Samuel Burton Spence of Halfway River

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Springhill Record, Thursday, June 7, 1962, pg. #4; Reel #3221, NSARM,
Halifax, N.S.
OBITUARY: Burton Spence
The death occurred at All Saint's Hospital on May 26th, of Burton Spence,
eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Spence. He was born in Halfway
River on the 19th of January, 1874. He spent most of his entire life at
farming. He had been in poor health for some time but his death came
suddenly. There were four brothers, George, Ruben, Clarence and Jack; and
five sisters, Mary, Edith, Lena, Lavinia and Laura. Of these brothers and
sisters, only one brother, Jack and two sisters, Lavinia and Laura remain.
The funeral service was held from the home of his sister, Mrs. Lavinia
Finley on Tuesday, May 29th. The officiating clergyman was Rev. Canon W.
Knickle, assisted by the choir of All Saints. The hymns sung were: "Rock Of
Ages", "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Nearer Thy God To Thee". The pallbearers
were: Ray Porter, Jack Legrow, Bill White, Donald Porter, Rayburn Rector and
Theodore Hibberts. Interment was in Hillside Cemetery.

Source: Dave Winter, 2 Mar 2010
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Springhill¹s Moss Journal:
Spence, Burton May 26, 1962 December 28, 1874 87 y HC s/o Samuel & Mary
(Rector)

1881 Census;
6286 MILL VILLAGE A 286 SPENCE SAMUEL 29 M
6286 MILL VILLAGE A 286 SPENCE MARY 27
6286 MILL VILLAGE A 286 SPENCE BURTON 6
6286 MILL VILLAGE A 286 SPENCE RUBIN 4
6286 MILL VILLAGE A 286 SPENCE JOHN 2

1891 Census;
6656 SPRINGHILL A 656 SPENCE SAMUEL 39 M
6656 SPRINGHILL A 656 SPENCE MARY 38 M
6656 SPRINGHILL A 656 SPENCE SAMUEL 16
6656 SPRINGHILL A 656 SPENCE REUBEN 14
6656 SPRINGHILL A 656 SPENCE JOHN 12
6656 SPRINGHILL A 656 SPENCE VIOLET 10
6656 SPRINGHILL A 656 SPENCE LAURA 7
6656 SPRINGHILL A 656 SPENCE GEORGE 2

Automated Genealogy Version;
1901 Cumberland County Census, Springhill family #204, SPENCE:
27 204 Spence Samuel M Head M Feb 10 1852 49
28 204 Spence Mary F Wife M Feb 8 1853 48
29 204 Spence Burton M Son S Dec 28 1874 26
30 204 Spence John M Son S Oct 3 1878 22
31 204 Spence Levinia F Daughter S Mar 14 1882 19
32 204 Spence Laura F Daughter S Oct 5 1883 17
33 204 Spence Clarence M Son S Dec 11 1889 11
34 204 Rector Robert M Lodger S Feb 16 1879 22
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