John
Edgar
Spence
Born in Whittington, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of John Small Spence
and Elizabeth (Johnston) Spence
Brother of
David Eccleston Spence, Esther Elizabeth Annie (Spence) Hamilton, William Adam Spence, Roy Johnston Spence and James Earle Hassard Spence
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 77
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Feb 2015
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Biography
John Edgar Spence, the son of John Small Spence and Elizabeth Johnston, was born 29 Jun 1885. He served in the militia as a young man and was chosen to represent the 36th Peel Infantry Regiment at the Coronation of King George V in 1911. he was commissioned lieutenant in 1914, but was rejected for service abroad in 1914-1918. In 1916, he was a teacher in Graham Hill, Saskatchewan. He returned to his parents' farm by 1921, and farmed there until 1946. John was elected member of Amaranth Township Council 1942-1945 and was deputy reeve on that council in 1846. He died 31 Oct 1962 and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Orangeville, Ontario.
Sources
- Richardson, William G., 1915-], The Story of Whittington - A History of the Whittington Community of Dufferin County (s.l., s.n., [1963]), p. 16.
- Canadian Gravemarker Gallery, digital image of the John Small Spence family marker in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Orangeville.
- Local news items, 20 July 1911 and 24 Feb 1916: transcriptions by Dufferin Museum citing the Orangeville Banner, Orangeville, Ontario.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Judith (Johnstone) Chidlow 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A506348 [compare], Ancestry member Judith_Chidlow
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Keith Johnstone :
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