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William Spence

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  • Name William Spence 
    Born 1853  Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 9 Oct 1853  St Botolph, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation Boatman Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I40603  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 22 May 2024 

    Father John Spence,   b. 1819, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Jane Buxton,   b. 1820, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 8 Oct 1843  St Giles and St Mary, Pontefract Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F12912  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father William Spence,   b. 1853, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Mary Harding,   b. 1853, Preston Gubbals, nr Shawbury, Shropshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1886  (Age < 32 years) 
    Married 18 Nov 1872  St Peter, Leeds Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F12913  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Harding,   b. 1853, Preston Gubbals, nr Shawbury, Shropshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1886  (Age < 32 years) 
    Married 18 Nov 1872  St Peter, Leeds Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Spence,   b. 1843, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. John William Spence,   b. 1873, Leeds Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Frederick Benjamin Spence,   b. 1846, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1846, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Amelia Spence,   b. 1877, Hunslet Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. James Thomas Spence,   b. 1848, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Jenny Spence,   b. 30 Nov 1882, Black Bull Street, Hunslet Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Mary Ann Spence,   b. 1850, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Harding Spence,   b. 30 Apr 1884, Black Bull Street, Hunslet Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Aug 1891, Leeds Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 7 years)
     9. Benjamin Spence,   b. 1852, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. William Spence,   b. 1853, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Alfred Spence,   b. 1855, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. Ada Spence,   b. 1858, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location
     13. Joseph Spence,   b. Abt Feb 1860, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1861, Ardsley, nr Barnsley Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     14. John Edward Spence,   b. Abt Feb 1862, Barnsley Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1880, Leeds Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 18 years)
    Last Modified 22 May 2024 
    Family ID F12913  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Ann Clegg,   b. 1862, Wakefield Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 20 Jun 1886  St Mary the Virgin, Hunslet Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. John William Spence,   b. 1873, Leeds Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Emily Spence,   b. 11 Feb 1888, Black Bull Street, Hunslet Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Amelia Spence,   b. 1877, Hunslet Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Willie Spence,   b. 21 Dec 1889, Black Bull Street, Hunslet Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Jenny Spence,   b. 30 Nov 1882, Black Bull Street, Hunslet Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Harding Spence,   b. 30 Apr 1884, Black Bull Street, Hunslet Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Aug 1891, Leeds Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 7 years)
    Last Modified 22 May 2024 
    Family ID F12914  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Age given as 38 in 1886 marriage record, 40 in 1891 census.

  • Sources 
    1. [S307023] West Yorkshire Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (Ancestry).

    2. [S010069] MC.





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