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- [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 Henry James Springer; 1848-1930.
(http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2542) in March 2012. Accessed in March 2012. Original data from "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916–1947; Index." FamilySearch: Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Family History Library film number 1644131.
Henry James Springer. Birth date: 12 August 1848. Birth place: Edwardsville, Illinois. Father's name: Fredrick J. Springer. Father's birth place: Germany. Mother's name: Sofia Thurman. Mother's birth place: Germany.
- [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1860 U.S. census, population schedule.
NARA microfilm M653, roll 208, page 593. Illinois, Madison County, Township 4 N Range 8 W [Edwardsville], census page 151, enumerated on 10 July 1860; John Hadley household, dwelling 1107, family 1089, lines 33-40 (continued on census page 152, lines 1-7). Access through Ancestry.com in February 2012.
In the household was: 38) Springer, Fredric; age 48; male; born in Bavaria.
By calculation from the information provided, Fredric would have been born about 1811-1812. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1860 U.S. census for this person.
- [S111] William T. Norton, Norman Gershom Flagg, and J. S. Hoerner, Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and its People, 1812 to 1912; 2 volumes (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), volume 2, pages 699-700. Biographical sketch of Edward C. Springer.
F. J. Springer, father of Edward C. Springer, was born in 1812 in Germany.
- [S111] William T. Norton, Norman Gershom Flagg, and J. S. Hoerner, Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and its People, 1812 to 1912; 2 volumes (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), volume 2, pages 699-700. Biographical sketch of Edward C. Springer.
F. J. Springer, father of Edward C. Springer, immigrated to the USA in 1833.
- [S111] William T. Norton, Norman Gershom Flagg, and J. S. Hoerner, Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and its People, 1812 to 1912; 2 volumes (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), volume 2, pages 699-700. Biographical sketch of Edward C. Springer.
F. J. Springer and Sophia C. Thurnau were the parents of six children: Henry J., Fred J., Edward C., Ottilie E., William F. and Otto J. A date and place of marriage were not mentioned.
- [S110] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 [online database] (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html - last confirmed in March 2012), Springer-Thuernau marriage.
Accessed in March 2012. Frederick J. Springer and Sophia Thuernau were granted a marriage license or were married on 11 November 1847. Madison County, Illinois marriage license 9; volume 6, page 76.
- [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900 U.S. census, population schedule.
NARA microfilm T623, roll 326, page 14B. Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville Township, Edwardsville, Ward 4, Supervisor’s District 12, Enumeration District 133, census sheet 14B, enumerated on 12 June 1900; Sophie Springer household, Main Street, dwelling 290, family 316, lines 83-86. Access through Ancestry.com in March 2012.
In the household was: 83) Springer, Sophie; white; female; widow; mother of 7 children; 1 child still living.
The report that only one of Sophie's seven children was still living is contradicted by the enumeration itself, which lists three of her sons living in her home. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1900 U.S. census for this person.
- [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1860 U.S. census, population schedule.
NARA microfilm M653, roll 208, page 593. Illinois, Madison County, Township 4 N Range 8 W [Edwardsville], census page 151, enumerated on 10 July 1860; John Hadley household, dwelling 1107, family 1089, lines 33-40 (continued on census page 152, lines 1-7). Access through Ancestry.com in February 2012.
The household consisted of a total of 15 people: 33) Hackey, John; 34; male; carpenter; real estate value=$800; personal estate value=$200; born in Baden. 34) Hackey, Alstine; age 34; female; house keeper; born in Baden. 35) Hackey, Louise; age 6; female; born in Illinois. 36) Hackey, John; age 9 months; male; born in Illinois. 37) Hackey, Emma; age 4; female; born in Illinois. 38) Springer, Fredric; age 48; male; blacksmith; real estate value=$8,500; personal estate value=$500; born in Bavaria. 39) Springer, Sophi [sic]; age 37; female; house keeper; born in Bavaria. 40) Springer, Henry, age 12; male; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 1) Springer, Fred; age 8; male; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 2) Springer, Edward; age 6; male; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 3) Springer, Wm.; age 2; male; born in Illinois. 4) Springer, Othelia; age 4; female; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 5) Finkler, Jacob; age 24; male; [--?] blacksmith; born in [Württemberg?]. 6) Nauman, Fritz; age 25; male; wagon maker; born in Saxony. 7) [Werner?], Phillip; age 19; male; app[rentice] to blacksmith; born in France.
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