Christian Wilhelm Spade Family



Christian Wilhelm Spade
(Photograph contributed by Colleen Brook Bard Duggan)

Born: December 14, 1860, York County, Pennsylvania

Died: November 27, 1940, Brush Creek Twp., Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Married: December 2, 1886; March 2, 1892; June 16, 1898

Anton Späth, Father

Rosina Dorothea Wolf, Mother



Harriet Frances Furney, st 1st Wife of Christian Wilhelm Spade (No children with Christian Wilhelm Spade)
(2005: We need a photograph! Please email txauthor@yahoo.com)

Born: September 30, 1865

Died: January 20, 1888

Jacob Furney, Father

Susan Furney, Mother



Lola May Hebner , 2nd wife of Christian Wilhelm Spade (Mother of Rosa, Harriet and Ernest, listed below)
(Photograph contributed by Colleen Brook Bard Duggan)

Born: May 4, 1876

Died: February 5, 1896 (Note: There is some uncertainty about her death date. The obituary of her husband, Christian Wilhelm Spade gives her death as February 5, 1896. Another source lists her death as occurring within two weeks of her son Ernest Wilhelm Spade's birth on January 24, 1897. Either this is correct, or we have the wrong birth date for Ernest Wilhelm Spade. In addition, the engraving on her gravestone lists her death as February 6, 1897.)

Married: March 2, 1892

Unknown, Father

Unknown, Mother



Margaret Ann "Maggie" Welch , 3rd wife of Christian Wilhelm Spade
(Mother of second 10 childen: Carrie, Joseph, Maude, Ross, Ruth, Verna, Edna, Gladys, Warren and Donald, listed below)

(Photograph contributed by Maxine Pearl "Max" Spade Barton and Colleen Brook Bard Duggan)

Born: September 04, 1876 Pennsylvania

Died: August 23, 1955 in Everett, Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Henry Welch, Father

Maria Mixell, Mother




Christian and Margaret "Maggie Welch Spade
(Photograph contributed by Colleen Brook Bard Duggan)




Their 13 Children

(3 with Lola, 10 with Margaret)



  • Rosa Dorothy Spade
    (Photograph contributed by Maxine Pearl "Max" Spade Barton)

Born: December 10, 1892 in Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Died: November 21, 1977

Married: December 14, 1914 in Cumberland, Maryland

Earl C. Young, Spouse



  • Harriet Frances Spade
    (Photograph contributed by Maxine Pearl "Max" Spade Barton)

Born: February 14, 1895 in Buck Valley, Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Died: February 13, 1971 in Everett, Pennsylvania

Married: July 24, 1942

William Andrew Riehl, Spouse

Wilber Scott Ritchey, Spouse



  • Ernest Wilhelm Spade
    (Photograph contributed by Maxine Pearl "Max" Spade Barton)

Born: January 24, 1897 in Emmaville, Pennsylvania

Died: October 31, 1973, Amboy, Illinois

Married: April 24, 1929

Amilia Klea Plume Liggett, Spouse



  • Carrie Etta Spade
    (Photograph contributed by Maxine Pearl "Max" Spade Barton)

Born: January 18, 1899 Brush Creek Twp., Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Died: March 10, 1978, Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Married: January 30, 1918

John Wilt, Spouse



  • Joseph Ralph Spade
    (Photograph contributed by Maxine Pearl "Max" Spade Barton)

Born: October 14, 1900, Brush Creek Twp., Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Died: November 15, 1994, Marion County, Arizona

Emma Lillian Harrison, Spouse



  • Maude Marie Spade >
    (Photograph contributed by Maxine Pearl "Max" Spade Barton)

Born: December 07, 1902, Brush Creek Twp., Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Died: December 14, 1996, Williamsport, Maryland

Married: April 20, 1921;January 20, 1927

William Clyde Hendershot, Spouse

Earl Mckinley Akers, 2nd Spouse



  • Ross Elton Spade
    (Photograph contributed by John William Wilhelm)

Born: July 15, 1904, Brush Creek Twp., Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Died: September 21, 1981, Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Married: October 22, 1930

Mary Jane Hess, Spouse



  • Ruth Maria Spade
    (Photograph contributed by Maxine Pearl "Max" Spade Barton)

Born: February 22, 1906, Brush Creek Twp., Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Died: November 12, 1998, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

Married: September 30, 1925; After 1961

Blair Reynolds Garlick, Spouse

Murray R. Bricker, 2nd Spouse



  • Verna Irene Spade
    (Photograph contributed by Maxine Pearl "Max" Spade Barton)

Born: February 23, 1909, Emmaville, Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Died: December 04, 1988, Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Married: June 1, 1928

Louis Hixson Wilt, Spouse



  • Edna Mary Spade
    (Photograph contributed by Maxine Pearl "Max" Spade Barton)

Born: January 03, 1911, Brush Creek Twp., Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Died: September 01, 1991, Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Married: October 3, 1969

James Walter Feight, Spouse

Harry Stamy, 2nd Spouse



  • Gladys Christabelle Spade
    (Photograph contributed by Harry A. Spade, Jr.)

Born: January 28, 1913 in Crystal Spring, Pennsylvania

Died: February 3, 2004, Crystal Spring, Pennsylvania

Married: February 8, 1936

Raymond K. Smith, Spouse



  • Warren Arthur Spade
    (Photograph contributed by Maxine Pearl "Max" Spade Barton)

Born: February 12, 1915 in Crystal Spring, Pennsylvania

Died: October 14, 2005

Married:April 11, 1936, Hagerstown, Maryland

Sarah Pearl Reel, Spouse



  • Donald Christian Spade
    (Photograph contributed by Maxine Pearl "Max" Spade Barton)

Born: July 13, 1920, Brush Creek Twp., Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Died: May 11, 1988, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

Married: June 13, 1948 in New York

Rachel Dewees Packer, Spouse




Graphical "Tree" of Christian "Christopher" Wilhelm and Lola May Hebner Spade and Margaret "Maggie" Ann Welch Spade's Family Tree with their 1st Generation Descendants


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