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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Andrew Jespersen was born in Denmark.

    Family/Spouse: Theodora Emily ?. Theodora was born in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Jensina P Jesperson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 07 Feb 1873 in Aarhus, Denmark; died on 07 Oct 1948 in Racine, Wisconsin; was buried in 1948 in Graceland Cemetery, Racine, Wisconsin.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jensina P JespersonJensina P Jesperson Descendancy chart to this point (1.Andrew1) was born on 07 Feb 1873 in Aarhus, Denmark; died on 07 Oct 1948 in Racine, Wisconsin; was buried in 1948 in Graceland Cemetery, Racine, Wisconsin.

    Jensina married Jacob Eppler on 12 Jul 1890 in Pentwater Michigan. Jacob (son of ? Eppler and ?) was born on 31 Jan 1868 in Denmark; died on 27 Jul 1938 in Racine, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Andrew Alexander Eppler  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Jun 1891 in Michigan; died on 13 May 1980 in Travers City, Michigan.
    2. 4. Frederick Valentine Eppler  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Dec 1892 in Michigan; died on 13 March 1961.
    3. 5. Emily Eppler  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Pentwater Michigan.
    4. 6. Florence Annette Eppler  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Feb 1896 in Flint, Michigan; died on 01 Aug 1980 in Colby, Thomas County, Kansas; was buried in Aug 1980 in Brewster Cemetery, Brewster, Thomas County, Kansas.
    5. 7. Carl Conrad Eppler  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Feb 1899 in Michigan; died on 09 May 1972; was buried in May 1972 in West Lawn Cemetery, Racine, Wisconsin.
    6. 8. James Thorwald Eppler  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Oct 1902 in Michigan; died on 30 April 1980 in Amsberg Marinette, Wisconsin.
    7. 9. Harold Thorwald Eppler  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Oct 1905 in Racine, Wisconsin; died on 14 Oct 1964; was buried in Oct 1964 in West Lawn Cemetery, Racine, Wisconsin.
    8. 10. Margaret Eppler  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1906 in Racine, Wisconsin; died in 1913 in Racine, Wisconsin.
    9. 11. Theodore Emil Eppler  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 03 Jan 1913.
    10. 12. Frances Isabelle Eppler  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 June 1920; died on 09 Oct 1981.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Andrew Alexander Eppler Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jensina2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 24 Jun 1891 in Michigan; died on 13 May 1980 in Travers City, Michigan.

    Notes:

    Death Cert. #26471


  2. 4.  Frederick Valentine Eppler Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jensina2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 16 Dec 1892 in Michigan; died on 13 March 1961.

  3. 5.  Emily Eppler Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jensina2, 1.Andrew1) was born in Pentwater Michigan.

    Notes:

    Twila Emory's note's say Emily died about 6 months old. Born between Fred and Florence in Pentwater Michigan. Information fron Beth Konicek.


  4. 6.  Florence Annette EpplerFlorence Annette Eppler Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jensina2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 15 Feb 1896 in Flint, Michigan; died on 01 Aug 1980 in Colby, Thomas County, Kansas; was buried in Aug 1980 in Brewster Cemetery, Brewster, Thomas County, Kansas.

    Notes:

    Florence signed a marriage contract on 25 Nov 1914.

    Florence married Chancy Burton Thompson on 25 Nov 1915 in Racine, Wisconsin. Chancy (son of William Sheldon Thompson and Nancy Ann Cox) was born on 08 Aug 1883 in Mercer County, Missouri; died on 16 Nov 1963 in Goodland, Sherman County, Kansas; was buried on 19 Nov 1963 in Brewster Cemetery, Brewster, Thomas County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Nancy Jensina Thompson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 03 Oct 1916 in Racine, Wisconsin; died on 26 Jul 2000 in Goodland, Kansas; was buried in 2000 in Brewster Cemetery, Brewster, Thomas County, Kansas.
    2. 14. Letha Eileen Thompson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Nov 1918 in Thomas County, Kansas; died on 09 Jan 1965 in Goodland, Kansas.
    3. 15. Margret Frances Thompson  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 16. Carl Burton Thompson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Sep 1923 in Racine, Wisconsin; died on 18 Dec 1958 in Denver, Colorado; was buried in Brewster Cemetery, Brewster, Kansas.
    5. 17. William Jack Thompson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Jan 1926 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin; died on 10 May 1980 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
    6. 18. Carol Joyce Thompson  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 19. Patricia Ann Thompson  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 7.  Carl Conrad Eppler Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jensina2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 15 Feb 1899 in Michigan; died on 09 May 1972; was buried in May 1972 in West Lawn Cemetery, Racine, Wisconsin.

  6. 8.  James Thorwald Eppler Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jensina2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 16 Oct 1902 in Michigan; died on 30 April 1980 in Amsberg Marinette, Wisconsin.

  7. 9.  Harold Thorwald Eppler Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jensina2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 21 Oct 1905 in Racine, Wisconsin; died on 14 Oct 1964; was buried in Oct 1964 in West Lawn Cemetery, Racine, Wisconsin.

  8. 10.  Margaret Eppler Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jensina2, 1.Andrew1) was born in 1906 in Racine, Wisconsin; died in 1913 in Racine, Wisconsin.

    Notes:

    Twila says she remembers hearing Grandma, Florence Eppler Thompson, tell how her sister, Margaret died in her arms.


  9. 11.  Theodore Emil Eppler Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jensina2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 03 Jan 1913.

  10. 12.  Frances Isabelle Eppler Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jensina2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 24 June 1920; died on 09 Oct 1981.


Generation: 4

  1. 13.  Nancy Jensina Thompson Descendancy chart to this point (6.Florence3, 2.Jensina2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 03 Oct 1916 in Racine, Wisconsin; died on 26 Jul 2000 in Goodland, Kansas; was buried in 2000 in Brewster Cemetery, Brewster, Thomas County, Kansas.

    Notes:

    50 Years - Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sporing, Goodland, will celebrate their 50th anniversary on Aug. 17, 1985. An open house will be held at the Moose Lodge, 1530 Main, at 7 p.m. on Aug. 17. Hostesses will be Walt and Donna Bergquist, Arapahoe, Colo., Art and Frankie Kibel, Mary Sims and Linus Rupp, all of Gilcrest, Colo., Ben and Nancy Brown, Goodland, Bill and Sue Sporing, Superior, Neb., and Ronnie and Linda Sporing, Denver. Mr. and Mrs. Sporing have 23 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

    Obituaries, The Goodland Daily News / Thursday, July 27, 2000

    Nancy J. Sporing Nancy J. Sporing, 83, a long time Goodland resident, died Wednesday, July 26, 2000, at the Goodland Regional Medical Center. She was born Oct. 3, 1916, in Racine, Wis., the daughter of Florence (Eppler) and Chancy Thompson. She attended school in Wisconsin for eight years. Her family moved to the Brewster area in the early 1930s. She and Lloyd Sporing were married Aug. 17, 1935, at Goodland. They didn’t live here at that time, but moved to Goodland in 1954. She worked for Model Steam Laundry in Goodland for 24 years and retired in 1978. She was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and Women of the Moose, both of Goodland. She enjoyed raising her family and playing Bingo. Her funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bateman Funeral Home of Goodland with Pastor Scott Grimshaw officiating. Burial will follow in the Brewster Cemetery. Friends may call from 10 a.m. to 8p.m. Friday and before the service Saturday at the funeral home. Survivors include two sons, Lloyd W. Sporing, Superior, Neb., and Ronald Sporing, Haxtun, Colo.; four daughters, Nancy Brown, Goodland, Mary Ann Rupp, Bushton, Donna Bergquist, Arapahoe, Colo., and Letha Kibel, Canon City, Colo.; a sister, Pat McCay, Pierce, Colo.; 25 grandchildren; 54 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren. Memorials may be left at or sent to Bateman Funeral Home, 211 E. 11th, P.O. Box 278, Goodland, Kan. 67735. The family will decide on a designation at a later date.

    Published in The Goodland Daily News on Tuesday, March 27, April 3, and April 10, 2001.
    public notice, IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SHERMAN COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NANCY SPORING, a/k/a NANCY JENSINE SPORING, DECEASED. CASE NO. 01-P-11 NOTICE OF HEARING The State of Kansas to All Persons Concerned: You are here by notified that a petition has been filed in this court by Nancy Florence Brown, as one of the heirs of Nancy Sporing, a/k/a Nancy Jensine Sporing, deceased, praying for the determination of the descent; and you are hereby required to file your written defenses there to on or before the 17th day of April, 2001 at 10:00a.m. of said day, in said court, in the City of Goodland, in Sherman County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail there in, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said petition.
    Nancy Florence Brown, Petitioner
    F. L. "Mac" McGinley #09076 520 East 7th, P. 0. Box 919 Goodland, Kansas 67735-0919, Telephone 785-899-2311, Attorney for Petitioner

    Nancy married Lloyd Fred Sporing on 17 Aug 1935. Lloyd (son of Charles J Sporing and Anna Louisa Ruppel) was born on 23 Oct 1908 in Lincoln County, Nebraska; died on 16 Jan 1999 in Colby, Thomas County, Kansas; was buried in Brewster Cemetery, Brewster, Thomas County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Donna Jean Sporing  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 21. Letha Francis Sporing  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 22. Mary Ann Sporing  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 23. Nancy Florence Sporing  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 02 Feb 1944; died on 01 Mar 2013.
    5. 24. William Lloyd Sporing  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Dec 1946; died on 19 Nov 2020.
    6. 25. Ronald Dean Sporing  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 14.  Letha Eileen ThompsonLetha Eileen Thompson Descendancy chart to this point (6.Florence3, 2.Jensina2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 11 Nov 1918 in Thomas County, Kansas; died on 09 Jan 1965 in Goodland, Kansas.

    Family/Spouse: Warren Lee Dickson. Warren was born on 26 Nov 1918; died in 2001. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. Jennilee Dickson  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 27. Warren Lee Dickson, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 28. Gail Allen Dickson  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 15.  Margret Frances Thompson Descendancy chart to this point (6.Florence3, 2.Jensina2, 1.Andrew1)

    Margret married Paul Walker [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 29. Barry Vohn Walker  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 30. Linda Kathleen Walker  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 08 Nov 1947; died on 30 Mar 2002 in Goodland, Kansas; was buried on 02 Apr 2002 in Sharon Springs Cemetery, Sharon Springs, Kansas.

  4. 16.  Carl Burton ThompsonCarl Burton Thompson Descendancy chart to this point (6.Florence3, 2.Jensina2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 29 Sep 1923 in Racine, Wisconsin; died on 18 Dec 1958 in Denver, Colorado; was buried in Brewster Cemetery, Brewster, Kansas.

    Notes:

    On 06 Dec 1958 Carl fell 75 feet off of a coal shute that was being torn down in Denver, Colorado. In Mercy Hospital in Denver he lived for 12 days after the fall
    and died on 18 Dec 1958.

    Obit:
    Injuries Received Recently In Fall Prove Fatal To Carl Thompson
    Injures which Carl B. Thompson, 35, received on December 06 proved to be fatal to him, and he passed away on December 18 in a Denver hospital.
    Mr. Thompson was critically injured when he fell 70 feet in an accident in Denver while working on a construction project which involved the erection of a coal chute for the Union Pacific Railroad. He passed away after twelve days, without regaining conscousness.
    The son of Bert and Florence Thompson, of Brewster, Carl Thompson was born in Racine, Wis. on September 29, 1923. He was reared in Northwest Kansas and attended the public schools in Brewster. He served for 27 months in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific and Eastern Theatre of war.
    He was united in marriage to Marjorie I. Starns on March 20, 1943 in Goodland, Kans., and the couple then farmed in this area. In 1952 he became an employee of the Union Pacfic Railroad in Sharon Springs in the water department, and in the spring of 1958 was transferred to LaSalle, Colo. He was on a leave of absence when the accident happened.
    He became a member of the Methodist Church while at Sharon Springs.
    In addition to his widow and psrents, he is survived by three children, Twila Joan, Dennis Eugene and Judy Ilene, all of the home. There also are five sisters, Mrs. Nancy Sporing, Goodland; Mrs. Letha Dickson, Sharon Springs; Mrs. Margaret Walker, Sharon Springs; Mrs. Carol Sporing, Brewster, and Mrs. Patricia Wolfe, Greeley; and onr brother, Wm Thompson, of Great Bend.
    Services were conducted on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Methodist church in Brewster with the Rev. Crandall officiating, and he was assisted by the Rev. Sidney Dillinger.
    Interment was in the Brewster cemetery with the flag presentation made by members of the Brewster VFW Post who had served in the U.S. Navy.
    Arrangements were in charge of the Lester F. Sage Funeral Home of Goodland.

    Ex-Brewster man Dies Of Injuries
    Injuries received in a Mine(Coal Shute) accident ten days ago near LaSalle, Colo., proved fatel yesterday to Carl Thompson former Brewster resident.
    Mr. Thompson, 35, had been confined to a Denver hospital since the accident.
    His remains were returned to Goodland this afternoon on the Rock Island ralway.
    Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Lester F. Sage Funeral Home.

    Information contributed by Twila Joan Thompson and Thomas Burton Thompson.

    Carl married Marjorie Irene Starns [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 31. Twila Joan Thompson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Mar 1944 in Goodland, Sherman County, Kansas; died on 20 Mar 2018 in Loveland, Colorado; was buried on 29 Mar 2018 in Fleming Cemetery, Fleming, Colorado.
    2. 32. Dennis Eugene Thompson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Nov 1946 in Norton, Kansas; died on 07 Jul 2003 in Cheyenne, Wyoming; was buried in Cheyenne Memorial Gardens, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
    3. 33. Judy Eilene Thompson  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 17.  William Jack ThompsonWilliam Jack Thompson Descendancy chart to this point (6.Florence3, 2.Jensina2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 24 Jan 1926 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin; died on 10 May 1980 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Social Security Death Index about William Thompson
    Name: William Thompson
    SSN: 512-20-2349
    Last Residence: 66539 Silver Lake, Shawnee, Kansas, United States of America
    Born: 24 Jan 1926
    Died: May 1980
    State (Year) SSN issued: Kansas (Before 1951)

    William married Bonnie Ellen Ritchey in 1949, and was divorced in Yes in Unknown. Bonnie (daughter of George Grover Ritchey and Ellen Roach) was born on 24 Feb 1931 in Kansas; died on 20 Feb 2017; was buried in Bird City, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Colleen Thompson  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 35. Thomas Burton Thompson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 May 1952 in Imperial, Nebraska; died on 28 Nov 2022; was buried in Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Crownsville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

    Family/Spouse: Inez Ernestine Shirm. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 36. Susan Faye Thompson  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 18.  Carol Joyce Thompson Descendancy chart to this point (6.Florence3, 2.Jensina2, 1.Andrew1)

    Carol married Orvel Fred Sporing [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Carol married Alvin O Gumz [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 19.  Patricia Ann Thompson Descendancy chart to this point (6.Florence3, 2.Jensina2, 1.Andrew1)

    Patricia married Richard Taylor Wolfe [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. Linda Kay Wolfe  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 38. Letha Annette Wolfe  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 08 Mar 1954 in Goodland, Sherman County, Kansas; died on 01 Aug 1991 in Cheyenne, Wyoming; was buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado.
    3. 39. Richard Taylor Wolfe, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 40. Laura Lea Wolfe  Descendancy chart to this point

    Patricia married Benjamin McKay [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



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