Anna Spangler

Female7 January 1850–14 February 1898

Brief Life History of Anna

When Anna Spangler was born on 7 January 1850, in Saarlouis, Saarlouis, Rhineland, Prussia, Germany, her father, Peter Spengler, was 40 and her mother, Angela Johanna Eisvogel, was 37. She married George William Metz Spor on 14 May 1872, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 13 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Adamsburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died on 14 February 1898, in Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Sac Township, Dade, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

George William Metz Spor
1850–1931
Anna Spangler
1850–1898
Marriage: 14 May 1872
John Spor
1873–1968
W Spor
1878–
Andrew Spor
1874–1969
Frank Martin Spor
1875–1969
Nicholas Albert Spor
1875–1968
George Patrick Spor
1879–1961
Joseph William Spor
1881–1955
Anna Spor
1882–1960
Peter Theodore Spor
1884–1969
Albert Ernest Spor
1885–1987
Paul Spor
1887–1887
Jacob Spor
1888–1974
Lawrence Joseph Spor
1892–1973
Mary Gertrude Spor
1894–1981
Edward Jacob Spor
1895–1979

Sources (9)

  • Annie Spore in household of Geo Spore, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Anna Spoa, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Anna Spengler, "Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    14 May 1872Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Children (15)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (10)

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    World Events (7)

    1852 · The Book of Mormon Published in German

    Age 2

    On May 25, 1852, the Book of Mormon is published in German.

    1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

    Age 13

    The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

    1864

    Age 14

    War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.

    Name Meaning

    German (Bavaria): originally an occupational name for a maker of buckles, from an agent derivative of a diminutive of Middle High German spange ‘clasp, buckle, ornamental fastening’, later coming to mean ‘tinsmith, plumber’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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