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 1849 - 1930 (81 years)
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| Name |
SPANG, Wilfred Frances |
| Born |
20 Jan 1849 |
New Haven, Connecticut, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
19 Nov 1930 |
New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Buried |
St. Lawrence Cemetery, West Haven, Connecticut. [1] |
| Person ID |
I386 |
Connecticut Spangs |
| Last Modified |
23 Jun 2015 |
| Father |
SPANG, Peter, b. 06 Nov 1826, Rheimlingen, Alsace, Lorraine, France , d. 30 Apr 1896, Buffalo, WY (Age 69 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
HUBBARD, Harriet Marie, b. 12 Feb 1824, Middletown, Conneticut , d. 30 Jul 1913, Buffalo, WY (Age 89 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Married |
09 Jan 1847 |
Christs Church, New Haven, Conneticut [2] |
| Notes |
- January 20, 1847 - The Constitution
MARRIAGES
In New Haven on the 9th inst. Mr. Peter Spang to Miss Harriet Hubbard.
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| Family ID |
F95 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 1 |
TICE, Annie R., b. 17 Oct 1854, Albany County, New York , d. Bef 1917, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age < 62 years) |
| Married |
24 Dec 1870 |
| Children |
| | 1. SPANG, Louis, b. died as baby- may be Lewis W. in BVS , d. 6/1/1873-6/24/1873 |
| | 2. SPANG, Mabel |
| | 3. SPANG, Ida, b. 31 Oct 1871, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| | 4. SPANG, Wilfred Francis, b. 14 Dec 1874, New Haven, Connecticut, USA , d. Abt 1920 (Age 45 years) |
| | 5. SPANG, Winslow Hubbard, b. 11 Apr 1882, New Haven, Connecticut, USA , d. 23 Apr 1950, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 68 years) |
| | 6. SPANG, Annie M., b. Jan 1885 |
| | 7. SPANG, Christina, b. Sep 1887 |
| | 8. SPANG, Normandine A., b. May 1890 |
| | 9. SPANG, Alfonse Dumont, b. 07 Sep 1892, Connecticut, USA , d. 21 Aug 1966, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 73 years) |
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| Last Modified |
23 Jun 2015 |
| Family ID |
F176 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 2 |
O'CONNOR, Elizabeth, b. Abt 1864, Irish Free State , d. 31 Mar 1936, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age ~ 72 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1917 [3] |
| Last Modified |
23 Jun 2015 |
| Family ID |
F177 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- 1880 census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Wilfred F. SPANG Self M Male W 30 CT Workman (Grilley Scrub Co.) CT CT
Anna R. S. SPANG Wife M Female W 26 NY Keeps House NJ NY
Ida M. SPANG Dau S Female W 8 CT At School CT NY
Wilfred F. SPANG Son S Male W 5 CT CT NY
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OBITUARY
CITY FIRE FIGHTER CLAIMED BY DEATH
City Register Service, New Haven, Connecticut
LONG ILLNESS PROVES FATAL TO CAPT. SPANG
Veteran City Fire Fighter to be laid to rest On Monday Morning.
Died 14 (or 18) November 1931
Born 20 January 1849
Connected with the New Haven Fire Department since 1868 when he became attached to the service
as a call man, with a salary amounting to $100 a year, Captain Wilfred F. Spang died at his home
in 422 Second Avenue, West Haven last night after an illness of 16 weeks.
Funeral services will be held from the parlors of M. F. Walker and Son, in 1201 Chapel Street, at
8:30 o?clock on Monday morning. A solemn requiem mass will be celebrated in St. Lawrence
Church at 9 o?clock. Burial will be in the family plot in St. Lawrence Cemetery.
Native of City
Captain Spang was born in this city in 1849 and then went with his family to California at the age
of five. While still a young man he returned to New Haven and found employment with Grilley
Screw Manufacturing Co., serving as call man with the Fire Department.
While serving as a call man, he was privileged to leave his work in the Grilley concern when ever
there was a fire. In the early days of his fire service apparatus was drawn by hand and not until 1875
did horse drawn apparatus make its first spectacular dash thru the city streets. When horse drawn
engines were first introduced, residents of the city were constantly fearful lest the high speeds result
in tragedy for firemen and pedestrians alike.
Captain Spang has often related interesting experiences of those early days of fire fighting to his
many acquaintances. It was a time when horses were left standing with harness in place over night
and boxes were used to stand on in order to facilitate the adjusting of the bridle. The whine of the
warning siren was unknown and the ringing of bells in the tower of the City Hall and in Goffe Street
gave notice that a fire had broken out.
He could recall famous conflagrations including the Sperry and Barnes fire in 1877; the Rubber Shop
fire in 1876; the fire at St. Patricks Church in 1875; the fire at Wooster Square in 1874; and the
Mendell and Freeman fire in 1920. Although he figured prominently in fighting many of these
blazes, he never was involved in a serious accident while on duty. His record with the department
is as follows: call man, August 4, 1868; resigned, January 1, 1871; call man, January 1, 1872;
fireman, November 12, 1882; permanent captain, August 2, 1892; transferred to various Companys
and finally retired on August 1,1922
Besides his widow, Elizabeth O?Connor Spang, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. F. Endress,
Mrs. J. Willon (?), Mrs. Palmer of Michigan; two sons, Winslow and Alfonzo Spang, and one sister,
Mrs. Bogue.
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| Sources |
- [S33] Catholic Cemetery Association of New Haven.
Lot 23, Avenue 12, Section F
- [S265] Vital Records of New Haven, p. 104.
Marriage Records 1835-1853
book located in Bangor Pulic Library
- [S256] U.S. Census - 1930.
Lapel, Madison County, Indiana; Sheet 9A, Stamped 86 [image 17/23]
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