Sprankle Snyder, Elizabeth Allen, Martha Christina Sabin, Elizabeth Kyler, Lydia Wyne, and children

Sprankle Snyder was born 1831 in Ohio to Samuel Benton Snyder and Elizabeth Sprankle. He married four times during the course of his life. This gets confusing as some people know about two or maybe three of his marriages and, oddly, vice versa.

What may not help, with the confusion, is The Ziegler Family Record, in 1906, listed him as "a Mr. Snyder of California" and then in family trees, for his fourth marriage, mispelt(?) as Spangle, Sprangle, or Spangler - as exampled in the 1990 edition of The Ziegler Family Record by Floyd R. Mason. In contrast when it comes to Ohio, Missouri, and Nebraska biographical sketches, shared about his parents or other family members, plus in a news clippings about one of his marriages, on census reports, and voter registration his first name was spelt Sprankle. I will be using the spelling of Sprankle since that, from his own hand or side, is what appears most often in the paper trail, while saying that if you happen to be researching this gentleman 0 then know in advance to try the variety of spellings shared for his first name.

Elizabeth Allen (Aug 1821), daughter of Rial Easter Allen (1791-1865) and Margaret Moore Evins (1784-1843), became Sprankle Snyder's first wife. She was ten years older than him at the time of their 1853 marriage in Missouri. This confuses people at first, thinking the bride's birth year is wrong, but it has been verified that the birth years are correct. Elizabeth passed away in Aug 1872. There were no children.

In April of 1875 Sprankle Snyder married Martha Christina Sabin (1844 - Ohio) in Andrew County, Missouri. Christina passed away June 3, 1883 in Longmount, Bloulder County, Colorado. No children from this marriage.

July 4, 1883 Sprankle Snyder married Elizabeth (Lizzie) Keyler (Kyler) in Andrew County, Missouri. From this marriage there were three sons: Lee Roy (1884 Missouri), Samuel C. (1886 Missouri), and Myrl Bird (1887 Missouri). Some sources have Lizzie Kyler passing away in 1910 but may have been 1888-1889 when Sprankle became a widower for a third time.

Sprankle Snyder shows up Piatt County, Illinois marriage records when he marries Lydia Wyne in Dec 1889. Lydia was the daughter of John C. Wyne and Elizabeth Ziegler who had moved from Rockingham County, Virginia to Cerro Gordo, Piatt County, Illinois with some of their other children. This was Lydia Wyne's first marriage.

Sprankle and Lydia, and Sprankle's sons, show up in 1900 US Census living in Los Angeles County, California. Sprankle was a fruit farmer. He passed away before the 1910 US Census as Lydia is listed as Head of Household. Sprankle's sons do not appear within the household but Ruth Frances (1898 California), Edna (1902 Missouri), and Elsie (1898 USA) are listed as Adopted Daughters and all three have the last name of Snyder. These three girls do not appear in the 1920 Los Angeles County, California US Censusl Lydia is listed Head of Household with another adopted daughter, Catherine Snyder (1911 California). In 1930 US Census Lydia Wyne Snyder is still in Los Angeles County, California and has two lodgers listed living in her household. Lydia Snyder passed away October 20, 1935.

Sprankle Snyder and Lydia Wyne are listed as the parents of Ruth Frances Snyder when she marries George D. Martin (1888) in September 1913.

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Lee Roy Snyder immigrated to British Columbia, Canada in 1906. He passed away April 30 1957 from an accidental poisoning. Lee Roy married Flora McKeeknie according to his death certificate. Uncertain on if they had any children.

Samuel C. Snyder appears in 1910 US Census as to residing in Redlands, San Bernadino County, California. In 1920 he appears back in Los Angeles County, California with his wife, Laura E., and her brother, Forrest Edwards. Samuel and Laura Snyder are still in Los Angeles County, California when the 1930 US Census was taken. It does not appear that Samuel C. Snyder had children.

Myrl Bird Snyder tried to get himself exempted from the Ventura, California draft for World War I claiming poor eyesight and "slightly nervousness". In 1917 he is a private in Company H 103rd Infantry in Venture, California and was discharged March 10 1918. In 1926 Myrl is in Sawtelle, California where he is in a hospital for soldiers. He passed Aug 13 1948 and is buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery. It appears that Myrl Bird Snyder never married.

Mearl Wyne and Paul Oscar Walter Kreuzer

Mearl Joy Wyne first appears in the 1920 US Census report for John C. Wyne and Eliza C. Wampler. I derived her middle name and the following information through death and birth records found on FamilySearch.org, along with their memorial pages found on FindAGrave.com, for her and her family.

She was born Jan 29 1903 in Lexington, Texas and passed away, November 23 1995. Mearl Joy Wyne Kreuzer is buried in Manvel, Brazoria County, Texas. Mearl married Paul Oscar Walter Kreuzer, son of Richard Fredrich and Anna Tiele Schumacher. He was born Aug 2 1902 in South Dakota and passed away June 19 1975. Paule Oscar Walter Kreuzer is buried in Manvel, Brazoria County, Texas.

Paul Oscar Walter Kreuzer and Mearl Joy Wyne Kreuzer had three children according to my research:

Paul Oscar Walter Kreuzer in 1925, married Edith Louise Lilley (?-1960) and had three children. Edith Louise Lilley Kreuzer is buried in Manvel, Brazoria County, Texas. Paul Oscar Walter Kreuzer Jr. married two or more more times but no children from those later unions. At this point all three children from Paul Oscar Walter Kreuzer and Edith Lilley Kreuzer are not deceased.

Eleanor Ruth Kreuzer was born May 30 1926 and passed away March 18 1991. Eleanor Ruth Kreuzer Bullard is buried in Manvel, Brazoria County, Texas. Ruth married Johnny Lee Bullard on February 25 1946. He was born January 1923 and passed away in 1998. He is buried in Manvel, Brazoria County, Texas. Eleanor Ruth Kreuzer Bullard and Johnny Lee Bullard had two children according to my research:

Murrell Joy Bullard was born June 19 1947 and passed away August 15 1989. Murrell Joy Bullard Spradlin is buried in Manvel, Brazoria County, Texas. Joy married Marvin Roy Spradlin June 3 1971 and they were divorced in 1979. They had one child who is still living.

The other child, of Johnny Lee Bullard and Eleanor Ruth Kreuzer Bullard is still alive.

George D. Kreuzer was born July 1 1931 and passed away September 16 2005. He is buried in Manvel, Brazoria County, Texas. He married 1953 in Los Angeles County, California; his spouse is still living. They had two children that are also still living.

Children of Joseph Wampler Lydia Zigler

Following is the information, about Joseph Wampler and Lydia Zigler's children, on the Wampler/Wampfler Database site:

[hp5-66] Rebecca S, WAMPLER

b. 25Oct1864
d. 18Feb1952
m. J Frank HOLSINGER (-1942)
ch. Earl C
l. [he1-2]Hans->[hp2-9]John->[hp3-10]John->[hp4-21]Joseph=>

[hp5-137] John C, WAMPLER
b. 18Oct1857
m. Minnie MINNICK (1857-)
l. [he1-2]Hans->[hp2-9]John->[hp3-10]John->[hp4-21]Joseph=>

[hp5-138] Eliza C, WAMPLER
b. 18Feb1862
m. J C WINE (1865-)
l. [he1-2]Hans->[hp2-9]John->[hp3-10]John->[hp4-21]Joseph=>

[hp5-139] J. William, WAMPLER
b. 30Dec1871
m. Violette IKENBERRY (1874-), 1897?
ch. 12 children
l. [he1-2]Hans->[hp2-9]John->[hp3-10]John->[hp4-21]Joseph=>

[hp5-140] George Samuel, WAMPLER
b. 23Nov1874
m. Frances GETTINGER (1882-)
l. [he1-2]Hans->[hp2-9]John->[hp3-10]John->[hp4-21]Joseph=>

In a prior posting I shared updated information in relation to Eliza C. Wampler and J(ohn) C. Wine/Wyne. So,thanks to records located on FamilySearch.org, we have their marriage date, at least 3 US Census reports, and the couple's death dates/certificates information. Also that the couple, between 1910 and 1920, adopted three girls.

George Samuel Wampler married Frances Gettinger Wampler in Indiana and had at least one child: Phillip Ward Wampler (1909-1958). He married Cleo Leanna Cline in Ohio. According to The Ziegler Family Record G. Samuel Wampler graduated May 1903 from the Dental Collegiate University in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Rebecca S. Wampler married James Frank Holsinger in Virginia. Their son, mentioned above within the database information, is Earl Chester Holsinger who married Lorraine Alshire. They had a son in 1927 named James Reuben Holsinger.

J. William Wampler married Violette (Violetta) Ikenberry (Eikenberry).

John C. Wampler married Mary E. Minnick (Minnich) in Virginia. They had four children before they moved to Platt County, Illinois in 1894. Those children were Edgar A., Arthur S., Emma S., and Lewis P. Wampler. So, according to the information shared on the Wampler/Wampfler database, they had eight more children after leaving Virginia.

I've come across some family trees sharing a Mary Wampler as a child of Joseph Wampler and Lydia Zigler Wampler. Mary Wampler is not mentioned at all in The Ziegler Family Record - which has mentioned or listed other children that died young or as an infant.

Eliza C. Wampler and John C. Wyne

Here I go using an obituary notice as a jumping off point. A line in Lydia Zigler Wampler's obituary caught my eye and that is of her and Joseph Wampler's daughter, Eliza C. Wampler ... listed as Mrs. Eliza C. Wampler.

MRS. JOSEPH WAMPLER DIES

Aged Widow Stricken With Heart Failure at Home Near Timberville.

Mrs. Lydia Wampler, widow of Joseph Wampler, died suddenly yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at the home of her son-in-law, Frank B. Holsinger, near Timberville. Death resulted from heart failure.

Mrs. Wampler was a daughter of the late John Zigler. She was one of a family of thirteen children. Her birth date was April 26, 1831, her age, therefore being eighty-five years, eight months and five days. Mrs. Wampler had long been a member of the Church of the Brethren, and was a woman of high Christian character. Mr. Wampler died April 9, 1890.

Surviving Mrs. Wampler are five children. Mrs. Frank B. Holsinger, of near Timberville; Mrs. Eliza Wampler, of Missouri City, Texas; John C., J. William and Samuel, all of whom live in the West. She also leave one brother, Daniel Zigler; of Timbervllle.

The funeral, party will leave the home of Mr. Holsinger at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Services will take place at the Linville Creek Church of the Brethren at 11 o'clock and will be conducted by Rev. J. Carson Miller. Interment will be in the Linville Creek Cemetery.

Source: Harrison VA Daily News-Record - Jan 2 1917

Thinking this was yet another distant cousin who, in the past, married a cousin with the same surname. I was curious about which cousin. After all, by this time, a few Wampler descendants had taken up residence in Texas by this point in time. However, although Eliza did marry a cousin, this was apparently misinformation shared in Lydia Zigler Wampler's obit as Eliza C. Wampler's married name, at the time of her mother's passing, was not Wampler.

Eliza C. Wampler married John C. Wyne, son of John Wyne and Elizabeth Zigler, on December 24 1889. Elizabeth Zigler Wyne was Lydia Zigler Wampler's sister. The Wampler/Wampfler Database site and a publication, ("The Ziegler Family Record: A Complete Record of the Ziegler Family from Our Ancestor, Philip Ziegler, Born in Bern, Switzerland, in 1734, Down to the Seventh and Eighth Generations; Including Also Those who are Directly Descended from the Family as Far as Data Could be Obtained" by Jesse Ziegler, Daniel P. Ziegler in 1906), the Wyne surname was spelt as Wine ... therefore by many other family trees shared online.

[hp5-138]   Eliza C, WAMPLER
  b. 18Feb1862
  m. J C WINE (1865-)
  l. [he1-2]Hans->[hp2-9]John->[hp3-10]John->[hp4-21]Joseph=>

I am using the spelling used 1910 and after as shared on John C. Wyne and Eliza C. Wampler's US census reports and their Texas death certificates.

According to John C. Wyne's Texas death certificate he was born November 19 1865 in Virginia to John Wyne and Elizabeth Zigler. He passed away in Houston, Harris County, Texas on January 19 1941. Burial in South Park Cemetery. Information provided by Mrs. Winnie Lee Collins.

According to Eliza C. Wampler Wyne's Texas death certificate she was born February 18 1862 in Virginia to John Wampler and Lydia Zigler. She passed away in Houston, Harris County, Texas on January 6 1944. Burial in South Park Cemetery. Information provided by Mrs. W. E. Lemmon.

According to Eliza C. Wampler and John C. Wyne's 1910 US Census, only they and a servant lived in the household. Things changed by the time of the 1920 US Census as the servant is not listed in the household but three children, stated as adopted daughters: Winnie Lee Wyne(24), Cora Wyne,(16) and Mearle Wyne (14). In the 1930 US Census only Winnie Lee is listed out of the three girls as still residing within the household of John C. Wyne and Eliza C. Wampler Wyne. These are the only US Census reports I have come across, so far, for this couple.