William Brown Spens

  General Notes:

!Birth record gives name as Thomas Brown but all other records give name as
William B. or William Brown Spens.
!Marriage gives occupation as commission agent, son W.E.B. Spens's birth record lists father as accountant, and Lavinia's death record lists father as a Pawn broker.
!Age 10 in 1851 Census, St. Nicholas Parish, Newcastle/Tyne, Scotland, Film 087083, Folio 2984, p. 5, #23. Was informant at Father's death, and executor of will where name was listed as William Brown Spens, lived at 30 Maple Street, New Castle in Sep 1875 when father died.
!Death index: William Brown Spens 56, Mar Q. Newcastle T. 10b 9, 1897, living at 22 Westmoreland Terrace in Newcastle.
!1881 Census, Bensham Terrace, Gateshead, Durham, William B. Spens, railway clerk, age 40 with wife, Lavinia age 35 and son William E.B.Spens, age 5, also a nephew Robert H Roberts age 5--both children listed as scholars, both born in Newcastle.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Commission Agent.

William married Lavinia Beaumont, daughter of William Beaumont and Bertha, on 6 Nov 1873 in St. Johns, Newcastle/Tyne, Newcastle/Tyne, England. (Lavinia Beaumont was born in Flixton, Suffolk, England, baptised on 19 Apr 1846 in Bishop's Transcript, Suffolk County, England and died on 3 Jul 1886 in Westgate, Newcastle/Tyne, Northumberland, England.)