Birth: 21 May 1911 Dixon, Illinois, USA
Father: Wilbur Carlton Spielman 1886-1967
Mother: Etta Pearl D Grobe [Durham] 1887-1967
Marriage: January 1933 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Wife: Ethel Martha Harriet Smith [Schladwelter] (1911-1973)
Divorced: December 1947 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Marriage: June 1956
Wife: Sylvia Margaret (Marguerite) Fullick [Darwin, Porter, Schutte (Schutts)] (1916-1988)
Marriage: 2 September 1970 Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, USA
Wife: Catherine Jones
Death: 12 September 1989 Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA
By Ethel
Phyliss Spielman [Zornig] c1934-a1989
Elmer Bruce Spielman 1935-2010
Charles Spielman c1938a1989
Marvin Spielman 1940/47-a1989
Barbara Jean Spielman [Munson] 1940/47-a1989
His parents divorced in January 1919 in Lee, Illinois.
In the 1920 census as Elmer Spielman aged 7, born in Illinois, parents born in Illinois, and living with many others at St. Vincents Orphanage, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois.
His mother married Harold Ransom Durham in Chicago on 8 May 1920 and his father married Evelyn Pearl Hill in Stephen Illinois on 2 August 1920.
In the 1930 census as Elmer Spielman aged 19, born in Illinois, parents born in Illinois, single, a newsboy working in the street on his own account, and living with his father (Wilbur), (step)mother (Evelyn), two (half)brothers (Gerald and Herbert) and two (half)sisters Bessie and Gladys) at 2731, Hessing Street, Leyden, Cook, Illinois.
In the 1940 census as Elmer Spielman aged 28, born in Illinois, a laborer for a telephone pole company, worked 40 hours in previous week 52 weeks in 1939 income $1500 living with his wife (Ethel), two sons (Charles and Elmer) and daughter (Phyliss) in a rented house $28 at 2355 Nordica, Chicago, Cook, same house in 1935.
Entry in Ancestry U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 for Elmer Bruce Spielman born 25 May 1911 in Dixon, Illinois, address 2808 Armitage, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, an employee of Chicago Floor Surfacing Co, next of kin Ethel Martha Spielman wife of same address, weight 176, light complexion, blue eyes, blonde hair, scar inside right elbow dated 16 October 1940.
There are ten entries in Ancestry All U.S., World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949 for Elmer Spielman on USS DD 431 Plunkett from 31 March 1944 to 14 October 1945.
In the obituary dated 19 August 1944 for Mrs Vera ASpring it states she was survived by her brother Elmer Spielman petty officer second class in the navy.
Entry in Ancestry Dixon Evening Telegraph (Dixon, Illinois) dated 23 December 1952 "Elmer B Spielman, Chicago [...] weekend guests of their mother Mrs Etta Spielman, 219 First St.".
There are references to Sylvia Spielman in June 1956, and to Sylvia Mar Spielman in November 1956.
Two entries in Ancestry All U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 results for Elmer B Spielman born 25 May 1911 for Elmer B Spielman born 25 May 1911, address PO Box 27, Young, Arizona 85554-0027.
Entry in Ancestry Nevada, U.S., Marriage Index, 1956-2005 for Elmer B Spielman and Catherine Jones, both of Arizona on 2 September 1970 in Las Vegas, Clark.
Entry in Ancestry U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 for E B Spielman born 25 May 1911 address 819 E Belmont Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85020-4102 in 1990.
Entry in Ancestry U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 for Elmer B Spielman born 25 May 1910 (sic), SSN 343090936, claim 12 August 1972, died 12 September 1989.
Entry in Ancestry U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 for Elmer B. Spielman born 21 May 1911, SSN 343-09-0936 issued before 1951 in Illinois, died 12 September 1989 last residence 85020, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA.
Entry in Ancestry U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 for Elmer Bruce Spielman born 21 May 1911, SSN 343090936, enlisted in Navy 2 September 1943 discharged 28 November 1945, died 12 Seotember 1989 of natural causes.
Four entries in Ancestry All U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current results for Elmer Bruce Spielman born in Dixon Illinois, died 12 September 1989 aged 77 in Phoenix, children Barbara Munson, Charles, Elmer, Phyllis Zornig, and Marvin dated 16 September 1989.
There are twenty four entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Elmer Bruce Spielman adding being given away to St. Vincent Orphanag in on 27 August 1919 due to divorce and his return to his mother on 2 August 1920 after her remarriage, his marriage to Ethel Martha Harriet Smith in January 1933 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, his divorce from Ethel Martha Smith in December 1947 in Chicago.
Elmer Bruce Spielman was the husband of Sylvia Margaret Fullick, my fifth cousin.
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