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Homer Dwight Spencer

Male 1894 - 1964  (69 years)


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  • Name Homer Dwight Spencer  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 7 Aug 1894  Gilford, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 27 Jul 1964  Chester, Chesterfield County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4
    Notes 
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    • (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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Adeline "Addie" Krapf,   b. 28 Aug 1870, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1940, Belding, Ionia County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 5 May 1892  Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Family ID F3095  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lottie Byrnes,   b. Abt 1897, Sterling, Arenac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1919 (Age ~ 22 years) 
    Marriage 10 May 1914  Standish, Arenac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • They were the parents of Dorothy and Elmer.
    Children 
     1. Dorothea Ann "Dot" Spencer,   b. 20 Sep 1917, Arenac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 1995, Chesapeake, Northampton County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     2. Elmer W. Spencer,   b. Abt 1919, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Living
    Family ID F2718  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2007 

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

  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [S570] Atkinson, Valerie Cummings--Family Researcher (atkins3kids@tds.net).

    3. [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).

    4. [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).

    5. [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).