Clare Spring
Honor Code SignatorySigned 8 Feb 2017 | 433,957 contributions | 9,872 thank-yous | 3,275 connections
Signed 8 Feb 2017 | 433,957 contributions | 9,872 thank-yous | 3,275 connections
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Clare Spring
Born 1980s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of
[private father (1940s - unknown)]
and [private mother (1950s - unknown)]
Sister of
[private brother (1980s - unknown)]
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Biography
My name is Clare Spring, I was born in 1987 at the Royal Canberra Hospital in Canberra, Australia. My mother was born in Auckland, New Zealand and my father was born in Melbourne.
- I love listening to all different types of music, but especially live music.
- I like the idea of an 'endless summer' (without bushfires!).
- My partner Josh and I have been together since 2005. We both like to travel.
- I love drinking all different types of tea, and really appreciate tea houses. Ditto alcohol/cocktail bars; food/restaurants; beer/pubs; movies/cinemas.
- I have a balcony garden including parsley and succulents. Perhaps my most prized plant is a yellow crown of thorns.
- Before I came to Wikitree, I used to edit Wikipedia.
Genealogy and ancestral origins
I started researching my family history in February 2017. Wikitree has been an extraordinarily helpful platform to do this and to contain my research (including well beyond my close family!). I love old photos, stories and history. I feel lucky to live in Australia, and I acknowledge and respect the Traditional Owners of this Country.
Paternal ancestry
- Before Australia, my Spring ancestors were most recently from County Tipperary, Ireland (in the country's southern region). In particular, my 3rd great grandmother Sarah (Gavan) Spring was in Borrisokane when she died in 1882. It seems likely that my Springs in Ireland were descendants of Thomas Spring (1545?–1597), but I've struggled and been unable to find records that relate to Sarah's ancestry, or her husband William Spring's [brick walls].
- Actually, all of my paternal grandfather's migrating ancestors to Australia were from Ireland and they probably all came within a five-year period:
- 1857 (Sheppard-O'Callaghan)
- 1858 (Branagan)
- 1859 (Rennick-Coulter)
- 1861 (Spring)
- I'm not sure when Margaret (Stakelum) Branagan arrived (certainly before her marriage in August 1858) - and while I know the names of her parents, I have no further details about them [brick walls].
- My paternal grandmother's ancestors who migrated to Australia were from:
- County Kilkenny, Ireland (Colclough, 1855)
- Glasgow, Scotland (James Graham and Jane Graham, 1852), and
- Somerset, England (Holmes, 1849; Kitching, 1850; Salmon, 1877).
Maternal ancestry
- Mum's dad George Marshall was born in Auckland, the son of English migrants. His father was born in Wimbledon, Surrey, with Norfolk and Hampshire in his ancestral tree. His mother was born in Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire, with Kent and Lincolnshire in her ancestral tree.
- Mum's mum Elizabeth (Campbell) Marshall migrated to New Zealand when she was a 5-year-old in 1923. Her father Norman Michael Campbell (my great-grandfather) was born in South Africa. He married my great-grandmother Lydia Talbot in Northumberland. We don't know much about Norman Michael Campbell's parents, only that both his parents died while he was still young and his father was a Scotsman named Norman [brick wall].
My Wikitree research
- I'm particularly keen to "grow branches", meet family members (please get in touch!), and to add information to the my ancestor's Wikitree profiles.
- I'm also keen to:
- learn more about my migrating ancestors
- bust my brick walls (particularly those highlighted above), and
- contribute to expanding Victoria's footprint on Wikitree [see: G2G post on progress for Victorian Wikitree profiles: 18 Aug 2023].
Timeline
- 1987 Born in Canberra, Australia (home was Weetangera)
- To honour Weetangera — my home for two decades — I completed a small project in 2019 to add profiles for the people behind the street names in the suburb
- 1993 to 1996 Attended Weetangera Primary School
- 1997 to 1998 Attended Curtin Primary School
- 1999 to 2002 Attended Alfred Deakin High School
- 2003 to 2004 Attended Hawker College
- 2005 Spent around 6 months traveling in Europe
- 2006 to 2009 Attended Australian National University (BA, BComm)
- 2008 Moved to Seattle, Washington
- 2008 to 2009 Attended University of Washington, Seattle (on university exchange)
- 2009 Moved to Griffith, Canberra
- 2010 Moved to Narrabundah, Canberra
- 2011 Moved to Braddon, Canberra
- 2013 to 2016 Attended Queensland University of Technology - MBus (PR)
Census
- I have been counted in six Australian Census collections. In 2016 ("Censusfail"), I was away on a holiday in Europe.
- 1991 Census - Weetangera, ACT
- 1996 Census - Weetangera, ACT
- 2001 Census - Weetangera, ACT
- 2006 Census - Weetangera, ACT
- 2011 Census - Braddon, ACT
- 2021 Census - Braddon, ACT
Sources
- First-hand information entered by Clare Spring.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Clare's formal name
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (21)
- private siblings' names
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Clare by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Clare:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Clare by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Clare:
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~1.56%
Chris Chapman
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Geoff Cook :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Stephanie (Spring) Rupert :
23andMe
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Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Clare:
- Clare Spring is a Wonderful WikiTreer Apr 17, 2024.
- Clare Spring is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jan 3, 2024.
- Clare Spring is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jan 1, 2024.
- Clare Spring is a Wonderful WikiTreer Nov 13, 2023.
- Clare Spring is a Wonderful WikiTreer Nov 10, 2023.
- Clare Spring is a Wonderful WikiTreer Nov 10, 2023.
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Categories: Group 1, Spring Name Study | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | Weetangera, Australian Capital Territory | Narrabundah, Australian Capital Territory | Braddon, Australian Capital Territory | Griffith, Australian Capital Territory | Australian National University, Acton, Australian Capital Territory | University of Washington | Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland | Suggestions - Include Profile Completeness
I just started doing my family tree and I noticed Leila Marion North is related to you. She's my mums mother,making Leila my grandmother,would like to get in touch as I have some imformation that you may or may not have all the way back to Charles Augustus Bowden. Cheers for now,David
Leila Marion North was my uncle Brian's aunt. See: Leila's connection to me.
It would be great to be able to trace the North tree further back on Wikitree, I'll contact you by private message, would be glad to collaborate.
You may already be doing this but I thought I would write in case you aren't.
I noticed your Irish brick walls, and their mid-1800's timeframe, and thought I would suggest an avenue of research that I have found productive for it. Due to the Irish Civil registry Birth coverage lagging sometimes 20 years behind in Catholic areas compared to Protestant, I have looked first to establish the full spread of the family a target ancestor left behind, via the oldest Civil Marriages I can find for that family in that district. The location key is the Irish Townland, so you must be fairly certain of that first, but the advantage us Australians have is our foreknowlege of parents names for all our States' Civil death indexes. So what you look for in the images of the Civil Marriages for a lead is the fathers name first, his occupation, then the Townland name.
Chat more soon. Ross Howat.
edited by Ross Howat
I haven't looked into my Irish brickwalls in some time - it would definitely be worthwhile to try again.
I have a question for you - what are the best websites for searching Irish records, in your experience?
(You may of course already researched this but) prior to WILLIAM Jnr. and Frances arriving on the ELECTRIC, and prior to JOHN arriving on the RED JACKET, another SPRING family, complete with older parents, arrived on the MERLIN in 1856, and I am pretty sure they were from Borrisokane.
JOHN SPRING, b. (TIPP) abt.1801 - d.1878; Vic. d.reg. 5088/1878; and ELLEN ODWYER SPRING, b. ('NENA') (prob. NENAGH) abt.1807 - d.1867; Vic. d.reg. 6163/1867. JOHN SPRING and ELEANOR DWYRE have an 1825 NENAGH parish marriage (FMP). They then had children Baptised in Borrisokane, and are both buried (with others) in Melbourne General Cem., plot MGC-RC-Comp-Q-No-236. It also seems that JOHN SPRING had a brother JAMES SPRING (d.1877 Vic.) who came out, never married, and left a Will readable on PRoV which gives good insight into the ID of more of their branch.
Is it possible that your young SPRING branch came out to initially settle in here with their Uncle? Ross.
I don't know much about his first two marriages and why they both died so soon after getting married to him (2 years). What is your relationship to him and was his 3rd wife Australian too? many thanks Graham Wilson
Perhaps when Emily and Margaret died, it was due to complications resulting from childbirth? It looks like neither had children. I had a quick look in at Walter's third wife (Bridget, but I couldn't work out where she might have been born.
Good luck in your search, I hope you find some answers!
Best, Clare
This FH program is an open to any one, meaning anyone can Add, Edit, etc. anyone's info, plus add memories, pictures etc. It's one big family of millions of linked individuals, so we're one big family. Give it a try, you can copy off this site & paste onto yours.
Clare, God Bless you on your on going research, Don Outram Haliburton, Ontario, Canada
I use FamilySearch all the time, it's a wonderful resource.
My connection to Lieutenant Colonel Frank Leon Outtrim 1847-1917 (whose profile I recently added a death record to) is only Victoria - my dad was born there and I have focused my research efforts there in an unofficial 'one place study'. I see he and I are currently 20 degrees on Wikitree, which isn't too far but certainly not close!
Best wishes to you too in your family history research — are you and Frank closely related?
Sincerely, Clare
Many thanks,
Would really appreciate some assistamce perhaps? I was adopted so do not sport the Chapman name my email is [email address removed] I was born Christopher Chapman in Sault Ste, Marie Canada.
I would suppose by the other entries, that we are not related but unaware of a connection.
Cheers, Ian Keith Smiley
we wonder why you are involved with the family of Dunlop, Olivia Mary and Hughina Adelaide ? Olwyn my wife, is the daughter of Edna Agnes Isobel Dunlop, the missing family member of Walter and Mary Dunlop. We would be very interested to hear from you!! We could be helpful to give you further info of the family. Kind regards, Olwyn and Manfred Scharley
I'm sorry I didn't come back to you sooner, and thanks for your note! I am 18 degrees from Hughina, so my relationship is not close. I have been on a bit of a Wikitree mission, to add sources to Victorian profiles, and came across the Dunlop profiles in that mission.
Apologies again for my slow reply, and all the best in your family research!
Clare
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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Spring-6360
Thanks!
I see you edited a number of Humphrey profiles, so I assume we may be related in some way, most of my work is in Ancestry however I did export an older tree into wikitree some years ago, my ggg Grandfather was John Humphrey and gg grandfather was Frederick, his brothers were Henry and Herbert and one sister Elizabeth. I see you seem to be connected to Henry's side and if so I look forward to seeing there profiles updated. I have some of pictures of his side including Frederick William whom lost his life in WW1. Happy to exchange information with you if you wish. ps I have done a dna test which is in wikitree and ancestry best regards Rod Humphrey
It would be great to get your pics on Wikitree - let me know if you need a hand, always happy to help!
Have a great festive season! Christine
I have just added some notes to the Profiles you have edited recently for a Marriage in 1936 between Ernest Arthur Little and Margaret Louisa Jane Rawlings. That particular marriage can NOT have ever taken place because THAT Ernest Little actually drowned aged 7 years during 1918. Thus he could never have married. We respectfully suggest that you continue searching for the correct Ernest Little and wish you all the best in your efforts. Regards Geof.
Thanks for your note.
It's sad to hear that Ernest drowned at just the age of 7.
I did want to point out, though, that I did not edit for a marriage in 1936 between Ernest Arthur Little and Margaret Louisa Jane Rawlings.
I reviewed the edits I made to these to profiles and there are only two: 1. Added location and maintenance tags to Ernest's profile, including a 'Needs Marriage Record' tag, which flags that no records are provided for a marriage recorded in the profile. 2. Added an 'unsourced' and maintenance tags to Margaret's profile, including a 'Needs Marriage Record' as described in pt 1. above.
Best for all your future family history research, and thanks for correcting mistakes on Wikitree (although this time I wasn't the culprit of the mistake :) )
Clare
Thanks for clarifying your role in this situation, I hope that my comments were not construed as being accusatory. Hopefully the person [culprit] who "connected" these two people will see the notes and subsequently "disconnect" Ernest from Margaret. It was presumptuous of me to think that you had "connected" them. I thought Margaret may have been a relative of yours and that you would be seeking to expand on your trees. I appreciate your courteous response. I admit to having a giggle over this situation. Best Wishes, Geof
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Very impressed, you have done a beaut job in editing Ernest's profile, the newspaper excepts top it off. Much Appreciated. Geof
Thank you for your help and, interest in my tree. It was very much appreciated. Kind Regards, Anne 🙏
I actually only changed the LNAB for James Mitchell - not his parents. Changing a LNAB shows in the change logs as "creating" and then "merging", but it's nothing more than changing LNAB.
If you look at the change log for James Mitchell (1895-1896) you will see that he had Gertrude Lily (Mitchell) Atkinson and James William Atkinson set as his parents since May 2014 (not Ciara Humphries and Unknown Mitchell your refer to).
The information I discovered was his birth record, which I did add to his profile at the time of changing last name at birth.
Let me know if you need anything further on this,
Clare
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Barb
Hope you're well, Clare
I can't see a profile there for Charles and Susan Eastwood. Let me know if you run into any issues creating them.
Good stuff going through the photos! I too have a Tipperary connection, my second great-grandfather William Spring, who came to Australia 1861 (aged 18 years and traveling with his sister) was from Tipperary.
I love how your bushranger connection has become an education connection, hehe!
Clare
If you are having any trouble with Wikitree, including with editing the profile for Hannah Jane (Eastwood) Fogarty, or with uploading photos, please feel free to email me and I will assist putting photos online.
Best regards,
Clare
I haven't been able to find a reference to Arthur Henry Spring in the tree I have on MyHeritage? My research is all on Wikitree, MyHeritage is just a blip that I haven't invested much into..
I did find Arthur on Wikitree, though: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Spring-3051, sorry no information beyond the birth record.
Good luck, and if you do find anything I'd be happy to assist adding it to Wikitree!
Best, Clare
https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/5f5d57c51e980e23d5bdb9b1
If I click on that, there is an error message "Sorry - our system is experiencing a technical problem. Please try again later. (Error code: { {errorCode} })". This error message is not well expressed! But it arises because the 5f5d57c51e980e23d5bdb9b1 code was specific to your temporary session, and will not work for anyone else (or probably even for you after an hour or two expiry time).
They have accidentally or deliberately designed their system so that there is no ongoing way to link to search results. This is confirmed at this link which says "It is not possible to link to the search results page."
Kind regards—Jim
edited by Jim Richardson
Thank you for your participation in October’s 2020 Source-a-thon. Your contributions helped us to clear over 57,000 profiles that needed sourcing. This makes our Shared Tree all that much better.
Keep up the great work!
Pippin Sheppard WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
Since you manage, or have contributed to, a number of Prentice profiles I invite you to check-out the new One Name Study for the Prentice surname. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Prentice_Name_Study
Best - RP
The Prentice profiles I manage are cousins, I haven't (yet?) come across the name in my ancestral lines.
Thanks for your note and good luck with your study, I have had a good go at it with the Spring study and have found it to be a lot of work but worthwhile!
Best,
Clare
You have done so much work that I can piggy back on.
Murray Wigg.