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Dora Alma Spencer

Female 1893 - 1980  (86 years)


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  • Name Dora Alma Spencer  [1, 2
    Born 30 May 1893  Gilford, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 4 Mar 1980  Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried 7 Mar 1980  Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I6026  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Hiram Spencer,   b. 31 May 1861, Gilford, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Adeline "Addie" Krapf,   b. 28 Aug 1870, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1940, Belding, Ionia County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 5 May 1892  Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Family ID F3095  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 James Edward Cain,   b. Oct 1892, Linwood, Bay County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1944, Belding, Ionia County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 51 years) 
    Married 5 Mar 1913  Sterling, Arenac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Sigmund Spencer informed Art Peck that James and Dora had seven children, the oldest dying in infancy before even named. Their other children were Dewey (1915-1979), Ethel (Mrs. Early Clouse), Arley, James, Bruce and Earl. The family lived in Lansing, Remus and Mayville, Michigan.

      Art further notes that on the 1920 Michigan census, Vol. 6, ED 71, Sheet 10, Line 90, the family is enumerated as follows:

      James E. Cain age 27 b. Mich. Dora R. Cain age 26 b. Mich. Dewey H. Cain age 4 1/2 b. Mich. Dora R. age 1 1/2 b. Mich.
    Children 
     1. James Leonard Cain,   b. 9 Mar 1914, Sterling, Arenac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1915  (Age 0 years)
     2. Dewey Homer Cain,   b. 6 Apr 1915, Sterling, Arenac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1979, Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     3. Vern Imanual Cain,   b. 10 Feb 1917, Sterling, Arenac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1918  (Age 0 years)
     4. Dorathea Ethel Cain,   b. 11 Sep 1918, Sterling, Arenac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1997, Remus, Mecosta County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     5. Arley Isaac Cain,   b. 18 Jan 1921, Sterling, Arenac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1987, Farmington, Oakland County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     6. James David Cain,   b. 6 Jun 1923, Sterling, Arenac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1988, Lapeer County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     7. Bruce Edward Cain,   b. 17 Jun 1925, Belding, Ionia County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1982, Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     8. Living
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2007 
    Family ID F2700  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Stephen William Clark,   b. 9 Feb 1894, Mayville, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1967, Vassar, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married Jun 1947  Juniata, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Valerie Atkinson shows they were married in the Church of the Latter Day Saints in Juniata.
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2007 
    Family ID F2713  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 30 May 1893 - Gilford, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 5 Mar 1913 - Sterling, Arenac County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Jun 1947 - Juniata, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 4 Mar 1980 - Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 7 Mar 1980 - Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [S570] Atkinson, Valerie Cummings--Family Researcher (atkins3kids@tds.net).

    3. [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 138 (Reliability: 3).