Jacob Henry Spong Sr.
(1885-1954)
Lydia Catharine Carlisle
(1889-1958)
Catharine Mae Spong
(1907-1979)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Charles Mabery Rhoades

2. Robert Carroll Shearer Jr.

Catharine Mae Spong 1 2

  • Born: 3 Jan 1907, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA 1 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Charles Mabery Rhoades on 13 Jun 1924 in , Dauphin, PA 1
  • Marriage (2): Robert Carroll Shearer Jr. on 21 Dec 1934 in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA 1
  • Died: 4 Apr 1979, Camp Hill, Cumberland, PA at age 72 3
  • Buried: Camp Hill: Rolling Green Cemetery, Cumberland, PA 3

   FamilySearch ID: LXLX-XTV.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Allen Twp., Cumberland, PA. 4 The 1940 census recorded at 209 Milltown Road: Robert C. Shearer, cemetery caretaker, 32, living with wife Catharine M., 33; daughter J. Carroll Shearer, 4; daughter Joyce E. Shearer, 1; and step-daughter Patricia A. Rhoads, 15. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.


Catharine married Charles Mabery Rhoades, son of William Henry Rhoads and Caroline Sybella Rader, on 13 Jun 1924 in , Dauphin, PA.1 (Charles Mabery Rhoades was born on 10 Oct 1901 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA,1 2 died on 13 Sep 1962 in East Chicago, Lake, IN 5 and was buried in Hammond, Lake, IN.)


Catharine next married Robert Carroll Shearer Jr. on 21 Dec 1934 in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA.1 (Robert Carroll Shearer Jr. was born on 8 Aug 1907 in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA,1 6 died on 17 Sep 1980 in Lemoyne, Cumberland, PA 6 and was buried in Camp Hill: Rolling Green Cemetery, Cumberland, PA 6.)

Sources

1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VFS4-7MJ Robert C., Jr. Shearer and Catherine M. Spong, 21 Dec 1934; citing Mechanicsburg, , Pennsylvania, United States, p.77; FHL microfilm 21210.

2 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VFSZ-SD9 Donald Eugene Beecher and Patricia Ann Spong, 06 Jun 1948; citing Dauphin Pennsylvania, United States, p236; FHL microfilm 21229.

3 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183427692.

4 1940 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQHF-GV2 Robert C Shearer Allen Townshp, Cumberland Co PA.

5 "The Times (Munster, IN)," 14 Sep 1962, page 27. Obituary of Charles M. Rhoades.

6 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183427720.


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