Spencer Family History
Spencer Name Meaning
English: occupational name for someone employed in the pantry of a
great house or monastery, from Middle English spense ‘larder’ +
the agent suffix -er.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Spencer
Name Distribution of Spencer Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Spencer families
 727 - 1,451  243 - 726 |
 1 - 242  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Spencer families
|
3,034 - 6,066 1,012 - 3,033 |
1 - 1,011 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Spencer families
|
67 - 132 23 - 66 |
1 - 22 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Spencer Family Origin
Spencer Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Spencer
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Spencer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Spencer census records
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Spencer Civil War Service Records
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