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Name: Alexander Spence
Year: 1841
Place: St. Vincent
Source Publication Code: 1640.11
Primary Immigrant: Spence, Alexander
Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of death or other mention in the West Indies. Date of birth, occupation, place of origin, name of ship, name of parents, references to sources and other genealogical data may also be provided.
Source Bibliography: DOBSON, DAVID. Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Co., Inc., 1998. 150p.
Page: 131

Scots in the West Indies 1707-1857 Vol 2 [Paperback]
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The only spence's I can connect with is the name John, Benjamin, Annie, and Thomas, when you mention the 3 towns are you from ayrshire

1881
Name: William Gedes Spence -Mechanical Engineer (E&M)
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Relation: Son
Mother's Name: Isabella Spence
Gender: Male
Where born: St Vincent, West Indies

Civil parish: Elswick
County/Island: Northumberland

1891
Name: William J Spence
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Relationship: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: West Indus, St Vincent
Registration Number: 310
Registration district: Monifieth
Civil parish: Monifieth
Town: Broughty Terry
County: Angus
Address: 3 King - Street
Occupation: Chief Draughtsman


Think they are both the same person
Can only find him on these 2 Census

Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834

Name: Diana Webb
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1796
Age: 26
Colonial Dependency: St Vincent
Owner Name: John Stanley Spence
Record Date: 1822

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Methodists, Wesleyans, Baptists, Independents, Protestant Dissenters, Congregationalist, Presbyterians, Unitarians, Quakers (Society of Friends), Dissenters and Russian Orthodox. Maternity Records. Overseas Records. Early Birth Registers plus various other BMD records.

1881
Household:-Relation?

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
Isabella SPENCE Head W Female 55 Scotland Annuitant
William Gedes SPENCE Son U Male 21 St Vincent, West Indies Mechanical Engineer (E&M)
James Fred. SPENCE Son U Male 19 St Vincent, West Indies Chemical Comml Clerk
Louisa McIntyra SPENCE Niece U Female 27 St Vincent, West Indies
Margaret STOKER Servant U Female 18 Wintaton, Durham, England Domestic

66 Elswick Rd
Census Place Elswick, Northumberland, England
Family History Library Film 1342218
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 5051 / 128
Page Number 3

The Indexes of Family History Library Film
# 1162485



St. George's Cathedral, Church of England, Kingstown, St. Vincent

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Ellie

The Brittish had a military garrison out there .Have you tried researching the records at Kew .Some are online at FindmyPast.National archives online may have something.

Ellie

http://www.tribalpages.com/family-tree/grenadajoseph/3/18/Alfred-Spence-Family

Have you trid Paisley for a Poor relief.or the Mitchell Library ,Glasgow will also have them

Ellie

Spence B.W. 17-07-1885 Warner Place, Stevenston M Annie Wotherspoon, dtr. Of Thomas Wotherspoon, iron moulder

This must be related
Spencer Emma 28-11-1884 St. George's Cathedral, Kingstown, St. Vincent M Frederick Robert Snodgrass

Edit-you have to ask -who else in the area would be interested in this being put in the local paper.

1901
Name: Marion Spence
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1897
Relationship: Niece
Gender: Female
Where born: Paisley, Renfrewshire
Registration Number: 573/1
Registration district: Paisley
Civil parish: Paisley
County: Renfrewshire
Address: 2 Blythswood Drive
ED: 58
Household schedule number: 44
Line: 19
Roll: CSSCT1901_207
Household Members: Name Age
Annie Spence 38
John Spence 12
Thomas Spence 9
Benjamin Spence 7
Marion Spence 4


Could chase this up on Scotlands people for her birth .Father must be a brother of John Spence

Ellie

name: Louisa Spence
event: Census
event date: 1911
gender: Female
age: 50
birthplace: St Vincent West Indies
record type: Household
registration district: Islington
sub-district: Islington South East
parish: Islington
county: London

found some Spence's in St Vincent!!!

name: James Fredrick Spence
event: Census
event date: 31 Mar 1901
age: 39
relationship to head of household: Head
birthplace: St Vincent West Indies
record type: Household
registration district: Tynemouth
sub-district: Whitley
ecclesiastical parish: Cullercoats St Paul
civil parish: Whitley
county: Northumberland

birthday book definatley says 1860 drowned when he was in his 33rd year in 1894, his mother ann louisa brown on his marriage cert, also his middle name was West we were told after the west indies

4th August 1850 not 1860 - coincidence?

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parents:John Spence,? Ann Miller

name: Benjamin Spence
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 28 Aug 1850
baptism/christening place: BIRSAY,ORKNEY,SCOTLAND
birth date: 04 Aug 1850
father's name: John Spence
mother's name: Ann Miller
indexing project (batch) number: C11013-4
system origin: Scotland-ODM
source film number: 919497

well when I was searcing through the censu I saw lots in Scotland and Ireland - I'll take another look

I have tried so hard and spent a lot of money but to no avail, I can remember an old aunt saying something about the highlands or ireland, there are a lot of spences in orkney but still cant find the one i'm looking for, she even mentioned 2 old spinster aunts that were spences, they had a plantation over there but when the great hurricane hit the island sometime in the 1800's they came back to Scotland, which makes me think that the Spence's originally came from Scotland