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About Rene Adrin Spring:

Rene Spring had French Canadian ancestry, and the family surname was originally Fontaine. The surname Spring was apparently taken by his grandfather, Louis Fontaine. Rene had children by a prior marriage, no information on them. He retired from the Air Force as a Master Sergeant. He met my grandmother Kathleen while stationed at Barksdale Field, Bossier City, LA during or immediately after WWII. His birth date is from his cemetery headstone.
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Records on ancestry.com show Rene Spring in the 1910 Census, MA, Hampden Co., Holyoke, age 3, birthplace MA.

William Spring 44; occupation: clerk
Louise Spring 27
Gertrude Spring 15; child from previous marriage
Arthur Spring 9; child from previous marriage
Reine Spring 3
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Found in 1920 Census, MA, Hampden Co., Holyoke Ward 2, age 12, birthplace MA. Listed in error as Rena, a male, grandaughter. He, his mother, and his sister were living with his Fontaine grandparents.
Frank Fountaine 64
Louise Fountaine 63
Louise Spring 36
Rena Spring 12 (Rene)
Rita Spring 8
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Rene Spring was not found in the 1930 or the 1940 Census, possibly because he was overseas serving in the Army. The record below shows that he re-eniisted in the Army in Nov. 1945. He was serving in 1948-49 on Guam Island.

World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Rene S Spring
Army Serial No.: 31153134
Birth Year: 1907
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Massachusetts
State of Residence: Louisiana
County or City: Caddo
Enlistment Date: 20 Nov 1945
Enlistment State: Louisiana
Enlistment City: Shreveport
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Staff Sergeant
Grade Code: Staff Sergeant
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for Hawaiian Department
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Machine shop and related occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Married
Height: 08
Weight: 700
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Shreveport City Directory, 1948 and 1950, living at 1451 Harvard St. with wife Kathleen, occupation, US Army.

About Kathleen Anna Augusta Jones:

Found in 1940 Census, LA, Caddo Parish, Shreveport, ED 9-33A, sh. 7A. Addr: 1451 Harvard Ave.
Household Members:
Katherine Ferguson 38 (Kathleen)
Ruth Ferguson 21
Lenda Ferguson 18 (Leneda)
Leonard Ferguson 16
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Obituary - Kathleen Ferguson Spring

Graveside services for Mrs. Kathleen Ferguson Spring, 92, of Shreveport, were held at 10 a.m., Monday, September 16, at Greenwood Cemetery, with the Rev. Crawford Williams, pastor ofI ngleside Baptist Church, officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Rose-Neath's Southside Chapel.

Mrs. Spring, a native of Washington, Indiana, died Saturday, Sept. 14, at Westwood Manor Nursing Home, following a long illness. She was a homemaker, and member of the Ingleside BaptistChurch.

She is survived by two sons, L. W. Ferguson, and Homer H. Ferguson, both of Zwolle; one daughter, Leneda Eley of Shreveport; one sister, Stella Mae Lones of Lima, Ohio; two brothers, Lev Jones of Lima, Pirkie Jones of California; numerous grandchildren; great grandchildren; nieces and nephews
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Picture of Kathleen (Jones) Ferguson