Constance Virginia Trier, 1940 - 2020

Constance Virginia Trier, 80, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 29, in Lake Stevens, Washington after a brief illness.

Connie was born on February 25, 1940, to Edward and Virginia (Henderson) Sprott. She grew up in San Fernando, California, graduating from San Fernando High in 1957. She had been dating Charles Canfield, Jr., the son of a teaching colleague of her mother's, and they married in 1957. Connie and Chuck lived briefly in Shell Beach, but they soon moved back to the San Fernando Valley. During some of this time, Connie worked for her father-in-law, a weight-loss doctor, at his office on Highland and Hollywood Blvd. Connie and Chuck divorced in 1964. 

Connie then began working for Bank of America, where she remained for many years. She married Gene Trier, a local electrician, in 1969, and they lived in Panorama City. In 1975, they moved to Snohomish County, Washington, which Connie happily called home for the rest of her life. During this time, Connie joined Alcoholics Anonymous, where she found the support she needed to stop drinking. She had a varied career that included being an alcoholism counselor, operating her own antique store, and being a real estate agent for American Properties and then Windermere. 

When she wasn't working, she was busy with multiple hobbies - cooking, canning, and crafts such as making Christmas stockings for all of her grandchildren. She was captured by the genealogy bug when it became popular on the web in the 1990s and began building a family tree that had 60,000 people in it at the time of her passing. She also enjoyed helping family and friends with their research. 

During the last decade of her life, Connie managed several apartment buildings, befriending many of the tenants. One of her favorite jobs was driving for Enterprise, where she enjoyed the camaraderie with other drivers and the friendly competition to see who could move the cars most quickly. Connie had strong liberal political views and enjoyed discussing them with people, and sparring over them on social media. She was a true people person who made lasting friends everywhere she went. She was proud of her daughters, her grandchildren, and her great-grandchildren, and regularly made the drive to California to attend high school graduations, weddings, and other family events. 

Connie was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Sharon (Sprott) Carter. She is survived by her daughters Cathy (Ray) Hernandez, Cris (Mike) Dawson, Cyndi D’Agostino, Stephanie (Larry) Greenbaum, and Cheryl (Mike) Ogle; 11 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; and many friends from all stages of her life. 

Who Was Henry Weaver’s Wife?

In my last post, I wrote about my research on the parents of John Weaver who was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1836. I described the evidence that shows John Weaver's parents were Henry and Christine or Susan Weaver. This post considers whether Henry had one wife, who alternately went by Christine or Susan, or whether he was married twice.

As shown in the table below, Henry Weaver’s wife’s name varies from record to record.  

Name Variant	Source
Christeine Weever	1850 Census (1)
Susannah Weaver	1856 Census (2)
Susan Weaver	1860 Census (3)
Susan Judda	1882 Marriage Record for daughter Susan (Weaver) Lewis (4)
Christinia Judy	1895 Marriage Record for Susan (Weaver) (Lewis) McCarty (5)
Christine Weaver	1917 Pension Statement by son Henry W. Weaver (6)
Susan Crider	1925 Census Record for Cyrus Weaver (7)
Christine ______	1929 Death Certificate for Cyrus Weaver (8)

The records show the given names “Christine” and “Susan,” and variations. I hypothesize that these are references to one woman who sometimes went by Christine and sometimes went by Susan, and whose maiden name was Judda or Judy, which may be a phonetic spelling for the surnames Tschudy, Schutte, or similar variations. Perhaps her given name was Christine Susan, or perhaps it was the reverse.

Henry’s daughter Susan used both given names – Susan and Christinia –  to refer to her mother, with variants of the same surname – Judda and Judy – which is evidence that Susan and Christinia are the same person. The records for son Cyrus also used both given names for his mother. Cyrus’s son-in-law Noah Beaman, who was the informant on Cyrus’s death record, likely learned the name “Christine” from either his wife Mary (Cyrus’s daughter), or from Cyrus directly.

“Judda” or “Crider”?

Daughter Susan’s 1882 marriage record, where her mother’s maiden name was recorded as “Judda,” is the earliest record found with a maiden name. In 1895, a similar maiden name was recorded for Susan’s mother – “Judy.” On the 1925 census record for Cyrus, a completely different surname, “Crider,” was listed. To evaluate the reliability of any piece of information, we need to consider its source. Daughter Susan likely provided her mother’s maiden name when applying for her marriage licenses. For the 1925 census record for Cyrus, we don’t know who provided the surname “Crider” to the census enumerator. Additional research is needed to determine whether this surname has a factual basis.

Research Scope 

In addition to the records cited above, the following records were reviewed in an effort to identify the mother of Henry Weaver’s children. With the exception of the 1883 marriage record for Clara (aka Clarinda) Weaver, these marriage records did not provide a place to record parents’ names. On Clara’s 1883 record, there was no entry in the space for a mother’s name.

 Marriage Records  

Date	People	Location
1855	Mary Weaver and E. Keller (9)	Des Moines Co., Iowa
1858	Fianna Weaver and Isaac Mason (10)	Mahaska Co., Iowa
1860	John Weaver and Phebe A. Linnens (11)	Mahaska Co., Iowa
1864	Susannah Weaver and James Smith (12)	Mahaska Co., Iowa
1865	Cyrus Weaver and Hannah Morgan (13)	Mahaska Co., Iowa
1869	Henry Weaver and Rebecca Jane Teeter (14)	Iowa Co., Iowa
1870	Clarinda Weaver and Geo. W. Newcomb (15)	Marion Co., Iowa
1877	Susanah Weaver and Daniel Lewis (16)	Marion Co., Iowa
1883	Clara Weaver and John O. Small (17)	Mahaska Co., Iowa

The first three death records below include a place to record parents’ names, however the mother’s name was not recorded.

Death Records

Date	People	Location
1906	Clarinda (Weaver) Small (18)	Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., Iowa
1919	Wm. Henry Weaver (19)	Hutchinson, Reno Co., Kansas
1927	John Weaver (20)	Los Angeles Co., California
1929	Susan (Weaver) Stonehouse (21)	Death certificate not found in spite of extensive manual searching. Possibly died in Mt. Pleasant State Hospital in Henry County, Iowa.

Further research may provide a more definitive answer to the origins of Henry Weaver’s wife.

Sources

1.     1850 U.S. census, Des Moines, Iowa, population schedule, Danville Township, p. 422B (stamped), dwelling 767, family 800, Christeine Weever in Henry Weever household; digital image, Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census > Iowa > Des Moines > Danville > image 2 (ancestry.com : accessed 2 November 2019,) citing National Archives microfilm publication M432, roll 183.

2.     State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa State Census, 1856, Mahaska County, Oskaloosa Township, page 912 (stamped), dwelling 11, family 12, Susanah Weaver in Henry Weaver household; accessed as a digital image 3 November 2019, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com > Iowa State Census Collection > 1856 > Mahaska > Oskaloosa > image 2).

3.     1860 U.S. Census, Mahaska, Iowa, population schedule, Oskaloosa Township, p. 132 (penned), dwelling 957, family 965, Susan Weaver in Henry Weaver household; digital image, Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Census > Iowa > Mahaska > Oskaloosa > image 55 (ancestry.com : accessed 3 November 2019), citing National Archives microfilm publication M653, roll 334.

4.     Mahaska County, Iowa, Marriage Register, vol. 1: 49, Susan Lewis and Michael McCarty, 11 November 1882; image, “Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,” Family Search (familysearch.org > Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 > 004309798 > Image 133: accessed 21 June 2014); citing FHL microfilm 985383. 

5.     Mahaska County, Iowa, Marriage Register, vol. 2: 150, Susan McCarty and Robert Stonehouse, 12 November 1895; image, “Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,” Family Search (familysearch.org > Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 > 004309798 > Image 471: accessed 21 June 2014); citing FHL microfilm 985383. 

6.     Letter to Bureau of Pensions, 29 January 1917, Henry W. Weaver (Pvt. Co. I, 47^th Iowa Inf., Civil War), pension application no. 451,502, certificate no. 720,228, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications…, 1861-1934, Civil War and Later Pension Files, Record Group 15, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Archives, Washington, D.C. 

7.     State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa State Census, 1925, Guthrie County, Adair Township, n.p., house number 34, Cyrus Weaver in W. H. Cloe household; accessed as a digital image 1 January 2020, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com> Iowa State Census Collection > 1925 > Guthrie > Adair > images 4-5).

8.     Minnesota Division of Vital Statistics, death certificate, 3158-28, (1929), Cyrus Weaver; Cyrus Weaver (Pvt. Co. H, 28^th Iowa Inf., Civil War), pension application no. 443,816, certificate no. 302,425, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications…, 1861-1934, Civil War and Later Pension Files, Record Group 15, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

9.     Des Moines County, Iowa, Marriage Register, vol. 4: 85, Mary Weaver and E. Keller, 23 December 1855; image, “Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,” Family Search (familysearch.org  > Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 > 004309528 > Image 129: accessed 11 October 2019); citing FHL microfilm 956350. 

10.  Mahaska County, Iowa, Marriage Register, vol. 3: 42, Fianna Weaver and Isaac Mason, 28 November 1858; image, “Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,” Family Search (familysearch.org > Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 > 004309796 > Image 482: accessed 21 June 2014); citing FHL microfilm 985381. 

11.  Mahaska County, Iowa, Marriage Register, vol. 3: 57, John Weaver and Phebe A. Linnons, 6 February 1860; image, “Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,” Family Search (familysearch.org > Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 > 004309796 > Image 498: accessed 21 June 2014); citing FHL microfilm 985381. 

12.  Mahaska County, Iowa, Marriage Register, vol. 3: 163, Susannah Weaver and James Smith, 8 October 1864; image, “Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,” Family Search (familysearch.org > Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 > 004309796 > Image 606: accessed 21 June 2014); citing FHL microfilm 985381. 

13.  Mahaska County, Iowa, Marriage Register, vol. 4: 28, Cyrus Weaver and Hannah L. Morgan, 15 October 1865; image, “Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,” Family Search (familysearch.org > Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 > 004309797 > Image 34: accessed 21 June 2014); citing FHL microfilm 985382. 

14.  Iowa County, Iowa, Marriage Records, vol. A-D: page number unknown, Henry Weaver and Rebecca Jane Teeter, 25 December 1869; image, “Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,” Family Search (familysearch.org > Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 > 004309827 > Image 408: accessed 21 June 2014); citing FHL microfilm 988202. 

15.  Marion County, Iowa, Marriage Register, vol. A-B: 367, Clarinda Weaver and Geo. W. Newcomb, 10 January 1870; image, “Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,” Family Search (familysearch.org > Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 > 004310041 > Image 706: accessed 21 June 2014); citing FHL microfilm 1019713.

16.  Marion County, Iowa, Marriage Register, vol. 3-5: 450, Susanah Weaver and Daniel Lewis, 11 September 1877; image, “Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,” Family Search (familysearch.org > Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 > 004310043 > Image 242: accessed 21 June 2014); citing FHL microfilm 1019715. 

17.  Mahaska County, Iowa, Marriage Register, vol. 1: 63, Clara Weaver and John O. Small, 4 June 1883; image, “Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,” Family Search (familysearch.org > Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 > 004309798 > Image 148: accessed 21 June 2014); citing FHL microfilm 985383. 

18.  Iowa State Board of Health, death certificate, 62-00557, (1906), Charinda S. Small; image, “Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951,” Family Search (familysearch.org > Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951 > 102869866 > Image 523: accessed 1 January 2020).   

19.  Kansas State Board of Health, death certificate, A-478, (1919), Wm. Henry Weaver; Henry W. Weaver (Pvt. Co. I, 47^th Iowa Inf., Civil War), pension application no. 451,502, certificate no. 720,228, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications…, 1861-1934, Civil War and Later Pension Files, Record Group 15, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Archives, Washington, D.C. 

20.  Los Angeles County, California, death certificate no. 3270, (1927), John Weaver; Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder.

21.  “Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1940,” Ancestry.com, manual search for death record for Susan[nah] McCarty, Stonehouse, and Weaver in 1929 in Marion, Mahaska, and Henry Counties (ancestry.com).