Individual Details

George W. SPINKS

(11 Apr 1852 - 11 Sep 1915)

Like his father, George W. Spinks didn't believe in revealing personal information to the government. The nine available census and marriage records offer eight different years of birth, spanning a range of 13 years. A short paper outlines the alternatives and selects April 11, 1852 as the most plausible date. Briefly, that choice rests on two observations: (1) the date is given in his death certificate; (2) the births of all of his siblings were recorded in the Middleburg, Loudoun, VA register, but his was not, and the register begins at 1853.

Throughout his life, he and his family lived in the area where Fauquier, Loudoun, and Prince William counties of Virginia are close together. Because he was a farm laborer, his family relocated among those counties.

He married twice, although in the second case, it appears that the ceremony occurred later than the actual fact. The first wife, Virginia "Jennie" Payne, produced six children, with four surviving. The second wife, Ida Bryant, produced nine children with seven surviving infancy.

He died on 11 Sep 1915 in Nokesville, Prince William, VA of heart disease. He was buried the next day at the cemetery of the Oakdale Baptist Church.

Events

Birth11 Apr 1852Middleburg, Loudoun, Virginia, United States
BirthMar 1855Fauquier, Virginia, United States
BirthAbt 1859Virginia, United States
Residence1860North East Revenue District, Fauquier, Virginia, United States
Birth1860Fauquier, Virginia, United States
BirthAbt 1860Fauquier, Virginia, United States
ResidenceJun 1860(in parents' household) - Thoroughfare, Prince William, Virginia, United States
BirthAbt 1862Virginia, United States
BirthAbt 1863Virginia, United States
Residence1870Age: 8; Census Post Office: Unison - Southern District, Loudoun, Virginia, United States
ResidenceJun 1870(in parent's household) - Southern District, Unison, Loudoun, Virginia, United States
ResidenceJun 1880(in parent's household) - Scott District, Fauquier, Virginia, United States
Marriage5 Jun 1881Fauquier, Virginia, United States - Virginia "Jennie" "Jennie" PAYNE
Residence (family)1883Cedar Hill, Fauquier, Virginia, United States - Virginia "Jennie" "Jennie" PAYNE
Occupation1883farmer
Residence (family)1884near New Baltimore, Fauquier, Virginia, United States - Virginia "Jennie" "Jennie" PAYNE
Occupation1884farm hand
Occupation1892laborer
Residence (family)1896Broad Run, Fauquier, Virginia, United States - Virginia "Jennie" "Jennie" PAYNE
Occupation1896farm hand
MarriageAbt 1898Ida BRYANT
Occupation1900farmer (rents)
Residence1900Cedar Run, Fauquier, Virginia, United States
Residence (family)1 Jun 1900Cedar Run, Fauquier, Virginia, United States - Ida BRYANT
Marriage31 Jul 1901Prince William, Virginia, United States - Ida BRYANT
Occupation1910laborer
Residence (family)15 Apr 1910Brentsville, Prince William, Virginia, United States - Ida BRYANT
Residence (family)1913Haymarket, Prince William, Virginia, United States - Ida BRYANT
Death11 Sep 1915Brentville, Prince William, Virginia, United States
Burial12 Sep 1915Oak Dale Baptist Church Cemetery, Nokesville, Fauquier, Virginia, United States
Alt nameGeorge F. SPINKS
Alt nameGeorge SPYNX
Alt nameGeorge SPINK
Alt nameGeorge Washington SPINKS
Alt nameGeorge W SPINKS
Alt nameGeorge F SPINKS
Alt nameGeo. F. SPINKS
-atDNA238
-atDNA158
-atDNAon Ancestry 9 segments totaling 149
-atDNAon Ancestry 3 segments totaling 28
-atDNAon Ancestry 10 segments totaling 157
-atDNAon Ancestry 5 segments totaling 68
-atDNAon Ancestry 5 segments totaling 39
-atDNA-shared(Ida BRYANT) on Ancestry 3 segments totaling 27 cm

Families

SpouseIda BRYANT (1876 - 1943)
ChildSarah Elizabeth SPINKS (1899 - )
ChildMadge Ella SPINKS (1902 - 1972)
ChildClayton Vernon SPINKS (1904 - 1948)
ChildAlma Louise SPINKS (1908 - 1973)
ChildEdna SPINKS (1909 - 1973)
Child(child of Ida Bryant) SPINKS (1910 - )
ChildDellarce "Della" SPINKS (1911 - 1985)
ChildJennie May SPINKS (1913 - 1913)
SpouseVirginia "Jennie" "Jennie" PAYNE (1860 - 1901)
ChildJohn Wesley SPINKS (1883 - 1940)
ChildMartha B SPINKS (1884 - )
ChildGeorge Washington SPINKS (1888 - 1958)
Child[Not Named] SPINKS (1892 - 1892)
ChildAnnie "Nannie V." SPINKS (1893 - 1952)
Child[Not named] SPINKS (1896 - 1896)
FatherCharles W. SPINKS (1815 - 1915)
MotherSarah A. "Martha" FARR (1824 - 1895)
SiblingJoseph H. SPINKS (1855 - 1941)
SiblingCharles William SPINKS (1854 - 1937)
SiblingMartha Thomas SPINKS (1865 - )

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