Barbara Abigail Spangler

10 June 1829–10 July 1890 (Age 61)
Centre, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life of Barbara Abigail

When Barbara Abigail Spangler was born on 10 June 1829, in Centre, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Frederick Fritz Spangler, was 34 and her mother, Christina Bressler, was 32. She married John Bringold on 28 April 1848, in Green, Wisconsin, United States. She lived in Wisconsin, United States in 1870. She died on 10 July 1890, in Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Bringold
–1850
Barbara Abigail Spangler
1829–1890
Marriage: 28 April 1848

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
28 April 1848
Green, Wisconsin, United States

Parents and Siblings

    Frederick Fritz Spangler

    Male1794–1871Male

    Christina Bressler

    Female1797–1870Female

siblings

(9)

    Peter Spangler

    Male1817–1844Male

    Anthonius Spangler

    Male1818–1898Male

    Elias Spangler

    Male1822–1865Male

    Elizabeth L Spangler

    Female1823–1884Female

    Christopher Spangler

    Male1826–1907Male

+4 More Children

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 1

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · The Oregon Trail

Age 1

Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1846

Age 17

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

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

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

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Barb Gleason in household of O P Gleason, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Barbara Gleason in household of O P Gleason, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Barbary Gleson in household of O P Gleson, "United States Census, 1880"

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