Benjamin's Mar 14, 1885 birth date is from SSDI and his WWI draft card and 1900 census Name: Benjamin H. Spears Sex: Male Sex: M Birth Date: <s>07 Dec 1885</s> <fs="+2">The date that Benjamin put on all government forms was recorded at the county on the child below him in the register.</fs> Birthplace: Midland, Midland, Michigan Father's Name: Curtis Spears Father's Birthplace: Ohio Mother's Name: Della Spears Mother's Birthplace: Mich. Record Number: 148 <table="1800|1800|1800|1800|1800"> <row> <b>Household </b> | <b>Role </b> | <b>Sex </b> | <b>Age </b> | <b>Birthplace </b> </row> <row> Curtis Spears | Father | M | | Ohio </row> <row> Della Spears | Mother | F | | Mich. </row> </table> Reference ID: item 2 p 385 rn 1563 GS Film Number: 2320840 Digital Folder Number: 4207258 Digital Folder Number: 004207258 Image Number: 879 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C02562-5 Citing this Record "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, <i>FamilySearch </i>(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQZP-YM4 : 20 February 2021), Benjamin H. Spears, 07 Dec 1885; citing item 2 p 385 rn 1563, Midland, Midland, Michigan, Departmen t of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,320,840.

Name: Benjamin H. Spears Race (Original): Age (Expanded): 21 years Birth Year: 1885 Birthplace: Midland Spouse's Name: Lola Hitchcock Spouse's Race (Original): Spouse's Age (Expanded): 19 years Spouse's Birth Year: 1887 Spouse's Birthplace: Flushing Event Date: 21 Mar 1906 Event Place: Flint, Genesee, Michigan Father's Name: Cortez C. Spears Mother's Name: Dell Hewett Spouse's Father's Name: Dewight Hitchcock Spouse's Mother's Name: Jennie Bachler Marital Status: Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: GS Film number: 2342674 Frame Number: Digital Folder Number: 4208699 Image Number: 9 Reference ID: p 102 rn 7078 Citing this Record: "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3JC-1N9 : 4 December 2014), Benjamin H. Spears and Lola Hitchcock, 21 Mar 1906; citing Flint, Genesee, Michigan, p 102 rn 7078, Departm ent of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,342,674. -

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Name: Benjamin Spears Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Date: 1910 Event Place: Flint Ward 1, Genesee, Michigan, United States District: ED 12 Gender: Male Age: 25 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race (Original): White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Birth Year (Estimated): 1885 Birthplace: Michigan Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace: Michigan Mother's Birthplace: Michigan Sheet Letter: B Sheet Number: 5 Sheet Number and Letter: 5B Household ID: 90 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T624 Affiliate Film Number: 642 GS Film Number: 1374655 Digital Folder Number: 004972473 Image Number: 00716 Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Benjamin Spears Head M 25 Michigan Bertha Spears Wife F 22 Michigan William Spears Son M 0 Michigan "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLP5-BXS : accessed 22 January 2017), Benjamin Spears, Flint Ward 1, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) E D 12, sheet 5B, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 642; FHL microfilm 1,374,655. -

His appearance described on his WWI Draft Card. -

Residence listed on his WWI Draft Card. -

1940 Census - Benjamin Spears Sex: Male Age: 55 Event Date: 1940 Event Place: Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States Event Place (Original): Michigan, Genesee, Flint City, Flint, Ward 4 Marital Status: Married Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Last Place of Residence: Same House Birth Year (Estimated): 1885 Birthplace: Michigan Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Bertha Spears Wife F 52 Michigan Charlena Spears Daughter-in-law F 31 Michigan Sheet Letter: B Sheet Number: 61 Sheet Number and Letter: 61B Household ID: 248 Line Number: 52 Affiliate Publication Number: T627 Affiliate Film Number: 1894 Digital Folder Number: 005461846 Image Number: 00324 Citing this Record "United States Census, 1940," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHSY-KX8 : 10 January 2021), Benjamin Spears, Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 85-75, s heet 61B, line 52, family 248, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1894.

Benjamin Spears SSN: 368-07-3993 Last Residence: 48203 Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan, USA BORN: 14 Mar 1885 Died: Jun 1967 State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951) Citation Number: 368-07-3993; Issue State: Michigan; Issue Date: Before 1951 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. -

Birth: Mar. 14, 1885 Michigan, USA Death: Jun., 1967 Wayne County Michigan, USA He married Bertha Clark on 25 Aug 1908 in Genesee Co, Michigan    Family links:   Parents:   Cortez C. Spears (1857 - 1936)   Della A. <i>Hewitt</i> Spears (1860 - 1918)    Spouses:   Bertha B <i>Clark</i> Spears (1887 - 1979)   Luella M P <i>Hitchcock</i> Spears (1886 - 1906)\*    Children:   Clark D Hitchcock (1906 - 1957)\*    Siblings:   Bertha Louisa <i>Spears</i> Dutcher (1882 - 1946)\*   Benjamin Henry Spears (1885 - 1967)   Marvin William Spears (1889 - 1926)\*   \*Calculated relationship   Burial: Arcadia Township Cemetery Lum Lapeer County Michigan, USA Plot: 4-359   Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?]   Created by: Laura Butler Record added: Aug 09, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 74667064 -