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Mary Elizabeth Ensign (F)
b. 4 April 1838, d. August 1838
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Relationship=Great-grandaunt of Cynthia Lee Sprong.

     Mary Elizabeth Ensign, daughter of Caleb Wadhams Ensign and Orpah Deming, was born on 4 April 1838.

Mary Elizabeth Ensign died in August 1838 at age 0.

On 9 September 1855, when Mary was 17 years, 5 months and 5 days, her mother, Orpah Deming, died at the age of 59 years and 10 months.


    Moses Ensign (M)
    b. circa February 1707/8, d. 26 May 1751
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    Relationship=5th great-granduncle of Cynthia Lee Sprong.

         Moses Ensign, son of Thomas Ensign and Hannah Shepard, was born circa February 1707/8. Moses Ensign was Christen on 29 February 1707/8.

    Moses Ensign died on 26 May 1751 in Simsbury, Connecticut.


      Oren Ensign (M)
      b. 25 April 1784, d. 28 September 1857
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      Relationship=2nd great-granduncle of Cynthia Lee Sprong.

           Oren Ensign, son of William Ensign and Mary Wadhams, was born on 25 April 1784.

      Oren Ensign died on 28 September 1857 at age 73.


        Orpha Ensign (F)
        b. 8 October 1886
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        Relationship=1st cousin 1 time removed of Cynthia Lee Sprong.

             

        Orpha Ensign was a farm laborer. She, daughter of Charles Sumner Ensign and Lucinda Jane Beerbower, was born on 8 October 1886.1

        In June 1900, Orpha was 13 years old and a farm laborer living at the home of her maternal uncle, Alf... Beerbower; her aunts Electa & Hattie lived at the next farm over, and her uncle Gideon was two farms further away than that. She was literate in English.1

        Citations

        1. [S182] Maud Ensign Van Meter, Record of The Descendants of James Ensign, The Puritan (1634-1939).

        Paul Frederick Ensign1 (M)
        b. 30 October 1893
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        Relationship=1st cousin 1 time removed of Cynthia Lee Sprong.

             Paul Frederick Ensign, son of George Henry Ensign and Lucy Cornelia Littell, was born on 30 October 1893 in.1

        Citations

        1. [S380] Martha Eunice Ensign Nelson, Descendants of James Ensign (pub. 1977), p. 347, entry 1100 for George Henry Ensign9.

        Rhea Ensign (F)
        b. 17 September 1903, d. 22 August 1989
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        Relationship=Aunt of Cynthia Lee Sprong.

             Rhea Ensign, daughter of Gideon Deming Ensign and Luella Richards, was born on 17 September 1903 in Ohio.1,2,3

        Rhea Ensign witnessed the marriage of Dr. Aaron Alfred Sprong and Elene Ensign on 2 December 1933 at the home of Elene's aunt Lillie Brown in Lawrence, Kansas.4,5,6

        On 10 December 1933 Rhea wrote a letter to Elene Sprong. She had just attended Elene's (her sister) wedding the week before at the home of their aunt, Lillie, in Lawrence, Kansas.
             Rhea wrote, "Have you had a busy week? This getting married involves a good many things, doesn't it? Did you really surprise a good many people, or had the news leaked out?
             It gave me a queer feeling myself when you were being married--it seemed so strange that just a few words like those could so change the course of one's life.
             You know, I'm sure, that I am wholeheartedly wishing that you and Aaron may make a truly successful marriage and that you will have a very happy life together. You have almost everything in your favor--if you are not too impatient and if you give yourselves time enough in which to secure what you desire. You and Aaron make a fine-looking couple--life should mean a great deal more to each other now.
             Lovingly, Rhea.7"

        On 11 June 1934, Rhea Ensign married Sterling Branson in Kansas.8

        Rhea Ensign died on 22 August 1989 in Redlands, California, at age 85.9

        Rhea Ensign was buried on 25 August 1989 at Montecito Memorial Park in Colton, California.10

        Services were held graveside at 11 a.m.9

        Citations

        1. [S354] Memorial card for the funeral of Rhea Ensign Branson, 25 Aug 1989 at 11 a.m., Her sister Elene had remembered her birthday to be 11 September.
        2. [S380] Martha Eunice Ensign Nelson, Descendants of James Ensign (pub. 1977), p. 347, entry 1102 for Gideon Deming Ensign9; gives a birth date of 11 Sep 1903.
        3. [S380] Martha Eunice Ensign Nelson, Descendants of James Ensign (pub. 1977), p. 153, entry E199 for Gideon Deming Ensign9; states place of birth as "Bryan, Defiance, Ohio", and the problem with that is Bryan is in Williams County (at least in 2003--should check if county lines moved).
        4. [S357] Marriage announcement for Elene Ensign and Mr. Aaron Alfred Sprong, 2 Dec 1933, Lawrence, Kansas.
        5. [S365] Elene Ensign and Aaron Sprong, wedding guestbook, 2 Dec 1933.
        6. [S208] Howard Griffith Burdge, Sprong and Allied Families 1656-1953, card #52 (record of George William Sprong--both the typewritten date and the handwriting attempting to correct it are wrong).
        7. [S362] Letter from Rhea Ensign to Elene Sprong, 10 Dec 1933.
        8. [S355] Diary of Elene Ensign Sprong "10-11 June 1934."
        9. [S354] Memorial card for the funeral of Rhea Ensign Branson, 25 Aug 1989 at 11 a.m.
        10. [S354] Memorial card for the funeral of Rhea Ensign Branson, 25 Aug 1989 at 11 a.m., Location of Montecito Memorial Park obtained from the Internet.

        Robert Seymore Ensign (M)
        b. 14 February 1836, d. 18 May 1912
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        Relationship=Great-granduncle of Cynthia Lee Sprong.

             Robert Seymore Ensign, son of Caleb Wadhams Ensign and Orpah Deming, was born on 14 February 1836.

        Robert Seymore Ensign died on 18 May 1912 at age 76.


          Sarah Ensign (F)
          b. 22 January 1670/71, d. circa 1680/81
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          Relationship=6th great-grandaunt of Cynthia Lee Sprong.

               Sarah Ensign, daughter of David Ensign and Mehitabel Gunn, was born on 22 January 1670/71.

          Sarah Ensign died circa 1680/81.


            Sarah Sedwick Ensign (F)
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            Relationship=4th great-grandaunt of Cynthia Lee Sprong.

                 Sarah Sedwick Ensign was Christen on 17 December 1741 in West Hartford, Connecticut.


              son Ensign (M)
              b. 5 February 1847, d. 5 February 1847
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              Relationship=Granduncle of Cynthia Lee Sprong.

                   

              son Ensign died on 5 February 1847 at age 0. He, son of Horace Lyman Ensign and Lucinda Cecelia Parks, was born on 5 February 1847.



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