Emma Henry Kiel

Birth Name Emma Henry Kiel
Gender female
Age at Death 89 years, 5 months, 7 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth August 4, 1848 Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States   1a
Census (Daughter) July 31, 1860 Wilmore Borough, Summerhill Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States   2a
Event Note

1860 Census Wilmore Borough, Cambria, Pennsylvania, page 330, family 2503
July 31, 1860

Sarah Kiel, 55, PE: $250
Morris Kiel, 28, confectioner, PE: $200
Celianthus Kiel, 17, laborer
Elizabeth Kiel, 15, attended school
Emma Kiel, 11, attended school

all born in Pennsylvania

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXPJ-S4Z

Census August 31, 1870 Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States 1870 James S Clossin household 3
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1870 Census, 6th Ward, Altoona, Pennsylvania
page 1, family 3
31 Aug 1870

James S Clossin, 29, conductor on railway, a citizen
Cecelia, 27
Emma, 6,
William, 4
Keel, Emma, 21, at home
All born in Pennsylvania

"United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZLL-RJ1 : accessed 15 Mar 2014), James S Clossin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 1, family 3, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000552808.

Residence 1885 Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States 46th, n Maryland 4a
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1885 Pittsburgh City Directory
Spielman M L, pattern mkr, forty-sixth, n Maryland, 17th wd

Residence 1890 Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States Irwin alley, n Fortieth 4a
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In the 1890 City Directory of Pittsburgh, as transcribed at ancestry.com, there are four Spielmans listed including:
Emma Spielman notions 4007 Butler Irwin alley, n Fortieth

[The first location was her business, and the second was her home]

Census April 15, 1910 Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States 1910 Frederick Spielman household 5
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1910; Census Place: Pittsburgh Ward 9, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1302; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0385
at 169 Home St

Frederick N Spielman, 32, head, married 1x, born in Pennsylvania, parents also, clerk, steel ov [? not mill]
Emma M Spielman, 27, wife, married 1x, 6 children, none alive, born in Canada, father in Canada, mother in Pennsylvania, arrived 1908
Emma H Spielman, 61, mother, widowed, 6 children, 3 alive, born in Pennsylvania, father in Holland, mother in Pennsylvania
Sarah E Gibbons, 69, aunt, widowed, 7 children, none alive, born in Pennsylvania, father in Holland, mother in Pennsylvania

"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MGHX-193 : accessed 13 Mar 2014), Sarah E Gibbons in household of Frederick N Spielman, Pittsburgh Ward 9, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 385, sheet 16B, family 292, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1375315.

Death January 11, 1938 Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States   6
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Obituary of Emma Kiel Spielman
Pittsburgh Press, Jan 12, 1938
Emma Kiel Spielman
Mrs. Emma Kiel Spielman, mother of the late Frederick Spielman, died yesterday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Furniss of 1717 Chislett St. Mrs Spielman was 89 years old last August.
Born in Greensburg, Mrs. Spielman was the daughter of Sarah Kern and Henry Kiel and was the youngest and last surviving member of a famiy of ten children. She was a resident in Cambria County for 30 years. In 1875 Mrs. Spielman was married to Martin L. Spielman of Altoona and in 1879 they came to Pittsburgh to live.
Besides Mrs. Furniss, she is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Charles Putman [sic] of Pitcairn; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 P. m., Friday, in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Furniss.

[Note: Emma's daughter married a Mr. Putnam, not Putman.]
Transcribed from an image of the newspaper at:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19380112&id=fVIbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6ksEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2299,3850873

Burial January 14, 1938 Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States   7a
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Emma H Spielman
Jan 14, 1938
Allegheny Cemetery
Section 22, Lot 293

Event Note

Pittsburgh Post Gazette, January 12, 1938, page 22

Spielman--On Tuesday, January 11, 1938, at 8 am, Emma Kiel Spielman, mother of the late Rev Frederick Spielman, Mrs Harry Furniss of Pittsburgh, and Mrs Charles Putnam of Pitcairn, Pa. Funeral from the home of her daughter, Mrs Harry Furniss, 1717 Chslett street, East End, on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends invited.

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Henry G. KielApril 24, 1804February 14, 1848
Mother Sarah Kern1805between 1864 and 1867
    Sister     Margaret Elizabeth Kiel May 3, 1825 January 10, 1918
    Sister     Mary Ann Kiel July 29, 1828 January 19, 1915
    Brother     Jacob Steinbaugh Kern Kiel November 8, 1829 September 14, 1916
    Brother     Daniel Morris Kiel December 19, 1831 February 15, 1919
    Brother     Joseph White Kiel September 13, 1834 December 24, 1838
    Brother     John Henry Kiel January 7, 1838 December 31, 1838
    Sister     Sarah Eleanor Kiel February 22, 1840 September 1, 1919
    Sister     Celia Anthus Kiel April 26, 1843 January 6, 1929
    Sister     Elizabeth Extine Kiel March 2, 1845 August 23, 1931
         Emma Henry Kiel August 4, 1848 January 11, 1938

Families

Family of Martin Spielman and Emma Henry Kiel

Married Husband Martin Spielman ( b. 1853 d. December 14, 1889 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage April 27, 1875 Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States   6 8
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Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Altoona, First United Methodist Church, at ancestry.com

Marriage Date: 27 Apr 1875
Martin L Spielman, no occupation listed
Emma H Kiel
both of Altoona, PA
officiating minister: James Curns

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Three Other Children Spielman
Frederick N. SpielmanJune 21, 1877January 4, 1937
Celia Viola SpielmanSeptember 1879October 18, 1944
Maude SpielmanJuly 1882after 1938

Source References

  1. Family Bible of Henry and Sarah Kern Kiel
      • General:

        Family Bible of Henry and Sarah Kern Kiel. Middle name not on family record .

  2. 1860 United States Census
      • Page: Sarah Kiel, Wilmore Borough, Cambria, Pennsylvania, page 330, family 2503
  3. National Archives and Records Administration: 1870 United States Census
  4. City Directories
      • Page: 1927 Dayton City Directory, page 630, image 322
  5. 1910 United States Federal Census
  6. Pittsburgh Press Deaths
  7. findagrave.com
      • General:

        accessed Oct 2009.

  8. Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records