Albert Spencer (1872 - 1942)

Born 17 Feb 1872 in North Branch, Lapeer, Michigan, United States

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Died 22 Jan 1942 at age 69 in Brandon Township, Oakland, Michigan, United States

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Biography

The son of Seth W. Spencer and Minerva Rasey, Albert was born in North Branch in 1872.^[1] He married Maria (Slough) Spencer in Lapeer, Michigan on November 29, 1892.^[2][3] They made their home in Burlington Township where, in 1900, Albert worked as a farm laborer.^[4] His wife died in 1909 and the family moved to Pontiac where Albert eventually became a foreman at an automobile factory.^[5] In 1930, the census enumerator lists his occupation as a "laborer" at the auto factory. His married son, Harold, and Harold's wife, Lena, are in the household, and their daughter, Verda.^[6] By 1940, he has retired and is living with daughter's family in Arcadia. Hazel and her husband, George Macky, had three children by then.^[7] Albert passed away in Brandon Township, in Oakland County, at the age of 69.^[8]

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1. ↑ Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1880; Census Place: Burlington, Lapeer, Michigan; Roll: 589; Page: 149C; Enumeration District: 162: Burlington. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Ancestry Record 6742 #31743875 with attached Image
2. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3N2-XXX : 2 April 2020), Alert A. Spencer and Maria Slough, 29 Nov 1893; citing Marriage, Lapeer, Lapeer, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4207817.
3. ↑ "Michigan State Census, 1894," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKH-TQY : 12 March 2018), Albert Spencer, Burlington, Lapeer, Michigan, United States; citing p. 266, State Archives, Lansing; FHL microfilm 915,319.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS9M-BKG : accessed 5 October 2020), Albert Spencer, Burlington township Clifford village, Lapeer, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31, sheet 7B, family 157, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,724.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZQT-NT5 : accessed 5 October 2020), Albert Spencer, Pontiac Ward 4, Oakland, Michigan, United States; citing ED 189, sheet 2B, line 67, family 32, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 790; FHL microfilm 1,820,790.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ1L-GMX : accessed 5 October 2020), Albert Spencer, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 60, sheet 20A, line 5, family 381, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1017; FHL microfilm 2,340,752.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4GS-F3G : 19 December 2019), Albert Spencer in household of George Macky, Lum, Arcadia Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 44-3, sheet 4B, line 59, family 91, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1777.
8. ↑ "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFQ5-WLB : 13 March 2018), Albert Spencer, 22 Jan 1942; citing Brandon, Oakland, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,049.