Rebecca Webber
(1841-1918)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Joseph Spangler

Rebecca Webber 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 19 Feb 1841, Tulpehocken Twp., Berks, PA 2 3 4 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Joseph Spangler
  • Died: 4 Jan 1918, Myerstown, Lebanon, PA at age 76 3 4
  • Buried: 9 Jan 1918, Stouchsburg: Christ Lutheran Church, Berks, PA 3 4

   Another name for Rebecca was Rebecca Weber.7 8

   FamilySearch ID: MV4T-TC5.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Tulpehocken Twp., Berks, PA. 2 The 1860 census recorded George Webber, farmer, 50, living with wife Rebecca, 50; daughter Rebecca, 19; Mary, 15; George, 12; and Amelia, 10. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Wintersville.

2. Census in 1870 in Tulpehocken Twp., Berks, PA. 9 The 1870 census recorded Jos Spengler (sic, as indexed), daily laborer, 37, living with wife Rebecca, 27; Ida, 5; Ruby, 4; George, 3; and son John, 1 months old and born in January, 1870. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Rehrersburg.

3. Census in 1880 in Marion Twp., Berks, PA. 10 The 1880 census recorded Joseph Spengler, laborer, 46, living with wife Rebecca, 39; son John, 10; Mary, 8; Emma, 7; Sadie, 4; and an unnamed daughter, 0, who was born in April. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1900 in Bethel Twp., Berks, PA. 6 The 1900 census recorded Rebecca Spangler, landlord, 59, born Feb 1841, living with daughter Mame, servant, 29, Apr 1871, and son George M., day laborer, 32, Jan 1868. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Newspaper: Lebanon Courier: Myerstown News: "Mrs. Rebecca Spangler and Mrs. Morris Biechert spent Wednesday at Reading, visiting the former's son-in-law, F. W. Stein, who is seriously ill.", 22 Sep 1908, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 11

6. Census in 1910 in S. Jackson Twp., Lebanon, PA. 12 The 1910 census recorded renting a home on Richland Street: Rebecca Spangler, widowed, 69, living alone.She had givne birth to 10 children, 6 still alive in 1910. She and her parents were born in Pennsylvania. Her occupation is "own income."

7. Cause of Death: mitral insufficiency, 4 Jan 1918, Myerstown, Lebanon, PA. 3

8. Obituary: The Daily News on 5 Jan 1918 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 13 Death of Mrs. Webber. After a long illness from infirmities and dropsy, Mrs. Rebecca Webber died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Stine, on West Carpenter Avenue, at the age of 78 years.
She is survived by these children: Mrs. Mary Stine, with whom she resided; Mrs. Morris Bicher, of town; Mrs. Samuel Morris, of Philadelphia: Mrs. Levi Long, of Strausstown; John Spangler, of Pottsville, and William Spangler, of Jonestown.
There are two sisters, Mrs. Samuel Kline, of Lebanon, and Mrs. Seranus Bordner, of Bethel.
The funeral will take place on next Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, with services at the house, Rev. W. S. Dry, pastor of the Christ Lutheran church, Stouchsburg, of which the deceased was a member, officiating. Interment will be made in the cemetery adjoining the Christ Lutheran church. The arrangements are in charge of Funeral Director Isaac N. Bahney.


Rebecca married Joseph Spangler. (Joseph Spangler was born on 12 Jun 1833 in , , PA,14 15 died on 3 Jun 1915 in S. Lebanon Twp., Lebanon, PA 14 and was buried on 20 Jul 1915 in Myerstown: New Union Cemetery, Lebanon, PA 14 15.)


Sources


1 "The Daily News (Lebanon, PA)," The Daily News, page 2. Obituary of Mrs. Rebecca Webber.

2 1860 United States Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Tulpehocken, Berks, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1074; Page: 681; Image: 343; Family History Library Film: 805074.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 4659. Rebecca Webber. Divorced. Father George Webber. Mother Margaret Witman.

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=80186663.

5 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MW61-CMN Rebecca Spengler in household of Joseph Spengler, Marion, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 2D, NARA microfilm publication T9.

6 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3ML-9JX Rebecca Spangler, Bethal Township (east part), Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 5A, family 96, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241376.

7 Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church, Myerstown, Lebanon Co., PA.

8 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 87823. Mrs. Emma Bicher. Father Joseph Spangle. Mother Rebecca Weber.

9 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZL2-Y1X Jos Spengler, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 28, family 221, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000552807.

10 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MW61-CMN Emma Spengler in household of Joseph Spengler, Marion, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 2D, NARA microfilm publication T9.

11 Lebanon Courier Newspaper (Lebanon Borough, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania), 22 Sep 1908, page 4.

12 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MG42-XRX Rebecca Spangler, South Jackson, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 144, sheet 9A, family 213, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 13753.

13 "The Daily News (Lebanon, PA)," 5 Jan 1918, page 2. Obituary of Rebecca Webber.

14 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35839458.

15 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 66283. Joseph Spangler.



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