Re: Eliz Spry 1920 Census Fredoria Wilson County Kansas
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In reply to:
Eliz Spry 1920 Census Fredoria Wilson County Kansas
v. suzanne sears 10/08/11
Hi Suzanne,
I took a look at the 1920 census as the relations as shown are (relationships are shown as to how the people relate to head of house who is William WITT)
1920 CENTER, WILSON, KS
WITT
William E., age 42, married, born MO father born US mother born IN
SPRY
Elizabeth, age 59, widow, housekeeper born IN father born PA mother born OH
Harry , son, age 6, born KS father born MO , mother born KS
Acy, son, age 5, born KS father born MO mother born KS
Joan E., daughter, age 3-5/12, born KS father born MO mother born KS
** it seems likely that the kids are actually WITTs, not SPRY and they are children of Wm.
Here is more on Elizabeth
1910 FALL RIVER, WILSON, KS
SPRY
William, age 61, farmer, born OH both parents born OH, 1st marriage
Elizabeth, age 50, wife, born IN father born PA mother born OH, 1st marriage, married 23 years, 4 children born , 3 living
William H., age 20, son, farmer, born NE father born OH mother born IN
Ora M., age 19, son labourer, odd jobs, born KS father born OH mother born IN
Nera M., (Neva ?)age 9, daughter, born KS father born OH mother born IN
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1900 SPRINGDALE, SUMNER, KS
SPRY
William P., age 58, farmer, born Dec. 1849 OH bothparents born OH, married 13 years
Elizabeth B., age 40, wife, born April 1860 IN father born PA mother born OH, married 13 years, 3 children born 2 living
William H., age 10, son, farm labourer, born July 1889, NE father born OH mother born IN
Ora M., age 9, son, born March 1891, KS father born OH mother born IN
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Above is from ancestry.com
I looked for a marriage for William in KS
This looks like him.....info found at familysearch.org
Kansas Marriages, 1840-1935
groom's name: William E. Witt
groom's birth date:
groom's birthplace:
groom's age:
bride's name: Sadie May Mikisell
bride's birth date:
bride's birthplace:
bride's age:
marriage date: 22 Jan 1912
marriage place: Fredonia, Wilson, Kansas
groom's father's name:
groom's mother's name:
bride's father's name:
bride's mother's name:
groom's race:
groom's marital status:
groom's previous wife's name:
bride's race:
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bride's previous husband's name:
indexing project (batch) number: M74327-4
system origin: Kansas-ODM
source film number: 1428565
reference number:
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I went back to ancestry.com to look up the 1915 KS census
Here it is and wife matches with marriage record - also there is a son Harry right age to be Harry from 1920 census and Norman fits for age of Acy
( nickname maybe??)
1915 FREDONIA, WILSON, KS
WITT
W.E., age 35, from IA moved from IA to KS
Sadie, age 27, from MO moved from MO to KS
Harry, age 1, from KS
Norman, age 7 ,months from KS
J.D., age 67, from KY moved fro IN to KS
HARRIS
R.H., age 69, from IL moved from MO to KS
1915FREDONIA, WILSON, KS
SPRY
W.M., age 66, from OH moved from NE to KS
Elisabeth, age 53, from IN moved from NE to KS
Ory Melven, age 23, from NE moved from NE to KS
Neva May, age 13, from KS
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1925 ELLIS CITY, ELLIS, KS
WITT
Wm. E., age 46, cook & baker, Divorced, born IA, from NE to KS
Harry A., age 11, son, born KS
Norman A., age 10, son, born KS
** so place of birth for Wm. off from what is shown in 1920 but that is not that uncommon for census records to be different from one to the next
Norman has middle initial A. which I suppose could be for Acy.
So I still have not figured out the connection between William WITT and Elizabeth SPRY if there is one.
I found the WW1 draft reg. card for Elizabeth's son William H. which shown his name as William Harry Spry born July 7, 1888 Lincoln , NE
The name Harry seems to be in both Spry and Witt families.
So far I have not had much luck in finding a maiden name for Elizabeth. I looked in 1870 census for Elizabeth B. in IN born about 1860 but there are several.
1900 census shows her and William married 13 years which would be about 1887 and son William was born about 1888.
I looked at the 1885 NE census to see if I could find an Elizabeth B. or just Elizabeth, born about f1860 IN. There are a few.If son William was born LIndol about 1888 that is in Lancaster County but I did not find an Elizabeth of right age in Lancaster Co. in 1885.
I also did not find her husband William Spry in NE in 1885 census.
I was assuming that William and Elizabeth married in NE as that is where 1st son was born, but I suppose they could have married elsewhere and moved to NE.
I'm sorry I cannot find a maiden name for Elizabeth.
Carolyn L