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Marie Caroline Teressa Spellman

Marie Caroline Teressa Spellman

Female 1833 - 1918  (85 years)

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  • Name Marie Caroline Teressa Spellman  [1
    Born 11 Aug 1833  Evangelisch, Bockhorst, Westfalen, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Census 18 Jul 1870  Bowling Green, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Census 1870

    Bowling Green, Chariton, Missouri, 18 Jul 1870, page 148, Keytesville, Mo. Post Office, dwelling 55, family 55

    Joseph Bittaker, 49 head. Caroline, wife 37. Children: William, son 16; Henry, son, 14; Lewis, son 12; Joish, son 8; Caroline, daughter 6; John, son 4; Rosa, daughter 3; Louisa, daughter 4 months. He was born in Switzerland, Caroline in Prussia, the children in Missouri. He is a farmer. Value of personal property is $400. William, Henry, and Lewis are attending school. Next door to Peter and Caroline Sleyster; Richard and Mary Feaker.  
    Age: 37 
    Census 17 Jun 1880  Grand River, Carroll, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Census 1880

    Grand River, Carroll, Missouri, District 158, page 24, SD 7, ED 158, 17 Jun 1880, dwelling 230, family 235

    Joseph Bittaker, head 58. Caroline, wife 47. Children: Louis Notting, 22 stepson; Gus Notting, 18 stepson; Caroline, daughter 16; John, son 14; Rosa, daughter 12; Louisa, daughter 10; Joseph, son 8. He is a farmer along with Louis; John is a laborer. Joseph was born in Switzerland; his father and mother in Switzerland. Caroline was born in Prusia as were her parents. All the children were born in Missouri. Caroline, John, Rosa, Louisa and Joseph are attending school. Next door to A. B. and Julia Brown; J.W. and Fannie A. Clevenger.  
    Age: 47 
    Census 22 Jun 1900  Smith, Carroll, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Census 1900

    Missouri, Carroll, Smith Township, 22 Jun 1900, SD 2, ED 7, sheet 2B, dwelling 32, family 32

    Joseph Bithkers, head 80 (Jan 182). Carrie, wife 66 (Jul 1833). They have been married for 38 years; 9 children born, 8 living. He immigrated to US in 1852; 48 years in the US. He is a laborer; owns home free of mortgage. Both can read and write. Both were born in Germany as were their parents. Next door to Charles and Martha Smith.  
    Age: 66 
    Census 1910  Brunswick Township, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Census 1910

    Missouri, Chariton, Brunswick, 16 Apr 1910, SD 2, ED 28, sheet 1B, dwelling 18, Family 19

    D.H. Bittiker, head 38. Era N., wife 28. They have been married for 5 years; second marriage for him, first for her. Four children born; four living. Children: Freddie, son 14; Helen, daughter 10; Floyd, son 2; Cora, daughter 1 yr 4 mos. Also living with them is his mother, Carolina, 76, a widow. They are renting a home; he is employed in general merchandise store, working on his own account. Both Freddie and Helen are attending school. All can read and write except for the two youngest children. J.H. was born in Missouri; his parents in Germany. Era and her parents were born in Missouri. Carolina and her parents were born in Germany. The children were born in Missouri.

    Note: Wife's name is illegible on written census document and may be Cora or Ora. Son's initials transcribed as D.H.; reads J.H. on transcript.  
    Age: 76 
    Died 16 Oct 1918  Mendon, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    • Mrs. Caroline Bittiker, known to her many friends as "Grandma" Bittiker, passed away Wednesday, October 16, 1918, at the home of her son, Joseph Bittiker, at Mendon, death resulting from troubles incident to extreme age.

      Caroline Spellman was born in Minden, Germany, July 31, 1833, and at the time of her death was aged 85 years, two months, and 16 days. She came to this country in the autumn of 1852, and a short time later was united in marriage to Henry Nolting, to which union five children were born, namely, William, Henry, Louis and Gus Nolting, and one boy who died in infancy.

      Following the death of her first husband, she was married a second time, May 2, 1862, to Joseph Bittiker, who preceded her to the grave December 21st, 1907.

      Five children were born of this union, namely,
      Mrs. James Goodbar and John Bittiker of Carroll County,; Mrs. John Goodbar of Excelsior Springs, Mr. J. H. Bittiker of Mendon, Mo., and Mrs. Wm. Hook, who died a number of years age. She leaves thirty grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren.

      Funeral services: Thursday morning, 10 o'clock at the Christian Church, Mendon.
      Burial: DeWitt Cemetery (Evergreen). [9]
    Death Certificate 17 Oct 1918  Mendon, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death Certificate 32241

    Carolina Teressa Bitticker, born 31 Jul 1833 in (unknown); died 16 Oct 1918 in Mendon, Chariton County, Missouri. Widowed at time of death. Birth place and name of parents are unknown. J.H. Bitticker, Mendon, Missouri, informant. 
    Age: 85 
    Cause: Senile debility, valvula deficiency 
    Death Certificate for Carolina Teressa Bitticker, 1833-1918, Mendon, Chariton, Missouri
    Death Certificate for Carolina Teressa Bitticker, 1833-1918, Mendon, Chariton, Missouri
    Buried 17 Oct 1918  Evergreen Cemetery, De Witt, Carroll, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 10
    • Per the Cemetery Records of Carroll County, Missouri Volume III

      Name: Caroline Bittiker
      Birth Date: 1833
      Death Date: 1918
      Cemetery: Dewitt Cemetery
      Description: Located at Dewitt, Carroll County, Missouri.

      Also buried in the same cemetery are:
      Name: Joseph Bittiker
      Birth Date: 13 Jan 1817
      Death Date: 31 Dec 1907

      Name: John Bittiker
      Birth Date: 1866
      Death Date: 1951

      Name: Emma Bittiker
      Birth Date: 1872
      Death Date: 1960

      Name: James B. Bittiker
      Birth Date: 15 Jan 1896
      Death Date: 12 Aug 1956

      Name: Lyndall Bittiker
      Death Date: 18 Apr 1897

      Name: Dona Bittiker, wife of C.J.
      Birth Date: 28 Dec 1898
      Death Date: 25 Sep 1929

      Name: Ernest A. Bittiker
      Birth Date: 14 Dec 1903
      Death Date: 26 Feb 1956

      Name: Corinne M. Bittiker
      Birth Date: 03 Jul 1908

      Name: James B. Bittiker
      Birth Date: 7 Feb 1918
      Death Date: 10 Aug 1952

      Name: Helen Lucille Bittiker
      Birth Date: 13 Jun 1919
      Death Date: 10 Aug 1952

      Name: Barbara Jeane Bittiker
      Birth Date: 22 Oct 1939
      Death Date: 10 Aug 1952
    Marie Caroline Spellman Bittiker (1833 - 1918) - Find A Grave Memorial
    Marie Caroline Spellman Bittiker (1833 - 1918) - Find A Grave Memorial
    Notes 
    • Mrs. Caroline Bittiker, known to her many friends as "Grandma" Bittiker, passed away Wednesday, October 16, 1918, at the home of her son, Joseph Bittiker, at Mendon, death resulting from troubles incident to extreme age.

      Caroline Spellman was born in Minden, Germany, July 31, 1833, and at the time of her death was aged 85 years, two months, and 16 days. She came to this country in the autumn of 1852, and a short time later was united in marriage to Henry Nolting, to which union five children were born, namely, William, Henry, Louis and Gus Nolting, and one boy who died in infancy.

      Following the death of her first husband, she was married a second tine, May 2, 1862, to Joseph Bittiker, who preceded her to the grave December 21st, 1907.

      Five children were born of this union, namely,
      Mrs. James Goodbar and John Bittiker of Carroll County,; Mrs. John Goodbar of Excelsior Springs, Mr. J. H. Bittiker of Mendon, Mo., and Mrs. Wm. Hook, who died a number of years age. She leaves thirty grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren.

      Funeral services: Thursday morning, 10 o'clock at the Christian Church, Mendon. Burial: DeWitt Cemetery (Evergreen). [2]
    Person ID I4078  clanSoren
    Last Modified 10 Dec 2019 

    Family 1 Henrick Mathias Nolting,   b. 11 Nov 1825, Bockhorst Dreis Halle, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1861, DeWitt, Carroll, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years) 
    Children 
     01. William Henry Nolting,   b. 24 Feb 1854, Keytesville, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1927, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     02. Henry Nolting,   b. Abt 1856, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     03. Louis Nolting,   b. 8 Mar 1858, Keytesville, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1939, Brunswick Township, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     04. Gus Nolting,   b. 18 Feb 1862, Brunswick Township, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1919, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
    Last Modified 24 Oct 2014 
    Family ID F1735  Group Sheet

    Family 2 Joseph (or John) Bittiker (Bittaker) Married: 2x2x ,   b. 13 Jan 1817, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1907, Carroll County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 2 May 1862  [2
    Children 
     01. Joish Bittaker,   b. Abt 1864, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Married: 1x02. Caroline Bittiker (Bittaker),   b. 27 Feb 1864, Chariton County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1924, Brunswick Township, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
    +03. John Bittiker (Bittaker),   b. 19 Jan 1866, Macon County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1951, Mendon, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    Married: 1x04. Rosa Bittiker (Bittaker),   b. 7 Oct 1868, De Witt, Carroll, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1959, Excelsior Springs, Clay, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    Married: 1x05. Louisa Bittiker (Bittaker),   b. 3 Jan 1870, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Aug 1891  (Age 21 years)
    +06. Joseph H. Bittiker (Bittaker) Married: 2x2x ,   b. 12 Feb 1872, Carroll County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1955, Marceline, Linn, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2009 
    Family ID F1419  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
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      Name: Marie Caroline Spellmann
      Gender: Female
      Baptism Date: 11 Aug 1833
      Baptism Place: Evangelisch, Bockhorst, Westfalen, Prussia
      Father: Henrich Wilhelm Spellmann
      Mother: Marie Catrine Hobelmann

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