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Author: tmollaun1
Surnames: Wernke, Spinner
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They were married in Spencer Co., IN, not Ripley Co.
***Elizabeth Spinner to William Wernke
11 Mar 1875 Spencer Co., IN
County Clerk's office, book 7, page 102
IN Marriage Collection (IWPA)
Elizabeth was a resident of Ripley Co., IN in 1860.
***1860 census Franklin, Ripley Co., IN
roll M653 293, census page 121; taken 12 Jul 1860
SPINNER, John: age 29, real estate $1,625, personal $322, farmer, born in Hessia GER
.....Margaret: age 32, born Switzerland
.....Elizabeth: age 7, born IN
.....Margaret: age 5, born IN
.....Adam: age 1, born IN
By 1800, Elizabeth was living in Dearborn Co., IN.
***1880 census Aurora, Dearborn Co., IN
roll T9 272; FHF 1254272; ED 41; census page 88D; taken 25 Jun 1880
WERNKE, Wm: age 30 <1850>, carpenter, born OH, no parent birth place
.....Elizabeth: age 27, wife, born IN, no father's birth place, mother born
Switzerland
.....John: age 4, son, born IN
.....Clara: age 1, dau, born IN
RIEGER, Bena: age 40, no relationship given, born IN, no parental birth place
Elizabeth's parents moved to Vanderburgh Co., IN by 1900.
***1900 census Pidgeon Twp., 7th Ward, Vanderburgh Co., IN
roll T623 407; page 5A; ED 124, taken 6 Jun 1900
WERNKE, Wm: age 53, born Feb 1847, married 25 years, born OH, parents born GER, carpenter
.....Elizabeth: age 47, wife, born Jan 1853, married 26 year, 6 childbirth's w/6
living, born IN, parents born GER
.....Clara E.: age 21, dau, born Nov 1878, single, born IN, cigar packer
.....Rosetta M.: age 18, dau, born Jan 1882, single, born IN, cigar packer
.....Bertha C.: age 14, dau, born Nov 1885, single, born IN, cigar packer
.....Albert H.: age 9, son, born Feb 1891, single, born IN, school boy
.....Edward A.: age 9: son, born Feb 1891, school boy
....John W.: age 23, son, born ? 1876, married 3 years, born IN, carpenter
.....Minnie A.: age 21, dau-in-law, born Jan 1879, married 3 yrs., no births, born IN,
father born PA, mother born IN, no job
Elizabeth's mother died sometime after the 1900 census and before the
1900 census.
***1920 census Evansville Ward 1, Pigeon Twp., Vanderburgh Co., IN
roll T625 47-; page 2A; ED 104; stamped 179, taken 3 Jan 1920
WERNKE, John W.: age 44, owns farm, born IN, father born OH, mother born IN, driver at ice
company
.....Minnie A.: age 40, wife, born IN, father born PA, mother born IN
.....Iowa G.: age 18, dau, single, born IN, stemmer at cigar factory
....Jessie W.: age 15, son, single, born IN, no job
.....Lola E.: age 12, dau, born IN
.....Mildred: age 11, dau, born IN,
.....Florence C: age 2, dau, born IN
.....Wm: age 71, father, widowed, born OH, father born GER, mother born OH, no job
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