Homer Dwight Spencer

1894 - 1964  (69 years)

• Name	Homer Dwight Spencer  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	7 Aug 1894	Gilford, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Jul 1964	Chester, Chesterfield County, Virginia   [1, 2, 4]
  Notes	` (Research): Census Listings: 1930 Census Virginia, Chesterfield County, Bermuda Magisterial District ED 21-2 SD 6 Sheet 1A Stamped 23 Points of Rocks Boulevard 4-6 Spencer, Homer D Head M W 35 M 19 Mich Mich Mich Truck Driver Lumber Mill Spencer, Jessie M Wf F W 26 m 16 Mich Mich Mich Spencer, Dorothy A Dtr F W 14 S Mich Mich Mich Spencer, Elmer W Son M W 12 S Mich Mich Mich Spencer, Robert Jr Son M W 8 S Mich Mich Mich Spencer, Alvin F Son M W 5 S Mich Mich Mich Spencer, Thelma M Dtr F W 8/12 S Va Mich Mich
  Person ID	I6025	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Hiram Spencer,   b. 31 May 1861, Gilford, Tuscola County, Michigan d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Adeline "Addie" Krapf,   b. 28 Aug 1870, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 24 Oct 1940, Belding, Ionia County, Michigan (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	5 May 1892	Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2, 5]
  Family ID	F3095	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lottie Byrnes,   b. Abt 1897, Sterling, Arenac County, Michigan d. Abt 1919 (Age ~ 22 years)
  Marriage	10 May 1914	Standish, Arenac County, Michigan   [2]
  	They were the parents of Dorothy and Elmer.
  Children	1. Dorothea Ann "Dot" Spencer,   b. 20 Sep 1917, Arenac County, Michigan d. 4 May 1995, Chesapeake, Northampton County, Virginia (Age 77 years)   2. Elmer W. Spencer,   b. Abt 1919, Michigan d. Aft 1960 (Age ~ 42 years)
  Family ID	F2712	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2007

  
  

  Family 2	Jessie Ruse,   b. Abt 1904, Michigan d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Aft 1918  [2]
  	They had two girls and a boy.
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Thelma M. Spencer,   b. Abt 1929, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown   4. Living
  Family ID	F2718	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2007

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 7 Aug 1894 - Gilford, Tuscola County, Michigan Marriage - 10 May 1914 - Standish, Arenac County, Michigan Death - 27 Jul 1964 - Chester, Chesterfield County, Virginia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S570] Atkinson, Valerie Cummings--Family Researcher (atkins3kids@tds.net). [S564] 1930 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Containing records for approximately 123 million Americans, the 1930 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and is the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household?s family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1930 Census.), Virginia, Chesterfield County, Bermuda Magisterial District ED 21-2 SD 6 Sheet 1A Stamped 23 Points of Rocks Boulevard 4-6 (Reliability: 3). [S595] Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, (Family Publication, published sporadically to record family milestones in connection with the annual Striffler-Benkelman Family Reunions, with Vol. 1, Number 1, published Sept. 7, 1936. Issues on file at the Rawson Memorial Library in Cass City, Michigan include Vol. 5 (1941), Vol. 7 (1944) and Volumes 8 (1945) through Vol. 28 (1968). Issues published from 1961 through 1964 were not assigned volume numbers, and 1963 appears to be missing. Xeroxes of the existing issues were also made by Melinda McLemore Strong in 2007. According to a article published by the Cass City Chronicle on August 6, 1981, commemorating the Fiftieth and Final Striffler-Benkelman Reunion, the final issue of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST appears to have been Volume 28, published in 1968.), 1964 Issue (Reliability: 3). [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 138 (Reliability: 3).