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Spiers

aljack45 — 2012-04-23 18:25:39Z

Hi

My husband is related to Edwin J Spiers

This may sound like a strange question but do you know of any of the Spiers family that have RP (retinitis pigmentosa or rod & cone dystrophy).

Edwin had a son also called Edwin who was noted as Blind on the census material.

But I have been unable to find any others and just wondered if you have come across this.

Re: Spiers/Spears - Northern Ireland to Pennsylvania & Canada in 1800's

Daphne_Stephens — 2012-04-15 01:07:26Z

This is my family also!! I have information I can send you. you can email me at
dafferdo@yahoo.ca and I will send you what I have. James and Margaret were my GGG Grandparents. I have an uncle living in Northern Ireland who has a lot of information on the family. Look forward to hearing from you.
Daphne

Re: Thomas Spier(s)/Speir(s)

Daphne_Stephens — 2012-04-15 00:38:30Z

I have a James Spiers who lived in Larrycormick, N. Ireland at some point, married Margaret Dunseith, and who died around 1852. Wondering if James could be a brother of Thomas? I have very little info on James so I've been looking for connections.
Daphne
dafferdo@yahoo.ca

Re: Spiers in Co.Down, Ireland

Daphne_Stephens — 2012-04-15 00:13:26Z

Hi Lois,
Is your cousin my Uncle Willie?
Daphne

Re: SPIERS Frank - Vietnam Wall section 28W

dgenetti634 — 2012-03-27 01:46:58Z

Looking for the children of Frank Spiers. My father served with him in Vietnam and was with him when he died.

SPIERS in either Sussex or Hereford

yorky68 — 2012-01-30 14:52:06Z

You listed the name Spiers in your enquiry. No mention was made. I am looking for inormation on a John or Charles Spiers.Could be in either Sussex or Hereford. Can you help.

Re: Spiers in Co.Down, Ireland

tlynch33 — 2011-11-04 01:10:18Z

I have two sons.... but the spiers line is from my mothers... does this help?

My mother might have contact with some of her cousins (spiers)... if I cant help you.

Re: Spiers in Co.Down, Ireland

alex_pip — 2011-11-03 08:19:11Z

Hello T.Lynch,
I am hoping to find a male Spiers of the Clanmaghery families who would be willing to test his Y-DNA for comparison with other Spiers from Co.Down. This would tell us if these Spiers families all descend from the same ancestor. Do you have any male Spiers relatives?
Alex

Re: Ancestry/Spiers/McKee/McAuley/Russell

JaneGiffen29 — 2011-09-05 16:05:01Z

HI;

I'm interested if you have any info on the McKee
families in County Down,,,,
I have a Lucinda McKee married Archibald McBride
farmer of Killarn; Lucinda was daughter of James
McKee farmer,Milecross;Arch/McBride died c1843 and
Lucinda remarried Patrick Crawford in 1847 at 1st
Pres/Ch/New/Ards,,they farmed at Whitespots;

Appreciate hearing from any interested parties,,

Kind regards;
Janey;

Re: Ancestry/Spiers/McKee/McAuley/Russell

DavidHanna63 — 2011-08-11 14:31:54Z

I have some research info on the Spiers family in this area. I would be interested in comparing notes.

Spieran and variant spelling of surname

margaretspearin — 2011-07-18 01:50:38Z

Hello list
We have a surname project with FTDNA and have a discount voucher which if you are interested can be yours for $89.

we have negotiated a super-discounted Y-DNA37 marker test for a special price of $89. We had 4 of these tests and we now have one left. The only proviso is that the person to be tested must be a Spearin (or variant), they must supply their Spearin male line lineage, and they must write to us for the coupon code to qualify for the special price of $89. The coupon expires at the end of July so please write to us asap. First come, first served.
Margaret Spearin

Spearin and all variant spelling of surname

margaretspearin — 2011-07-18 01:30:20Z

Re: Spiers in Co.Down, Ireland

tlynch33 — 2011-06-02 00:05:57Z

Are you still interested in information, or interested in hooking up?

My spiers family is from clenmaghery. I have James Speirs/Agnes McAuley and Andrew Spiers/Eliza Jane McKee, and James Spiers/Margaret Andrews.

Do any of these names mean anything to you?

SPIERS Randolph - Vietnam Wall section 9W

t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX — 2011-05-02 17:11:32Z

SPIERS Randolph - Vietnam Wall section 9W

Honor our Veterans. This is one of many photographs of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Parker Co, TX. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 220,674 photos free at http://teafor2.com where they are listed in order by state(Texas), county(Parker), cemetery(Vietnam) and Surname.

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is not my family.

Spiers chemist/drug store

carolmillar19 — 2011-04-18 19:00:45Z

Looking for information on Spiers chemist/drug store in Boston during WW2. The Spiers were originally from England.
They would be related to Mundys and Brayshaws.

Spiers/Spires Ann - Ashton Under Hill

emben08 — 2011-04-10 20:54:42Z

Ann Spires born 1849 Ashton Under Hill, father Charles Spiers.Married William Smith. Lived Ashton Under Hill, Grafton, Married Beckford, moved to Neither Whitacre/ Over Whitacre/ Wordsley/ Walsall amd moved back to Neither Whitacre and is buried at St Giles.

Do you have any connection to the above, would love to hear from you I am trying to find out as much as I can about my ancestors. Ann was my GG Grandmother and have not much to go on. Iam despirate to locate anyone who may be connected and my have any old family pictures.

Emma x

SPIERS Herbert Roth 1945-2011

Lace_Lynch — 2011-04-07 01:59:48Z

SPIERS Herbert Roth Spiers, of New York City, died on March 2, 2011, surrounded by beloved relatives and friends.

Born November 8, 1945, in Columbus, Ohio, to the late Al and Maxine Spiers.

A graduate of St. Charles, an M.A. from Ohio State University and a Ph.D. from University of Toronto. He taught at Bishop Watterson High School.

Owner of S.I. Fine Arts. He was a founding member of ACT UP, New York and the gay liberation periodical The Body Politic.
He was instrumental in developing Stonewall Union in Columbus, Ohio.
Herb was a kind, compassionate, and generous man. He strove to live in the moment and show to everyone he met an open and loving heart.
Herb is survived by his partner, Joe Daniel of New York; his sister, Linda (Herb) Godby; brothers, Bill, Jack (Rita), Jerry (Aggie); numerous nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews.
A memorial service will be held at St. Pius X in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, at 11 a.m., April 16, 2011.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI.org). For a detailed description of Herb's life, see OutHistory.org and search Spiers.

Published in The Columbus Dispatch on April 10, 2011

SPIERS Stephen A - Vietnam Wall section 13W

t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX — 2011-03-24 11:06:41Z

SPIERS Stephen A - Vietnam Wall section 13W

Honor our Veterans. This is one of many photographs of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Parker Co, TX. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 219,952 photos free at http://teafor2.com where they are listed in order by state(Texas), county(Parker), cemetery(Vietnam) and Surname.

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is not my family.

FATHY HYATT SPEAR

bonniehyattk — 2010-12-31 20:07:59Z

I am looking for imformation on FATHY HYATT SPEAR, with two children named WILLIS SPEAR and NANCY SPEAR. They are listed in her fathers, THOMAS HYETT's Will, dated January 18, 1781. He names sons WILLIS HYETT, DAVID HYETT, and JOHN THOMAS HYETT. Daughters ELIZABETH WILLS, FATHY SPEAR, ANNEY BRADLEY and PENELOPE ALSOBROOK. ELIZABETH WILLS husband was RICHARD WILLS. Witness of the Will is ISAAC SESSUMS, WILLIAM COTTEN SR., and DAVID SMITH.

< SPEAR name spelled SPEARS, SPIER, SPIERS and SPEIRS >

SPIERS Frank - Vietnam Wall section 28W

t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX — 2010-12-30 10:35:30Z

SPIERS Frank - Vietnam Wall section 28W

Honor our Veterans. This is one of many photographs of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Parker Co, TX. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 219,080 photos free at http://teafor2.com where they are listed in order by state(Texas), county(Parker), cemetery(Vietnam) and Surname.

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is not my family.

Re: Spiers One-Name Study

RonSpiers63 — 2010-12-19 09:50:29Z

Thank you Brian. I have made a note in my Spiers files of the info you posted on your Spiers ancestors. However I am no longer doing the Spiers One Name Study.

Ron

Re: Spiers One-Name Study

BrianChatters — 2010-12-19 00:07:28Z

Re John Thomas Spiers, born Redditch in 1864. I have him in my family tree as follows:
Birth registered Apr-Jun 1864, the son of William Spiers and Eliza Mobbs (one of 11 children). William and Eliza married at Ipsley on 10th Apr 1842. William was baptised at Inkberrow on 12th Aug 1821, the son of John Spiers and Mary Laugher (or Lor), one of 11 children. William was the brother of James Spiers who was my great-great-grandfather. John was baptised at Inkberrow on 1st Jan 1789, the eldest son of Thomas Spiers and Mary Clarke, one of four children. I have more information and you can contact me directly if you are interested. My email address is in my profile.
Regards

Re: Spiers One-Name Study

ford1115 — 2010-11-10 18:48:19Z

Thankyou for your help.Will look where you have suggested.
Pat.

Re: Spiers One-Name Study

RonSpiers63 — 2010-11-10 09:28:20Z

The only Thomas Spiers I can find in Buckinghamshire is
Ref - 3a 465 Sept 1863. This ref will get you his 1863 Birth Certificate at www.gro.gov.uk

The other place to look is the 1861 Census at www.nationalcensus.gov.uk

You could also try www.freebmb.rootsweb.com

Re: Spiers One-Name Study

ford1115 — 2010-11-09 17:25:30Z

HI I AM LOOKING FOR MY GRANDFATHER THOMAS SPIERS BORN 1861 AND ON HIS MARRIAGE CERT SAYS HE WAS BORN STONY STRATFORD BUCKS.FATHER NAMED JOSEPH AND A BROTHER CHARLES.
ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.THANKYOU PAT

SPIERS CHARLES H

ford1115 — 2010-10-29 15:33:15Z

CHARLES H SPIERS B1861 BUCKS AREA.EMIGRATED TO NEW YORK
MARRIED JOSEPHINA.CHILDREN LILLIAN B1910 ALICE B1912 CHARLES H B1915

Thomas Henry Spiers

DOROTHYE9 — 2010-09-25 11:56:28Z

In search of any family of Thomas Henry spiers 12 children. All 12 of them are listed on my Find a Grave #47276203.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&GSln=Sp...;

Most of the children were in San Antonio,Houston and Los Angeles.

Any information and photos will be appreciated.
Regards, Dorothye

Spiers Family tree

cherylellis2 — 2010-05-21 12:53:21Z

Looking for information on William Roberts born 1836 Wales; wife Mary Ann born 1833/4 Wales. These are parents of Emily Roberts, born 1859/60 ? Shrewsbury, who married my Great grandfather Arthur Spiers, born 1860 Kenilworth, lived in Walsall Staffordshire.

Re: Spiers family/Pearl River Co., MS

L_Huther — 2010-04-24 18:04:25Z

Sabrina,

My name is Lisa. My mother is doing genealogy research on Spiers and Dunns right now. She is related to Beulah and her family. She has information about a Spiers reunion this summer. Contact: Linda Carroll, (601) 590-2041, (601) 798-4211, or contact me at junkmail39429@yahoo.com and I will give you her email address. Thanks.

SPIERS THOMAS JOHN

ford1115 — 2010-04-05 21:31:12Z

B CIRCA 1861 STONY STRATFORD ANY INFORMATION PLEASE
FATHER JOSEPH BROTHER CHARLES

Spiers, Kennedy

suzanneshortman1 — 2010-03-23 03:23:21Z

I am looky for imformation on James A Spiers brn 6 Feb 1850 who married Ellen Kennedy Brn 5 Oct 1854 both born in Ontario, Canda moved to Michigan about 1878 and then moved later living Clackamus County Oregon around the 1910s. They had at least three sons Walter, Randolph, and Burliegh. One daughter named Nettie. James may have had a brother named Thomas Spiers. James and Ellen both died in Portland Ore and are buried there. Randolph married Chloa Hanson.

Looking for Bessie Bathea Spiers

sober705 — 2010-02-04 17:38:18Z

I am looking for information on Bessie Bathea Spiers, she was born Glasglow, Scotland about 1890s. Bessie came to America when she was 15 yrs old. She married Howard Daniel Boring in Pennssylvania about 1915 or so, and died in 1973 in Cambria County PA. I don't know much of her. From what my wife's mother told me, she beleive Bessie's dad was Matthew. I have looked at 1900 US Census for "Bessie Bathea Spiers" and came up with last name of "Spears" in Carroll Twp., Cambria Co., PA. Any additional information will be helpful.

Re: Frederick Spiers and his father Peter Spiers

johnhilary1 — 2010-01-15 23:56:05Z

Hi Peter Durrant,

I have just started researching my antecedents and am looking to go back beyond Peter Baptiste Spiers. Peter is my paternal great great grandfather, Frederick my great grandfather etc. The first record I have is Frederick's marriage in 1859 - I have the certificate and Peter's occupation is given as Rector of St ??? College (could be Croix or Croive). Frederick was born in Guernsey (as you have said) and is described as a mariner / seaman / sailmaker but the first UK census record of him is 1881. He died in 1905

Do you have any better information - are you related to Frederick

Regards,

John Spiers

Re: James Speirs b. 1868 d. June 2, 1910 Dumbarton, Scotland

patspeirs — 2009-11-29 23:44:14Z

Have dug out some info for you - there are some attachments with this. Can you contact me at patspeirs@ecosse72.freeserve.co.uk
and we can pass on all the details.

Kind regards from 'home'!!

Re: James Speirs b. 1868 d. June 2, 1910 Dumbarton, Scotland

litlmoo — 2009-11-29 22:00:20Z

Pat, I think the year of his death may be 1911, not 1910... I think Katie was 10 when she came to this country and her birthday was in December. They left Scotland in August, shortly after he died. She was Catherine Speirs - born in Dumbarton December 5, 1900.

Re: James Speirs b. 1868 d. June 2, 1910 Dumbarton, Scotland

patspeirs — 2009-11-29 15:54:37Z

Hi - Will need to look back through the archives to see what info I had at the time (2001) - have not been terribly active on the genealogy front for a wee while so bear with me while the memory cells tumble around!

Pat

Re: James Speirs b. 1868 d. June 2, 1910 Dumbarton, Scotland

litlmoo — 2009-11-28 04:34:26Z

Pat...I am James (Jamie)/Catherine Spiers' Greatgrandaughter - Catherine Speirs/(Charles)Lewis grandaughter - Marjorie Lewis (John) Kyle's daughter - 'ME' - Jennifer Hale's mother...many many more...

Re: Spiers family/Pearl River Co., MS

L_Huther — 2009-11-02 02:32:41Z

Originally posted May 6, 2009

This is a message for Lori, if anyone knows how to locate her. My mom is Linda C. Carroll. She was a Dunn/Spiers descendant. She said Beulah was her grandmother Ann Dunn's sister. She said Beulah had a twin, Elizabeth. My mom also knew Beulah lived in Bush, Louisiana. Please contact my mom at 601-798-4211 for additional information.

Re: Spiers family/Pearl River Co., MS

L_Huther — 2009-11-02 02:10:55Z

Sabrina,

My mom is Linda C. Carroll. She was a Dunn/Spiers descendant. She said Beulah was her grandmother Anne Dunn's sister. She said Beulah had a twin, Elizabeth. My mom also knew Beulah lived in Bush, Louisiana. Please contact my mom at 601-798-4211 or 601-590-2041. She is desperately working on a Spiers/Dunn genealogy book and needs information. Thank you so very much.

Lisa Carroll Huther
601-736-5121
Columbia, MS

Graham, Spiers, Fermanagh

maron17 — 2009-10-14 13:58:10Z

I believe that my great, great great grandfather George Graham was born in Fermanagh but moved with his parents James and Jane (nee Thomson)and his siblings to Stonehouse, Lanarkshire. Sometime before 1874. In 1874 George and his wife Sydney Thomson marries in Stonehouse. I believe however, that Sydney was also from Ireland (don't know where, though). James Graham parents were George Graham and Nancy Spiers, James were Alexander Thomson and Catherine Bruce and Sydney's parent were John Thomson and Dorothea (I think) Johnstone.

Does anyone know of the Graham and Thomson families?

PS I'm also posting this in the Surnames list.

Re: Spiers family/Pearl River Co., MS

jorlcummings — 2009-09-26 03:58:18Z

Hi Sabrina,
Absolutely, I would love that if you could scan me a copy of the picture! Also if you could share any info you have about her. I have a big question mark about her, although I think she was the child of Tom Spiers and Mary Dunn. My grandmother (Beaulah's granddaughter, daughter of Hattie Myrie Crawford) was killed in a car accident before genealogy was even a glint in my eye, so I never got to ask her for information, and I know she would have loved to talk about her family. If you would be so kind, please email me at jorlcummings at earthlink dot net. Thank you so much!!!

Lori

Re: Spiers family/Pearl River Co., MS

BeanieDella — 2009-09-24 13:44:37Z

Hi,
Beulah is my great-great grandma. I actually have several photos of her(with 9 of her children). I also have copies of the family bible she wrote in.

Let me know if you'd like me to email ya.

Sabrina

Fascinating DNA findings for SPEIR(S)/SPIER(S)/SPEAR(S)/SPEER(S)

Akaha — 2009-09-20 18:18:15Z

I've been researching my Speir(s) family for about 15 years and after total frustration in figuring out several connections, I decided that maybe DNA might be a way around the missing paper trail. As Speir(s) is my mother's direct line and dna requires a male carrying the same Y chromosome of your ancestor, it was necessary for me to solicit the aid of a fourth cousin, who was kind enough to be our donor.

We have only received the results of our 37 marker test in the past week, and even though it may take us a while to find the matches we need to resolve some of the questions I have, I feel extremely satisfied with our investment and the information that we have gleened from those who have proven to be our distant ancestors!

Here are the things that we have learned:

1. We seem to be the first Speir(s) who lived in Scotland AFTER 1700 to have done DNA.

2. We did have some very good matches and they all shared some variation of our surname. We all have been assigned to the haplotype I2b1. These Speir appear to have lived in Scotland around 1600 and then moved to Ireland. Most of them now use the SPEER/SPEER spellings.

3. The SPEER researchers in this project have evidence that suggests that their line can be traced back to a nobleman by the name of Milius Speire or Spär. Malius married Eupheimia whose lineage can be directly traced back to BOTH the King of Norway and the King of Scotland.

4. As all Speir(s) members of our project seem to fall into two main types, I strongly feel that we are going to find that ALL of the Speir(s) of the Ayrshire and Renfrewshire are related. The only question will be how far back we have to go to find that connection. A 37 marker test can't tell you the exact way that you are related, but it can give you a pretty good idea of the time period where you share a common ancestor. Take a look at the project at the link below, and see for yourself!

Link to the Y-DNA Spears Project:
http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/spears/results

You can see that almost all of us share the same haplotype and similar markers.

Clearly DNA can only be a good tool if there is a sizeable pool of donors with your surname and from the same geographic location. So the more Speir(s) who join us, the more we all can benefit in ALL learning more about our past.

Please contact me if you care to share information on Speir(s) or want to know more about DNA testing on EITHER FamilyTreeDNA or Ancestry. (The Ancestry 33 marker test would allow you to compare 31 markers with those in our project).

Janet Akaha

Re: James Speirs b. 1868 d. June 2, 1910 Dumbarton, Scotland

jhale19_1 — 2009-07-16 07:44:09Z

Hello! So sorry not to have replied sooner than, say, 8 years ago... My computer crashed back then, and in my scurry to reload everything, I forgot all about ancestry.com.

I am back now with a new account. I am new to all of this again, so bare with me!
Jennifer

SPIERS Mary Frances Dee in God we trust

t42Keenan_DallasCoTX — 2009-06-27 02:13:27Z

SPIERS Mary Frances Dee in God we trust

NormGuiling photographed this gravestone in the Keenan Cemetery, Framers Branch, Dallas Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 204,880 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

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SPIERS Sidney H 1909 - in memory of

t42Keenan_DallasCoTX — 2009-06-27 02:04:10Z

SPIERS Sidney H 1909 - in memory of

NormGuiling photographed this gravestone in the Keenan Cemetery, Framers Branch, Dallas Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 204,880 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

- If you know more about this person please reply here, instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

Re: Spiers/MS Spires/AR

DOROTHYE9 — 2009-06-06 21:40:05Z

Kyle, yes we are talking about the same Henry who is your Mary's sister.
I only have the info from this sight:
Re:LOOKING FOR INFORMATION OR DESCENDANTS OF SPIERS{TRAVELED FROM MISSISSIPPI AND SETTLED IN TEXAS} posting
14 oct 2007 7:44am.
This was the most imformative piece that I have found so far.
Regards, Dorothye

Re: Spiers/MS Spires/AR

KyleGoetz — 2009-06-06 21:12:13Z

Assuming we're talking about the same Henry Spiers, Henry T. Spiers's father was James Enoch Spiers, who was my GGGG Grandfather through his daughter Mary Jane Spiers, who married John Calhoun Cash, my GGG Grandfather.

James Spiers > Mary Jane Spiers = John Calhoun Cash > Walter Clark Cash > Temple Walter Cash > Temple Clark Cash > Living Cash = Living Goetz > me.

Do you know anything about Henry's ancestors? I don't know anything beyond his father's name (James Enoch (not definite on the middle name, I can't remember where I got that offhand) Spiers, and a suspected but unconfirmed birth and death: b.ca1793 in SC, USA; d.1850/1860 Pike, AL, USA). James married to Mary __??__, b.ca1801 in SC, USA. Her father and mother, according to a census, were Irish and German, respectively.

Re: Spiers/MS Spires/AR

DOROTHYE9 — 2009-06-06 21:00:39Z

Kyle this Henry Spiers born 1842 is my GrtGrandfather.
How are you related?
Dorothye

charles spiers emigrated to new york approx 1900ish

ford1115 — 2009-05-22 19:31:42Z

Charles Spiers brother of Thomas John Spiers emigrated to New York
Children of his Lillian b abt 1890
Alice b abt 1912 also Charles b abt 1915 Lived 675 Hudson St New York in 1920