Dora Alma Spencer

1893 - 1980  (86 years)

• Name	Dora Alma Spencer  [1, 2]
  Birth	30 May 1893	Gilford, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	4 Mar 1980	Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Burial	7 Mar 1980	Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2]
  Person ID	I6026	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, 3]
  Family ID	F3095	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	James Edward Cain,   b. Oct 1892, Linwood, Bay County, Michigan d. 21 Apr 1944, Belding, Ionia County, Michigan (Age ~ 51 years)
  Marriage	5 Mar 1913	Sterling, Arenac County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  	Sigmund Spencer informed Art Peck that James and Dora had seven children, the oldest dying in infancy before even named. Their other children were Dewey (1915-1979), Ethel (Mrs. Early Clouse), Arley, James, Bruce and Earl. The family lived in Lansing, Remus and Mayville, Michigan. Art further notes that on the 1920 Michigan census, Vol. 6, ED 71, Sheet 10, Line 90, the family is enumerated as follows: James E. Cain age 27 b. Mich. Dora R. Cain age 26 b. Mich. Dewey H. Cain age 4 1/2 b. Mich. Dora R. age 1 1/2 b. Mich.
  Children	1. James Leonard Cain,   b. 9 Mar 1914, Sterling, Arenac County, Michigan d. Bef 1915 (Age 0 years)   2. Dewey Homer Cain,   b. 6 Apr 1915, Sterling, Arenac County, Michigan d. 20 Jul 1979, Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan (Age 64 years)   3. Vern Imanual Cain,   b. 10 Feb 1917, Sterling, Arenac County, Michigan d. Bef 1918 (Age 0 years)   4. Dorathea Ethel Cain,   b. 11 Sep 1918, Sterling, Arenac County, Michigan d. 13 Sep 1997, Remus, Mecosta County, Michigan (Age 79 years)   5. Arley Isaac Cain,   b. 18 Jan 1921, Sterling, Arenac County, Michigan d. 6 Apr 1987, Farmington, Oakland County, Michigan (Age 66 years)   6. James David Cain,   b. 6 Jun 1923, Sterling, Arenac County, Michigan d. 11 Jul 1988, Lapeer County, Michigan (Age 65 years)   7. Bruce Edward Cain,   b. 17 Jun 1925, Belding, Ionia County, Michigan d. 20 Jun 1982, Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 57 years)   8. Living
  Family ID	F2700	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2007

  
  

  Family 2	Stephen William Clark,   b. 9 Feb 1894, Mayville, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 29 May 1967, Vassar, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	Jun 1947	Juniata, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2]
  	Valerie Atkinson shows they were married in the Church of the Latter Day Saints in Juniata.
  Family ID	F2713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2007

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 May 1893 - Gilford, Tuscola County, Michigan Marriage - 5 Mar 1913 - Sterling, Arenac County, Michigan Marriage - Jun 1947 - Juniata, Tuscola County, Michigan Death - 4 Mar 1980 - Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan Burial - 7 Mar 1980 - Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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). [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).