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George Robert SPENCE
Chief Engineer, Merchant Navy of Portreath, Redruth, Cornwall
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George Robert SPENCE
1888 - 1974
Chief Engineer, Merchant Navy of Portreath, Redruth, Cornwall
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George Robert SPENCE
1888 - 1974
Chief Engineer, Merchant Navy of Portreath, Redruth, Cornwall
  m. Kate STOKES (1885 - 1962)
 
John Mackay SPENCE
1918 - 2001
Commercial artist of West Ham, London, Essex
Janet D SPENCE
1923 - ~1981
of West Ham, London, Essex
Narrative and Notes
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Date
Age*
Event
Place
2 Dec 1888
0
Birth 
1
 
Occupation: Chief Engineer, Merchant Navy 
2
 
1 Apr 1915
26
Marriage of wife's husband Harold REID and Kate STOKES 
3
Hammersmith, London, Middlesex
Q3 1918
29
Marriage to wife Kate STOKES 
4
Paddington, London, Middlesex
27 Dec 1918
30
Birth of son John Mackay SPENCE 
56
West Ham, London, Essex
Q2 1923
34
Birth of daughter Janet D SPENCE 
7
West Ham, London, Essex
7 Jan 1962
73
Death of wife Kate STOKES 
89
Cotswold Basset Terrace, Portreath, Redruth, Cornwall, England
2 Aug 1974
85
Death 
1011
Cotswold Basset Terrace, Penberthy Road, Portreath, Redruth, Cornwall, England
6 Mar 2001
112
Death of son John Mackay SPENCE 
1213
Haywards Heath, Sussex
Documented age, Calculated age, Estimated age
Citations
1 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

First name(s)

George Robert

Last name

Spence

Gender

Male

Birth day

2

Birth month

12

Birth year

1888

Age

-

Death quarter

3

Death year

1974

District

Penzance

County

Cornwall

Volume

21

Page

0326

Country

England

Record set

England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

2 - England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019

SPENCE Kate of Cotswold Basset Terrace Portreath Redruth

Cornwall (wife of George Robert Spence) died 7 January

1962 Probate Bodmin 23 March to the said George Robert Spence retired chief engineer Merchant Navy and John

Mackat Spence commercial artist.

Effects £815 10s.

3 - Reid - Stokes marriage announcement

REID - STOKES. - On the 1st, at Hammersmith, Harold, son of the late Sir Thomas Reid, of Newcastle, to Kate, youngest daughter of Frederic Stokes, of Broadway.

4 - England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005

First name(s)

Kate

Last name

Stokes

Marriage quarter

3

Marriage year

1918

Registration month

-

MarriageFinder ™

Kate Stokes married one of these people

George R Spence

Spouse's last name

Spence

District

Paddington

District number

-

County

London

Country

England

Volume

1A

Volume as transcribed

1A

Page number

73

Record set

England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

5 - 1939 England and Wales Register - 29th September 1939
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First name(s)

Last name(s)

DOB

Sex

Occupation

Marital status

Schedule

Schedule Sub Number |

Kate

Spence

10 Jan 1885

Female

Unpaid Domestic Duties

Married

129

1

John M

Spence

27 Dec 1918

Male

Not Previously Employed

Single

129

2

The record for this person is officially closed. For individual people, records remain closed for a century after their birth (the 100-year rule), unless it can be proven that they passed away before this milestone.

The record for this person is officially closed. For individual people, records remain closed for a century after their birth (the 100-year rule), unless it can be proven that they passed away before this milestone.

Ref: RG101/5110A/014/1 Letter Code: ODKA

6 - England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index 1837-1915

First name(s)

John M

Last name

Spence

Birth quarter

1

Birth year

1919

Mother's maiden name

Stokes

District

West Ham

County

Essex

Country

England

Volume

4A

Page

411

Record set

England & Wales Births 1837-2006

7 - England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index 1837-1915

First name(s)

Janet D

Last name

Spence

Birth quarter

2

Birth year

1923

Mother's maiden name

Stokes

District

West Ham

County

Essex

Country

England

Volume

4A

Page

574

Record set

England & Wales Births 1837-2006

8 - England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019

SPENCE Kate of Cotswold Basset Terrace Portreath Redruth

Cornwall (wife of George Robert Spence) died 7 January

1962 Probate Bodmin 23 March to the said George Robert Spence retired chief engineer Merchant Navy and John

Mackat Spence commercial artist.

Effects £815 10s.

9 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

First name(s)

Kate

Last name

Spence

Gender

Female

Birth day

-

Birth month

-

Birth year

1888

Age

74

Death quarter

1

Death year

1962

District

Redruth

County

Cornwall

Volume

7A

Page

155

Country

England

Record set

England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

10 - England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019

SPENCE, George Robert of Cotsworld Basset Terr Penberthy Rd

Portreath Redruth died 2 August 1974 Probate Bristol

7 August £19116 750721701B

11 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

First name(s)

George Robert

Last name

Spence

Gender

Male

Birth day

2

Birth month

12

Birth year

1888

Age

-

Death quarter

3

Death year

1974

District

Penzance

County

Cornwall

Volume

21

Page

0326

Country

England

Record set

England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

12 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

First name(s)

John Mackay

Last name

Spence

Gender

Male

Birth day

27

Birth month

12

Birth year

1918

Age

-

Death quarter

1

Death year

2001

District

Haywards Heath

District number

7811A

Register number

32A

Entry number

101

Date of registration mm/yy

0301

County

Sussex

Country

England

Record set

England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

13 - England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019

First name(s)

John Mackay

Last name

Spence

Death year

2001

Death date

06 Mar 2001

Probate year

2001

Probate date

08 May 2001

Residence town

-

Registry

Brighton

County

Sussex

Country

England

Document type

Grant and will

Number

678166

Record set

England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019