Born in Shillingstone, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of Charles William Spencer
and Jane (Watts) Spencer
Wife of
Charles Patrick O'Neal
— married
19 Oct 1898 in Drummond, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
Effie Alma O'Neal, Tom O'Neal, Gladys Pearl (O'Neal) Greenier, Hazel G O'Neal, Elwood Charles O'Neal, Omar J O'Neal and Floyd B O'Neal
Died
at age 84
in Caswell Plantation, Aroostook, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Apr 2014
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Biography
Helen Louise Spencer was born in January 1881 in Shillingstone, North Dorset District, Dorset, England. She was the daughter of Charles William Spencer and Jane Watts.
At about age 18 Helen married Charles Patrick O'Neal on 19 Oct 1898 in Drummond, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada. There were seven known children born into this marriage.
Helen (Spencer) O'Neal died at about age 84 on 31 Dec 1965 in Caswell Plantation, Aroostook, Maine, United States; she was buried in Peers Cemetery in Caswell.
Sources
- "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XVZ-15L : 1 October 2014), Ellen Louisa Spencer, 1881; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Sturminster, Dorset, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
- "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q278-TYPM : 12 December 2017), Ellen L Spencer in household of Charles Spencer, Stourpaine, Dorset, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 9, Piece/Folio 2089/9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,654.
- "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFZC-4LH : Fri Jul 21 22:27:23 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles O Neal and Unreadable O Neal, 1920.
- "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM8N-TKD : Thu Aug 03 08:01:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles P Oneil and Nellie L Oneil, 1930.
- "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMM9-BZD : Wed Jul 26 19:27:39 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles Oneil and Nellie Oneil, 1940.
- "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FMR-93MZ : Wed Jul 26 10:53:56 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles Oneal and Nellie O'Neal, April 1, 1950.
- "Maine Death Index, 1960-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCV6-ZPX : 27 November 2014), Nellie S Oneal, 31 Dec 1965; citing Death, Caswell, city code 03110, certificate 6509866, Maine State Archives, Augusta.
- Find a Grave, entry for Nellie Ellen Louisa Spencer O'Neal. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239562041/nellie-ellen_louisa-o'neal
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Donna Johnson for creating this profile on, April 17, 2014.
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Rejected matches › Ellen Spencer (abt.1879-) › Ellen (Spencer) Channon (abt.1883-1959) › Ane Louise Nielsen (1883-) › Nellie Spencer (1881-)
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