com image 88615 of 106414, census date: 1915, roll IA1915_406:
“Name: William H. Spohr, age 62, Card Number: H280, Sex: Male, Color: White, Married, can read, can write, Years in Iowa: 56, County: Polk, P.O. 516 E 5, Town: Des Moines, Ward: 5, Occupation: Laborer, Months Unemployed in 1914: 6, Total earnings from 1914 from occupation: $390, Extent of Education: Grammar School: 5, Birth place: New York, Do you own your own farm: No, Church Affiliation: None, Father’s Birthplace: Germany, Mother’s Birthplace: Germany, Signed L.W. Smith.”
Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925, ancestry.com image 600 of 2069, census date: 1925, line 9, roll IA1925_1889:
“George A Wall, residence county: Polk, sate: Iowa, Locality: Des Moines Ward 1, Born: Indiana, married, male, age 46, born about 1879, white, head of household, mother born in Indiana, father: Wall, father born in Indiana, spouse: Luella Wall.
Luella Wall (Luella Cree), residence county: Polk, sate: Iowa, Locality: Des Moines Ward 1, Born: Indiana, married, female, age 42, born about 1883, white, wife of head, mother: Carrie V. Lockman, mother’s birth year: about 1856, mother born in Iowa, father: Thomas C Cree, father born about 1855, father born in Pennsylvania, Parents’ marriage place: Blovinfield IA, spouse: George A Wall.
Earl C Spohr, residence county: Polk, sate: Iowa, Locality: Des Moines Ward 1, Born: Iowa, single, male, age 22, born about 1903, white, son of head, mother: Luella Cree (Luella Wall), mother’s birth year: about 1881, mother born in Iowa, father: Clyde Spohr, father born about 1883, father born in Kansas, Parents’ marriage place: Bloomfield IA.
Ira W Wall, residence county: Polk, sate: Iowa, Locality: Des Moines Ward 1, Born: Iowa, single, male, age 19, born about 1906, white, son of head, mother: Luella Cree (Luella Wall), mother’s birth year: about 1881, mother born in Iowa, father: George A Wall, father born about 1879, father born in Indiana, Parents’ marriage place: Bloomfield IA.
Ruth B Wall, residence county: Polk, sate: Iowa, Locality: Des Moines Ward 1, Born: Iowa, single, female, age 3, born about 1922, white, daughter of head, mother: Luella Cree (Luella Wall), mother’s birth year: about 1881, mother born in Iowa, father: George A Wall, father born about 1879, father born in Indiana, Parents’ marriage place: Bloomfield IA.”
[Could not get the original record to load on ancestry.com, so this information is from ancestry.com’s index of the 1925 Iowa state census.]
Social Security Death Index, ancestry.com:
“Name: Earl Spohr, SSN: 577-03-4487, Last Residence: 50125 Indianola, Warren, Iowa, United States of America, Born: 7 May 1901, Died: Apr 1973, State (Year) SSN issued: District of Columbia (Before 1951 )”
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, ancestry.com:
“Name: Earl Clyde Spohr, Service Info.: PVT US ARMY, Birth Date: 7 May 1901, Death Date: 15 Apr 1973, Cemetery: Des Moines Masonic Cemetery, Cemetery Address: 1550 48th St Des Moines, IA 50311”
1900 United States Federal Census, District 12, Soap Creek, Davis County, Iowa, www.ancestry.com images 20 and 21 of 21, census sheets 129B and 130A, lines 99-100 and 1-3, dwelling no. 214, family no. 215:
“Sheet 129B, Line 99, William H. Spohr, head of household, white, male, born Apr 1852, age 48, married 26 years, born in New York, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, occupation: hotel keeper, able to read, able to write, able to speak English, living in a house.
Sheet 129B, Line 100, Mary Spohr, wife of head, white, female, born Sept 1854, age 45, married 26 years, mother of 6 children, 2 children living, born in Iowa, father born in Virginia, mother born in Pennsylvania, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Sheet 130A, Line 1, Clyde Spohr, son of head, white, male, born June 1883, age 16, single, born in Kansas, father born in New York, mother born in Iowa, occupation: Day Laborer, month unemployed: 0, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Sheet 130A, Line 2, Reve Spohr, daughter of head, white, female, born Apr 1890, age 10, single, born in Iowa, father born in New York, mother born in Iowa, attended school 6 months in the year, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Sheet 130A, Line 3, George Rigles, Boarder, white, male, age 20 . . . occupation: RR Laborer . . .”
1910 United States Federal Census, Sioux Ward 6, Woodbury County, Iowa, www.ancestry.com image 27 of 50, census sheet 14B, line 69:
“Line 69, Clyde Spohr, Lodger in the household of E. K. Hydal, male, white, age 26, single, born in Kansas, father born in New York, mother born in Iowa, able to speak English, occupation: Switchman, industry: Railroad, able to read, able to write.”
1910 United States Federal Census, District 150, Center, Wapello County, Iowa, www.ancestry.com image 22 of 33, census sheet 11B, lines 76-80:
“Line 76, William Spohr, head of household, male, white, age 58, first marriage, married for 37 years, born in N. Y., mother tongue: German, father born in Ger., father’s mother tongue: German, mother born in Ger., mother’s mother tongue: German, able to speak English, occupation: Street work, industry: city, able to read, able to write, renting house.
Line 77, Mary Spohr, wife of head, female, white, age 55, first marriage, married for 37 years, mother of 6 children, 2 children living, born Iowa, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Pennsylvania, able to speak English, occupation: none, able to read, able to write.
Line 78, Earl Spohr, grandson of head, male, white, age 8, single, born Iowa, father born in Kansas, mother born in Iowa, able to speak English, occupation: none, attended school within the year.
Line 79, Reva McMain, daughter of head, female, white, age 20, first marriage, married for 4 years, mother of 1 child, 1 child living, born Iowa, father born in New York, mother born in Iowa, able to speak English, occupation: Laborer, industry: Laundry, able to read, able to write.
Line 80, Carl Spohr, grandson of head, male, white, age 3, single, born Iowa, father born in Iowa, mother born in Iowa, occupation: none.”
Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, ancestry.com images 37 and 38 of 98, census date: 1885, Canville, Neosho County, Kansas, page 73-74, dwelling no. 106, family no. 127:
“W. H. Spohr, age 33, male, white, married, occupation: Farmer, born in N. York, where from to Kansas: Iowa.
Mary Spohr, age 30, female, white, married, occupation: Wife, born in Iowa, where from to Kansas: Iowa.
Clide Spohr, age 1, male, white, single, born in Kansas, where from to Kansas: Kansas.”
Historical Newspapers, www.ancestry.com, Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa):
“The Ottumwa Courier Page 7
Thursday, January 29, 1903.
Little Bits of News
Short Tales Concerning People You Know.
The Vicinity of Ottumwa in Brief
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements of your Acquaintances as Chronicled by Courier’s Staff of Correspondents Who Know Whereof They Speak.
(Continued from Page Six.)
Belknap.
. . . Mrs. T. C. Cree and son William of Bloomfield visited her Saturday with Mrs. Lou Spohr. . . . Obe Burns and wife are moving in today with Mr. Burn’s parents, P. H. Burns and wife, and Clyde Spohr and wife expect to move in the house vacated by them. . . .”
Historical Newspapers, www.ancestry.com, Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa):
“The Ottumwa Courier Page 7
Thursday, February 5, 1903.
Little Bits of News
Short Tales Concerning People You Know.
The Vicinity of Ottumwa in Brief
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements of your Acquaintances as Chronicled by Courier’s Staff of Correspondents Who Know Whereof They Speak.
Belknap.
. . . Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Spohr spent Saturday night at Eldon with friends. . . . Carl A. Guile and wife, of Trenton, visited here Saturday night with Mrs. Guile’s sister, Mrs. Clyde Spohr, and family, leaving Sunday morning for a visit with friends at Bloomfield and returning home this evening. . . .”
Historical Newspapers, www.ancestry.com, Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa):
“The Ottumwa Courier Page 7
Thursday, April 2, 1903.
Neighborhood News
Belknap.
. . . Clyde Spohr was an Eldon visitor last Tuesday. . . .”
Historical Newspapers, www.ancestry.com, Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa):
“The Ottumwa Courier Page 7
Thursday, April 14, 1903.
Belknap.
. . . Mrs. Clyde Spohr and son Earl, Mrs. A. J. Combs, and Mrs. Mary Sharon were Bloomfield visitors Saturday. . . .”
Historical Newspapers, www.ancestry.com, Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa):
“The Ottumwa Courier Page 7
Thursday, April 21, 1903.
Belknap.
. . . Clyde Spohr is filling T. B. Cameron’s place as night man at the tower. . . .”
Historical Newspapers, www.ancestry.com, Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa):
“The Ottumwa Courier Page 7
Thursday, June 9, 1903.
Belknap.
. . . Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Spohr visited in Bloomfield last week with Mrs. Spohr’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Cree. . . .”
Historical Newspapers, www.ancestry.com, Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa):
“The Ottumwa Courier Page 7
Thursday, June 16, 1903.
Neighborhood News
Belknap.
. . . Clyde Spohr, who has been given a job braking on the Rock Island, expects to leave today for Eldon. . . .”
Historical Newspapers, www.ancestry.com, Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa):
“The Ottumwa Courier Page 7
Thursday, June 30, 1903.
Belknap.
. . . Mrs. Clyde Spohr visited in Bloomfield last week at the parental T. C. Cree home. . . . J. T. Munn and wife expect to move into their property this week, which was vacated last week by Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Spohr who have moved into the hotel with Mr. Spohr’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Spohr. . . .”
Historical Newspapers, www.ancestry.com, Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa):
“The Ottumwa Courier Page 7
Thursday, July 7, 1903.
Neighborhood News
Belknap.
. . . Miss Reva Spohr, who spent the Fourth at Eldon, is expected home today. . . . Clyde Spohr, who has employment at the round house in Eldon, spent Sunday here with his wife. . . .”
Historical Newspapers, www.ancestry.com, Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa):
“The Ottumwa Courier Page 7
Thursday, August 18, 1903.
Belknap.
. . . Clyde Spohr, who has employment on the Milwaukee, spent Sunday here with his family. . . .”
1880 United States Federal Census, District 70, Eldon, Wapello County, Iowa, www.ancestry.com image 4 of 15, census sheet 236A, lines 4-7, dwelling no. 137, family no. 138:
“Line 4, Wm. Spohr, white, male, age 28, [head of household], married, occupation: Works on R Road, born in NY, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany.
Line 5, Mary Spohr, white, male, age 25, wife of head, married, occupation: Housekeeper, born in Iowa.
Line 6, Cloe Spohr, white, female, age 3, dau of head, single, occupation: At Home, born in Iowa.
Line 7, Maud Spohr, white, female, age 11/12 months, born in Jul, dau of head, single, occupation: At Home, born in Iowa.”
Iowa State Census, 1895, ancestry.com:
“Name: William H. Spoor, Age: 42, Race: White, Birthplace: NY, RESIDENCE: Lincoln, Story”
Iowa State Census, 1895, ancestry.com:
“Name: Mary A. Spoor, Age: 40, Race: White, Birthplace: Van Buren IA, RESIDENCE: Lincoln, Story”
Iowa State Census, 1895, ancestry.com:
“Name: Clyde Spoor, Age: 11, Race: White, Birthplace: Kansas, RESIDENCE: Lincoln, Story”
Iowa State Census, 1895, ancestry.com:
“Name: Rena A. Spoor, Age: 4, Race: White, Birthplace: Wapello IA, RESIDENCE: Lincoln, Story””
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From all of that, I was able to piece together the following information about Helen Spohr and her family:
Helen and her husband, Earl Clyde Spohr, had three children that I know of: Earl, Mary Lou, and Edward Spohr.
Earl Clude Spohr was the son of Clyde Spohr and Louella Cree. Louella Cree was the daughter of Thomas C. Cree and Carrie V. Lockman. Louella had one brother that I know of, William Cree, and a sister who’s first name I do not know. This ‘unknown’ sister Cree married a man named Carl Guile. Louella Cree and Clyde Spohr were divorced, and Louella remarried to George A. Wall. Louella and George had a daughter named Ruth B. Wall.
Clyde Spohr was the son of William H. Spohr and Mary A. (unknown maiden name). William H. Spohr was born about April 1852 in New York state, and Mary A. was born about September 1854 in Van Buren, Iowa. William Spohr’s parents were both born in Germany (according to census records). William and Mary A. Spohr had six children that I know of:
1. an unknown child who was born and died before 1901
2. Cloe Spohr born about 1877 in Iowa, and died before 1901
3. Maud Spohr born about July 1879 in Iowa, and died before 1901
4. another unknown child who was also born and died before 1901
5. Clyde Spohr who was born about June 1883 in Kansas, and married Louella Cree
6. and Reva A. Spohr who was born about April 1890 in Wapello, Iowa, and married a man by the surname of McMain – Reva and her husband had a son named Carl McMain
I haven’t included all of the dates and locations, but hopefully that is enough information for someone out there to possibly help me connect these two Spohr families.
I don’t know who the parents of William Spohr (born about April 1852) were. I don’t think that my great, great grandfather, Ludwig Spohr, had a brother William. Could Ludwig and William have been cousins??? Any suggestions on this connection would be appreciated! Thanks.
4. another unknown child who was also born and died before 1901
5. Clyde Spohr who was born about June 1883 in Kansas, and married Louella Cree
6. and Reva A. Spohr who was born about April 1890 in Wapello, Iowa, and married a man by the surname of McMain – Reva and her husband had a son named Carl McMain
I haven’t included all of the dates and locations, but hopefully that is enough information for someone out there to possibly help me connect these two Spohr families.
I don’t know who the parents of William Spohr (born about April 1852) were. I don’t think that my great, great grandfather, Ludwig Spohr, had a brother William. Could Ludwig and William have been cousins??? Any suggestions on this connection would be appreciated! Thanks.
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