Paulina Arnspiger ^{2 3 4 5}

   Other names for Paulina were Pauline Arnspenger ⁸ and Permina Arnspiger.⁹

  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1834 and a birth location of Kentucky.

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• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Township 8 Range 11, Jersey County, IL on 30 August 1850. ⁸

1850 US Census
Page 85, Family 118, Roll 111
Township 8 North, Range 11 West, Jersey County, Illinois
Paulina Arnspenger..18..KY
(Living with widowed step-mother.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 19 Sep 1832, then her age should have been 17 instead of 18.
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Jerseyville Precinct, Jersey County, IL on 14 June 1860. ⁹

1860 US Census
Page 2, Roll 188, Dwelling 13, Family 13
Jerseyville Precinct, Jersey County, Illinois
Permia Springate..26..KY
(Living with husband and 6 children, 3 step-children and 3 her own.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 19 Sep 1832, then her age should have been 27 instead of 26.
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Township 8 Range 11, Jersey County, IL on 2 September 1870. ¹⁰

1870 US Census
Page 13, Dwelling 82, Family 82
Township 8 Range 11, Jersey County, Illinois
Pauline Springate..37..KY
(Living with husband, 6 children and 1 niece.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Jersey Township, Jersey County, IL on 14 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 57A, District 96, Family 146, Roll 216
Jersey Township, Jersey County, Illinois
Paulina Springate..Head..47..Wd..KY..Keeping House
William S. Springate..Son..20..IL..Farm Laborer
Rollin A. Springate..Son..15..IL..At Home
Rhuhama Springate..Daughter..15..IL..At School
Oscar Springate..Son..10..IL..At Home

(Paulina was widowed and living with 4 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Vernon Township, Kay County, Oklahoma Territory on 19 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 101, Family 112, Roll 1338
Vernon Township, Kay County, Oklahoma Territory
farm owned, with mortgage
Palina Springgate..Mother..Sep 1832..67..KY..Widowed..7/6
(Widowed and living at the home of her son, Rollin, and brother, Andrew.)
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Paulina married Arthur M. Springgate, son of William Springgate and Dorcas Gritton, on 25 November 1852 in , Jersey County, IL.¹ (Arthur M. Springgate was born in December 1823 in , Mercer County, KY,^{3 9 11} died on 27 March 1880 in , Jersey County, IL ¹¹ and was buried after 27 March 1880 in , Jersey County, IL ¹¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Jerseyville Precinct, Jersey County, IL on 14 June 1860. ⁹

1860 US Census
Page 2, Roll 188, Dwelling 13, Family 13
Jerseyville Precinct, Jersey County, Illinois
A. M. Springate..36..KY..Farmer
Permia Springate..26..KY
Amanda Springate..13..IL (from previous wife)
Martha Springate..11..IL (from previous wife)
Ellen Springate..9..IL (from previous wife)
Monroe Springate..6..IL
Andrew Springate..3..IL
Wm Springate..10m..IL
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• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Township 8 Range 11, Jersey County, IL on 2 September 1870. ¹⁰

1870 US Census
Page 13, Dwelling 82, Family 82
Township 8 Range 11, Jersey County, Illinois
A. M. Springate..46..KY
Pauline Springate..37..KY
Monroe Springate..16..IL
Andrew Springate..13..IL
William S. Springate..11..IL
Rollin A. Springate..5..IL
Jerusha P. Springate..5..IL
Oscar O. Springate..1..IL
Malvina Arnspringer..16..IL
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  Marriage Notes:

After the death of Arthur in 1880, Paulina and her adult children eventually became separated with most of them moving westward or into the northwest territory of Oregon when gold and silver were discovered there. Paulina herself moved to Kay County, Oklahoma sometime between 1880 and 1900 where her niece Emily Jane Houser and husband James Atteberry had settled with their family. Accompanying Paulina were her older brother, Andrew Jackson Arnspiger, and her son, Rollin. Perhaps some of her other children may have helped her make the move but they moved on and only Rollin remained on the family farm in Oklahoma.

Her son, Andrew, ended up in Linn County, Oregon where he worked as a hostler (stable hand) in the city of Harrisburg. He married a Scottish gal that was born in California and they raised at least 3 children, all born in Oregon. Her son, William, remained back in Illinois where he became a carpenter, married and raised a family there. Her other son, Oscar, apparently was married at one point but he was listed as widowed in the 1900 census where he worked as a barber in a gold and silver miner's hotel in Grant County, Oregon. I have no information about her oldest son, Monroe, or her daughter Rhuhama. (Brian L. Lightfoot)
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