Hello Listers. I hope someone might be able to do a lookup (or two) for me. I am looking for details of James Stewart SPENCE who was born on 18 Feb 1857 in Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland. He came to Australia as a small boy (around 1860) and grew up around Melbourne. I believe he died before 1899. His parents were David Enverdale and Mary Ellen SPENCE. I think he may have married Zillah WARD around 1877. Any information would be very gratefully received. Shelley
No death before 1901 that I can see but there are some entries below that may be of interest to you Carmel Digger - Pioneer Index. Victoria 1836-1888 Query ----- Surname : Spence (524 matches) Spouse Gvn Names/Mot : zillah (140 matches) Total matching records: 3 -------------------- Surname: SPENCE Given Names: James Sinclair Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: James Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Zillah WARD Age: Sex: Birth Place: FOOT Death Place: Year: 1884 Reg Number: 9506 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: Surname: SPENCE Given Names: Harriet Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: James Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Zillah WARD Age: Sex: Birth Place: FOOT Death Place: Year: 1886 Reg Number: 26257 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: Surname: SPENCE Given Names: James Event: M Spouse Surname/Father: WARD Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Zillah Age: Sex: M Birth Place: GLASGOW Death Place: Year: 1877 Reg Number: 342 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: here is an interesting one Digger - Pioneer Index. Victoria 1836-1888 Query ----- Surname : spence (524 matches) Given Names : jas (94539 matches) Event : d (418821 matches) Spouse Surname/Fathe : david (18585 matches) Total matching records: 3 -------------------- Surname: SPENCE Given Names: James Mcewan Event: D Spouse Surname/Father: David Enverl Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Ellen BOAL Age: 17M Sex: Birth Place: EMER Death Place: Year: 1871 Reg Number: 8344 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: Digger - Pioneer Index. Victoria 1836-1888 Query ----- Surname : spence (524 matches) Spouse Surname/Fathe : david (18585 matches) Spouse Gvn Names/Mot : Mary (255853 matches) Total matching records: 7 -------------------- Surname: SPENCE Given Names: Robert Nevin Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: David Enverdea Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Ellen BOAL Age: Sex: Birth Place: MELB Death Place: Year: 1862 Reg Number: 21899 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: Surname: SPENCE Given Names: William Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: David Enverdal Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Ellen BOALL Age: Sex: Birth Place: EMER Death Place: Year: 1865 Reg Number: 8451 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: Surname: SPENCE Given Names: Emma Lee Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: David Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Ellen BOAL Age: Sex: Birth Place: EMERALD H Death Place: Year: 1867 Reg Number: 14785 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: Surname: SPENCE Given Names: James Mcewen Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: David Emerdale Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Ellen STEWART Age: Sex: Birth Place: EMER Death Place: Year: 1870 Reg Number: 15621 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: Surname: SPENCE Given Names: Robert Event: D Spouse Surname/Father: David Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary SLATER Age: 24 Sex: Birth Place: ORKN Death Place: Year: 1855 Reg Number: 256 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: Surname: SPENCE Given Names: Alexander Event: D Spouse Surname/Father: David Emerda Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Ellen UNKNOWN Age: 16M Sex: Birth Place: SCOT Death Place: Year: 1861 Reg Number: 1226 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: Surname: SPENCE Given Names: James Mcewan Event: D Spouse Surname/Father: David Enverl Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Ellen BOAL Age: 17M Sex: Birth Place: EMER Death Place: Year: 1871 Reg Number: 8344 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: Digger - Pioneer Index. Victoria 1836-1888 Query ----- Surname : spence (524 matches) Spouse Surname/Fathe : david (18585 matches) Spouse Gvn Names/Mot : Mary (255853 matches) Total matching records: 7 -------------------- Surname: SPENCE Given Names: Robert Nevin Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: David Enverdea Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Ellen BOAL Age: Sex: Birth Place: MELB Death Place: Year: 1862 Reg Number: 21899 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: Surname: SPENCE Given Names: William Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: David Enverdal Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Ellen BOALL Age: Sex: Birth Place: EMER Death Place: Year: 1865 Reg Number: 8451 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: Surname: SPENCE Given Names: Emma Lee Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: David Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Ellen BOAL Age: Sex: Birth Place: EMERALD H Death Place: Year: 1867 Reg Number: 14785 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: Surname: SPENCE Given Names: James Mcewen Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: David Emerdale Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Ellen STEWART Age: Sex: Birth Place: EMER Death Place: Year: 1870 Reg Number: 15621 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: Surname: SPENCE Given Names: Robert Event: D Spouse Surname/Father: David Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary SLATER Age: 24 Sex: Birth Place: ORKN Death Place: Year: 1855 Reg Number: 256 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: Surname: SPENCE Given Names: Alexander Event: D Spouse Surname/Father: David Emerda Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Ellen UNKNOWN Age: 16M Sex: Birth Place: SCOT Death Place: Year: 1861 Reg Number: 1226 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: Surname: SPENCE Given Names: James Mcewan Event: D Spouse Surname/Father: David Enverl Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Ellen BOAL Age: 17M Sex: Birth Place: EMER Death Place: Year: 1871 Reg Number: 8344 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: ----- Original Message ----- From: "s clarke" <mercury3@webone.com.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 12:35 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] James Stewart SPENCE > Hello Listers. I hope someone might be able to do a lookup (or two) for > me. > > I am looking for details of James Stewart SPENCE who was born on 18 Feb > 1857 > in Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland. He came to Australia as a small boy > (around > 1860) and grew up around Melbourne. I believe he died before 1899. His > parents were David Enverdale and Mary Ellen SPENCE. I think he may have > married Zillah WARD around 1877. > > Any information would be very gratefully received. > Shelley > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > ==================================================== > Searchable archives at > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AUS-MELBOURNE-L > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >