Burr Leland Spencer ^{1 2 3 4}

  General Notes:

E-mail from Marjorie Tracy:
Burr Leland, died in a fall during construction from the Fort Reed Bridge, then connecting East Water Street with Route 17, in Elmira, New York.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He worked as a Construction Laborer. ⁵

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Elmira, NY on 11 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 464B, District 80, Family 437, Roll 817
Elmira, Chemung County, New York
1212 Hall(?) Street
Burr Spencer..Son..12..NY..At School

(Living with parents and paternal grandmother.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Binghampton, NY on 2 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 25, Family 69, Roll 1009
Binghampton, Broome County, New York
Married 8 years
16 Plarne(?) Street; home rented
Burr Spencer..Head..Dec 1863..36..OH..Tinner

(Living with wife, father-in-law, and step-daughter).

NOTE - If his birth date was 18 Dec 1867, then his age should have been 32 instead of 36.
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• He was buried after 16 July 1901 in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, NY.

Find A Grave Memorial #99834253.

Burr married Ida Failing, daughter of James F. Failing and Sarah, in 1892.¹ (Ida Failing was born in July 1853 in New York and died after 1 June 1900.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Binghampton, NY on 2 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 25, Family 69, Roll 1009
Binghampton, Broome County, New York
Married 8 years
16 Plarne(?) Street; home rented
Bur* Spencer..Head..Dec 1863..36..OH..Tinner
Ida Spencer..Wife..Jul 1853..46..NY..4/4..Laborer (Medicine)
James F. Failing..Father..Jun 1820..80..NY..married 51 years
Lugenia William..Daughter..Mar 1882..18..NY..Forelady (Factory)
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  Marriage Notes:

The 1900 US Census shows Burr and Ida living in Binghamton, NY but it is a little misleading.

It shows Ida's father, James F. Failing, living with them but he is marked as Father instead of Father-in-Law.

In addition, there is an 18 year old female named Lugenia William(s), born in New York, marked as Daughter. I suspect that this may have been a daughter born to Ida from her possible previous marriage. The 1892 New York State Census shows an Ida Williams living in Binghamton, NY close to Burr Spencer. Living with Ida were 4 children including one name Eugenia Williams.

Burr's birth date was entered as Dec 1863 instead of the expected Dec 1867. His birth location was also given as Ohio instead of New York.
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