Winnifred Muriel (Spencer) Colwell (1894-1971)

Mrs. Winnifred Muriel Colwell formerly Spencer aka Franklin

Born 18 Oct 1894 in Michigan, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of George Sanford Spencer and Josephine Marrilla (McCain) Spencer

Sister of Lyle Spencer, Marcia Marilla Spencer, Seth Spencer and Alvah Spencer

Wife of Floyd Earl Franklin — married 16 Oct 1912 in Caro, Michigan

Wife of Roy C. Colwell — married 24 Nov 1920 in Caro, Michigan

Descendants

Mother of Beryl Alwin Franklin, Walter Clayton Franklin, [private daughter (1920s - 2010s)] and Roy Colwell

Died 19 Oct 1971 at age 77 in Frankenmuth, Saginaw County, Michigan, USA

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Biography

Winnifred was born in 1894. She passed away about 1971.

Sources

"Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQZ6-DQ2 : 20 February 2021), Winnifred Spencer, 18 Oct 1894; citing item 2 p 350 rn 432, Novesta, Tuscola, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,322,561.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9BG-3VZ : accessed 16 December 2021), Winnifred Spencer in household of George Spencer, Novesta township, Tuscola, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 124, sheet 8B, family 168, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,745.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLTW-SF1 : accessed 16 December 2021), Winnefred M Spencer in household of George S Spencer, Novesta, Tuscola, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 127, sheet 5B, family 114, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 676; FHL microfilm 1,374,689.
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N32R-5X8 : 18 February 2021), Floyd Franklin and Winnifred M Spencer, 16 Oct 1912; citing Marriage, Caro, Tuscola, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4209169.
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3BB-V31 : 18 February 2021), Roy C Colwell and Winnifred Franklin, 24 Nov 1920; citing Marriage, Caro, Tuscola, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4032439.
"Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZB3-87D : 4 December 2014), Winnifred M Colwell, 19 Oct 1971; from "Michigan, Deaths, 1971-1996," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 1998); citing Frankenmuth, Saginaw, Michigan, death certificate number 62768, Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, Lansing.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66193359/winnifred-muriel-colwell : accessed 16 December 2021), memorial page for Winnifred Muriel Spencer Colwell (18 Oct 1894–18 Oct 1971), Find A Grave: Memorial #66193359, citing Novesta Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by ProgBase (contributor 47278889) .

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Winnifred by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Winnifred: