Barbara Shantz

Other Events:

• Name: Barbara Springer
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6887
• 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; Protestant

Notes:

Barbara Shantz, "was born August 11th, 1825, and was married to Moses Springer, sheriff for the county of Waterloo. She died October 13th, 1884, leaving a large family."

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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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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Death of Mrs. Springer

The many friends of Moses Springer, Esq., Sheriff of the county of Waterloo, will regret to learn of the bereavement he has suffered in the death of his wife, which took place at the family residence, Waterloo, on Monday last. In alluding to the sad event, the Berlin News says: - "Another of our old and highly respected citizens, Mrs. Sheriff Springer, died suddenly this morning. Mrs. Springer has been for several years an invalid, sometimes apparently near death's door but again and again rallied and got better. She had been considerably better than usual for some time past and very few had any idea that the end was near, though the nature of her disease - the dropsy - was such that it was felt that she might die any time. Deceased, who was a daughter of the late Joseph Shantz, was well known to the people of this county and highly esteemed by all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance. She was a devoted Christian, experiencing during all her sickness the fullest confidence of faith in her Saviour. She leaves a sorrowing husband and ten children, nearly all of whom are grownup and occupying good positions, two others having died when children."

Galt Reporter Oct 17 1884 pg 1

Barbara married Mayor-Reeve-Sheriff Moses Springer 18 Feb 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Moses (son of Benjamin Springer and Mary Rykeman) was born 24 Aug 1824, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Sep 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• 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]

Other Events:

• 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]

Other Events:

• 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]

Other Events:

• 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]

Other Events:

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

Other Events:

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

Other Events:

• 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]

Other Events:

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

Other Events:

• 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-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