Daniel Walter SPALDING

• General Notes
  • aka Walter (father's, mother's obits), Daniel W. (1870, 1880 censuses), Daniel Walter (Spalding Memorial)
    
    b. IN 12-Aug-1869 (alt. 13 Aug 1869, Valerie Bowman), f/m b. KY/IN
    served in Spanish-American War during 1898
    m. (1st) (CA) est. 1898 to Antoinette WIGGINS
    renting home at 2253 Geary St., San Francisco, CA in Jun 1900
    serving in "regular army" in Jan 1904 per father's obituary
    lodging at 412 Church St., San Francisco in Apr 1910
    serving in San Francisco's Presidio, CA in Mar 1916 (mother's obit)
    m. (2nd) (CA) > 25 Apr 1910 and < 6 Jan 1920 to Emma E. LNU
    residing at 1304 Regent St.,  Alameda, CA in Jan 1920
    residing in Alameda, CA in Apr 1930
    d. Alameda, CA 8-Feb-1942
    buried Golden Gate National Cemetery 11 Feb 1942
    
    tombstone:
    DANIEL W SPALDING / SGT / 4 CAV. / SP. AM. WAR
    
    only additional info avail at GG National Cemetery:
    service period - "unknown to 6/16/98"
    branch - US Army
    (CMB 7/06 note)
    
    U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca.1800-2004
    Name: Daniel W Spalding
    Veteran's Rank: SGT 
    Branch: US Army 
    Last known address: 1300 Sneath Lane San Bruno , CA 94066  [this is the address of the GG Nat'l Cemetery]
    Death Date: 8 Feb 1942
    Interment Date: 11 Feb 1942
    Cemetery: Golden Gate National Cemetery 
    Buried At: Section L Site 7111 
    Cemetery URL: http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/goldengate.htm
    (Congress authorized construction of the facility in 1937, with the first interments in 1941. The cemetery was officially dedicated on Memorial Day, May 30, 1942.)
    
    California Death Index, 1940-1997 :
    Name: SPALDING, DANIEL WALTER
    Social Security #: 0 
    Sex: MALE 
    Birth Date: 12 Aug 1869 
    Birthplace: INDIANA 
    Death Date: 8 Feb 1942 
    Death Place: ALAMEDA
    
    "Spalding D W r 2042 Pacific (A)" (A = Alameda) appears in Aug 1947, Apr 1948, Jan 1949, Oct 1949 and Jul 1950 editions of Oakland city directory
    
    1942-1946 editions of Polk's Oakland city directory not on shelf or missing (8/2006)
    
    1937-1941 "Spalding Danl W (Alice M) h 2042 Pacific av A" (entry appears repeatedly with minor variations)
    
    1936 missing or not on shelf
    
    1935 no entry for Danl/Emma Spa(u)lding
    
    match? 1934 Spaulding Emma J h 438 Lee (note diff middle initial for Emma)
    
    1933 Spalding Danl W r 829 Filbert
    
    1930 Spalding Danl W (Emma) h 2520 Encinal av A
    
    source:  Polk's Oakland City Directory (from cca 1947 publ by Pacific Telephone and Telegraph), both located at SF City Library
    
    1930 US Census (Apr 2), residing at 2620 (E)ncin(a)l, Alameda (city), Alameda (county), CA, head of h/hold is Daniel SPALDING, owns home, value 2500, owns radio set, male, white, age 60, married, age 30 at first marriage, able to read/write, b. IN, f/m b. IN/KY (sic), occup "none," vet of "Sp-Am" war, living with wife Emma, female, white, age 60, married, age 30 at first marriage, able to read/write, b. CA, f/m b. Ger/Ger, occup "none."
    
    Image source: Year: 1930; Census Place: Alameda, Alameda, California; Roll: 100; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 213; Image: 211.0.
    
    1928  Spalding Danl W (Emma) h 2520 Encinal av A
    
    1927, 1926, 1925, 1924  Spalding Danl W (Emma E) carrier Ala PO h 2264 Buena Vista av A
    
    1923, 1922 Spaulding [sic] Danl W carrier Ala PO h 1304 Regent A
    
    does not appear in 1920, 1921 Oakland or SF city directories
    
    source:  Polk's Oakland City Directory (from cca 1947 publ by Pacific Telephone and Telegraph), both located at SF City Library
    
    1920 US Census (6 Jan), residing at 1304 Regent St. (alt Broadway), Alameda Twp, Alameda (county), CA, dw/fam 113/120 in order of vis, head of h/hold is Daniel W SPAULDING (sic), owns home, mortgaged, male, white, age 50, married, b. IN, f/m b. IN/KY (sic), able to speak Eng, occup letter carrier, industry "United States," wage worker, marginal code 666, living with wife Emma E., female, white, age 50, married, b. CA, f/m b. Ger/Ger, occup "none."  Immed nbrs incl Anthony/Elizabeth GERMAN 45/50 MO/Eng at 1300 Regent St., and Joseph W./Gertrude V. GARSIDE 33/30 Eng/AZ at 1308 Regent St.
    
    Image Source: Year: 1920; Census Place: Alameda, Alameda, California; Roll: T625_87; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 5; Image: 131.
    
    NB the even side of Church St.'s 400 block is currently occupied by Everett Middle School, built circa 1920.  (CMB note 7/06)
    
    1910 US Census (25 Apr), residing at 412 Church St., Assembly District 34 <Part of> Prect. 7, San Francisco (city), San Francisco (county), CA, (link is to wrong image, scroll forward to pg 8 of 24), head of h/hold is Antonio H. GOELTS (?), male, white, age 32, first marriage, m. 9 yrs, b. CA, f/m b. Ger/Ger, able to read/write, occup drayman at railroad yard, W (working on own account, sic), not out of work on 15 Apr 1910, unemployed 0 weeks during 1909, owns home, mortgaged, living with wife Matilda L., female, white, age 30, first marriage, m. 9 yrs., 0/0 children living, b. CA, f/m b. Ger/Ger, lodger Daniel W SPALDING, male, white, age 40, first marriage, m. 11 yrs., b. IN, f/m b. KY/IN, occup letter carrier for "P.O.," W (working on own account, sic), not out of work on 15 Apr 1910, unemployed 0 weeks during 1909, able to read/write, lodger Mary BURKHART, female, white, age 39, single, b. "Un," f/m b. Ger/CO, occup sewing operator at a skirt factory, W, plus lodgers James B. DAWSON married 53 KY house carpenter, Frank J. DAWSON single 23 MO house carpenter, Thomas J. DAWSON single 45 MO house carpenter, G. Rowland BUDBUG 2d marr 24 KS house carpenter, Gertrude H. BUDBUG 1st marr 23 CA, and Rudolph B. HANSEN single 35 Norway house carpenter.
    
    Image Source: Year: 1910; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Series: T624; Roll: 98; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 103; Part: 1; Line: 15.
    
    No matches for Daniel Walter's wife's maiden name in California Birth Index, 1905-1995.  No match for father-in-law's DPOB in CA in 1910.  No match for "Antoinette" in CA in 1910.
    
    1900 US Census (11-12 Jun), residing at 2253 Geary St., San Francisco (city), San Francisco (county), 40th Assembly District, CA, head of h/hold is Daniel W SPALDING, b. Aug 1870, age 29, married for 2 yrs (m yr est 1898), b. IN, f/m b. IN/IN (cf. 1910 record), occup conductor "alfl." (?), can read/write/speak Eng, rents home, house (not farm), living with Antoinette, white, female, b. Sep 1872, age 27, married for 2 yrs, 0/0 children living, b. CA, f/m b. Germany/Germany, able to read/write/speak Eng, and father-in-law Harold WIGGINS (alt WIGGERS, WIGGUS), white, male, b. Dec 1823, age 76, widowered, immigrated to U.S. 1839, in U.S. for 60 years, naturalized, retired, able to read/write/speak Eng.
    
    Image source: Year: 1900; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: T623 105; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 215.
    
    Ordering pension records:
    Pension records come from one of two sources, depending on the indivdual's date of death. If the soldier died before 1928, his pension records would reside with the National Archives. If the soldier died after that date, his records would reside with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    
    for additional advice, see:  http://www.spanamwar.com/geneaol2.htm
    
    Oakland Tribune, Sat. 1 Apr 1933 and repeated Mon. 3 Apr 1933, legal notice:  "Notice by City Clerk of the City of Oakland of the Names of Election Officers and Polling Places designated for the Nominating Municipal Election and Special Municipal Election Consolidated with said Municipal Election.  [...] 245 -- polling place, store, 964 Seventh street.  Inspector, Ida V. Belling; Judges, Louise Van Zile, L. A. Menzeme; Clerks, Daniel W. Spalding, Joseph A. Moninger, Leslie Belling."
    
    Served in U.S. Army during Spanish-American War, which lasted from 25 Apr 1898 to 10 Dec 1898.  Daniel's service record (GG National Cemetery) shows that he left the army on 6/16/1898.
    
    Does not appear in San Francisco, California Directories, 1889-91.
    
    1880 US Census (Jun 12 and 14), residing in Van Buren Twp, Daviess Cty, IN, head of h/hold is John B. SPALDING, farmer, b. IN, both parents b. MD, age 55 (est b yr 1825), living with wife Mary A. 49 KY f/m KY/KY keeping house, and 11 children, all b. IN, boys all farm laborers or assist on farm: Clementine 28, Simon 25, Louis B. 23, Francis P. (21) female, Sidney J. 19, Joseph (E.) 17, Mary M. 15, Alford J. 13, Daniel W. 11, Martin J. 9, Emma (L.?) 5.
    
    record citation:
    Year: 1880; Census Place: Van Buren, Daviess, Indiana; Roll: T9_271; Family History Film: 1254271; Page: 430C; Enumeration District: 135; Image: 0222.
    
    1870 US Census (27 Jul), post office Ragelsvill, Van Buren Twp, Daviess Cty, IN, head of h/hold is Cf. farmer John B. SPALDEN 43 IN, val of real/pers est 3000/800, living with (wife) Mary A. 38 KY, and 10 (children), all b. IN, elder 6 have all attended school within the year:  George L. 18, Clementine 16, Simeon 15, Lewis 14, Frances P. 12 F, Sidney I. 11 M, Melvina 5 F, Joseph E. 7, Alfred I. 3, Daniel W. 10 mos.(b. est. Sep 1869).  Immed nbr is Hilary SPALDEN 55 KY (does not appear to be brother).
    
    record citation:
    Roll:    M593_306 
    Page:    275 
    Image:    554 
    
    Spalding Memorial gives b. date and following note:  "he is in the regular army; res. Presidio, Cal."
    
    Background on Spanish-American War:
    
    U.S. interest in purchasing Cuba had begun long before 1898. Following the Ten Years War, American sugar interests bought up large tracts of land in Cuba. Alterations in the U.S. sugar tariff favoring home-grown beet sugar helped foment the rekindling of revolutionary fervor in 1895. By that time the U.S. had more than $50 million invested in Cuba and annual trade, mostly in sugar, was worth twice that much. Fervor for war had been growing in the United States, despite President Grover Cleveland's proclamation of neutrality on June 12, 1895. But sentiment to enter the conflict grew in the United States when General Valeriano Weyler began implementing a policy of Reconcentration that moved the population into central locations guarded by Spanish troops and placed the entire country under martial law in February 1896. By December 7, President Cleveland reversed himself declaring that the United States might intervene should Spain fail to end the crisis in Cuba. President William McKinley, inaugurated on March 4, 1897, was even more anxious to become involved, particularly after the New York Journal published a copy of a letter from Spanish Foreign Minister Enrique Dupuy de Lôme criticizing the American President on February 9, 1898. Events moved swiftly after the explosion aboard the U.S.S. Maine on February 15. On March 9, Congress passed a law allocating fifty million dollars to build up military strength. On March 28, the U.S. Naval Court of Inquiry finds that a mine blew up the Maine. On April 21 President McKinley orders a blockade of Cuba and four days later the U.S. declares war.
    
    The War
    Following its declaration of war against Spain issued on April 25, 1898, the United States added the Teller Amendment asserting that it would not attempt to exercise hegemony over Cuba. Two days later Commodore George Dewey sailed from Hong Kong with Emilio Aguinaldo on board. Fighting began in the Phillipine islands at the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1 where Commodore George Dewey reportedly exclaimed, "You may fire when ready, Gridley," destroyed the Spanish fleet under Rear Admiral Patricio Montojo. However, he did not have enough manpower to capture Manila and so Aguinaldo's guerrillas maintained their operations until 15,000 U.S. troops arrived at the end of July. On the way, the cruiser Charleston stopped at Guam and accepted its surrender from its Spanish governor who was unaware his nation was at war. Although a peace protocol was signed by the two belligerants on August 12, Commodore Dewey and Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt, leader of the army troops, assaulted Manila the very next day, unaware that peace had broken out.
    In late April, Andrew Summers Rowan made contact with Cuban General Calixto García who supplied him with maps, intelligence, and a core of rebel officers to coordinate U.S. efforts on the island. The U.S. North Atlantic Squadron left Key West for Cuba on April 22 following the frightening news that the Spanish home fleet commanded by Admiral Pascual Cervera had left Cadiz and entered Santiago, having slipped by U.S. ships commanded by William T. Sampson and Winfield Scott Schley. They arrived in Cuba in late May.
    
    War actually began for the U.S. in Cuba in June when the Marines captured Guantánamo Bay and 17,000 troops landed at Siboney and Daiquirí, east of Santiago de Cuba, the second largest city on the island. At that time Spanish troops stationed on the island included 150,000 regulars and 40,000 irregulars and volunteers while rebels inside Cuba numbered as many as 50,000. Total U.S. army strength at the time totalled 26,000, requiring the passage of the Mobilization Act of April 22 that allowed for an army of at first 125,000 volunteers (later increased to 200,000) and a regular army of 65,000. On June 22, U.S. troops landed at Daiquiri where they were joined by Calixto García and about 5,000 revolutionaries.
    
    U.S. troops attacked the San Juan heights on July 1, 1898. Dismounted troopers, including the African-American Ninth and Tenth cavalries and the Rough Riders commanded by Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt went up against Kettle Hill while the forces led by Brigadier General Jacob Kent charged up San Juan Hill and pushed Spanish troops further inland while inflicting 1,700 casualties. While U.S. commanders were deciding on a further course of action, Admiral Cervera left port only to be defeated by Schley. On July 16, the Spaniards agreed to the unconditional surrendar of the 23,500 troops around the city. A few days later, Major General Nelson Miles sailed from Guantánamo to Puerto Rico. His forces landed near Ponce and marched to San Juan with virtually no opposition.
    
    Representatives of Spain and the United States signed a peace treaty in Paris on December 10, 1898 established the independence of Cuba, ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States, and allowed the victorious power to purchase the Philippines Islands from Spain for $20 million. The war had cost the United States $250 million and 3,000 lives, of whom 90% had perished from infectious diseases.
    
    source:  http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/intro.html

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