Category Archives: Audrey Mae’s two uncles and their families

Audrey Mae’s father’s (William J. B. Spencer) brothers, their wives, children and grandchildren

No. 39 Richard Anthony born in 1916 & Martha (née Smith)

no-39-richard-anthony-spencer-dsc_0271According to Audrey Mae’s artistically designed cemetery map and her gravestone numbering system, Richard Anthony’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Thirty-nine.  Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the late 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Richard Anthony, a tenth-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island:

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No. 40 Alfred Ernest (“Uncle Ern”)

no-40-alfred-eAccording to Audrey Mae’s artistically created map diagram and her gravestone numbering system, Alfred Ernest’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Forty.  Alfred Ernest (“Uncle Ern”) was Audrey Mae’s, Edith Anna’s, and John Edward’s uncle. He was their father’s younger brother. Alfred Ernest was in World War I. He was in the U.S. Navy from 1917 to 1921. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Alfred Ernest, a ninth-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island:

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No. 41 Deborah Ann Jackson, Jane E.

no-41-deborahAccording to Audrey Mae’s artistic map diagram and her gravestone numbering system, Deborah and Jane ‘s names are on the same gravestone, Gravestone Forty-One. Using a Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Deborah Ann and her sister Jane E., eleventh-generation Spencers in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.

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No. 42 Lottie Lee (“Aunt Lottie”)

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According to Audrey’s Mae’s artistically created cemetery map design and her gravestone numbering system in her Spencer Family Historical Cemetery, Lottie Lee’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Forty-Two. Her spouse, Richard Augustus’s name is on the same gravestone. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Lottie: ams-42-richard-augustus

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Lottie’s burial is in the Spencer Family Cemetery because she was married to Richard Augustus Spencer. With her marriage to Richard, the name Gadsby came into the Spencer line.

Richard Augustus (“Uncle Rich”) is the older brother of William J.B. Spencer and Alfred Ernest Spencer (gravestone No. 40). Richard Augustus was the eldest child of Anna Maria (Mar-eye-ah) and John Johnson Spencer (Gravestone No. 8).  Anna Maria was the child of Richard Anthony Spencer (Gravestone No. 7).  Richard Anthony’s father was Richard Anthony (“Deacon”) Spencer.  Father and son had the same name. Richard Anthony (“Deacon”) was the sixth child of John (Gravestone No. 2) and Huldah (née Johnson) Spencer (Gravestone No. 1).

Uncle Rich and Lottie Lees (neé Gadsby) Spencer and their three daughters lived in the Spencer house at Spencer’s Corner (Division, Shippeetown and Crompton Roads in East Greenwich, R.I.). Two of Richard and Lottie’s three daughters are buried in the Spencer Family Cemetery.  They are Annie Eleanor (gravestone No. 43) and Amy Lees (gravestone No. 43). Continue reading

No. 42 Richard Augustus (“Uncle Rich”)

no-42-richard-and-lottieAccording to Audrey’s Mae’s artistically created cemetery map design and her gravestone numbering system in her Spencer Family Historical Cemetery, Richard Augustus’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Forty-Two. His spouse, Lottie Lees, and he share the same gravestone No. 42. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Richard Augustus, a ninth-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. ams-42-richard-augustus

Bruce MacGunnigle – 40

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No. 43 Annie Eleanor Spencer

no-43-annie-eleanor-spencerAccording to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram and her gravestone numbering system, Annie Eleanor Spencer’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Forty-Three.  Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Annie Eleanor Spencer, a tenth-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Annie is one of the three daughters of Richard Augustus (gravestone No. 42) and Lottie Lees (née Gadsby) Spencer (shared gravestone No. 42).

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No. 44 Amy Lees Spencer

no-44-amy-lees-spencerAccording to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system, Amy Lees Spencer’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Forty-Four. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Amy Lees, a tenth-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Amy is one of the three daughters of Richard Augustus and Lottie Lee (née Gadsby) Spencer.

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