Daniel William Janes

   Another name for Daniel was William Webster Spofford.

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NameDaniel W. Janes
Event TypeBirth
Birth Date4 Aug 1862
Birth PlaceGeorgetown, Massachusetts
Father NameDaniel B Janes
Mother NameSophia Janes

1865 Georgetown, Essex, MA
William H Pearson35
Willia T Pearson13
Mary L Pearson9
Daniel S Pearson6
Grace Pearson3
Charles S Pearson1
Sophila Janes76
Carrie J Niles10
Daniel W Janes2

Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Essex County; Probate Court
To Daniel W. Spofford of Georgetown in said County and Eliza A. Spofford wife of said Daniel W. Spofford
Whereas you have petitioned this Court for leave to adopt Daniel William Janes a child born on the fourth day of August A. D. 1862 and for a change of his name and the written consent required by law has been given thereto; now therefore.......by virtue of the power and authority vested in me have decreed that from this day SAID CHILD SHALL TO ALL LEGAL INTENTS AND PURPOSES BE YOUR CHILD, and that its name be changed to William Webster Spofford which he shall hereafter bear and be his legal name...Ipswich this twenty-first day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand eigth hundred and sixty-nine......"

1870 Georgetown, Essex, MA
Daniel W Spofford35
Eliza A Spofford50
William W Spofford 7 AKA Daniel Janes
James Folsom74
Warren Pettingell19

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Name:William W Spofford
Birth Year:abt 1861
Birth Place:Georgetown
Marriage Date:4 Jun 1882
Marriage Place:Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
Age at Marriage:21
Father:Danl W
Mother:Eliza A
Spouse:Isabella C Long
Spouse Birth Place:Roxbury
Spouse Age at Marriage:18
Spouse Father:Martin W
Spouse Mother:Isabella [Cooper]

On 26 June 1886 William W. Spofford gave a deposition in Boston, Suffolk, MA before J. A. Williamson a Special
Examiner of the Pension Office to answer [as a witness] to the denial of his mother's Widow's pension based on rumors she was openly living with another man and not entitled to her Civil War Pension from his father and her husband [Daniel Boardman Janes]
Excerpts include:
"His age is 23 years occupation machinist. Post Office address Chelsea, Mass. Is the adopted son of Daniel Webster Janes and wife and is the son of Pensioner and her husband Daniel W. Janes. Has lived in Chelsea, Mass since the Fall of 1880. Was raised in Georgetown, Mass from the age of five years. During his residence in Chelsea not a week passed but what he was not in visiting his mother the Pensioner. [he was attesting to the charge that his mother had remarried or was cohabitating with another man [Lemuel Merrill

1900 Chelsea, Suffolk, MA
Wm F Spafford
Isabella C Spafford
William R Spafford
Louis C Spafford

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Name:William W Spofford
Gender:Male
Record Type:Marriage
Marriage Date:27 Nov 1917
Marriage Place:Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Spouse:Lillian Theil
Certificate Number:20580

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California Death Index
NameWilliam Webster Spofford
Event TypeDeath
Event Date10 Mar 1951
Event PlaceSan Diego, California, United States
Birth Date04 Aug 1862
BirthplaceMassachusetts
GenderMale

Date: Monday, March 12, 1951 Paper: San Diego Union (San Diego, California) Page: 6
"WILLIAM W.SPOFFORD
Chula Vista - Private services will be conducted at 3 PM Wednesday at Greenwood Drawing Room Chapel for William W. Spofford who died Saturday in a local hospital. Interment will follow. the family requess that flowers be omitted.
Mr Spofford, a retired Civil Service Employee had resided here twenty-two years at 297 Moss Street. His wife Mrs Lillian E. Spofford survives."

Daniel married Isabella Cooper Long, daughter of Martin W. Long and Isabella Cooper. (Isabella Cooper Long was born in Jan 1863 in Massachusetts.)

Daniel next married Lillian A. Theil on 27 Nov 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. (Lillian A. Theil was born on 20 Mar 1897, died in Mar 1981 and was buried in Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery in San Diego, California.)

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