Source Citations for Mary Ann Spear

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Source Citations

family-bible-register-joseph-and-sarah-spear: Family register pages for Joseph and Sarah Spear family bible, unknown location; privately held

marriage-webber-spears-1857: Marriage affidavit and return for James Webber, Jr. and Mary Spears (1857); Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 1 Mar 2024), “⟩ Noble ⟩ 1851 - 1871”, image 139, page 276, entry 1; citing “Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages; Various Ohio County Courthouses” [This is a filled-in form record. A handwritten record is also available in the same database, path “⟩ Noble ⟩ 1852 – 1892”, image 130, left side, entry 1, but is poorly photographed and difficult to read. After some image manipulation, some text can be equated to the form.]

Source Reference Details

Name Details

family-bible-register-joseph-and-sarah-spear:

Reference Detail: Births register page

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Mary Ann Spear).

marriage-webber-spears-1857:

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Mary ⟨spelling⟩). See research notes for spelling details.

Birth Details

family-bible-register-joseph-and-sarah-spear:

Reference Detail: Births register page

Comment Detail: Source includes date (Feb. 15 1831) and location (Ohio). The source also adds Noble County to the location, but that county did not exist until 11 Mar 1851, suggesting the register entry was added after that date. Otherwise they would have used the name of one of the counties that gave parts to the new Noble County.

Father Details

family-bible-register-joseph-and-sarah-spear:

Reference Detail: Births register page

Comment Detail: Source identifies Mary Ann Spear as a child of Joseph Spear.

Mother Details

family-bible-register-joseph-and-sarah-spear:

Reference Detail: Births register page

Comment Detail: Source identifies Mary Ann Spear as a child of Sarah Hinton.

Marriage Details

marriage-webber-spears-1857:

Comment Detail: Source includes date (31 day of December A.D. 1857) and location (State of Ohio, Noble County [, USA]).

Research Notes Details

marriage-webber-spears-1857:

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