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Alexander SPENCE 1838–1885 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Dec 1838

Birth Location: Auchtertool, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 9 Jun 1885

Death Location: Penrith, New South Wales, Australia

Father: Robert Spence

Mother: Alice Gresdale

Spouse(s): MARY FREEMAN

Children(s): Lisle SPENCE, Alice SPENCE, un SPENCE, Coral Spence, George SPENCE, Vivian SPENCE, Sydney SPENCE, Daisy SPENCE, Royal SPENCE, Iris SPENCE, Ethel SPENCE, Horace SPENCE

Alexander SPENCE was born in 1838 in Auchtertool, Fife, Scotland, the child of Robert Spence And Alice Gresdale. Alexander SPENCE married Mary Ann Freeman, and had children including Alice Garton Spence, Coral Spence, Daisy Florence Spence, Ethel Elizabeth Alice Spence, George Freeman Spence, Horace Alexander Spence, Iris Adele Spence, Lisle Freeman Spence, Royal Dugdale Spence, Sydney Cleveland Spence, Un Named Female Spence, Vivian Charles Spence. Alexander SPENCE passed away in 1885 in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.

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Biography

  • Alexander SPENCE was born in 1838 in Auchtertool, Fife, Scotland, the child of Robert Spence And Alice Gresdale.
  • Alexander SPENCE married Mary Ann Freeman, and had children including Alice Garton Spence, Coral Spence, Daisy Florence Spence, Ethel Elizabeth Alice Spence, George Freeman Spence, Horace Alexander Spence, Iris Adele Spence, Lisle Freeman Spence, Royal Dugdale Spence, Sydney Cleveland Spence, Un Named Female Spence, Vivian Charles Spence.
  • Alexander SPENCE passed away in 1885 in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Spence
1804–1879
Birth Location: West Lothian, Scotland
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Alice Gresdale
1813–1856
Birth Location: Bolton, Lancashire, England
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Spouses(s)

MARY FREEMAN
1845–1917
Birth Location: Woolwich, Kent, England
MF

Children(s)

Lisle SPENCE
1884–1976
Birth Location: Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
LS
Alice SPENCE
1883–1883
Birth Location: Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
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un SPENCE
1883–1883
Birth Location: –
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Coral Spence
1880–1944
Birth Location: Mullanaming St Redfern, New South Wales, Australia
CS
George SPENCE
1879–1879
Birth Location: St George, New South Wales, Australia
GS
Vivian SPENCE
1878–1880
Birth Location: Young, New South Wales, Australia
VS
Sydney SPENCE
1876–1949
Birth Location: Redfern, New South Wales, Australia
SS
Daisy SPENCE
1875–1950
Birth Location: Young, New South Wales, Australia
DS
Royal SPENCE
1873–1940
Birth Location: Young, New South Wales, Australia
RS
Iris SPENCE
1871–1919
Birth Location: Young, New South Wales, Australia
IS
Ethel SPENCE
1870–1935
Birth Location: Young, New South Wales, Australia
ES
Horace SPENCE
1868–1936
Birth Location: Redfen, New South Wales, Australia
HS

Alexander SPENCE's Ancestors

Self
Alexander SPENCE
1838–1885
Birth Place: Auchtertool, Fife, Scotland
Parents
Robert Spence
1804–1879
West Lothian, Scotland
Alice Gresdale
1813–1856
Bolton, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Alexander SPENCE
1775–1860
Dysart, Fife, Scotland
Jean Mckay
1779–1846
Fife, Scotland
TIMOTHY GRISDALE
1769–1841
Cumberland, England
MARY BRADLEY
1778–1869
Bolton, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Spence
1740–1839
Emilia Orrock
1743–1806
Isobel Cameron
1741–1806
Ann Temple
1736–1784
Jonas Bradley
1748–1799
Ann Lever
1752–1797
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Spence
1712–1799
Margaret Page
1715–
Robert Orrock
1717–1798
Isabel PAGE
1730–
Alexander Cameron
1712–1774
Elspet Fraser
1714–1770
Jannet Temple
1710–1808
JOHN BRADLEY
1702–
Abigail Higson
1708–
Alexander Lever
1730–1800
Mary SMITH
1732–1797

Alexander SPENCE's Descendants

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Alexander SPENCE (Dec 1838–9 Jun 1885) m. MARY (ANN) FREEMAN (1845–18 Nov 1917)
  1. 1. Lisle (Freeman) SPENCE 1884–1976
  2. 2. Alice (Garton) SPENCE 1883–1883
  3. 3. un (named female) SPENCE 1883–1883
  4. 4. Coral Spence 1880–1944
  5. 5. George (Freeman) SPENCE 1879–1879
  6. 6. Vivian (Charles) SPENCE 1878–1880
  7. 7. Sydney (Cleveland) SPENCE 1876–1949
  8. 8. Daisy (Florence) SPENCE 1875–1950
  9. 9. Royal (Dugdale) SPENCE 1873–1940
  10. 10. Iris (Adele) SPENCE 1871–1919
  11. 11. Ethel (Elizabeth Alice) SPENCE 1870–1935
  12. 12. Horace (Alexander) SPENCE 1868–1936

Alexander SPENCE's Timeline

2 Records

1838
Dec 1838
Birth of Alexander SPENCE in Auchtertool, Fife, Scotland
Auchtertool, Fife, Scotland
1885
9 Jun 1885
Age 47
Death of Alexander SPENCE in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Penrith, New South Wales, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Jun 1885
    Event Place: Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
    Record Source: Australia Death Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Dec 1838
    Event Place: Auchtertool, Fife, Scotland
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