Mayor-Reeve-Sheriff Moses Springer

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• Honoured: Moses Springer Park, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Interesting: life story, public service, law, politics
• Website: website
• Residence: 34 Erb St. E., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00116-7308
• Public Service: 1850, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Assessor - Woolwich Township
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; surveyor
• Elected Office: 1857, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Waterloo City - Reeve
• Directory: 1861, Wellesley Township - East Concession A Lot 03, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Surveyorman
• Elected Office: 1862, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Councillor - Waterloo City
• Elected Office: 1867, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Waterloo City - Reeve
• Land: PURCHASED 1868, 4-6 King St. S., Waterloo, Ontario; Snyder-Hahn Building 3 storey brick commericial building
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Conveyancer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Elected Office: 1873, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Reeve - Waterloo
• Residence: 1874, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Elected Office: 1878, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Councillor - Waterloo
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; M. P. P.
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant
• Occupation: 1886, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Sheriff
• Residence: 1886, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Sherrif
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Moses Springer, "If there is a self-made, self-educated man in the town of Berlin, that man is our worthy sheriff, Mr. Moses Springer, who never had a year's schooling in his life, but was left an orphan at ten years of age and thrown entirely upon his own resources.

He was a son of Benjamin Springer, merchant and afterwards farmer, and Mary Rykeman, a prominent member of the Mennonite Church, and was born in the township and county of Waterloo, Ontario, (Near Blair on the farm lately owned by Deacon John Z. Detweiler) August 24th, 1824. His father was born near Poughkeepsie, New York, and died of cholera in Blenheim Township, Oxford County, Ontario, August 16th, 1834, and his mother died of the same dreaded disease, August 30th, 1834. His great-great-grandfather, Charles Christopher Springer, a native of Holland, an ordained bishop, was sent to Stockholm, Sweden, where he was created a baron and where Mr. Springer's great-grandfather first saw the light of day.

After being well advanced in his studies the younger Mr. Springer (the younger Mr. Springer was a Liberal and never had the least desire to associate with the nobility, hence his desire to come to America and associate with his countrymen who had settled in Delaware, then called New Sweden) was sent to London, England, to complete his theological studies. After having completed the same, he, without the consent of his parents, crossed the ocean and came to Wilmington, Delaware, (He, although the son of a Baron, worked for his passage across the ocean) where he built the first church, a stone structure which is still standing, and preached there for a number of years.

The grandfather of our Sheriff, Rev. David Springer, was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and was also educated for the ministry of the Episcopal Church. He was a loyalist during the revolutionary troubles and while stationed near Poughkeepsie, New York, he was shot in his own yard soon after the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. He was married to Margaret Oliver, (She was of aristocratic parentage. Her mother died when she was born and after she arrived at the age of maturity she was married to a nobleman and three months after their marriage the bloody persecutions of Paris broke out. She and her husband left in disguise for America. After being out on a voyage for several days, he returned with a homeward bound vessel, promising to meet her in America after the restoration of peace, but this was the last of him. It is supposed that he lost is life during the civil disturbances. The wife continued her journey and came to Poughkeepsie, New York, where she purchased a large tract of land with the money willed to her by her father) a native of Paris, France, and had a family of nine children. Soon after her husband's death, the widow with her family left Poughkeepsie, New York, and emigrated to the wilds of Canada and finally settled in Hamilton, Ontario, where she died.

One of her sons, Benjamin, as already stated, settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, and finally in Oxford County, where he died. As good luck would have it Mr. Springer (Sheriff) early fell into the hands of a Mennonite, afterwards a minister and bishop, Joseph Hagey, a noble-souled man, by whom he was raised. Not satisfied with the little knowledge he had picked up at odd intervals in public school, he was proffered gratuitous aid by an honest and kind-hearted Scotchman, William Collins, to give him night lessons. Mr. Springer farmed until he was twenty years of age, taught school off and on for seven years, was for a number of years engaged in surveying, subsequently was a general merchant and latterly has been engaged in the conveyancing, insurance and general business. He assisted in establishing the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company and was its president for seven years.

In 1852 he was appointed a magistrate for the town (then only a village) of Waterloo and was elected first Reeve for the said town in 1857 which position he held for fifteen years, and when Waterloo was incorporated as a town in 1876, he was elected the first mayor and re-elected the next year without opposition and afterwards retired. Nobody took more interest in the progress and general welfare of Waterloo than Mr. Springer or has done more solid work in its municipality and that of the county. He has been secretary and treasurer of the North Waterloo Agricultural Society for twenty-four years, and was a member of the board of directors of the Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co. of London, Ontario, for about eighteen years. In 1867 he was elected to the Ontario Assembly for the N. R. of the county of Waterloo and represented that constituency until 1881 when he received the appointment of sheriff of the county, which appointment he still holds.

Mr. Springer is a Reformer in politics and while the representative of North Waterloo he gave good satisfaction to his constituency. Shortly after being appointed sheriff he moved to Berlin where he now resides. Mr. Springer is, we believe, no member of any church, but cherishes a warm regard for the Mennonites. He is well disposed, in fact, towards all christian people and very generous in support of churches and sabbath schools. In 1845 he was married to Barbara, daughter of Joseph and Catharine (Schneider) Shantz. She was born August 11th, 1825, and died October 13th, 1884. In 1890 he was again married to Sophia, widow of the late D. Bowman, Barrister, of Hamilton, and daughter of the late Henry Beasley, many years treasurer of the county of Wentworth, Ontario, and a grand-daughter of the late Col. Beasley, a member of the first parliament of Canada. Mr. Springer's family consists of the following children"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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If there is a self made, self educated man, in the Town of Waterloo, that man is Moses Springer, who never had a year's schooling in his life, who was left an orphan at ten years of age, and thrown entirely upon his own resources. He was a son of Benjamin Springer, merchant, and, afterwards, farmer, and Mary Rykeman, a prominent member of the Mennonite church, and was born in the Township of Waterloo, within five miles of where he now lives, on August 21, 1824. His father was born near Poughkeepsie, New York, and died of the cholera, at Blenheim, County of Oxford, in 1834. His great-grandfather was from Stockholm, Sweden. He studied for the ministry, went to London, England, to complete his theological studies, against his father's wishes, crossed the ocean, to Delaware, then called New Sweden, built the first church in Wilmington, a stone structure, which is still standing, and preached there for some years. The grandfather of our subject, Rev. David Springer, born in Wilmington, was an Episcopal minister, and a loyalist, and was shot in his own yard, near Poughkeepsie, soon after the Revolutionary war broke out.

As good luck would have it, Moses early fell into the hands of a Mennonite preacher, Joseph Hagey, a noble souled man, by whom he was reared. Not satisfied with the little knowledge he had picked up, at odd intervals, in a public school, he was proffered the gratuitous aid of an honest and kind hearted Scotchman, William Collins, to give him night lessons, and Moses made good progress in his studies.

Mr. Springer farmed until twenty years of age; taught school, off and on, for seven years; was a number of years engaged in surveying; subsequently, was a general merchant; and, latterly, has been in the conveyancing, insurance and general business. Several years ago he assisted in establishing the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and was its president seven years.

Mr. Springer was appointed a magistrate in 1852, and still holds that office; was elected the first Reeve of the village of Waterloo, in 1857; held that office six years in succession, and, after being out two years, held it four years more; was then out of the council for a year or two, was elected Reeve by acclamation, and held the office for five years in succession; and, when Waterloo was incorporated as a town, in 1876, he was elected the first mayor, and re-elected the next year without opposition, and then retired. Nobody takes more interest in the progress and general welfare of Waterloo than Mr. Springer, or has done more solid work in its municipality, and that of the county. He has been Secretary and Treasurer of the North Waterloo Agricultural Society since 1860, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Agricultural Mutual Insurance Company, of London, Ontario. He secured the railroad which connects Waterloo with Berlin.

In 1867 he was elected to the Ontario Assembly, for the North Riding of Waterloo, and continues to represent that constituency, being very popular, and giving good satisfaction. He is a Reformer of the indomitable "Grit" school, and can give a reason for his political faith.

Mr. Springer is, we believe, a member of no church, but cherishes a warm regard for the Mennonites. He is well disposed, in fact, towards all Christian people, and generous in support of the churches generally.

In 1845 he married Miss Barbara Shantz, of Waterloo, and they have ten children living, and have lost two. Two sons and two daughters are married, Joseph, the only farmer, has a family, and lives in the Township of Waterloo; Menno has his family at Strathroy, Middlesex County; Mary Ann is the wife of Henry Roos, of Waterloo; Elizabeth is the wife of Cyrus Moyer of Berlin. The other six are single.

The Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men, Ontario Volume, 1880.

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"A great organizer, leader, and a self-made man, Moses Springer was in 1863 appointed the first President of the Waterloo County Mutual Fire Insurance Company (later the Waterloo Mutual Insurance Company).

Orphaned at ten, he had a limited education, and was entirely dependent on his own resources. A Mennonite, he eventually became a ward of Bishop Joseph Hagey of Preston. He farmed until twenty, and later became a conveyancer and general insurance agent.

In 1852 he was appointed magistrate for Waterloo. He was first reeve of the village of Waterloo, in 1857 for fifteen years; was the first mayor of the Town of Waterloo in 1876 for two years and became sheriff of Waterloo County in 1881. He was a member of the Ontario Legislative Assembly for North Waterloo from1867 to 1881."

From Waterloo Hall of Fame website

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THE WOOLWICH COUNCIL

A Woolwich Township Council was organized on January 21st, 1850. The councillors were: John Meyer, Edward Passmore, Peter Wenger, Peter Hay, and Wm. Veitch. They met "at Conestoga, in Kurtz's tavern." The members chose John Meyer as reeve and named James Dow as clerk and treasurer; Moses Springer as assessor on the east side of the Grand River and Christian Hurst on the west wide, each at 6 pounds ($24) a year; and Wm. Reynolds as collector, with a salary of five and a half per cent. of his collections. Charles Hendry was appointed auditor.

The council ordered a seal and studied a plan for building a bridge across the Conestoga River; appointed a road surveyor and considered the advisability of appointing a local superin-tendent of schools. For a number of years schools, bridges, roads, and the regulation of taverns were the chief items of business.

Waterloo County's provisional municipal council met in Berlin on May 3rd, 1852. Woolwich was represented by Reeve John Meyer and Deputy-Reeve Peter Wenger.

Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1933 pg 134 - Woolwich Township - Its Early Settlement by W. V. Uttley

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FUNERAL OF SHERIFF SPRINGER - The funeral of the late Sheriff Springer took place from the residence, Frederick street, Berlin, last Thursday afternoon, and was largely attended. Representative men from all parts of the county as well as outside points were present. Among the places represented were Galt, Guelph, Stratford, Preston, Blair, Doon and Breslau. A short service was conducted at the residence by the Rev's. Henderson and Erb in English and Germam respectively after which the cortege proceeded to Trinity Methodist Church where the pastor and Rev. Erb delivered impressive discourses, paying high tributes to the life and charactor of the deceased. After the service the casket was opened and hundreds took their last look at the remains of the late Sheriff attired in his official garb. On the casket which was literally covered with floral tributes lay his official sword and cap. The remains were taken to Mount Hope Cemetery where they were consigned to their last resting place. The pall bearers were all county officials, being Judge Chisholm, E. P. Clement, J. McDougall, J. Cook, C. Peterson and W. H. Bowlby.

Waterloo County Chronicle (186303), 15 Sep 1898, p. 5

Rsrch. Note:
Born in Doon on August 31, 1824, Moses Springer and his 10 siblings were orphaned by a cholera epidemic in 1834. Raised by Mennonite Bishop Joseph Hagey in Hespeler, he became a teacher and self-taught surveyor. In 1854 he moved to the village of Waterloo from Berlin (Kitchener) where he purchased and ran the German language newspaper Der Canadische Bauernfreund until 1862. In 1856 he opened a store on King Street in Waterloo. Springer was a well-known village leader. He sat on the Waterloo public school board for 30 years, 25 as chairman, and was the long-time secretary and treasurer of the North Waterloo Agricultural Society. Active in the insurance business, Springer was the first president of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company in 1863, serving as President for twelve years, and a founder of the Mutual Life Assurance Company (Clarica) in 1868. He was also the first secretary of the North Waterloo Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company and the first manager and general agent for Economical Mutual Fire Insurance Company. When the village of Waterloo was incorporated, Springer became the first reeve, a position he held from 1857-1861, 1867-1869 and 1873-1875. Between 1857-1875 he sat on county council for 11 years and from 1867-1881 represented the riding of North Waterloo in the provincial legislature. Upon incorporation on February 10, 1876, Springer became the first mayor of the Town of Waterloo. His term in office saw the establishment of new by-laws governing community safety, public morals, business operations and the granting of incentives for new businesses to establish themselves in the growing town. As mayor, Springer negotiated an agreement in 1877 with the Grand Trunk Railway Company to run a branch line from Berlin to Waterloo, although it was not actually completed until 1882. Following his two terms as mayor, Springer went on to become sheriff of Waterloo County, a position he held from 1881 until his death on September 5, 1898. In 1968 he was honoured through the naming of a Waterloo park in his memory. From the City of Waterloo website 2005
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Website:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Springer

Residence:
Waterloo loses home of first mayor
Last minute effort to keep house from being levelled for parking lot falls short

WATERLOO '97 Heritage advocates are sad to see the home of Waterloo's first mayor demolished to make way for a spa parking lot.

Moses Springer owned the small frame house at 34 Erb St. E. from the mid-1850s to the 1880s. "I believe we could have done better to preserve it," said Nick Lawler, chair of Waterloo's municipal heritage committee.

A last-minute effort to save the house failed in part because city hall never deemed it worth saving.

"Architecturally it wasn't really a gem," Lawler said. "It was more of what it stood for. The residence of a very famous person is now gone and as we lose that historic fabric in the city, we start to lose how we relate to our past."

Springer moved to Waterloo in 1854, aged about 30. He led Waterloo when it was a village and he became its first town mayor in 1876. He was a publisher, merchant, and insurance executive. He also served in the Ontario legislature.

Springer's former home had a sagging roofline. It seemed ramshackle.

"We know he owned it and there's a very good chance he lived there," said Michelle Lee, Waterloo's heritage planner. "It lacks the architectural grandeur that we expect in heritage homes. It's tricky to convey its importance."...

Waterloo loses home of first mayor. (2016). Therecord.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016, from https://www.therecord.com/news-story/7013142-waterloo-loses-home-of-first-mayor/

Moses married Barbara Shantz 18 Feb 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Barbara (daughter of Joseph R. Shantz and Catharine Schneider) was born 11 Aug 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Oct 1884, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Moses married Sophia Beasley 20 Apr 1890, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada. Sophia (daughter of Henry Beasley and Sophia Burkholder) was born 1850, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Moses married Elizabeth Degenhardt 19 Jun 1886, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Heinrich "Henry" Degenhard and Elisabetha Dorothea "Dorothy" Bercher) was born 21 Jul 1840, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; died 13 Oct 1887, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00116-7293
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1870, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

Joseph Shantz Springer, "the eldest, is married to Rosina Roos. He resides near Mossborough, Waterloo County, where he is engaged in farming."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Joseph married Rosina Roos 9 Feb 1868, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Rosina (daughter of John Roos and Elisabeth G. Weicker) was born 25 Sep 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jun 1902; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Ann Roos
• Eby ID Number: 00116-7294
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Mary Ann Springer, "is married to Henry Roos. They reside in the town of Waterloo where he is engaged as a salesman in the hardware business of Mr. Fish."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Mary married Henry Roos 3 Aug 1869, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Henry (son of John Roos and Elisabeth G. Weicker) was born 13 Mar 1837, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 30 Apr 1837, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00116-7295
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Druggist
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1874, Strathroy, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Dr. Menno Springer, "is married to Isabell McVane and resides at South Haven, Michigan, where he is practising his calling."

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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FATAL ACCIDENT

On Friday evening last a melancholy sequel, to the removal of our bridges, by the late freshet, took place here. At about ten o'clock of that evening a man by the name of Jacob Kauffman, aged about 60 years, a resident of the neighboring village of Lexington, while endeavoring to make his way home with a horse and buggy, himself being intoxicated, unfortunately forced the animal over the obstruction placed in the road to the Western side of where the bridge had been placed over Mill Creek on the Bridgeport road, and down the steep bank of the Creek into the latter, a distance of eight or ten feet perpendicularly. The noise of the fall attracted the attention of Mr. Menno Springer and Mr. James Fairbairn, who were in a neighboring house at the time. They rushed to the spot and after a little search saw the unfortunate man floating down the stream almost completely covered by the water. Mr. Fairbairn sprang in and with the assistance of Mr. Springer dragged him to shore in a state of insensibility. Dr. Walden was summoned and in a short time succeeded in restoring the man to life, He was then carried to Mr. Hewitt's hotel, his wet clothing removed, dry blankets substituted, and himself put contginous to a warm fire. He now raised so rapidly that in a short time the natural temperature of his body was restored and every appearance indicated that in a few hours he would be as hale as ever. A man was put in charge of him (he being able at this time to talk and sit up,) and the crowd dispersed. About two o'clock on Saturday morning, however, symptoms indicating some severe internal injury set in and in a few minutes thereafter he was a corpse

An inquest was held by Dr. Walden, Coroner, on Saturday, when the following verdict was returned: "That the deceased Jacob Kauffman came his death by driving into Mill Creek while in a state of intoxication, and that from the evidence adduced no blame can attach to any other than himself,"

We understand a report has been circulated by some evil disposed person, which reflects on the mode of treatment to which the deceased was subjected. Having heard the evidence adduced, we can state unequivocally that from the report of the witnesses, the man did not suffer from neglect but was treated successfully as far as the effects of the water were concerned. Reaction had fully set in and there remained not the least doubt in the minds of those present, that death was caused by some internal injury received by the fall into the Creek.

The doctor's orders with regard to the disposal of the patient during the night were strictly obeyed, and in our opinion there are no grounds for the charges of inhumanity which have brought against the hotel keeper, in whose house the death occurred.

Waterloo Chronicle and Family Newspaper 29 Apr 1869 Thursday pg 2

Menno — Isabell McVane. Isabell was born Abt 1808, Of, South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan, USA; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Menno married McBenn 26 Oct 1874, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. was born Abt 1854; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Moyer
• Name: Lizzie Springer
• Eby ID Number: 00116-7296
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1872, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

Lizzie Springer, "is married to Cyrus E. Moyer. They reside in Berlin where he is engaged in the hardware business."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Elizabeth married Cyrus E. Moyer 9 May 1872, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Cyrus (son of William S. Moyer and Maria "Mary" Erb) was born 11 Jul 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00116-7297
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Not given
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

Notes:

Benjamin Springer, "is a machinist and when last heard of him he was down in Louisiana, U.S."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00116-7298
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Vet. Surgeon
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant
• Occupation: 1890, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States; veterinary surgeon

Notes:

Urias Springer, "is married to Lucena Clemens and resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he is engaged as a veterinary surgeon."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Urias married Lucena Clemens 1 Jan 1890, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lucena (daughter of Joel Clemens, Esq. and Magdalena Shoemaker) was born 26 Apr 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 May 1902, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-259845
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181436
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Business: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Berlin Publishing Company
• Eby ID Number: 00116-7299
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Operator
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant
• Occupation: 1900, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States; telegraph operator

Notes:

Moses Springer, "is unmarried and at present resides at San Francisco, California, where he is engaged as a telegraph operator."

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].
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MOSES S. SPRINGER DEAD Well Known Associated Press Operator Victim of Heart Failure

Moses S. Springer, night operator for the Associated Press in this city, died shortly after midnight. Mr. Springer had been in the employ of the Associated Press, in Sacramento and Los Angeles, since 1894, and was well known to newspapermen and telegraphers on the coast. Before coming West he was in the employ of the Associated Press for many years in Chicago, where he had a wide acquaintance. While heart failure was the direct cause of his death, Mr. Springer had been in poor health tor nearly a year, and it is believed the confinement and severe character of his work materially aided in hastening the end. Deceased was forty-two years old at the time of his death and leaves a wife and three young children.

Los Angeles Herald, Volume XXIX, Number 204, 23 April 1902

Moses married Tottie Clarabelle Moyer Jul 1896, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States. Tottie (daughter of Cyrus E. Moyer and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Springer) was born 20 Mar 1873, , England; died 6 Aug 1966, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States; was buried , Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181438
• Birth: CALC 26 Feb 1862, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Name: Emma Springer
• Name: Mary Emma B. "Emma" Keenan
• Eby ID Number: 00116-7300
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant
• Residence: 1891, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Emma Springer, "is married to Michael Keena, a carriage builder. They reside in Tecumseth, Michigan."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Mary married Michael Joseph Keenan 8 Apr 1891, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada. Michael (son of Daniel Keenan and Catherine Kennifeck) was born 1856, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00116-7301
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant

Notes:

Walter Springer, "is a chemist and druggist, and resides in Detroit, Michigan."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Other Events:

• Name: Anna Springer
• Eby ID Number: 00116-7302
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant

Notes:

Hannah Springer, "the youngest in the family, is unmarried and resides with her father in Berlin."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-337255
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Store Clerk
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-148230P
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Angus married Lucinda Moyer 11 Oct 1899, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lucinda (daughter of Noah Moyer and Wilhelmina "Mina" Krueger) was born 29 Dec 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Aug 1947; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-93469
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Domestic
• Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dress Maker
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-93470P
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weaver

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-93471P
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-93472P 
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1970, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Other Events:

• Name: Bailie Springer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-93472P
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Farm
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-93473P
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Milliner
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1970, 636 Church St. S., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Emma B. Springer

PRESTON, Funeral service was conducted here today, for-Emma Springer of 636 Church St. S., from Barthel-Stager Funeral Home. Miss Springer died Saturday, at Freeport Hospital. She was 87. She was born in Waterloo Township and had resided in Preston since, 1952. A retired nurse, she had nursed for many years in Philadelphia. She was a life member of Zion United Church. She is survived by one brother, Bailie of Preston. Committal service was in Park Lawn Memorial Chapel. Interment will be later in the church cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 24 Jan 1970 pg 21

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-93474P
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Domestic, on Farm
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Other Events:

• Name: Lizzie Roos
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42677
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42678
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Store Clerk
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42297
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Factory Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Other Events:

• Name: Mildred M. Morgan
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42299
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Milliner

Mildred married Harry A. Morgan 17 Feb 1904, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Harry (son of John Morgan and Elizabeth Magwood) was born 1870, Omeeme, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42298
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151569
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42300
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Website: 2009; Photo

Notes:

Website:


Waterloo Public Library Digital Collection

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42302
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk

Other Events:

• Name: Laura A. McCorkindale
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42301
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Laura — John Anderson McCorkindale. John was born Apr 1884, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42304
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42305

Other Events:

• Birth: , Ontario, Canada
• Interesting: scandal, story
• Name: Lottie Moyer
• Name: Tottie Clarabelle Springer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-137058
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1900, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
• Residence: 1930, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
• Residence: 1940, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA

Notes:

Tottie tried to claim a portion of the estate of a Samuel Church of Newfoundland as others had tried before.

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CARPENTER HEIR TO MILLIONS

Owner of Newfoundland Estate Located in Brooklyn.

NEW YORK Dec. 17.-(Special.)-The heir to an estate romantically rated at $85.000.000 which is alleged to have been causing the British government, the Duke of Marlborough and the Duke of Devonshire all sorts of trouble, has been found, It is said, in the person of Joseph Coila, a Brooklyn carpenter, 65 years of age. New York attorneys stated today that Coilas is beyond doubt the man sought.

The estate is in Newfoundland, and consists of several miles of water front, rentals, interest and a fishing industry. The income has been a source of much wrangling in England and some of it has been going to Lady Elizabeth Churchill.

It is explained that one Samuel Churchill went to St. Johns 75 years ago and laid the foundation of the great fortune. He had two daughters, Elizabeth and Clermont, and one son, Nicholas. Clermont married the captain of a fishing vessel and was disinherited. Nicholas was taken by pirates while on his way to London, and forced to walk the plank. He left a will bequeathing his share of the estate to Clermont. About that time Coilas married a Churchill and the two sisters dying without issue the Coilas became the direct descendants and heirs to the estate. Samuel Churchill was of the Marlborough-Churchill family and the Duke of Devonshire comes into the comes through a blood connection. Coilas family consists of his wife and two daughters, Mrs. Katherine Green of Rochester and Cora B. Coilas.

The Gazette Times 18 Dec 1911

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From Churchills in Newfoundland genealogy.com

I am trying to locate information about my great grandmother, Tottie Clarabelle Moyer Springer.She claimed in the Los Angeles Examiner and throughout her life to her children and grandchildren to be the granddaughter of Samuel Churchill of Newfoundland.

Los Angeles Examiner, January 28, 1912:

"It is explained that Samuel Churchill went to St. John's seventy-five years ago and there laid the foundation of the great fortune.He had two daughters, Elizabeth and Clermont, and one son, Nicholas.Clermont Churchill married the captain of a fishing vessel and was disinherited."The piece goes on to quote my great grandmother:"'I believe I am the daughter of Cleremont Churchill."It then goes on about her recollections as a child.[She claims her mother was killed and that she was kidnapped and sent to an orphanage in Galt where she was adopted by Cyrus Erb Moyer and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Springer.]

There is a similar piece in the New York Times, March 23, 1912:"Churchill Heirs to Meet."That article states that Samuel Churchill, d. 1785, had two daughters, Claremont Churchill (m. Thomas Bolin) and Elizabeth Churchill (m. John Haffyard).No mention of Tottie here, though.

Another source I found that I can't find again lists Samuel Churchill's daughter as "Clarimond" who married Maurice Bolan.

Does anyone have any information about children (documented or rumored) of Clermont, Cleremont, Claremont, or Clarimond Churchill and Maruice Bolan or Thomas Bolin?

Churchills in Newfoundland - Genealogy.com. (2016). Genealogy.com. Retrieved 24 September 2016, from https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/churchill/2501/

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Moses S. "Mose" Springer

This is really the story of Mose and his wife, Tottie--well, mostly her, because my great-grandfather, Mose, died young.

Orphaned as a young girl, Tottie Clarabelle Moyer, according to her own account, was born in England in 1873. (More on that in the Random Stuff I Learned tab.) She was taken into the home of Cyrus Moyer and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Springer, where she grew up in a well-to-do neighborhood in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario.

I haven't been able to locate guardianship records for Tottie and I don't know how old she was when she joined her new family, but she was living with the Moyers when she was 8 years old, according to census records. Tottie had a difficult relationship with Cyrus and Lizzie, especially as she grew older. At one point, probably as a teenager, she ran away and worked for awhile in a department store in Toronto before being brought back home.

Lizzie was Mose Springer's older sister, so Mose and Tottie probably knew of each other from the time she first entered the Moyer household. However, their age difference makes it unlikely that they would have known each other well. According to the 1900 U.S. Census, Mose immigrated to the United States in 1879 (seventeen years before Tottie would emigrate from Canada in 1896), where he worked as a telegraph operator for the Associated Press in California.

Mose and Tottie were married in 1896, in Sacramento, California. He was 36 years old; she was 23. In 1897, their first child was born, a son whom they named Lawrence Moses. During this time, Mose and Tottie moved from Sacramento to Los Angeles. A second son, Charles "Charlie" Christopher, was born in 1898. Their third son was born in 1900: Leonard Wood.

Photographs from this period and information in the 1900 U.S. Census (which states that Mose and Tottie had a live-in servant, Jinnie Bankhead) show a family living with comfortable economic means. However, all of this soon changed. Mose and Tottie were only married for six years before he died in 1902. He had been a heavy binge drinker for many years and died of what was thought to be a heart attack.

Upon the death of her husband, Tottie took her sons back to Canada, where they all lived for a time with the Moyers in Berlin. At some point, Tottie's strained relationship with Cyrus and Lizzie caused her to return to the United States, leaving her children behind in their care. However, the three young boys missed their mother and their native California and soon returned home to Los Angeles, despite the Moyers' attempts to keep them in Canada.

It was undoubtedly a difficult time for Tottie, a young widow and mother of three small children. She became involved with spiritualists who encouraged her to make unsound investments in dubious enterprises and the money that Tottie had been left upon Mose's death quickly disappeared. As a result, perhaps around 1908, she temporarily placed her sons in a Catholic orphanage in Los Angeles, managed by the Sisters of Mercy, called Home of the Guardian Angel, while she went to work in states as far away as Colorado and Washington for the Sunset Telephone Company as a chief long distance operator. In 1909, at the age of 12, Lawrence contracted polio and was nursed back to health by the sisters. All of Tottie's children stayed at the orphanage through 1910, although letters show that Lawrence and Leonard stayed on into at least the early part of 1911.

Tottie was unemployed in 1920, according to the U.S. Census of that year, but all three of her sons were still living at home with her. She never remarried. Voter registration records from 1922 to 1936 show that her occupation alternated over the years between "housewife" and housekeeper/hotel maid. She later worked for the Pacific Building Company for many years and lived with her son, Charlie, until she was 91 years old.

My great-grandmother died in 1966. Shortly before she died, Tottie is reported to have said, "How beautiful it is, and there's Mose."


Moses S. "Mose" Springer. (2019). Springer Genealogy. Retrieved 3 August 2019, from https://springergenealogy.weebly.com/moses-s-mose-springer.html

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"Springer Hoax"

Part of what got me interested in doing genealogical research was the fact that my father told me growing up that he was descended from a man named Charles Christopher ("Karrell Christofferson") Springer. Charles Christopher Springer was--according to his own account in a letter written to his mother--kidnapped on his way home to Sweden from London, England (where he had been studying), and taken to America. He worked as an indentured servant in Virginia before earning his freedom and heading north, where he was taken in by fellow Swedes who had settled along the Delaware River in what was then known as "New Sweden." There, he served as lay reader in the absence of a minister at Cranehook Church for several years and was instrumental in securing funds for the building of a new church, Holy Trinity ("Old Swedes"). He married and had a number of children. This is all very interesting and true.

Jumping ahead a few years to 1882: the enterprising duo of George W. Ponton and Charles H. Bierce--both aliases, it turned out--devised an inheritance scam in London, Ontario. This is it, in a nutshell: they drew up papers saying that Charles Christopher Springer's estate was valued at $100,000,000 and that the city of Wilmington, Delaware, had agreed to pay his heirs $20,000,000 to release itself from the claim. One of these men (Ponton) claimed to be an agent representing the Springer heirs, each of whom would receive $90,000; the other man (Bierce) claimed to be an heir. The whole scheme unraveled when it was revealed to be a scam to get people to loan money to the pair, with the promise of repayment once Bierce got his settlement. So, the men were arrested and that's the end of that story.

Except it isn't. The "Fabulous Springer Estate" remained alive and well in the imagination of Springers everywhere, not just among the Canadian Springers. People wanted to perpetuate the idea that they were somehow related to Charles Christopher Springer because...well, what if there was some truth to that huge estate claim? So, random Springers started making family histories that listed themselves as descendants of Charles Christopher Springer. Among my ancestors, my gg-grandfather, Moses Springer, appears to have been the main culprit. As a public figure, there was a lot written about him, most of which included a passing reference to Charles Christopher Springer as his gg-grandfather David's ancestor. Unfortunately, sometimes genealogists mistake--quite honestly--secondary sources for primary sources; however, just because something is published, doesn't necessarily mean it's true.

"Springer Hoax". (2019). Springer Genealogy. Retrieved 3 August 2019, from https://springergenealogy.weebly.com/springer-hoax.html

Tottie married Moses S. "Mose" Springer Jul 1896, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States. Moses (son of Mayor-Reeve-Sheriff Moses Springer and Barbara Shantz) was born 22 Dec 1859, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Apr 1902, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; was buried , Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-326657
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist