FAMILY  FOLIAGE.

William James Bruce Spear  (1929 ~ 2019)

 

9.6.1.1. First child of Harold Spear and Jennie Marshall, William James Bruce Spear, was born November 7, 1929, in Cobourg, Ontario.

  He married Mary Evelyn Grant, daughter of John George “Jack” Grant and Margaret Jean Lamb, September 3, 1954, in Toronto, Ontario and had three children:

 

• (9.6.1.1.1)  Grant William  (1957 ~ )

• (9.6.1.1.2)  Lynn Margaret  (1959 ~ )

• (9.6.1.1.3)  David George  (1963 ~ )

 

  William J. Spear died December 27, 2019, aged 90 years, and M. Evelyn Grant Spear died February 13, 2020, aged 84 years, in Toronto, Ontario. 

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----- MARRIAGE -----

 

Spear-Grant

On Friday, September 3, 1954, at 8 o'clock, in Kingston Rd. United Church, Toronto, by Rev. Mr. Mitchell, Mary Evelyn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Grant, to William James Spear, son of Mr. Harold Spear and the late Mrs. Spear of Cobourg. Toronto Star, Sept. 4, 1954.

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----- Descendants of William J. Spear -----

 

1 Thomas Adams  (1782 ~ 1865)

...+Isabella McBride  (1787 ~ 1871)

.....2 Thomas Adams  (1827 ~ 1901)

.........+Jane James  (1831 ~ 1912)

.............3 Adeline Louisa Adams  (1867 ~ 1929)

................+James Spear  (1863 ~ 1951)

.....................4 Thomas William Harold Spear  (1897 ~ 1981)

........................+Jennie Marshall  (1902 ~ 1929)

............................5 William James Bruce Spear  (1929 ~ 2019)

...............................+Mary Evelyn Grant  (1935 ~ 2020)

.....................*2nd Partner of T. W. Harold Spear:

........................+Annie Ardell Honeywell MacKenzie  (1889 ~ 1979)

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