Speir Family Genealogy

 Information submitted by Janet Akaha 4/2009

James SPEIRS (SPIERS)

  b. abt 1787/1791, ??Beith or Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland

  d. 1841/1851, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

  occ. Hand loom weaver

& Jean (Jane) MASON

  b. abt 1797, Dalry, Ayr, Scotland

  m. 21 Dec 1811, Beith, Ayr, Scotland

|               Alexander SPEIRS

|                 b. 2 Jan 1816, Beith, Ayr, Scotland

|                 d. bef 1829

|               John SPEIRS

|                 b. 1818

|               & Ann GIBB

|                 b. ca 1818, Scotland

|                 m. 7 Jun 1839, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|               |               James SPEIRS

|               |                 b. Jun 1839, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|               |               William SPEIRS

|               |                 b. 4 Apr 1841, Gorbals, Lanark, Scotland

|               William Reid SPEAR

|                 b. 23 Apr 1820, Beith, Ayr, Scotland

|                 occ. Well Borer (1880)

|               & Agnes Smith CARMICHAL

|                 b. ca 1824, Dalry??

|                 m. 21 Nov 1845, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|               |               James SPEAR*

|               |                 b. 1847, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|               |                 occ. Engineer

|               |               & Charlotte CROSSEY

|               |               |               William James SPEIR

|               |               |                 b. 24 Apr 1875, Bavaria, Germany

|               |               |               Edward A SPEIR

|               |               |                 b. Apr 1876, Michigan

|               |               |               Mable L SPEIR

|               |               |                 b. ca 1878, Michigan

|               |               |               Bertrand SPEIR

|               |               |                 b. 23 Apr 1883, Bay City, Otsego, MI

|               |               |               & Pearl Helen CARNEY

|               |               |                 b. 28 Sep 1883, Bay City, MI

|               |               |               |               Robert J SPEIR

|               |               |               |                 b. 31 Dec 1921, Detroit, Wayne, MI

|               |               |               |               & Betty BATTLE

|               |               |               |                 m. Detroit, Wayne, MI

|               |               |               |               |               Robert J SPEIR

|               |               |               |               |                 b. Detroit, Wayne, MI

|               |               |               |               Bertrand SPEIR

|               |               |               |                 b. 21 Jun 1912, Bay City, MI

|               |               |               |               & Josephine

|               |               |               |               Charlotte V SPEIR

|               |               |               |                 b. 19 Jul 1907

|               |               |               |                 d. 19 Nov 1996

|               |               |               |               & Philip HICKEY

|               |               |               Albert W SPEAR

|               |               |                 b. 7 Jan 1885,  Bay, Bay, MI

|               |               James SPEAR*

|               |                 b. 1847, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|               |                 occ. Engineer

|               |               & Mary

|               |               William SPEIR*

|               |                 b. 1849, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|               |               & Elizabeth HEBENTON

|               |                 b. ca 1858, Canada

|               |                 d. 10 May 1897, Evergreen, Sanilac, Michigan

|               |               |               Ida May SPEIR

|               |               |                 b. 15 Oct 1881, Evergreen, Sanilac, Michigan

|               |               |               & Elmer G HAWKSWORTH

|               |               |                 m. 23 Oct 1901, Austin, Sanilac, Michigan

|               |               |               Robert SPEIR

|               |               |                 b. 6 Dec 1886, Evergreen, Sanilac, Michigan

|               |               |               & Edna BALL

|               |               |                 m. 30 Oct 1919, Sandusky, Sanilac, MI

|               |               |               |               William SPEIR

|               |               |               |                 b. ca 1909, MIchigan

|               |               William SPEIR*

|               |                 b. 1849, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|               |               & Almira Vanwicklin SMADES

|               |                 m. 21 Nov 1898, Sanilac, Michigan

|               |               William SPEIR*

|               |                 b. 1849, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|               |               & Frances Montrey GOTHAM

|               |                 m. 27 Jan 1900, Shabbona, Sanilac, Michigan

|               |               Mary Jane SPEIRS

|               |                 b. ca 1850, Michigan

|               |               & Jas. BENNETT

|               |               |               Arthur S BENNETT

|               |               |                 b. 1884, Michigan

|               |               |               & Margaret E LEMPKE

|               |               |                 b. 1888, Michigan

|               |               |                 m. 27 Dec 1911, Algonac, St. Clair, Michigan

|               |               Robert Charles SPEIR

|               |                 b. Nov 1859, Michigan

|               |                 occ. Engineer

|               |               & Charlotte ROUECH

|               |                 b. Jun 1861, NY

|               |                 m. ca 1882, Bay City, MI

|               |               |               Edna Rouech SPEIR

|               |               |                 b. 16 Sep 1883, Bay City, MI

|               |               |               & ALEXANDER

|               |               |               Edith G SPEIR

|               |               |                 b. 5 Nov 1887, Bay City, MI

|               |               |               & FRALICK

|               |               |               Harold Amos SPEIR

|               |               |                 b. 10 Nov 1891, MIchigan

|               |               |               & Lenore

|               |               |                 b. 1 Nov 1893

|               |               |                 d. Jul 1987, Marine City, St. Clair, MI

|               |               |               Earl Robert SPEIR

|               |               |                 b. 22 May 1895, Michigan

|               |               |                 d. Apr 1984, Decatur, Dekalb, GA

|               |               |               & Catherine

|               |               |                 b. 3 Sep 1898, Michigan

|               |               |                 d. 20 May 1989, Decatur, Dekalb, GA

|               |               |               |               Richard SPEIR

|               |               |               |                 b. 1920

|               |               |               Charles H SPEIR

|               |               |                 b. 13 Oct 1900, MIchigan

|               |               |                 d. Nov 1982, Corsicana, Navarro, TX

|               |               |               & Gertrude Florence K

|               |               |                 b. 13 Oct 1902, MIchigan

|               |               |                 d. 4 Sep 1992, Corsicana, Navarro, TX

|               |               Agnes M "Aggie" SPEIRS

|               |                 b. ca 1862, Michigan

|               |               & Thomas R CONNOR

|               |                 m. 10 Oct 1889, Bay City, Bay, MIchigan

|               |               Jessie M SPEIRS

|               |                 b. ca 1864, Michigan

|               |               & Thomas E NEELY

|               |                 b. ca 1858, MIchigan

|               |               |               James E NEELY

|               |               |                 b. 5 Nov 1900, MIchigan

|               |               |                 d. Feb 1987, Macomb, Armand, MI

|               Janet SPEIRS

|                 b. 7 Apr 1822, Beith

|               & John HARVEY

|                 b. 1808

|                 m. 1845, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|               Robert SPEIRS

|                 b. 18 Jun 1824

|                 d. bef 1851, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|                 occ. Iron Miner

|               & Katherine BARCLAY

|                 b. Mar 1829, Kilbirnie

|                 d. bef 1918

|                 m. ca 1846

|               |               Jean SPEIRS

|               |                 b. 1847, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|               |               James SPEIRS

|               |                 b. 11 Apr 1848

|               |                 d. bef 1861

|               |               Robert SPEIRS

|               |                 b. 1850

|               |                 d. 30 Nov 1918, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|               |                 occ. Flax Dresser, Tenter In Linen Thread Factory

|               |               & Anne C KING

|               |                 b. ca 1850, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|               |                 d. 5 Nov 1937, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|               |                 m. Dec 1871, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|               |               |               Robert SPEIRS

|               |               |                 b. 12 Feb 1872, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|               |               |               John SPEIRS

|               |               |                 b. 12 Sep 1873, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|               |               |               Mary SPEIRS

|               |               |                 b. 13 Feb 1876, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|               |               |               Jane SPEIRS

|               |               |               Alexander SPEIRS

|               |               |                 b. 6 Nov 1885, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|               |               |                 d. 26 Nov 1971, Glascow, Scotland

|               |               |                 occ. Grocer

|               |               |               & Janet MEEK SHANKS

|               |               |               |               Robert SPEIRS

|               |               |               William SPEIRS

|               |               |                 b. ca 1885

|               |               |               Ann SPEIRS

|               Jean SPEIRS

|                 b. 8 Oct 1826, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland

|                 occ. cotton loom weaver (1841)

|               & John C CURRIE

|                 b. ca 1830, Bute - Arran

|                 m. 19 Feb 1849, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|               |               Daniel CURRIE

|               |                 b. 16 Dec 1849, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|               |               & Ida

|               |                 b. Dec 1863, Germany

|               |               |               William “Willie” Crawford CURRIE

|               |               |                 b. 10 Dec 1886, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

|               |               |                 d. Jan 1965, MI

|               |               |               & Fern

|               |               |                 b. ca 1889, IN

|               |               |               Hazel L CURRIE*

|               |               |                 b. 19 Jul 1889, Detroit, Wayne, MI

|               |               |               & Unknown HABER

|               |               |               Hazel L CURRIE*

|               |               |                 b. 19 Jul 1889, Detroit, Wayne, MI

|               |               |               & Percy H LINTS

|               |               |                 m. 26 Oct 1916, Detroit, Wayne, MI

|               |               |               Earl Frederick CURRIE

|               |               |                 b. 22 Apr 1892, Detroit, Wayne, MI

|               |               |                 d. Jul 1970, Michigan

|               |               |               & Elizabeth L

|               |               |                 b. ca 1891, Oregon

|               |               |               Florence CURRIE

|               |               |                 b. Dec 1893, Detroit, Wayne, MI

|               |               Janie CURRIE

|               |                 b. ca 1852, NY

|               |               John CURRIE

|               |                 b. ca 1856, MI

|               |                 occ. Grocer

|               |               & Alice MARTIN

|               |                 b. Jun 1859, Michigan

|               |               |               Robert Guy CURRIE

|               |               |                 b. 18 Mar 1882, Detroit, Wayne, MI

|               |               |                 d. bef 1920

|               |               |               & Grace ML

|               |               |                 b. ca 1885, MIchigan

|               |               |               |               Florence CURRIE

|               |               |               |                 b. ca 1912, MIchigan

|               |               |               Joseph Martin CURRIE

|               |               |                 b. 11 Mar 1883, Michigan

|               |               |                 occ. Superintendant (1930), Fetter Hanger At Electrical Co In 1920

|               |               |               & Anna

|               |               |                 b. 1888, MIchigan

|               |               |               |               Virginia CURRIE

|               |               |               |                 b. 1904, MIchigan

|               |               |               Robert CURRIE

|               |               |                 b. 11 Mar 1883

|               |               |               Alice S CURRIE

|               |               |                 b. 20 Oct 1886

|               |               |               Gilbert S CURRIE

|               |               |                 b. 13 Jan 1890, Detroit, Wayne, MI

|               |               |                 d. 10 Mar 1962, San Diego, CA

|               |               |               & Dorothy A

|               |               |                 b. 27 Feb 1902, MIchigan

|               |               |               |               Fredric A CURRIE

|               |               |               |                 b. ca 1928, Michigan

|               |               |               Charlotte CURRIE

|               |               |                 b. Jun 1895

|               |               |               Martha CURRIE

|               |               |                 b. 11 Aug 1898

|               |               Jennett “Janet” CURRIE

|               |                 b. ca 1862, Detroit, Wayne, MI

|               |               & Arthur J JACKSON

|               |                 b. ca 1864, Detroit, Wayne, MI

|               |                 m. 24 Mar 1886, Detroit, Wayne, MI

|               |               Alexander R CURRIE

|               |                 b. ca 1864, MI

|               |               & Catherine (Kittie) OHLERT

|               |                 b. ca 1863, MI

|               |                 m. 25 Apr 1888, Detroit, Wayne, MI

|               |               Margaret Fair CURRIE

|               |                 b. 14 May 1870, Detroit, Wayne, MI

|               |               & Frank John KLAPP

|               |                 b. Jan 1871, MI

|               |                 m. 17 Apr 1894, Windsor, Canada

|               |               |               Frances Jeanie KLAPP

|               |               |                 b. 21 Aug 1895

|               |               |               & William T QUINE

|               |               |                 b. ca 1897

|               |               |                 m. 10 Jun 1918, Detroit, Wayne, MI

|               |               |               Jenette “Janet” KLAPP

|               |               |                 b. 14 Sep 1897, Detroit, Wayne, MI

|               |               |                 d. 5 Jul 1986, Royal Oaks, MI

|               |               |               & Lincoln CHRYSLER

|               |               |                 b. ca 1895, MI

|               |               |               |               Lois CHRYSLER

|               |               |               |                 b. 25 Jun 1926, Detroit, Wayne, MI

|               |               |               |               & Joseph ROUSSIN

|               |               |               |                 b. 19 Aug 1923, Detroit, Wayne, MI

|               |               |               |                 d. 16 Jan 1990, Sterling Hts, Macomb, MI

|               |               |               |               |               Living ROUSSIN

|               |               |               |               |               & Living CUDDIE

|               |               |               |               |               |               Renee CUDDIE

|               |               |               |               |               |               Thomas CUDDIE

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|               |               |               Race? M KLAPP

|               |               |                 b. 1899, MI

|               |               |                 d. bef 1910, MI

|               |               |               Alice KLAPP

|               |               |                 b. ca 1900

|               |               |               Margaret KLAPP

|               |               |                 b. ca 1905

|               |               |               Jessie G KLAPP

|               |               |                 b. ca 1908

|               Alexander SPEIRS

|                 b. 12 Apr 1829, Beith, Ayr, Scotland

|               Allan SPEIRS

|                 b. 20 May 1831, Beith, Ayr, Scotland

|               Thomas SPEIRS (SPIERS)

|                 b. 18 Nov 1835, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|                 d. 20 Dec 1924, Freeport, Stevenson, IL

|                 occ. Iron stone minor in 1841 Scottish census, Blacksmith in 1915

|               & Lucy Jane HUNT

|                 b. 4 Jul 1837, ,, New York

|                 d. 6 Jul 1827, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana

|                 m. 13 Oct 1862, Detroit, Wayne County MI

|               |               James Henry SPEIRS

|               |                 b. 18 Sep 1863, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

|               |                 d. Apr 1943, Toledo, Lucas, Ohio

|               |                 occ. Architect, College Professor

|               |               & Emily Sarah FLEMING

|               |                 b. 10 Jul 1868, Livingston County, Grand River Twnshp, Missouri

|               |                 d. 14 Apr 1936, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, MI

|               |                 m. 10 Sep 1889, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

|               |               |               Fredrick James SPEIRS

|               |               |                 b. 25 May 1891, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

|               |               |                 d. 21 Apr 1971, Toledo, Lucas, Ohio

|               |               |                 occ. Architect

|               |               |               & Florence LOFTUS

|               |               |                 b. 9 Feb 1899, Toledo, Lucas, Ohio

|               |               |                 d. 4 Oct 1999, Perrysburg, Wood, OH

|               |               |                 m. 6 Mar 1917, Detroit, Wayne, MI

|               |               |               |               Lucy Jane SPEIRS*

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|               |               |               |               & Douglas Homer WHITE Dr.

|               |               |               |                 m. 1946

|               |               |               |               |               Laura Lee WHITE

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|               |               |               |               |               & Roland (Mac) ROBERTS

|               |               |               |               |               |               Jonathon Travis ROBERTS

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|               |               |               |               |               |               & Valeria

|               |               |               |               |               |               |               Olivia Peyton ROBERTS

|               |               |               |               |               |               Tyler ROBERTS

|               |               |               |               |               Jeffrey Douglas WHITE

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|               |               |               |               |                 occ. Owner of a glass store

|               |               |               |               |               & Susan

|               |               |               |               |                 

|               |               |               |               |                 m. 9 Aug 1975

|               |               |               |               |               |               Kelly WHITE

|               |               |               |               |               Steven Fredrick WHITE

|               |               |               |               |                 b. 19 May 1953, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio

|               |               |               |               |                 d. 2 Jul 1995, Virginia

|               |               |               |               |               & Mary

|               |               |               |               |               Sara Elizabeth WHITE

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|               |               |               |               |               & Jeffery STEVENS

|               |               |               |               |               |               Charles STEVENS

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|               |               |               |               Lucy Jane SPEIRS*

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|               |               |               |               & William Mills BRYAN

|               |               |               |               Marian Grace SPEIRS*

|               |               |               |                 b. 28 May 1921, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA

|               |               |               |                 d. 1 Mar 1998, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA

|               |               |               |               & Living THEOBALD

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|               |               |               |               |               Living Theobald BILLSTEIN

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|               |               |               |               Marian Grace SPEIRS*

|               |               |               |                 b. 28 May 1921, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA

|               |               |               |                 d. 1 Mar 1998, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA

|               |               |               |               & Robert Alan BILLSTEIN

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|               |               |               |                 m. Toledo, Ohio

|               |               |               |               |               Janet Louise BILLSTEIN

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|               |               |               |               |               & Living AKAHA

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|               |               |               |               |                 m. Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio, USA

|               |               |               |               |               |               Living AKAHA

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|               |               |               |               |               |               Living AKAHA

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|               |               |               |               |               Suzanne Ruth BILLSTEIN

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|               |               |               |               |               Barbara Ann BILLSTEIN

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|               |               |               |               |               & Living FRIDRICK

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|               |               |               |               |               |               Living FRIDRICK

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|               |               |               |               |               |               Living FRIDRICK

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|               |               |               |               |               Robert Alan BILLSTEIN Jr.

|               |               |               |               |                 

|               |               |               |               |                 occ. Capital Management

|               |               |               |               |               & Luanne ROBERTS

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|               |               |               |               |                 m. Atlanta, GA

|               |               |               |               |               |               Living BILLSTEIN

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|               |               |               |               |               |               Living BILLSTEIN

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|               |               |               |               |               |               Living BILLSTEIN

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|               |               Walter Abie SPEIRS*

|               |                 b. 22 Oct 1865, Palestine, IL

|               |                 d. 17 Dec 1949, Danville, IL

|               |               & Fannie J. BOVARD

|               |                 b. 1867, St. Elmo, IL

|               |                 d. 1932, Hurst, IL

|               |                 m. 19 Oct 1897, Fayette County, IL

|               |               |               Stanley Bovard SPEIRS

|               |               |                 b. 8 Aug 1898

|               |               |                 d. 23 Jan 1967, Champaign, IL

|               |               |               & Helen Howland EAGLESON

|               |               |               |               Francie Rue SPEIRS

|               |               |               |               & FOOTE

|               |               |               Walter M SPEIRS

|               |               |                 b. 5 Oct 1900

|               |               |                 d. 6 Dec 1983

|               |               |               & Ruth Eleanor DAVIS

|               |               |                 m. 20 Jan 1920

|               |               |               |               Walter Allan SPEIRS

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|               |               |               |               Nina Jean SPEIRS

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|               |               |               |               & BARNHART

|               |               Walter Abie SPEIRS*

|               |                 b. 22 Oct 1865, Palestine, IL

|               |                 d. 17 Dec 1949, Danville, IL

|               |               & Sadie ISNER

|               |                 b. 16 Sep 1877

|               |                 m. 1940

|               |               Jennie Mason SPEIRS

|               |                 b. 24 Oct 1867, ,, IL

|               |                 d. 5 Apr 1954, Alhambra, Los Angeles, California

|               |               & George S. ROUGHT

|               |                 b. 23 Mar 1870

|               |                 d. 20 Oct 1958

|               |               Guy SPEIRS (SPIERS)

|               |                 b. 3 Oct 1870, East St Louis, IL

|               |               & Mary M OVERBURG

|               |                 b. Nov 1877, MO

|               |                 m. 1 Jan 1897, St. Louis, MO

|               |                 div. bef 1920

|               |               |               Thomas R SPEIRS (SPIERS)

|               |               |                 b. Sep 1897

|               |               |               Myra A SPEIRS (SPIERS)

|               |               |                 b. Dec 1899

|               |               Sephrona Janet "Netty" SPEIRS*

|               |                 b. 25 Sep 1872

|               |                 d. 2 Mar 1956, Alhambra, Los Angeles, California

|               |               & George F BRANDF

|               |                 m. 5 May 1895, Effingham, IL

|               |               Sephrona Janet "Netty" SPEIRS*

|               |                 b. 25 Sep 1872

|               |                 d. 2 Mar 1956, Alhambra, Los Angeles, California

|               |               & DE FORD

|               |               Thomas SPEIRS (SPIERS) Jr.

|               |                 b. 5 Nov 1874, Effingham, Illinois

|               |                 d. 25 Apr 1892, Effingham, Illinois

|               James SPEIRS

|                 b. 1839/1840

|               Ann SPEIRS

|                 b. 26 Aug 1841, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

|                 d. bef 1841

|               William SPEIRS

|                 b. 1825

|                 occ. shawl loom weaver