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William Howard SPENCER (1898 - 1981)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	William Howard SPENCER (1898 - 1981)	George (E. A.) SPENCER ( - 1907)
		Ellizabeth Ann DARWEN (1870 - 1950)	James DARWEN (1835 - 1875)	James DARWEN
				Ellizabeth PORTER
			Elizabeth Hume TAYLOR (1835 - 1901)	Thomas TAYLOR
				Nancy HUME

b. 1898 at Bowen, Queensland, Australia

d. 1981 at Bowen, Queensland, Australia aged 83

Near Relatives of William Howard SPENCER (1898 - 1981)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	James DARWEN	1835	Chorley, Lancashire, England	1875	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	40
Grandmother	Elizabeth Hume TAYLOR	1835	Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire, England	1901	Dunwich, Redlands, Queensland, Australia	66
Father	George (E. A.) SPENCER		England	1907	Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Mother	Ellizabeth Ann DARWEN	1870	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1950	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	80
Self	William Howard SPENCER	1898	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1981	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	83
Brother	Son SPENCER			bef 1950
Sister	Minnie Ann DARWEN	1892	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1899	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	7
Sister	Amy Elizabeth SPENCER	1902	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1998	Sydney, NSW, Australia	96
Sister	Martha Hannah SPENCER	1907	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1994	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	87
Brother	Granville Beatty SPENCER	1911	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1998	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	87
Aunt	Alice DARWEN	1856	Bolton, Lancashire, England	1889	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	33
Uncle	John BARR	1838	Nottinghamshire, England	1913	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	75
Uncle	Albert DARWEN	1859	Walton, Lancashire, England	1896	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	37
Aunt	Annie MEIZNER	1865	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1933	Queensland, Australia	68
Aunt	Margaret Ann DARWEN	1861	England	1863	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	2
Uncle	Edward DARWEN	1864	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1912	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	48
Aunt	Sarah Elizabeth WOODWARD	1865	Newbury, Berkshire, England	1929	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	64
Uncle	James DARWEN	1867	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1906	Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia	39
Uncle	William Henry DARWEN	1872		1931	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	59
Aunt	Caroline CHRISTOFFERSON	1877	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1946	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	69
Uncle	John (Jack) DARWEN	1874	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1954	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	80
Aunt	Ellen Mary CORNFORD	1881	Kent, England	1934	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	53
Cousin	Elizabeth Annie DARWEN	1884	Queensland, Australia	1945	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	61
Cousin	Albert Charles (Sonny) DARWEN	1885	Queensland, Australia	1955	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	70
Cousin	Alice Mary DARWEN	1887	Queensland, Australia	1968	Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia	81
Cousin	Arthur James DARWEN	1889	Queensland, Australia	1949	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	60
Cousin	John Henry DARWEN	1891	Queensland, Australia	1968	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	77
Cousin	William DARWEN	1893	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1974	New South Wales, Australia	81
Cousin	Ethel May DARWEN	1895	Queensland, Australia	1896	Queensland, Australia	1
Cousin	Winnifred DARWEN	1901	Queensland, Australia	1901	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	Edie DARWEN
Cousin	Wilfred DARWEN
Cousin	Allan Edward DARWEN	1893	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1926	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	33
Cousin	Daughter 4 DARWEN
Cousin	Jim DARWEN
Cousin	Mildred Doris DARWEN	1898	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1974	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	76
Cousin	Victor DARWEN	1900	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1957	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	57
Cousin	Ronald "Curry" DARWEN	1902	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1950	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	48
Cousin	Madge DARWEN	1904	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1987	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	83
Cousin	Douglas James DARWEN	1906	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1988	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	82
Cousin	Mabel DARWEN	1907	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1997	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	90
Cousin	Claude Leslie DARWEN	1909	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1994	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	85
Cousin	Marjorie DARWEN	1911	Queensland, Australia	1987	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	76
Cousin	Henry William DARWEN	1913	Queensland, Australia	1994	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	81
Cousin	Irene May DARWEN	1915	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1988	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	73
Cousin	Ivy Caroline DARWEN	1917	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1917	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	Roy Edward DARWEN	1918	Queensland, Australia	1993	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	75
Cousin	Walter Robert (Bob) DARWEN	1921	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	2003	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	82
Cousin	Enid DARWEN	1923	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	2007	Point Clare, Central Coast, NSW, Australia	84
Cousin	Henry Gordon DARWEN			1967	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Arthur James DARWEN	1900	Queensland, Australia	1979	Queensland, Australia	79
Cousin	Ethel May DARWEN	1901	Queensland, Australia	1971	Queensland, Australia	70
Cousin	John Thomas DARWEN	1902	Queensland, Australia	1988	Queensland, Australia	86
Cousin	William John (Robert) DARWEN	1904	Queensland, Australia	1921	Queensland, Australia	17
Cousin	Amelia Jane DARWEN	1906	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Daisy Eveline DARWEN	1908	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Dorothy Beatrice DARWEN	1910	Queensland, Australia	1969	Queensland, Australia	59
Cousin	Mabel Isabella DARWEN	1911	Queensland, Australia	1914	Queensland, Australia	3
Cousin	Albert Edward DARWEN	1914	Queensland, Australia	1984	Queensland, Australia	70
Cousin	Frederick Alexander DARWEN	1915	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Cynthia Jean DARWEN	1918	Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	Stanley Frederick GRIFFITH	1884	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	1958	Victoria, Australia	74
Brother in Law	George Reid MCCULLUM	1910		1992	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	82
Sister in Law	Lucy Hannah WELBURN	1916		1996	Queensland, Australia	80

Events in William Howard SPENCER (1898 - 1981)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1898		William Howard SPENCER was born	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	Note 1	18
1907	9	Death of father George (E. A.) SPENCER	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	Note 2
1950	52	Death of mother Ellizabeth Ann DARWEN (aged 80)	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	Note 3	60
1981	83	William Howard SPENCER died	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	Burial info
1981	83	Burial	Bowen General Cemetery	Note 4	90

Note 1: William Howard Spencer Event date: 06/04/1898 Event type: Birth registration Registration details: 1898/C/10837 Mother: Elizabeth Ann Darwen Father/parent: George Spencer

Note 2: Burial info POSSIBLE George Spencer Event date: 17/10/1907 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1907/C/3799 Products available: Mother: Martha Spencer Father/parent: Samuel Spencer

Note 3: Burial info Bowen Independent 17 Nov 1950 Bowen Independent (Qld. : 1911 - 1954), Friday 17 November 1950, page 7 OBITUARY ELIZABETH ANN SPENCER. The death on 30th October of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Spencer, aged 80 years, removed one of Bowen’s oldest natives, and a member of a family associated with the town since two years after the first settlement. The late Mrs. Spencer was a daughter of two Lancashire weavers, the late Mr. and Mrs. James Darwen, who emigrated to Australia in 1862. Their ship took twelve months to make the voyage and her skipper lost his ticket for making such a dilatory passage. The couple left England with two children and arrived at Bowen in 1863 with three, on the second vessel to bring settlers to the newly established port. Two other children were born in Bowen, including the late W. H. Darwen and Mrs. Spencer and John Darwen (now at Ayr), the only survivor of the family. The immigrant members of the family first lived at the police camp, under the protection of black troopers, and later built a home where the Club Hotel now stands. The father became Bowen’s first professional fisherman and was drowned while following this calling in 1875. Life was not easy for the family, and at an early age the late Mrs. Spencer went to work as a dressmaker, with Miss B. Zimmerman, who still follows that profession. In 1867, deceased married the late George Spencer, who worked with one of the town’s early Butchers, the late Mr. Champion. While their family was still in childhood, the husband met with a serious accident, falling from a delivery cart, which led to his demise in 1910. Left to provide for four young children, and without the benefit of pensions and child endowment, the late Mrs. Spencer returned to dressmaking, which she practised for many years until failing sight compelled her to retire. She had since lived quietly in her home in Norris Street with her sons. A devoted mother of a kindly disposition, she was well liked and respected by all who knew her. Deep sympathy is extended to sons William and Granville, daughters Amy (Mrs. S. Griffiths, Melbourne) and Martha (Mrs. G. W. McCallum, Bowen), also nine grandchildren and one greatgrandchild, and her brother (Mr. John Darwen, Ayr). A daughter and son predeceased her. The funeral left the Holy Trinity Church at 10 a.m. on 31st October, Rev. A. D. Thorpe performing the last sad rites at the graveside.

Note 4: William Howard “Bill” Spencer Birth 6 Apr 1898 Queensland, Australia Death 13 Sep 1981 (aged 83) Queensland, Australia Burial Bowen General Cemetery Bowen, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia Plot SHEET 3 12.21.05, Grave 3727

Source References:

18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: William Howard Spencer Event date: 06/04/1898 Event type: Birth registration Registration details: 1898/C/10837 Mother: Elizabeth Ann Darwen Father/parent: George Spencer

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: William Howard “Bill” Spencer Birth 6 Apr 1898 Queensland, Australia Death 13 Sep 1981 (aged 83) Queensland, Australia Burial Bowen General Cemetery Bowen, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia Plot SHEET 3 12.21.05, Grave 3727

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