Joseph Spangler
(1833-1915)
Rebecca Webber
(1841-1918)
Clara Emma Spangler
(1873-1927)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Morris Henry Bicher

Clara Emma Spangler 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

  • Born: 19 Nov 1873, Tulpehocken Twp., Berks, PA 1 2 6
  • Marriage (1): Morris Henry Bicher on 11 Mar 1899 in Myerstown: Myerstown Reformed Church, Lebanon, PA 1 2
  • Died: 25 Sep 1927, Myerstown, Lebanon, PA at age 53 6 13 14
  • Buried: 29 Sep 1927, Myerstown: New Union Cemetery, Lebanon, PA 3 6 15 16

   Another name for Clara was Emma Clara Spangler.2

   FamilySearch ID: 96ND-WC6.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Marion Twp., Berks, PA. 17 The 1880 census recorded Joseph Spengler, laborer, 46, living with wife Rebecca, 39; son John, 10; Mary, 8; Emma, 7; Sadie, 4; and an unnamed daughter, 0, who was born in April. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Residence: in 1899 in Rehrersburg, Berks, PA. 2

3. Newspaper: Lebanon Courier: Married: BICHER-SPANGLER. At Myerstown, on Saturday evening, March 11, by the Rev. Lewis Fluck, Morris H. Bicher of Myerstown, and Miss Emma C. Spangler, of Rehrersburg., 15 Mar 1899, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 18

4. Census in 1900 in Myerstown, Lebanon, PA. 19 The 1900 census recorded renting a home at 348 Richland Avenue in Myerstown: Henry Becherd [sic, as spelled by census taker], no occupation, 73, born Apr 1827, living with wife Lucy, 64, Mar 1836; son Morris Becherd, occupation teamster, 25, Oct 1875; daughter-in-law Emma, 25, Nov 1875; and granddaughter Edna M., 1, May 1899. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Lucy and Henry were married for 3 years and she had birthed 3 children by 1900. Morris and Emma were married for 1 year and she had birthed 1 child.

5. Newspaper: Harrisburg Telegraph: Woman Wheels Porker, 22 Dec 1905, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. 20 Pushes 250 Pound Burden Over Two Miles of Country Road

Myerstown, Pa., Dec. 22 -- Pushing a 250-pound hog in a wheel-barrow for two miles over country roads was the feat accomplished by Mrs. Morris Biechert, a woman with extraordinary muscle.
She had been given the porker for work done for Jonathan Keeney, tenant on Rev. D. U. Wolff's farm, near her, and selling it to Butcher John Bollinger, had agreed to have it delivered at his place at a certain time. But she could get no one to take it there.
Undismayed she obtained a wheel-barrow, tramped two miles from this place to Keeney's farm, shot the hog herself, and loading it on the barrow, reached the butcher shop here before the porker had stiffened.

6. Newspaper: Lebanon Courier: Myerstown News: "Mrs. Rebecca Spangler and Mrs. Morris Biechert spent Wednesday at Reading, visiting the former's son-in-law, F. W. Stein, who is seriously ill.", 22 Sep 1908, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 21

7. Census in 1920 in Jackson Twp., Lebanon, PA. 22 Renting at 35 W Maine Ave was Morris H. Bicher, teamster in baker shop, 42; wife Emma, 43; Anna J., laborer in shirt factory, 17; Phyllis M., 15; George M., 13; Henry J., 11; and Morris T., 7. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

8. Cause of Death: ulcer of the stomach, 25 Sep 1927, Myerstown, Lebanon, PA. 16

9. Obituary: Reading Eagle: obituary of Mrs. Morris Bicher on 27 Sep 1927 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 13 Myerstown, Sept. 27 (Special) -- Emma (Spangler), wife of Morris Bicher, died at her East Main avenue home, aged almost 54 years. Mrs. Bicher was ill for two weeks, suffering from complications. She was a member of Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg, and is survived by her husband and these children: Anna and George, Philadelphia; Phyllis, Merchantville, N.J.; Edna, Henry and Morris, at home. She is also survived by these brothers and sisters: Mrs. Samuel Morris, Philadelphia; Mrs. Mary Stein, of town; John Spangler, Pottsville; and Wilson Spangler, Jonestown. Funeral Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with services at the home and interment in the new Union cemetery. The arrangements are being made by Funeral Director Isaac N. Bahney.


Clara married Morris Henry Bicher, son of Henry H. Bicher and Lucy Ann Fry, on 11 Mar 1899 in Myerstown: Myerstown Reformed Church, Lebanon, PA.1 2 (Morris Henry Bicher was born on 23 Oct 1875 in Myerstown, Lebanon, PA,2 23 24 25 26 died on 2 Dec 1952 in Myerstown, Lebanon, PA 4 23 24 27 28 and was buried on 5 Dec 1952 in Myerstown: New Union Cemetery, Lebanon, PA 4 23 24.)

Sources

1 1910 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lebanon County, South Jackson Township, Series: T624 Roll: 1362 Page: 48.

2 Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1854 ([database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Series 26.28, Record and Indexes of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. Microfilm, rolls 668-673. Records of the Department of State, Record Group 26. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Morris H. Bicher m. 11 Mar 1899 Emma C. Spangler.

3 Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church, Myerstown, Lebanon Co., PA.

4 Myerstown Reformed Church, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

5 California Vital Records, California Death Index record for Phyllis Bicher Barrett.

6 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35839147.

7 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VFSC-17J Henry J. Bicher and Helen M. Fisher, 1948.

8 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VFS2-M6B Allen R. Bamberger and Edna M. Bicher, 14 May 1932; citing Marriage, Pennsylvania, county courthouses, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 21,482.

9 Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, PA), 9 Aug 1975, page 2. Obituary of George M. Bicher.

10 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 026995-66 Henry J. Bicher, father Morris Bicher, mother Emma Spangler, sopuse Helen FIsher Bicher.

11 Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, PA), 14 Oct 1969, page 2. Obituary of Morris Bicher.

12 FamilySearch.org, Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9F-LQ8G Morris S Bicher and Freda May, 27 Apr 1940 citing Winchester, , Virginia, United States, certificate 13759.

13 Reading Eagle (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.), 27 Sep 1927, page 2.

14 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 87823. Mrs. Emma Bicher. Father Joseph Spangler. Mother Rebecca Weber.

15 Reading Eagle (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.), 27 Sep 1927, page 2. Obituary of Mrs. Morris Bicher.

16 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 87823. Mrs. Emma Bicher. Father Joseph Spangle. Mother Rebecca Weber.

17 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MW61-CMN Emma Spengler in household of Joseph Spengler, Marion, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 2D, NARA microfilm publication T9.

18 Lebanon Courier Newspaper (Lebanon Borough, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania), 15 Mar 1899, page 2.

19 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M33G-8FX Henry Becherd, Jackson Township, South Division, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 16A, family 363.

20 Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA), 22 Dec 1905, page 4.

21 Lebanon Courier Newspaper (Lebanon Borough, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania), 22 Sep 1908, page 4.

22 1920 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lebanon County, Jackson Township, Series: T625 Roll: 1587 Page: 107.

23 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35839150.

24 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 105268. Morris H. Bicher. Father Henry Bicher. Mother Lucy Frey.

25 Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.), Morris H. Bicher, SSN 180019193.

26 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6VZ-QDV Morris Bicher.

27 Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvania, Death Indices (Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records, New Castle, PA, 16103. Online at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/public_records/20686 .), Death Certificate 105268, Morris H. Bicher.

28 Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, PA), 2 Dec 1952, page 6. Obituary of Morris H. Bicher.


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