Spring, Stanley Harold b. 13 Jul 1885 Belvidere, Allegany, New York, USA d. 5 Feb 1953 Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA: WETZEL Extended Family & More

Spring, Stanley Harold

1885 - 1953 (67 years)

Name	Spring, Stanley Harold [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
	I went to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City yesterday, and here is my report: There was a John Spring (son of 'John and Harriet Spring') who was christened in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England on 10 Sept 1843. That would be John Spring (#24) who married Clara Agnes Mays (#25). I have down that he was born 12 Aug 1843 in Bedford, Bedfordshire. Since the parents are the same and location close to where he was born, it all fits. Note: Bedford, Cardington and Goldington were all located in a triangle (in the county of Bedfordshire), and each was just a few miles apart. Many of our Spring ancestors seemed to be from one of these places, with marriages performed in Bedford and records kept there too. Is that how you see it, as well? Stanley Harold Spring (youngest child of John #24 and Clara Agnes #25), who died 5 Feb 1953 in Tacoma, WA, was married to Edith Sommer and they had 2 children: 1) Robert John Spring born 25 June 1918 in Tacoma. He married Margaret (Peggy) Butler on 26 Apr 1941 2) Emily Ruth Spring born 18 July 1922. Well, that clears up a lot of my original "Bob Spring" confusion! He is the Bob Spring I visited in Tacoma so many years ago. He would be 87 today. According to www.whitepages.com, his address is: 2716 North Winnifred Street, Tacoma WA 98407-2405 and the phone number is (253) 759-1577. A lot of the other information I think I found in www.onegreatfamily.com, which is a site the library subscribes to. I was also looking in www.familysearch.org. From: carol.garden@att.net [mailto:carol.garden@att.net] Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 7:24 PM To: John Wetzel; Robert Spring Subject: Computer probs. Hope this works Dear Bob and John, There's more! I decided to call Robert Spring in Tacoma, and he is, indeed, the Bob Spring who I visited with my family many years ago. . . I think that it was in 1968. He was out in his garden when I called. He gave me his son's e-mail address, because he doesn't receive emails himself. (His son, Tom, said that his father doesn't have Word.) He is an avid genealogist, and goes to a near-by Family History Center, but he said that I have a lot more information on the Spring line than he does. His family -- daughter (who lives in Tacoma), son (who lives on Vashon Island -- off Puget Sound) and their families and also his sister (Emily) will celebrate his 87th birthday tomorrow instead of today. His wife, Peggy, died two years ago (I believe he said of cancer). He said that his sister was a widow; she and her husband never had children. They had lived in San Diego, but she now lives near-by. He apparently remembers a lot of stories from Tody Cleveland (daughter of Rex Spring); I think that Tody inherited her father's story-telling ability. He said Tody had told him that John Spring (born in 1810) and Harriet White had had 9 children. After her death, he married Sarah; he was 43 and the time and Sarah was 22 years old. His children by Harriet White were so angry about the marriage that most were never heard of again. He mentioned the two who went to Australia; he also thought that two of them had gone to Africa as missionaries. John and Sarah Spring also had 9 children. I had never heard about so many children, and I must ask Charlotte Harris and Tody about it. His Uncle Herbert, he said, had a chicken farm. His recollection was that Herbert had two sons, both ministers. Tom (the son) talked about how his grandfather (Stanley Spring) had come to the Pacific Northwest. He said that he stayed with my grandmother in Roy, Washington, which is a very small farming community. (My mother was born in Roy.) Stanley worked as an engineer for the Northern Pacific Railroad; Edith Sommers, who he married, had grown up in South Tacoma and was from a very close-knit family, so Stanley never returned to live in New York. Bob Spring was also an engineer for the railroad. I remember my mother telling me how my grandmother (Agnes) took the children and went to Washington state. I don't remember whether my grandfather went too. She was a very determined woman. That's another story Tody probably knows about, or perhaps I have it written down somewhere. John, I sent your family history attachment to Tom to give to his father, and I wanted to forward the pictures too, especially since Tody had enjoyed them so much, but that didn't work out. Bob, good to hear from you and about your lap top. Have a good trip home! Carol
Birth	Jul 1885	New York State, USA [1]
Birth	13 Jul 1885	Belvidere, Allegany, New York, USA [6, 7]
Gender	Male
Address	Address: 3732 So. D St
Race	White [6]
FSID	L612-2SM
Name	Stanley Spring [6, 7]
Occupation	train Engineer for the Northern Pacific Railroad, for 40 years. retired. [7, 8]
	20251230GHLn- Stanley Spring Death Notice Tacoma, WA p1 page 21 The News Tribune Tacoma, Washington • Sat, Feb 7, 1953 p21 CLIPPED BY wetzupdoc • 30 December 2025 • STANLEY SPRING Stanley Spring, 3732 So. D St., was stricken with a heart attack Thursday afternoon at Center and M Sts. was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital. Born m in New York state, he had lived in Tacoma for 49 years. He was a locomotive engineer for the Northern Pacific Railway, retired after 40 years of service. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Besides his wife. Edith, he is survived by a son, Robert of Tacoma; a daughter, Mrs. Emily Carsten of San Diego; two brothers, Rex and Basil, both of York; three sisters, Mrs. Agnes. ... Saunders and Mrs. Ethel Herdman, both of New York, and Mrs. Harriet Salmen of Boston, Mass., and two grandchildren. grandchildren. Services will be held Monday at 1 p. m. in Piper's chapel with the Rev. Robert Albertson officiating. The services will be followed by entombment in Tacoma mausoleum..
Residence	1900	Angelica, Allegany, New York, USA [1]
	age 14, NY Eng Eng
	1900 United States Federal Census about John Spring Name: John Spring Home in 1900: Angelica, Allegany, New York Age: 56 Birth Date: Aug 1843 Birthplace: England Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1867 Relationship to head-of-house: Head Father's Birthplace: England Mother's Birthplace: England Spouse's name: Clara A Spring Marriage Year: 1867 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 33 Occupation: View on Image Household Members: Name Age John Spring 56 Eng Eng Eng farmer im 1867 Clara A Spring 57 Eng Eng Eng 7 of 10 child living im 1867 Harriet Spring 19 NY Eng Eng Basil M Spring 16 NY Eng Eng Stanley Spring 14 NY Eng Eng Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Angelica, Allegany, New York; Roll: T623_1008; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 7. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
Death	5 Feb 1953	Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA [3, 7]
	I went to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City yesterday, and here is my report: There was a John Spring (son of 'John and Harriet Spring') who was christened in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England on 10 Sept 1843. That would be John Spring (#24) who married Clara Agnes Mays (#25). I have down that he was born 12 Aug 1843 in Bedford, Bedfordshire. Since the parents are the same and location close to where he was born, it all fits. Note: Bedford, Cardington and Goldington were all located in a triangle (in the county of Bedfordshire), and each was just a few miles apart. Many of our Spring ancestors seemed to be from one of these places, with marriages performed in Bedford and records kept there too. Is that how you see it, as well? Stanley Harold Spring (youngest child of John #24 and Clara Agnes #25), who died 5 Feb 1953 in Tacoma, WA, was married to Edith Sommer and they had 2 children: 1) Robert John Spring born 25 June 1918 in Tacoma. He married Margaret (Peggy) Butler on 26 Apr 1941 2) Emily Ruth Spring born 18 July 1922. Well, that clears up a lot of my original "Bob Spring" confusion! He is the Bob Spring I visited in Tacoma so many years ago. He would be 87 today. According to www.whitepages.com, his address is: 2716 North Winnifred Street, Tacoma WA 98407-2405 and the phone number is (253) 759-1577. A lot of the other information I think I found in www.onegreatfamily.com, which is a site the library subscribes to. I was also looking in www.familysearch.org. From: carol.garden@att.net [mailto:carol.garden@att.net] Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 7:24 PM To: John Wetzel; Robert Spring Subject: Computer probs. Hope this works Dear Bob and John, There's more! I decided to call Robert Spring in Tacoma, and he is, indeed, the Bob Spring who I visited with my family many years ago. . . I think that it was in 1968. He was out in his garden when I called. He gave me his son's e-mail address, because he doesn't receive emails himself. (His son, Tom, said that his father doesn't have Word.) He is an avid genealogist, and goes to a near-by Family History Center, but he said that I have a lot more information on the Spring line than he does. His family -- daughter (who lives in Tacoma), son (who lives on Vashon Island -- off Puget Sound) and their families and also his sister (Emily) will celebrate his 87th birthday tomorrow instead of today. His wife, Peggy, died two years ago (I believe he said of cancer). He said that his sister was a widow; she and her husband never had children. They had lived in San Diego, but she now lives near-by. He apparently remembers a lot of stories from Tody Cleveland (daughter of Rex Spring); I think that Tody inherited her father's story-telling ability. He said Tody had told him that John Spring (born in 1810) and Harriet White had had 9 children. After her death, he married Sarah; he was 43 and the time and Sarah was 22 years old. His children by Harriet White were so angry about the marriage that most were never heard of again. He mentioned the two who went to Australia; he also thought that two of them had gone to Africa as missionaries. John and Sarah Spring also had 9 children. I had never heard about so many children, and I must ask Charlotte Harris and Tody about it. His Uncle Herbert, he said, had a chicken farm. His recollection was that Herbert had two sons, both ministers. Tom (the son) talked about how his grandfather (Stanley Spring) had come to the Pacific Northwest. He said that he stayed with my grandmother in Roy, Washington, which is a very small farming community. (My mother was born in Roy.) Stanley worked as an engineer for the Northern Pacific Railroad; Edith Sommers, who he married, had grown up in South Tacoma and was from a very close-knit family, so Stanley never returned to live in New York. Bob Spring was also an engineer for the railroad. I remember my mother telling me how my grandmother (Agnes) took the children and went to Washington state. I don't remember whether my grandfather went too. She was a very determined woman. That's another story Tody probably knows about, or perhaps I have it written down somewhere. John, I sent your family history attachment to Tom to give to his father, and I wanted to forward the pictures too, especially since Tody had enjoyed them so much, but that didn't work out. Bob, good to hear from you and about your lap top. Have a good trip home! Carol _____________ 20251230GHLn- Stanley Spring Death Notice Tacoma, WA p1 page 21 The News Tribune Tacoma, Washington • Sat, Feb 7, 1953 p21 CLIPPED BY wetzupdoc • 30 December 2025 • STANLEY SPRING Stanley Spring, 3732 So. D St., was stricken with a heart attack Thursday afternoon at Center and M Sts. was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital. Born m in New York state, he had lived in Tacoma for 49 years. He was a locomotive engineer for the Northern Pacific Railway, retired after 40 years of service. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Besides his wife. Edith, he is survived by a son, Robert of Tacoma; a daughter, Mrs. Emily Carsten of San Diego; two brothers, Rex and Basil, both of York; three sisters, Mrs. Agnes. ... Saunders and Mrs. Ethel Herdman, both of New York, and Mrs. Harriet Salmen of Boston, Mass., and two grandchildren. grandchildren. Services will be held Monday at 1 p. m. in Piper's chapel with the Rev. Robert Albertson officiating. The services will be followed by entombment in Tacoma mausoleum.. age 67. stricken with a heart attack Thursday afternoon at Center and M Sts. was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital.
Person ID	I30523	WETZEL-SPRING

Father	SPRING, John, b. 12 Aug 1843, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England d. 26 May 1925, Alfred, Allegany, New York, USA (Age 81 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	MAYES, Clara Agnes, b. 13 Dec 1843, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England d. 13 May 1914, Belvidere, Allegany, New York, USA (Age 70 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	4 Jan 1867	Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [9]
	St. Paul's
emigration jt	5 Jan 1867	England
	John and Clara Mays Spring, left for America the day after their marriage.
	20201206HAv- added to empty Media fields: Photo from Aunt Alice's collection, via Marilyn Spring- John and Clara Mays Spring, grandparents of John (my-jcw- grandfather), Alvah, & Ruth were born in England and left for America the day after their marriage.
		Aunt A 011 20201206HAv- added to empty Media fields: from Aunt Alice's collection, via Marilyn Spring- John and Clara Mays Spring, grandparents of John (my-jcw- grandfather), Alvah, & Ruth were born in England and left for America the day after their marriage.
Issue, jt	1900	Angelica, Allegany, New York, USA
	7/10
Family ID	F6166	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Sommer, Edith, b. 31 Jul 1891, Olympia, Thurston, Washington, USA d. 19 Jan 1978, La Mesa, San Diego, California, USA (Age 86 years)

Marriage 10 Oct 1916 Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA [4, 6]

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Stanley Spring in the Washington, U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013
Name Stanley Spring
Gender Male
Race White
his Age Legal
his Birth New York
his occ locomotive engineer
Marriage 10 Oct 1916
Pierce, Washington, USA
Father John Spring
Mother Clara Spring
Spouse Edith Sommer
Name Edith Sommer
Gender Female
Race White
her Age Legal
her Birth Olympia
her occ stenographer
Father William Sommer
b Germany
Mother Magdalene Moessmer
b Germany
Spouse Stanley Spring

Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington, Marriage Records, PS327-2-0-4

address,jt 1953 Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA

3732 So. D St

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Sat, Feb 7, 1953 p21
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• STANLEY SPRING
Stanley Spring, 3732 So. D St., was stricken with a heart attack Thursday afternoon at Center and M Sts. was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital. Born m in New York state, he had lived in Tacoma for 49 years. He was a locomotive engineer for the Northern Pacific Railway, retired after 40 years of service. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Besides his wife. Edith, he is survived by a son, Robert of Tacoma; a daughter, Mrs. Emily Carsten of San Diego; two brothers, Rex and Basil, both of York; three sisters, Mrs. Agnes.
...
Saunders and Mrs. Ethel Herdman, both of New York, and Mrs. Harriet Salmen of Boston, Mass., and two grandchildren.
grandchildren.
Services will be held Monday at 1 p. m. in Piper's chapel with the Rev. Robert Albertson officiating. The services will be followed by entombment in Tacoma mausoleum..

Children

	1. Spring, E.R.
	2. Spring, Robert John, b. 25 Jun 1918, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA d. 2 Feb 2013, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA (Age 94 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F8425 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Birth - Jul 1885 - New York State, USA
	Residence - age 14, NY Eng Eng - 1900 - Angelica, Allegany, New York, USA
	Marriage - 10 Oct 1916 - Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA
	address,jt - 3732 So. D St - 1953 - Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA
	Death - 5 Feb 1953 - Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA

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Notes

From: carol.garden@att.net [mailto:carol.garden@att.net]
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 7:24 PM
To: John Wetzel; Robert Spring
Subject: Computer probs. Hope this works

Dear Bob and John,
There's more! I decided to call Robert Spring in Tacoma, and he is, indeed, the Bob Spring who I visited with my family many years ago. . . I think that it was in 1968. He was out in his garden when I called. He gave me his son's e-mail address, because he doesn't receive emails himself. (His son, Tom, said that his father doesn't have Word.) He is an avid genealogist, and goes to a near-by Family History Center, but he said that I have a lot more information on the Spring line than he does.
His family -- daughter (who lives in Tacoma), son (who lives on Vashon Island -- off Puget Sound) and their families and also his sister (Emily) will celebrate his 87th birthday tomorrow instead of today. His wife, Peggy, died two years ago (I believe he said of cancer).
He said that his sister was a widow; she and her husband never had children. They had lived in San Diego, but she now lives near-by.
He apparently remembers a lot of stories from Tody Cleveland (daughter of Rex Spring); I think that Tody inherited her father's story-telling ability. He said Tody had told him that John Spring (born in 1810) and Harriet White had had 9 children. After her death, he married Sarah; he was 43 and the time and Sarah was 22 years old. His children by Harriet White were so angry about the marriage that most were never heard of again. He mentioned the two who went to Australia; he also thought that two of them had gone to Africa as missionaries. John and Sarah Spring also had 9 children. I had never heard about so many children, and I must ask Charlotte Harris and Tody about it.
His Uncle Herbert, he said, had a chicken farm. His recollection was that Herbert had two sons, both ministers.
Tom (the son) talked about how his grandfather (Stanley Spring) had come to the Pacific Northwest. He said that he stayed with my grandmother in Roy, Washington, which is a very small farming community. (My mother was born in Roy.) Stanley worked as an engineer for the Northern Pacific Railroad; Edith Sommers, who he married, had grown up in South Tacoma and was from a very close-knit family, so Stanley never returned to live in New York. Bob Spring was also an engineer for the railroad.
I remember my mother telling me how my grandmother (Agnes) took the children and went to Washington state. I don't remember whether my grandfather went too. She was a very determined woman. That's another story Tody probably knows about, or perhaps I have it written down somewhere.
John, I sent your family history attachment to Tom to give to his father, and I wanted to forward the pictures too, especially since Tody had enjoyed them so much, but that didn't work out.
Bob, good to hear from you and about your lap top. Have a good trip home!
Carol
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Sources

[S959] census 1900 USA NY, Year: 1900; Census Place: Angelica, Allegany, New York; Roll: T623_1008; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 7.
Record for John Spring
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1900 United States Federal Census about John Spring
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date: 26 June 1900
C.L. Lachof?
Name: John Spring
Home: Angelica, Allegany, New York
Age: 56
Birth: Aug 1843
England
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration: 1867
Relationship: Head
Father's Birth: England
Mother's Birth: England
Spouse: Clara A Spring
Marriage: 1867
Status: Married
Years Married: 33
Household Members:
Name Age
John Spring 56 Eng Eng Eng farmer im 1867
Clara A Spring 57 Eng Eng Eng 10/7 im 1867
Harriet Spring 19 NY Eng Eng
Basil M Spring 16 NY Eng Eng
Stanley Spring 14 NY Eng Eng

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Angelica, Allegany, New York; Roll: T623_1008; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 7.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

1900 United States Federal Census about John Spring: Angelica, Allegany, NY, USA-
Name Parent or spouse names Home in 1900 (City,County,State) Birth Date Birthplace Race Relation
Bridget Doran Bernard Angelica, Allegany, New York Jan 1854 New York White Wife
James M Doran Bernard,
Bridget Angelica, Allegany, New York May 1874 New York White Son
Mary C Doran Bernard,
Bridget Angelica, Allegany, New York Feb 1876 New York White Daughter
Thomas H Doran Bernard,
Bridget Angelica, Allegany, New York Apr 1878 New York White Son
Francis M Doran Bernard,
Bridget Angelica, Allegany, New York Oct 1880 New York White Son
William E Doran Bernard,
Bridget Angelica, Allegany, New York Dec 1882 New York White Son
Rose E Doran Bernard,
Bridget Angelica, Allegany, New York Jan 1886 New York White Daughter
Ellen A Doran Bernard,
Bridget Angelica, Allegany, New York Jan 1886 New York White Daughter
Nora A Doran Bernard,
Bridget Angelica, Allegany, New York Jun 1888 New York White Daughter
Catherine L Doran Bernard,
Bridget Angelica, Allegany, New York Feb 1891 New York White Daughter
Bernard R Doran Bernard,
Bridget Angelica, Allegany, New York May 1894 New York White Son
John Ryan Angelica, Allegany, New York Oct 1880 New York White Boarder

Mike Moran Angelica, Allegany, New York Mar 1830 Ireland White Head
Libbie Moran Mike Angelica, Allegany, New York Feb 1870 New York White Daughter

John Spring Clara A Angelica, Allegany, New York Aug 1843 England White Head
Clara A Spring John Angelica, Allegany, New York Jan 1843 England White Wife
Harriet Spring John, Clara A Angelica, Allegany, New York Nov 1880 New York White Daughter
Basil M Spring John, Clara A Angelica, Allegany, New York Jul 1883 New York White Son
Stanley Spring John, Clara A Angelica, Allegany, New Yor Jul 1885 New York White Son

George Harwood Rufus H, Hannah G,
Stella E Angelica, Allegany, New York Nov 1867 New York White Head
Stella E Harwood George Angelica, Allegany, New York Jan 1869 New York White Wife
Emma E Harwood George,
Stella E Angelica, Allegany, New York Oct 1893 New York White Daughter
Charles A Harwood George,
Stella E Angelica, Allegany, New York Feb 1895 New York White Son
Tena G Harwood George,
Stella E Angelica, Allegany, New York May 1900 New York White Daughter
Rufus H Harwood Hannah G Angelica, Allegany, New York Nov 1828 New York White Father
Hannah G Harwood Rufus H Angelica, Allegany, New York Feb 1830 New York White Mother

James H Young Ella Angelica, Allegany, New York Mar 1856 New York White Head
Ella Young James H Angelica, Allegany, New York Jun 1866 New York White Wife

Fred Kerney Elizabeth G Angelica, Allegany, New York May 1858 New York White Head
Elizabeth G Kerney Fred Angelica, Allegany, New York Aug 1867 New York White Wife
Robert M Kerney Fred,
Elizabeth G Angelica, Allegany, New York Aug 1884 New York White Son
Dorris M Kerney Fred,
Elizabeth G Angelica, Allegany, New York Jul 1892 New York White Daughter
Violetta Hartman Angelica, Allegany, New York Mar 1884 New York White Servant
Seward Austin Angelica, Allegany, New York Nov 1838 New York White Boarder
Phoebe Austin Angelica, Allegany, New York Jul 1845 New York White Cook

James Shipman Amy S Angelica, Allegany, New York Nov 1850 New York White Head
Amy S Shipman James Angelica, Allegany, New York Mar 1853 New York White Wife
Lulu M Shipman James,
Amy S Angelica, Allegany, New York Mar 1876 New York White Daughter

William Hartman Hattie Angelica, Allegany, New York Oct 1873 New York White Head
Hattie Hartman William Angelica, Allegany, New York Dec 1875 New York White Wife
Irene Hartman William,

Hattie Angelica, Allegany, New York Feb 1897 New York White Daughter
Charles Dyke Asheine Angelica, Allegany, New York Jan 1821 New York White Head
Asheine Dyke Charles Angelica, Allegany, New York Aug 1838 New York White Wife
Charles Dyke Charles,
Asheine Angelica, Allegany, New York Aug 1870 New York White Son
Joe Reynolds Angelica, Allegany, New York Jul 1871 New York White Boarder
Pat Reynolds Angelica, Allegany, New York Jul 1875 New York White Boarder
Josie Spike Angelica, Allegany, New York Jun 1877 New York White Boarder
Charles Bruback Angelica, Allegany, New York Aug 1883 New York White Boarder
Edward S Gleason Angelica, Allegany, New York Apr 1872 New York White Boarder
Edward Huffman Angelica, Allegany, New York May 1880 New York White Boarder

census 1900 USA NY Allegany Angelica SPRING John Clara fam
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1900 United States Federal Census about John Spring
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date: 26 June 1900
C.L. Lachof?
Name: John Spring
Home: Angelica, Allegany, New York
Age: 56
Birth: Aug 1843
England
Race: White
Gender:…

[S109] Carol Garden, e-mail: Carol Garden, Bob Spring's notes to his son Tom.
Bob Spring, notes to son Tom (2) facts
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Bob Spring, notes to son Tom (2) facts
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I located the Bob Spring from my past when I was at the Salt Lake City Family History Library on June 24th. Since I suspected he might be a son of Stanley Spring (Herbert Spring's youngest sibling), I checked that out, and sure enough he was. The next day I called to wish Bob a Happy Birthday. . . he is 87.
I forwarded your genealogy to his son (Tom), who took it to him for his birthday celebration on June 26th. His son told me he would quickly digest everything he received. And sure enough, on the 28th, Bob sent a letter to me, and had noticed that the father of John Spring (born in 1810) was listed as another John Spring (#96). Bob said that he has a "copy of a Certificate of Death Record by the state of New York, which states that John Spring of Jamestown, NY, died November 20, 1901 and his father's name was 'James' and his mother's name was Lovey Cherry."
You're right, it could be one of Thomas Spring and Sarah Bird's sons. I think you are in the right family, and I'm hoping it won't be too difficult to connect those dots, and that our ancestor will be James Spring, who was baptized 7 Mar 1784. That would have made James about 26 years old when his son, John (of Jamestown, NY) was born, wouldn't it? Of course, it's possible that Bob Spring (Tacoma) is already ahead of us; it takes some time to get information back and forth to him, since he doesn't use email. I really don't think he has gone quite that far back though.
[S109] Carol Garden, e-mail: Carol Garden, From: carol.garden@att.net [mailto:carol.garden@att.net] Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 7:24 PM To: John Wetzel; Robert Spring Subject: Computer probs. Hope this works.
SPRING MAYES WILDMAN (21) facts
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I went to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City yesterday, and here is my report:
There was a John Spring (son of 'John and Harriet Spring') who was christened in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England on 10 Sept 1843. That would be John Spring (#24) who married Clara Agnes Mays (#25). I have down that he was born 12 Aug 1843 in Bedford, Bedfordshire. Since the parents are the same and location close to where he was born, it all fits.
Note: Bedford, Cardington and Goldington were all located in a triangle (in the county of Bedfordshire), and each was just a few miles apart. Many of our Spring ancestors seemed to be from one of these places, with marriages performed in Bedford and records kept there too. Is that how you see it, as well?
Stanley Harold Spring (youngest child of John #24 and Clara Agnes #25), who died 5 Feb 1953 in Tacoma, WA, was married to Edith Sommer and they had 2 children:
*1) Robert John Spring born 25 June 1918 in Tacoma.
He married Margaret (Peggy) Butler on 26 Apr 1941
2) Emily Ruth Spring born 18 July 1922.
* Well, that clears up a lot of my original "Bob Spring" confusion! He is the Bob Spring I visited in Tacoma so many years ago. He would be 87 today. According to www.whitepages.com, his address is: 2716 North Winnifred Street, Tacoma WA 98407-2405 and the phone number is (253) 759-1577.
A lot of the other information I think I found in www.onegreatfamily.com, which is a site the library subscribes to. I was also looking in www.familysearch.org.
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From: carol.garden@att.net [mailto:carol.garden@att.net]
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 7:24 PM
To: John Wetzel; Robert Spring
Subject: Computer probs. Hope this works

Dear Bob and John,
There's more! I decided to call Robert Spring in Tacoma, and he is, indeed, the Bob Spring who I visited with my family many years ago. . . I think that it was in 1968. He was out in his garden when I called. He gave me his son's e-mail address, because he doesn't receive emails himself. (His son, Tom, said that his father doesn't have Word.) He is an avid genealogist, and goes to a near-by Family History Center, but he said that I have a lot more information on the Spring line than he does.
His family -- daughter (who lives in Tacoma), son (who lives on Vashon Island -- off Puget Sound) and their families and also his sister (Emily) will celebrate his 87th birthday tomorrow instead of today. His wife, Peggy, died two years ago (I believe he said of cancer).
He said that his sister was a widow; she and her husband never had children. They had lived in San Diego, but she now lives near-by.
He apparently remembers a lot of stories from Tody Cleveland (daughter of Rex Spring); I think that Tody inherited her father's story-telling ability. He said Tody had told him that John Spring (born in 1810) and Harriet White had had 9 children. After her death, he married Sarah; he was 43 and the time and Sarah was 22 years old. His children by Harriet White were so angry about the marriage that most were never heard of again. He mentioned the two who went to Australia; he also thought that two of them had gone to Africa as missionaries. John and Sarah Spring also had 9 children. I had never heard about so many children, and I must ask Charlotte Harris and Tody about it.
His Uncle Herbert, he said, had a chicken farm. His recollection was that Herbert had two sons, both ministers.
Tom (the son) talked about how his grandfather (Stanley Spring) had come to the Pacific Northwest. He said that he stayed with my grandmother in Roy, Washington, which is a very small farming community. (My mother was born in Roy.) Stanley worked as an engineer for the Northern Pacific Railroad; Edith Sommers, who he married, had grown up in South Tacoma and was from a very close-knit family, so Stanley never returned to live in New York. Bob Spring was also an engineer for the railroad.
I remember my mother telling me how my grandmother (Agnes) took the children and went to Washington state. I don't remember whether my grandfather went too. She was a very determined woman. That's another story Tody probably knows about, or perhaps I have it written down somewhere.
John, I sent your family history attachment to Tom to give to his father, and I wanted to forward the pictures too, especially since Tody had enjoyed them so much, but that didn't work out.
Bob, good to hear from you and about your lap top. Have a good trip home!
Carol
[S294] Carol Garden, private communication, Carol Garden, 28.08.2005, master source, consolidated 20171219 RVA.
[S2507] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2020;), The Tacoma News Tribune; Publication Date: 13/ Sep/ 1942; Publication Place: Tacoma, Washington, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/733588641/?article=aedec0b2-8f2d-4da6-bfd4-95a7a20f873c&focus=0.26087752,0.032258466,0.37834555,0.49395803&xid=3398.
Record for Miss Emily Spring (7) facts
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• Say Vows In Church
Miss Emily Spring, Sidney Edward Wedded
Vows of a double ring ceremony repeated in picturesque Little Church on the Prairie joined Miss. Emily Spring and Sidney Edward Smith in marriage Saturday evening. One hundred and fifty close friends and family members gathered for the ceremony read by the Rev. Frank Haley in which the bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Spring, was given in marriage by her father. The bridegroom is the son of Mrs. N. F. Richardson and Plese Smith, both of Tacoma.
White and I salmon pink gladiolus in tall baskets interspersed with green palms stood about the altar which was lighted by four candelabra. The bride's wedding gown was of white satin made with princess lines and her veil was fingertip , length caught to a coronet of pearls. She carried a bouquet of orchids, roses and swansonia. Miss Edith Ploeger was maid of honor for her cousin, wearing a rose taffeta frock with a colonial bouquet of roses. Other bridesmaids were Misses Doris Sommer, Charlotte Kane, Dorothy Pirie and Nancy Nelson. All were frocked in blue with contrasting flowers.
Attending Mr. Smith were liam Glover, best man and ushers, Harold Tucker, Allen Young. Robert Spring and Stanley Sharpe. Candles in the front of the church were lighted by Mrs. Robert Spring and Mrs. Stanley Sharpe.
Accompanying Arthur Wickens, who sang "Because" and "At Dawning", was Mrs. Maurice Owens at the organ. For her daughter's wedding, a Mrs. Spring wore a gown of wine lace and Mrs. Richardson, mother of the bridegroom, wore blue, both with corsages of roses and gardenias.
The home of the bride's parents on South D street was the scene for the reception honoring the newlyweds. Assisting through rooms appointed with blue and white were Mrs. F. E. Ploeger, the bride, and Mrs. asters, Arthur Remington, great aunt of the bridegroom. Others were ThursMisses Mary Lou Ponton, Shirley Anita Sher- Hone, Janet Sommer, man and Mrs. H. L. Wallenmeyer.
For her wedding trip the bride wore a brown wool suit with blue.
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

[S2270] Ancestry.com, Washington, Marriage Records, 1854-2013, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington, Marriage Records, PS327-2-0-4.
Record for Stanley Spring (17) facts
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Stanley Spring in the Washington, U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013
Name Stanley Spring
Gender Male
Race White
his Age Legal
his Birth New York
his occ locomotive engineer
Marriage 10 Oct 1916
Pierce, Washington, USA
Father John Spring
Mother Clara Spring
Spouse Edith Sommer
Name Edith Sommer
Gender Female
Race White
her Age Legal
her Birth Olympia
her occ stenographer
Father William Sommer
b Germany
Mother Magdalene Moessmer
b Germany
Spouse Stanley Spring

Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington, Marriage Records, PS327-2-0-4

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Stanley Spring in the Washington, U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013
Name Stanley Spring
Gender Male
Race White
his Age Legal
his Birth New York
his occ locomotive engineer
Marriage 10 Oct 1916
Pierce, Washington, USA
Father John Spring
Mother Clara Spring
Spouse Edith Sommer
Name Edith Sommer
Gender Female
Race White
her…

[S2282] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1940-1955, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), The Tacoma News Tribune; Publication Date: 7 Feb 1953; Publication Place: Tacoma, Washington, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/733877750/?article=90bc321c-a147-4871-8a60-71f239c3c4b2&focus=0.27699545,0.513248,0.39196512,0.6086321&xid=3355.
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Stanley Spring Death Notice Tacoma, WA p1 page 21
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• STANLEY SPRING
Stanley Spring, 3732 So. D St., was stricken with a heart attack Thursday afternoon at Center and M Sts. was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital. Born m in New York state, he had lived in Tacoma for 49 years. He was a locomotive engineer for the Northern Pacific Railway, retired after 40 years of service. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Besides his wife. Edith, he is survived by a son, Robert of Tacoma; a daughter, Mrs. Emily Carsten of San Diego; two brothers, Rex and Basil, both of York; three sisters, Mrs. Agnes.
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Saunders and Mrs. Ethel Herdman, both of New York, and Mrs. Harriet Salmen of Boston, Mass., and two grandchildren.
grandchildren.
Services will be held Monday at 1 p. m. in Piper's chapel with the Rev. Robert Albertson officiating. The services will be followed by entombment in Tacoma mausoleum..

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[S109] Carol Garden, e-mail: Carol Garden, Stanley Spring.
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Tom (the son) talked about how his grandfather (Stanley Spring) had come to the Pacific Northwest. He said that he stayed with my grandmother in Roy, Washington, which is a very small farming community. (My mother was born in Roy.) Stanley worked as an engineer for the Northern Pacific Railroad; Edith Sommers, who he married, had grown up in South Tacoma and was from a very close-knit family, so Stanley never returned to live in New York. Bob Spring was also an engineer for the railroad.
[S109] Carol Garden, e-mail: Carol Garden, From: carol.garden@att.net [mailto:carol.garden@att.net] Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 5:47 PM To: billshats1@msn.com; wetzupdoc@adelphia.net Subject:.
MAYES SPRING, Clara Agnes & John marriage (2) facts
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From: carol.garden@att.net [mailto:carol.garden@att.net]
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 5:47 PM
To: billshats1@msn.com; wetzupdoc@adelphia.net
Subject:
John and Bobby -
I want to send this information while it's fresh on my mind.

Yesterday I was at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City again. A friend likes to go once a week, so I guess we're back 'in the groove', though I'm never sure where I'll fit that into my life.

I tried to find the birth record for Clara Agnes Mays to figure out whether she was born 30 Dec 1842 or 1843. I didn't find it, but I'm getting closer. I did find a record of her marriage to John Spring on 4 Jan 1867. We already had the information, but it's fun to have a copy of the original. (Someday I'll get one to you.) Eliza Ann Mays (a sister) and William Henry Mays (a brother) were witnesses.

I also found the marriage of Clara Agnes' older sister, Rebekah, to George Brown on 11 July 1859; he was a shoemaker. Eliza Ann Mays was a witness at her marriage too. All this was in: Marriages at St. Paul's, Bedford, Bedfordshire 1813 - 1867. Film #0952398.

Today I received a wonderful letter from Bob Spring in Tacoma. He said that years ago Harriet Salmen visited relatives in Bedford, England and later gave him interesting accounts on the 8 surviving children of James Mays and Anne Wildman. I must send a copy of that. He said to look on the internet for Dr. William Henry Mays, who became a prominent San Francisco surgeon. Incidentally, I was certain she had told me that too, but I haven't been able to find anything when I've looked; I must try again. (In Bob's letter, he says that Aunt Harriet told him William Mays graduated from U.C. in 1877; also, he lived in Sausalito . . perhaps that and other information he gave me will help)
More later. . . Carol

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