This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Spikre, Spiker, Kelly, Hopper Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fh.2ADI/5827.1.1 Message Board Post: This is what I sent. It is a bit long. That is why I sent it privately. This is from the Illinois Statewide Marriage index. SPIKER, NOAH HOPPER, ALICE 02/21/1881 0OF/0104 00000709 GREENE Then here is the death index for him. J SPIKER 17 Dec 1887 Sep 1967 90262 (Lynwood, Los Angeles, CA) (none specified) 545-44-8798 California I found him in the 1910 census. 1910 US census NE Douglas county 4-WD Omaha Spikre, Jesse C Boarder M W 22 M1 2 Illinois Indiana Tennessee English Agent Land Purchasing , Edna L Boarder F W 20 M1 2 1,1 IL IL Missouri English None , Betty L Boarder F W 5/12 S Tennessee IL IL Then I found their daughter in 1920, not living with the family. 1920 US census CA, Los Angeles county, Los Angeles Heinsaker, Alonzo O Head R M W 46 M IL IL IL Broker Office , Ethel Wife F W 40 M IL IL Missouri none , Hoodie? Lou Daughter F W 11 S Missouri IL IL none Kelly, James L Father in law M W 85 M IL TN KY none , Lou Mother in law F W 70 M MO KY VA none Spikre, Betty Lee niece F W 10 S TN USA Carolina none I am trying to figure how she is related as a niece even though Ethel is a Kelly by the IL (I just looked at your post again. Betty’s mother is a Kelly) Statewide marriage index. HUNSAKER, A O KELLY, ETHEL 12/21/1897 A /157 11157 MONTGOMERY Here is where I found Jesse in 1920. Fred is his brother, born about 1890. 1920 US census CA, Los Angeles county, Los Angeles Spikre, Fred head M W 30 M IL IN IL Salesman Broker , Cathryn Wif F W 28 M WI WI England none , Frederick Jr. son M W 3&6/12 S WI IL WI , Cathryn Ann daughter F w 1&6/12 S WI IL WI , Alice Lee mother F W 54 Wd IL IL TN , Jesse C Brother M W 32 S IL IN IL Salesman Tire Concern? 1900 US census MO St. Louis County 10-WD St. Louis There are pages of persons listed as “inmate” at a place called “St. Louis House of Refuge” There were two named Spikre there. Could they be related? Spikre, William F Inmate W M Oct 1885 14 S IL IL IL Spikre, Louis Inmate W M Oct 1887 12 S IL IL IL 1910 US census IL Sangamon county, 3-WD Springfield Spikre, William Head M W 24 M1 1 IL (parents place of birth not known, think IL) , Mimi K Wife F W 21 M1 1,1 IL Germany Germany , Floyd Son M W 2/12 S IL IL IL 1920 US census IL Sangamon Springfield, capital TWP Spikre, Wm head M W 34 M IL IL IL Baker Bakery , Minnie Wife F W 30 M IL Germany Germany , Floyd Son M W 10 S IL IL IL , Evelyn Mae Daughter F W 5/12 S IL IL IL 1870 IN Lagrange Newbury TWP Yoder, John C 48 M W Farmer PA , Catherine 57 F W PA , Levi 18 M W Farm Laborer IN , Lydia 16 F W IN , Catharine 14 F W IN , Sarah 12 F W IN , John 9 M W IN Tici, Judith 24 F W At Home IN Spiker, Noah 12 M W Farm Laborer OH -------Remember that a Noah Spiker married Alice Hopper. 1880 US census Berlin, Holmes, Ohio Levi Miller self M Male W 34 OH Farmer PA PA Susan Miller Wife M Female W 34 OH Keeping house PA Prussia Catharine E Miller dau S Female W 7 OH OH Sarah A Miller Dau S Female W 6 OH OH OH Martin Miller Son S Male W 3 OH OH OH Frank Miller Son S Male W 1 OH OH OH Barbara Yoder Other S Female W 23 OH Domestic Servant OH OH Noah Speicher other Male W 23 OH Works on farm OH OH And two door down John Yoder Self M Male W 58 OH Farmer PA PA Susan Yoder Wife M female W 53 OH Keeping house PA PA Elisabeth Yoder Dau s Female W 29 OH OH OH Mary Yoder Dau S Female W 21 OH OH OH Jacob Yoder Son S Male W 21 OH OH OH John Yoder Son S Male W 18 OH OH OH Christina Yoder dau Female W 15 OH OH OH Then I looked for an Alice Hopper in 1880 census born in IL There were 5. this one was the right age. 1880 Roodhouse, Greene county, IL David Kirkland Self M Male W 53 SCOT Hotel Proprieter Scot Scot Nancy “ Wife M Female W 39 MA IRE IRE Robert “ Son S Male W 16 IL Scot MA Isabelle “ Dau S Female W 7 IL Scot MA John D Kirkland Son S Male W 5 IL Scot MA John Dacy other M Male W 27 Il Hotel Clerk Ire Ire Mary M. Dacy Other M Female W 25 Il IL IL Ada Dacy Other S female W 1 IL IL IL Annorah Dacy Other W Female W 77 IRE IRE IRE William Clinger Other M Male W 28 PA RR Brakeman PA PA James Brown other S Male W 28 IRE Locomotive Engineer IRE IRE William Larramore Other S Male W 26 IL RR Brake man MD MD Samuel Osburn Other Male W 30 IL William Donley other S Male W 20 IL IRE IRE James Donley Othe S Male W 18 IL IRE IRE Richard O. Baldwin Other S male W 20 IL Locomotive fireman OH OH John Kinsley Other S Male w 39 VA IRE IRE Michael Finan other s Male W 51 IRE laborer IRE IRE Henry G Post Other Male W 22 IL RR brakeman NY CT Clark Smith Other S Male W 35 IL Cook IL IL Alice Hopper Other S Female W 15 IL Servant IL IL ------------- Remember that they married in 1881. In Greene County. 1880 census Irving, Montgomery, IL James M. Kelly self M Male W 46 IL Farmer - - Lue M. Kelly Wife M Female W 31 MO keeping house KY KY Benjamin Kelly Son Male W 19 IL works on farm IL MO Louisa J Kelly Dau S Female 17 IL At home IL MO Dorcas Kelly dau Female W 15 IL At home IL MO John A Kelly Son S Male W 12 IL At home IL MO Nellie L Kelly dau S Female W 10 IL IL MO Edith M. Kelly dau S Female W 2 IL IL MO Ethel R. Kelly dau S Female W 11M IL IL MO These are neighbors in 1860 IL, Henderson county Terre Haute Wm Spiker 32 W Farmer OH Caroline “ 28 F NY Matilda “ 8 IL Isaac “ 6 M IL Oscar “ 4 M IL Sylvia “ 2 F IL John W. Hopper 38 M Farmer Maryland Elizabeth “ 30 F OH Malida? E 12 F OH Sarah T “ 9 F OH Mary E “ 6 F OH George W “ 3 M OH William T “ 6/12 M IL -Cyndi