724 documented Spencer ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
English occupational name for a dispenser of provisions in a great house or monastery.
Where the records place them: Iowa (100%), out of 715 Spencer records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: John, Mary, Raymond, James and William.
Of the 721 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 78 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Richard Spencer, born 1823 in Pennsylvania.
Documented Spencer families on this page come from Biographical review of Des Moines County, Iowa, History of Davenport and Scott County, Iowa (1910) and History of Dubuque County, Iowa (1911).
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Deceased Spencer ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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English occupational name for a dispenser of provisions in a great house or monastery.
The documented line here reaches back to 1823. Most Spencer lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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