Rebecca Ellin Arnspiger ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

   Another name for Rebecca was Rebecca Arnspenger.⁷

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Alt. Birth, 1846, Illinois, United States. ¹

2. 1850 US Census, 30 August 1850, Township 8 Range 11, Jersey, Illinois, United States. ⁷ 1850 US Census
Page 85, Family 118, Roll 111
Township 8 North, Range 11 West, Jersey County, Illinois
Rebecca Arnspenger..3..IL
(Living with widowed mother.)

3. 1856 Iowa State Census, 1856, Story, Iowa, United States. ⁵ 1856 Iowa State Census
, Story County, Iowa
Rebecca E. Arenspiker..7..IL
Lewis McDaniel..21..IL
Sarah McDaniel..20..IN
James McDaniel..1..IA

NOTE - Rebecca's father died in 1849. I'm not sure if Sarah McDaniel was Rebecca's half-sister because I show no record of Sarah marrying Lewis McDaniel. Otherwise I can not explain why she was living with Lewis and Sarah McDaniel.

4. 1880 US Census, June 1880, Union Township, Story, Iowa, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 374B, Roll 0365
Union Township, Story County, Iowa
Rebecca E. Breezley..Wife..34..IL..Keeps House
(Living with husband, 6 children, and mother-in-law.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 06 Mar 1847, then her age should have been 33 instead of 34.

5. 1895 Iowa State Census, January 1895, Union Township, Story, Iowa, United States. ⁶ Page 651, Line 12, Dwelling 13, Family 14
Union Township, Story County, Iowa
Rebecca Breezeley...47...IL..Widowed..Keeping House
Sarah E. Breezeley...17..Story County, IA
Rufus A. Breezeley...14..Story County, IA
Jean D. Breezeley....11..Story County, IA

(Widowed and living with 3 children.)

6. 1900 US Census, 9 June 1900, Washington Township, Story, Iowa, United States. ³ 1900 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 129, Dwelling 228, Family 243, Roll 460
Washington Township, Story County, Iowa
803 Clark Street; house rented
married 2 years
Rebecca Craig..Wife..May 1847..53..IL..9/8
(Living with 2nd husband and 1 son from her previous marriage.)

7. 1910 US Census, 29 April 1910, Jackson Township, Boone, Iowa, United States. ⁴ 1910 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 18, Family 97, Roll 393
Jackson Township, Boone County, Iowa
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 12 years
Rebecca E. Craig..Wife..63..IL..9/8

8. Obituary: Ames Daily Tribune Times, 30 August 1934, Ames, Story, Iowa, United States. CRAIG -- Mrs. Rebecca Craig, 57, died at 9:30 PM Tuesday at the home of her son, Eugene Breezeley, 3005 Oakland Street. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 PM at the Duckworth funeral home with the Rev. Lura Thompson, former pastor of the Ames Nazarene church in charge. Burial will be in the Cambridge cemetery.

(Source: Ames Daily Tribune Times, Ames, Iowa, Thursday, August 30, 1934)
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9. Cemetery: Cambridge Cemetery, 31 August 1934, Cambridge, Story, Iowa, United States.

Rebecca married John Davidson Breezley on 2 April 1865 in Story, Iowa, United States.¹ (John Davidson Breezley was born on 13 August 1834 in Vermilion, Illinois, United States ¹ and died on 21 July 1883 in Cambridge, Story, Iowa, United States.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1880 US Census, June 1880, Union Township, Story, Iowa, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 374B, Roll 0365
Union Township, Story County, Iowa
John D. Breezley..Head..45..IL..Merchant
Mary Breezley..Mother-in-Law..66..OH..Does House Work
Rebecca E. Breezley..Wife..34..IL..Keeps House
Charles W. Breezley..Son..14..IA
Mary T. Breezley..Dau..12..IA
John C. Breezley..Son..10..IA
James P. Breezley..Son..8..IA
Millie B. Breezley..Dau..5..IA
Sarah I. Breezley..Dau..3..IA

NOTE - Mary Breezley was Rebecca's mother, Mary Crowser. Her name is listed as "Breezley" because she had been remarried to John William Breezley, who was the father of Rebecca's husband, John D. Breezley. Technically this made the relationship of John D. Breezley to Mary Crowser as both a step-son and a son-in-law.

Rebecca next married Isaac Heistand Craig, son of Presley R. Craig and Elizabeth Heistand, on 22 February 1898 in Ames, Story, Iowa, United States.^{2 3 4} (Isaac Heistand Craig was born in August 1832 in Indiana, United States ^{2 3 4} and died on 9 July 1912 in Ames, Story, Iowa, United States.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1900 US Census, 9 June 1900, Washington Township, Story, Iowa, United States. ³ 1900 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 129, Dwelling 228, Family 243, Roll 460
Washington Township, Story County, Iowa
803 Clark Street; house rented
married 2 years
Isaac H. Craig..Head..Aug 1832..67..IN
Rebecca Craig..Wife..May 1847..53..IL..9/8
Rufus Breesly..SSon..Oct 1881..18..IA

2. 1910 US Census, 29 April 1910, Jackson Township, Boone, Iowa, United States. ⁴ 1910 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 18, Family 97, Roll 393
Jackson Township, Boone County, Iowa
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 12 years
Isaac H. Craig..Head..77..IN..Farmer
Rebecca E. Craig..Wife..63..IL..9/8

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Isaac H Craig
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 22 Feb 1898
Event Place: Ames, Story, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 66
Birth Year (Estimated): 1832
Father's Name: Presley R Craig
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Hirstand
Spouse's Name: Rebecca E Amspiger Breesley
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 51
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1847
Spouse's Father's Name: J Amspiger
Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Crowser

Citing this Record
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC4Q-3LR : 10 February 2018), Mary Crowser in entry for Isaac H Craig and Rebecca E Amspiger Breesley, 22 Feb 1898, Ames, Story, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,403,711.
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