Matthew Spier
(1820-)
Elizabeth Seum
(1837-)
Louis Spier
(1862-1912)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Emma Mary Kramer

2. Eda Otillie Kramer

Louis Spier 1 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 21 April 1862, Trempealeau, WI 1 2 3 4 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Emma Mary Kramer on 26 September 1884 in Arcadia, WI 1
  • Marriage (2): Eda Otillie Kramer on 29 August 1888 in Trempealeau, WI 2 3 4
  • Died: 23 May 1912, Winona, MN at age 50 1 5 6
  • Buried: After 23 May 1912, Winona, MN 6

bullet   Cause of his death was Miliair Thrombosis of Lungs.1

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bullet  General Notes:


Louis Spier first married Emma Mary Kramer and when she died at age 23 in 1887, he then married another Kramer daughter, Edna Otillie Kramer in 1888.
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bullet  Death Notes:

Probate Notice: 30 Jul 1912

(per Galesville Republican, Galesville , Wisconsin, 29 Aug 1912)
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Death Notice: Winona Daily News, Winona, Minnesota, 23 May 1912
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 7 June 1900. 2

1900 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 137, Dwelling 92, Family 93
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
home owned no mortgage
married 11 years
Louis Spier..Head..Apr 1862..38..WI..Day Laborer
(Living with 2nd wife, 1 daughter, and 1 daughter from previous marriage.)
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• He appeared on the 1905 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in 1 June 1905. 3

1905 Wisconsin State Census
Page 463, Family 75, Line 6
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
house owned
Louis Spier..Head..43..MN..Day Labor
(Living with 2nd wife and daughter.)

NOTE - His birth location should have been Wisconsin instead of Minnesota.
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 18 April 1910. 4

1910 US Census
Sheet 5A, Roll 1739, District 173, Household 132
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned, no mortgage
married 22 years
Louis Spier..Head..48..WI..Laborer, RR Section
(Living with 2nd wife and daughter.)
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• His obituary was published in the Winona Republican Herald on 23 May 1912 in Winona, MN.

Louis Spier of Trempealeau died at 4:15 this morning at the Winona General Hospital. He was a brother-in-law of H. Verkins of this city and had been ill for four months from pneumonia. He was recovering nicely when two weeks ago he suffered a relapse and was brought to the hospital here, since which time he has been slowly sinking. He is survived by a wife and two daughters, Ada of Winona and Lydia of Chicago. The funeral will be held on Sunday afternoon at Trempealeau.

(Source: Winona Republican Herald, Winona, Minnesota, Thursday, 23 May 1912)
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• He was buried after 23 May 1912 in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Winona, MN.

Find A Grave Memorial #103120258
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Louis married Emma Mary Kramer, daughter of Christian Friedrich Kramer III and Louisa Emilie Possin, on 26 September 1884 in Arcadia, WI.1 (Emma Mary Kramer was born in July 1864 in Lewiston, MN,5 7 8 died on 8 August 1887 in Trempealeau, WI 1 5 and was buried after 8 August 1887 in Trempealeau, WI 9.)


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Louis next married Eda Otillie Kramer, daughter of Christian Friedrich Kramer III and Louisa Emilie Possin, on 29 August 1888 in Trempealeau, WI.2 3 4 (Eda Otillie Kramer was born on 5 July 1867 in Lewiston, MN,3 4 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 died on 18 August 1929 in Winona, MN 10 11 14 and was buried on 20 August 1929 in Winona, MN 14.). The cause of her death was Leucaemia Lymphatica with sudden heart failure per death record.1

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 7 June 1900. 2

1900 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 137, Dwelling 92, Family 93
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
home owned no mortgage
married 11 years
Louis Spier..Head..Apr 1862..38..WI..Day Laborer
Edith Spier..Wife..Jul 1868..32..MN..1/1
Lydia A. Spier..Dau..Aug 1885..14..WI
Ada L. Spier..Dau..Oct 1893..6..WI
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• They appeared on the 1905 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in 1 June 1905. 3

1905 Wisconsin State Census
Page 463, Family 75, Line 6
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
house owned
Louis Spier..Head..43..MN..Day Labor
Eda F. Spier..Wife..38..MN..Dressmaker
Ada L. Spier..Dau..12..WI
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 18 April 1910. 4

1910 US Census
Sheet 5A, Roll 1739, District 173, Household 132
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned, no mortgage
married 22 years
Louis Spier..Head..48..WI..Laborer, RR Section
Ada C. Spier..Wife..43..MN..Seamstress, Dress Maker..1/1
Ada L. Spier..Dau..17..WI
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Sources

1 Cindy Klemm, "Cindy's Research - It's a labor of love!," database, Family Tree Maker Users Pages (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/l/e/Cindy-A-Klemm/ : accessed 23 Sep 2012).

2 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 137, p. 4B, dwelling 92, family 93, Louis Spier and Eda Otillie Kramer; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 2 May 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

3 1905 State Census, Wisconsin, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, p. 463, family 75, line 6, Louis Spier and Eda Otillie Kramer; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1443899).

4 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 173, sheet 5A, family 132, Louis Spier and Eda Otillie Kramer; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 31 Oct 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 1739.

5 Robert Westphal Jr., "Westphal Family History," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=westphal : accessed 23 Sep 2012).

6 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 31 Oct 2014), Find A Grave Memorial# 103120258.

7 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Utica, Winona County, Minnesota, p. 34, dwelling 226, family 231, Christian Friedrich Kramer and Louisa Emilie Possin; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 Sep 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

8 1875 State Census, Minnesota, population schedule, Utica, Winona County, Minnesota, p. 4 & 5, family 22, Christian Friedrich Kramer and Louisa Emilie Possin; index and images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1503053 : accessed 30 Oct 2014).

9 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 9 Jan 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=97618056.

10 Cindy Klemm, "Cindy's Research - It's a labor of love!" (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/l/e/Cindy-A-Klemm/; Updated February 2, 2007).

11 Robert Westphal Jr., "Westphal Family History," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=westphal : accessed 27 Apr 2013).

12 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Caledonia, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 69, p. 9A, dwelling 80, Christian Friedrich Kramer and Louisa Emilie Possin; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 28 Oct 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1448.

13 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, enumeration district (ED) 205, p. 2B, dwelling 40, family 41, August F. Schultz and Ada Louis Spier; index and images (accessed 2 May 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.

14 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 31 Oct 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=103120244.

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