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LeRoy Spencer (1909 - 1967)

LeRoy Spencer
Born in Sivells Bend, Cooke, Texas, United Statesmap
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Son of and
Brother of , and
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of
Died at age 58 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United Statesmap
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Biography

LeRoy Spencer was born in 1909 to parents Conrad Eugene Spencer and Maud Virginia Nance in Sivelle's Bend, Cooke County, TX, where the family, from Oklahoma, lived briefly before returning home to Love, Marietta, OK the following year. His father Conrad was a farmer and his mother a homemaker.[1]

In 1930 he resided in Washington, Love, NC. [2]

He met his wife Katharine while stationed at the Coast Guard Air Station in Charleston, SC.[3] They were married in Chowtan, NC on Jan 30 1943.[4]

They moved to California in 1949. [5] In 1950, they lived in San Diego, CA. [6]

They moved to the city of San Bernardino in 1956.[7]

He joined the US Coast Guard and served during both WWII and the Korean war before he retired.[8]

He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and attended the Del Rosa Community Methodist Church.[9]

LeRoy was diagnosed with lung cancer in July 1987 and died two months later on 8 Sep 1967 at the age of 58. At the time of his death, he was employed as a parachute inspector at Norton Air Force Base, San Bernardino, CA.[10] He was buried at Montecito Memorial Park in Colton, CA.

Quotes from the Marietta Monitor Newspaper where LeRoy grew up: "Why doesn't LeRoy Spencer drive fast?" "That schoolgirl complexion!" "Within the Law"

Children

  1. Gabriella (step-daughter)
  2. Conrad Luis b. 1944

Sources

  1. ↑ Source: S1311531617 Year: 1910; Census Place: Washington, Love, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1261; Page: 17b; Enumeration District: 0171; FHL microfilm: 1375274 Ancestry Record 7884 #156085048
  2. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Washington, Love, Oklahoma; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2341640
  3. ↑ The Marietta Monitor Marietta, Oklahoma • Fri, Aug 16, 1940 Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-marietta-monitor-leroy-spencer-in-th/143963822/
  4. ↑ North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011
  5. ↑ Death Certificate
  6. ↑ Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1/1/1972. iPopulation Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950/i. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. piPopulation Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950/i. NAID: a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/43290879" target="_blank"43290879/a. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC., Washington, DC./p
  7. ↑ Death Certificate
  8. ↑ Death Certificate
  9. ↑ The San Bernardino County Sun; Publication Date: 10 Sep 1967; Publication Place: San Bernardino, California, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/61860028/?article=f99880c1-82ff-4ce6-995c-944b1e213e5f&focus=0.4857407,0.22698975,0.60292333,0.42131582& Web address https://www.newspapers.com/image/61860028/?article=f99880c1-82ff-4ce6-995c-944b1e213e5f&focus=0.4857407,0.22698975,0.60292333,0.42131582&xid=3355
  10. ↑ Death Certificate
  • Death Certificate: I have his birth and death certificates.

Death Certificate: San Bernardino County, CA Book 235 page 47 3600 3561 Birth Certificate: Cooke County, TX Spencer-26370 01:43, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Melinda Spencer, Granddaughter

  • Source: S1311530999 1950 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2022 Lehi, UT, USA Record Collection 62308 Note: Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1/1/1972. <i>Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950</i>. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. <p><i>Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950</i>. NAID: <a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/43290879" target="_blank">43290879</a>. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC., Washington, DC.</p>Ancestry Record 62308 #259860202
  • Source: S1311531004 California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2000 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 5180 Note: State of California. <i>California Death Index, 1940-1997</i>. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.Place: San Bernardino; Date: 8 Sep 1967; Social Security: 571501699 Ancestry Record 5180 #11528696
  • Source: S1311531272 1930 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2002 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 6224 Note: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. <i>Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930</i>. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.Year: 1930; Census Place: Washington, Love, Oklahoma; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2341640 Ancestry Record 6224 #94170946
  • Source: S1311531659 California, U.S., Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2017 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 61066 Note: State of California, United States. <i>Great Register of Voters</i>. Sacramento, California: California State Library.California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968 Ancestry Record 61066 #64771868
  • Source: S1311530999 1950 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2022 Lehi, UT, USA Record Collection 62308 Note: Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1/1/1972. <i>Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950</i>. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. <p><i>Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950</i>. NAID: <a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/43290879" target="_blank">43290879</a>. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC., Washington, DC.</p>Ancestry Record 62308 #259860202
  • Source: S1311531004 California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2000 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 5180 Note: State of California. <i>California Death Index, 1940-1997</i>. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.Place: San Bernardino; Date: 8 Sep 1967; Social Security: 571501699 Ancestry Record 5180 #11528696
  • Source: S1311531272 1930 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2002 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 6224 Note: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. <i>Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930</i>. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.Year: 1930; Census Place: Washington, Love, Oklahoma; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2341640 Ancestry Record 6224 #94170946
  • Source: S1311531659 California, U.S., Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2017 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 61066 Note: State of California, United States. <i>Great Register of Voters</i>. Sacramento, California: California State Library.California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968 Ancestry Record 61066 #64771868
  • Source: S1311530999 1950 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2022 Lehi, UT, USA Record Collection 62308 Note: Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1/1/1972. <i>Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950</i>. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. <p><i>Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950</i>. NAID: <a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/43290879" target="_blank">43290879</a>. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC., Washington, DC.</p>Ancestry Record 62308 #259860202
  • Source: S1311531004 California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2000 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 5180 Note: State of California. <i>California Death Index, 1940-1997</i>. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.Place: San Bernardino; Date: 8 Sep 1967; Social Security: 571501699 Ancestry Record 5180 #11528696
  • Source: S1311531272 1930 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2002 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 6224 Note: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. <i>Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930</i>. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.Year: 1930; Census Place: Washington, Love, Oklahoma; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2341640 Ancestry Record 6224 #94170946
  • Source: S1311531659 California, U.S., Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2017 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 61066 Note: State of California, United States. <i>Great Register of Voters</i>. Sacramento, California: California State Library.California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968 Ancestry Record 61066 #64771868
  • Source: S1311531720 North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2015 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 60548 Note: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.Ancestry Record 60548 #2142227




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