The Proeger Family · Generation 4 — Earl's great-grandparents and their siblings

William Springer

Second husband of Mildred A. Rose · 1900–1976

William Springer

Confirmed

Second husband of Mildred A. Rose · 1900–1976

Born
at Oakland, California
Sources
2

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED second husband of Mildred A. Rose. His Second World War draft registration of 15 February 1942 names his next of kin as Mildred Springer S1627; her death notice of October 1960 calls her “beloved wife of William Springer”, and her granddaughter Patricia (Proeger) Collins named him as Mildred’s second husband on 1 October 2026 (both on Mildred’s card). The draft card is read from the index only; its image is not yet read. Added to the family tree on 10 October 2026

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1900
Born at Oakland, California, on 29 January 1900; in February 1942 he lived at Oakland and worked at the Todd Ship Yard, all by the draft card index S1627
Death1976
He died in November 1976 Confirmed: the Social Security Death Index lists William Springer, born 29 January 1900, died November 1976, with a number issued in California and a last residence at Oakland S1630. The birth date is the one on his draft card. The index gives no day and no place of death
Photograph
A photograph of Mildred and William Springer by a picket fence, from Patricia Collins’s collection, is on Mildred’s card

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Marriage1924
He married Mildred after her first husband, Frank Silva Jr, died in 1924; no record of the marriage has been found. He was living in October 1960, when her death notice was printed

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Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: no marriage record has been found; the day of his death is not entered
10 November 1976 and the parents Samuel Springer and Nettie Hertzman appear only in a grave index and an online family tree, which also gives his birthday as 21 January, not 29 January, so none of that is stated as fact here; his First World War draft card names a relative, Nettie Springer, without saying how she was related, so she is not entered as his mother; the 1950 census entry for William and Mildred Springer at Oakland is itself graded Probable on Mildred’s card. The California Death Index or a death certificate would settle the day of his death and his parents. Know more? Use “Add to this record”.
Cited on this card S1627 S1630 Card added 2026-10-10

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William Springer · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

2 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S1627Second World War draft registration — William Springer, Oakland, California, 15 February 1942. Ancestry, “U.S., WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947”, record 17783081. Index only; the card image is not yet read. Confirmed Born 29 January 1900 at Oakland, California; residence Oakland; employer Todd Ship Yard; next of kin Mildred Springer.
  2. S1630Social Security Death Index — William Springer, died November 1976. Ancestry, “U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014”, record 59254700. Index only. Confirmed Born 29 January 1900; died November 1976; number issued in California before 1951; last residence Oakland, California. His First World War draft registration (Ancestry record 29349929, index only) gives the same birth date, an Oakland address and a relative, Nettie Springer, whose relationship is not stated.

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