I am looking for any of the family of George Spahl senior or junior or the descendants of George and Mary Spahl. George and Mary had at least one son and three daughters. George senior was listed as cousin George in the adress book of Matt Stipec. I am doing research for Matt's grand daughter.

I found the following in the 1920 Census for Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana.

ED 31, Sheet 1B, Line 81

Street Address: 109 Cedar Street

Spahl, George, Head, M, W, 38, M, Yr of Immigration 1904?, Croatia, Croatia, Croatia, occupation Butcher, Meat Market
Spahl, Mary, Wife, F, W, 32, M, Yr of Immigration 1909, Croatia, Croatia, Croatia, Occupation Boarding House, Keeper
Spahl, Frances, Daughter, F, W, 16, S,Yr of Immigration 1909, Croatia, Croatia, Croatia
Spahl, Mary, Daughter, F, W, 9, S, Montana, Croatia, Croatia
Spahl, George, Son, M, W, 8, S, Montana, Croatia, Croatia
Spahl, Anna, Daughter, F, W, 6, S, Montana, Croatia, Croatia
Spahl, Katie, Daughter, F, W, 3 10/12, S, Montana, Croatia, Croatia
Spahl, Genevieve, Daughter, F, W, 2 3/12, S, Montana, Croatia, Croatia

The above lists name, relationship to head of house, sex, race, age, marriage status, year of immigration, birthplace, birthplace of father, birthplace of mother, and occupation.

I also found Anthony Stipec age 36, and his wife Zora Stipec age 27 both born in Croatia. They are listed as having the following children: John Frank Stipec, age 6, Mary Stipec age 4 6/12, Steve Stipec, age 3 and Katherine Stipec, age 1 3/12.
All of the children were born in Montana

World War I Draft Registration 1917-1918:

SPAHL, George
109 Alder St.
Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana
Age: 38 years
DOB: 22 Dec 1880
Race: white
Birthplace: Austria (Croatia)
Present Occupation: meatcutter--Washoe Market
Nearest Relative: Mary Spahl, 109 Alder Street
Color of Eyes: Brown
Color of Hair: Brown
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1930 U.S. Federal Census; Montana; Deer Lodge County; City of Anaconda; Roll #: T626_1255; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 17; Image: 0227.

Residing at: 109 Chestnut Street

SPAHL, George; head of household; owns home valued at $1500; male; white; 48 years of age; married; first married at 24 years of age; born in Yugoslavia; both parents born in Yugoslavia; immigrated to U.S. in 1900; occupation: butcher--Washoe Market.

SPAHL, Mary; wife; female; white; 44 years of age; married; first married at 20 years of age; born in Yugoslavia; both parents born in Yugoslavia; immigrated to U.S. in 1902; occupation: none listed.

SPAHL, Mary J.; daughter; female; white; 20 years of age; single; born in Montana.
SPAHL, George W.; son; male; white; 18 years of age; single; born in Montana.
SPAHL, Katherine; daughter; female; white; 14 years of age; single; born in Montana
SPAHL, Genevieve; daughter; female; white; 12 years of age; single; born in Montana.

MONTANA DEATH INDEX 1954-2002 & SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX:

SPAHL, Mary
Died: 27 Dec 1954 at 86 years of age
County(s) of Death & Residence: Deer Lodge County
Marital Status: Married

SPAHL, George J.
Born: 22 Dec 1879
Died: 10 Feb 1964 at 84 years of age
County(s) of Death & Residence: Deer Lodge County
Marital Status: Widowed

HOLLAND, Catherine S.
Died: 18 May 1993 at 77 years of age
County(s) of Death & Residence: Yellowstone County
Father: SPAHL, George
Mother: TUSS, Mary

SPAHL, George W.
Born: 22 Oct 1911
Died: 06 Jan 1991
Place of Death: Louisville, Kentucky (per my own personal knowledge).
SS# issued: Montana
SS#: 516-03-5583

SPAHL, Margery L. (George W.'s wife)
Born: 21 Jul 1916
Died: 29 Dec 2002
Place of Death: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
SS# issued: Kentucky
SS#: 404-24-1457

Extracted from the "Courier-Journal.com" of Louisville, Kentucky, 12-31-2002 edition:

12/31/2002 - Spahl
Margery L. Spahl, 86, of Louisville, passed away Sunday at Jewish Hospital. She was the former Margery Dunn and a native of Allegre, KY. She is survived by three sons, George R. Spahl, Joseph D. Spahl and Michael A. Spahl; daughter, Mary Ann Spahl; grandchild, Tiffany Ray Spahl-Nally; great-grandchild, Tatum Ray Spahl-Nally. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Evergreen Cemetery Chapel, with burial to follow. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Arch L. Heady & Son-Okolona. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Kentucky Humane Society.
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I remember this family as a very young child. I believe that in the 1940's they moved to a private home located at Warm Springs and that Mr. Spahl worked as a butcher for the hospital. There were 3 old homes on the main little street leading to the hospital grounds: the Spahl home, the Richter home, and the Rankin home (closest to the railroad tracks--and my grandparents' home). The Spahl's were good friends of my grandparents, and later on, my stepfather, Edward Lieurance, was very good friends with the younger George W. Spahl and they kept in sporadic contact through the years.

I seem to remember that Mary Spahl married a Mr. Smith and was widowed fairly early on. I think she worked as a bookkeeper for the Duvall-Wallace Hardware Store in Anaconda. She was a very close friend of my grandmother.
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I hope you find this info helpful

Hi,
Sorry for the late reply but have just ran across your post from several years ago. If you are still doing research for the Stipecs I can certainly fill in quite a bit of detail as I am George and Mary Spahl's (of Anaconda, MT) grandson. I remember hearing the name Stipec over the years. I would be very interested as well in learning more about the connection between the Spahl's (formerly spelled Spalj, I believe) and the Stipecs. Hope to hear back from you!
Regards,
George R. Spahl
Durham, NC

Hi George, I am the one who did the research for somebody several years ago. I personally remember the Spahl family, and my stepfather was a very good friend of the George Spahl who moved to Louisville, KY. They grew up together. If you give me your email address, I will send you a picture that has Genevieve Spahl in it. She was a member of the Croatian fraternity here in Anaconda. This was probably before her marriage to Mr. Ferkin.

Just respond to this post and put a space between each letter and/or number of your email address so that spammer programs cannot harvest your address and make mischief.

Lorene

Neither of these are my families. At the time i was helping someone else. The Stipec i was searching ended up in Scaramento Cal. They came from Bribir Croatia and there are scatterings of them in Great Falls,Lewistown,Butte,Anaconda St. Louis. That is, Bribirtsi. Not all Stipec. Spahlj looks to be Slovenian. Sovenia and Croatia are both great places to visit.