Friday, May 2, 2014

52 Ancestors Week 18: #25 Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer (1832-1901)

Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post Challenge:  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  Here is my ancestor biography for week #18:

Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer (1832-1901) is #25 on my Ahnentafel List, and is my 2nd great-grandmother. She married #24 David Jackson Carringer (1828-1902) in 1851.


I am descended through:

*  their son, #12, Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946), who married  #13 Abbie Ardell "Della" Smith (1862-1944) in 1887.
*  their son, #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976), who married #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977) in 1918.

* their daughter, #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), who married #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
*  their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)


To create this post, I made an Individual Summary report in RootsMagic 6, then saved it into an RTF file.  I then copied and pasted the Person, the Individual Fact List, the Marriages/Children, the General Notes, and the Source Citations into this blog post.  Unfortunately, the source citations superscripts did not survive this process as superscripts, so I put them in brackets in the lists and notes below, and without brackets in the Source Citation list.  I have images of many of these records, but have not included them in this blog post due to the length of the post.  Many of them have been transcribed or shown in Amanuensis Monday and Treasure Chest Thursday posts.

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):



*  Name:                   Rebecca Spangler [1, 3]
*  Sex:                      Female   
*  Father:                  Daniel Spangler (1781-1851)   
*  Mother:                 Elizabeth King (1796-1863)   
  
*  Alternate Name:     Rebeccah Spangler [2, 13]
*  Alternate Name:     Rebecca Caringer [4]
*  Alternate Name:     Rebecca Carringer [6 - 10]
*  Alternate Name:     Rebeca Carenngtr [5]
*  Alternate Name:     Rebecca S. Spangler [12]

2)  INDIVIDUAL FACTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
   
*  Birth:                    2 April 1832, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States [2]
*  Census:                 1 June 1850 (age 18), Sandy Creek, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States [3]   
*  Census:                 1 June 1860 (age 28), Columbus City, Louisa, Iowa, United States [4]   
*  Census:                 1 June 1870 (age 38), Jackson, Washington, Iowa, United States [5]
*  Census:                 1 June 1880 (age 48) Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States [6]   
*  Census:                 1 June 1885 (age 53) Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States [7]
*  Census:                 1 June 1900 (age 68), San Diego, San Diego, California, United States [8]
*  Death:                   13 December 1901 (age 69), San Diego, San Diego, California, United States [9 - 10]
*  Burial:                   15 December 1901 (after age 69), La Vista Memorial Park, National City, San Diego, California, United States [11 - 12]
  
3)  MARRIAGES/CHILDREN (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
   
*  Spouse 1:               David Jackson "D.J." Carringer (1828-1902)   
*  Marriage Date: 16 October 1851 (age 19), Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States [13]
*  Child 1:                 Harvey Edgar Carringer (1852-1946)   
*  Child 2:                 Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946)   
*  Child 3:                 Effie Eva Carringer (1858-1874)   
  
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):    

Rebecca Spangler is listed as the 8th of 10 children of John Daniel and Elizabeth (King) Spangler in the Spangler family history book.[1]  Rebecca's section says:

"8.  Rebecca, wife of Daniel J. Carringer, born April 2, 1833, living Boulder, Col. [in 1896].  Children:  Edward Carringer; Austin Carringer; Effie Carringer; San Diego, Cal."

The birth date of Rebecca Spangler was on the "Births" page of the D.J. and Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer family Bible.[2]  The birth entry says:

Rebeccah Spangler
born April 2 1832
Mercer Co. Pa

The Spangler book provides no sources, and the birth date of Rebecca in the Carringer/Spangler family Bible was written in her own hand.  The census records from 1850 to 1995 are consistent with 1832, but the 1900 U.S. Census record says she was born in April 1833.[9]  Her gravestone says 1832.[12, 13]  I concluded that the 2 April 1832 date is probably the most accurate. 

In the 1850 US census, the Daniel Spangler family resided in Sandy Creek township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and was enumerated just after the Henry Carringer family.[3]  The household included:

*  Daniel Spangler, age 68, male, a farmer, real property worth $1500, born PA
*  Elizabeth Spangler, age 54, female, born PA
*  Rebecca Spangler, age 18, female, born PA, attended school
*  Loiza Spangler, age 12, female, born PA, attended school
*  Margaret Spangler, age 11, female, born PA, attended school
*  George Con (?), age 11, male, born PA, attended school
*  Matilda McKight, age 23, female, born VA
*  Elliott McKight, age 28, male, laborer, born PA

In the "Marriages" section of the D.J. and Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer Bible:[13]

Oct. 16 by Rev. McAdams
D.J. Carringer Miss Rebeccah Spangler
Mercer Co. Pa. 1851 AD

In the 1860 US Census, this family resided in Columbus City, Louisa County, Iowa.[4]  The family included:

*  David J. Caringer -- age 31, male, carpenter, $200 in real property, $100 in personal property, born PA
*  Rebecca Caringer -- age 28, female, born PA
*  Harvy E. Caringer -- age 9, male, born PA, attended school
*  Henry A. Caringer -- age 7, male, born PA, attended school
*  Epha E. Caringer -- age 2, female, born PA

In the 1870 US census, this family resided in Jackson township in Washington County, Iowa.[5]  The household, indexed as Carenngtr on www.Ancestry.com, included:

*  D. Carenngtr -- age 40, male, white, farmer, born PA
*  Rebeca Carenngtr -- age 38, female, white, keeps house, born PA
*  Harvy Carenngtr -- age 18, male, white, school, born PA
*  Henry A. Carenngtr -- age 16, male, white, school, born PA
*  Effie Carenngtr -- age ??, female, white, school, born PA

In the 1880 US Census, the D.J. Carringer family resided in Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado.[6] The household included:

*   D.J. Carringer -- white, male, age 51, married, a carpenter and joiner, born PA, parents born PA
*  Rebecca Carringer -- white, female, age 48, wife, married, keeping house, born PA, parents born PA
*  Harvey E. Carringer -- white, male, age 27, son, single, farming, born PA, parents born PA
*  Henry A. Carringer -- white, male, age 26, son, single, millwright and carpenter, born PA, parents born PA

In the 1885 Colorado State Census, the David J. Carringer family resided in Boulder County, Colorado.[7] The household included:

*  D. J. Carringer - white, male, age 56, married, a fruit grower, born Pa., parents born Pa/Ohio
*  Rebecca Carringer - white, female, age 53, wife, married, housework, born Pa., parents born Pa./Pa.
*  Harvey E. Carringer - white, male, age 28, son, single, a clerk, born Pa., parents born Pa./Pa.

In the 1900 U.S. census, the David J. Carringer family resided at the corner of Horton and Ella Streets (now 30th and Ivy) in the 4th Ward of San Diego, San Diego County, California.[8] The household included:

*  David J. Carringer -- head of household, white, male, born Nov 1828, age 71, married 49 years, born PA, father born PA, mother born OH, no occupation, owns home free of mortgage
*  Rebecca Carringer -- wife, white, female, born Apr 1833, age 67, married 49 years, had 3 children, two children living, born PA, parents born PA
*  Harvey E. Carringer -- son, white, male, born Aug 1852, age 47, born PA, parents born PA, no occupation

In the "Deaths" section of the D.J. and Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer Bible:[9]

San Diego Calif
Rebecca Carringer
Aged 69 yrs 8 Months & 11 days
died Dec 13 1901 - She was Daughter
of Daniel & Elisabeth Spangler

Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer's gravestone is in La Vista Memorial Park in National City, California,[11, 12] next to her husband's stone and the stone of her grandson, Devier D. Carringer.  The inscription on Rebecca's stone is:

Rebecca S. Carringer
1832-1901.

A death notice was published in the San Diego Evening Tribune newspaper on 14 December 1901.[10]  It says:

"Mrs. Rebecca Carringer, wife of D.J. Carringer, died at her home on Brooklyn Heights yesterday.  The funeral will be held from Whitson's tomorrow morning."

5)  SOURCES:

1. Edward W. Spangler, The Annals of the Families of Caspar, Henry, Baltzer and George Spengler Who Settled in York County Respectively in 1729, 1732, 1732 and 1751, with Biographical and Historical Sketches, and Memorabilia of Contemporaneous Local Events (York, Penn. : n.p., 1896), page 192, John Daniel Spangler sketch.

2. Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer, Carringer Family Births, Marriages and Deaths (loose pages, 1828-1946) (n.p. : n.p., n.d. before 1901), Births, Rebeccah Spangler entry, 2 April 1832.

3. 1850 United States Federal Census, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Sandy Creek township, Page 312, dwelling #854, family #901, Daniel Spangler household, online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 796.

4. 1860 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Louisa County, Iowa, Columbus City,  Page 857, house #558, family #558, D.J. Carringer household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Series M653, Roll 331.

5. 1870 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Washington County, Iowa, Jackson township: Page 131, house #49, family #49, D.J. Carringer household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 424.

6. 1880 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Boulder County, Colorado, Boulder: Page 525B, D.J. Carringer household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T9, Roll 89.

7. "Colorado State Census, 1885," online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), County of Boulder, Enumeration district 1, Page 102 (penned), dwelling #1163, family #1177, D.J. Carringer entry.

8. 1900 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, San Diego County, California, San Diego City 4th Ward; ED 194, sheet 19B, house #440, family #496, D.j. Carringer household, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T623, Roll 99.

9. Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer, Carringer Family Births, Marriages and Deaths (loose pages, 1828-1946), Deaths, Rebecca Carringer entry, 13 December 1901.

10. San Diego [Calif.] Evening Tribune, print edition (San Diego, Calif. : San Diego Union Publishing Company), 14 December 1901, page 6, column 1, "Obituaries" section, Mrs. Rebecca Carringer obituary.

11. La Vista Memorial Park (National City, San Diego, CA), Grave markers, Rebecca S. Carringer Gravestone, 1901.

12. Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), La Vista Cemetery (National City, Calif.), Rebecca Spangler Carringer memorial.

13. Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer, Carringer Family Births, Marriages and Deaths (loose pages, 1828-1946), Marriages, entry for D.J. Carringer and Rebeckah Spangler, 16 October 1851.

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