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PAUL SPENS family genology (of Mount Clemons, MI and Rogers city, Michigan)
PAUL SPENS family genology (of Mount Clemons, MI and Rogers city, Michigan)
Generation No. -1
J
ohn E. Spens JrPrevious generation (Parents of Paul W
Spens)
7. ., December 31, 1904, in Moltke Township, Michigan. John was born October 19 1867, location unknown, and died June 12, 1932, location unknown. He married Olga Clara Filax, daughter of Carl Filax and Ottelie (Buerr) seventh child of Carl and Ottelie Filax, was born June 22, 1882 in Moltke Township, Michigan, and died May 01, 1959, location unknown.
Olga Filax: (at left)
Attended St. Thomas & Peter Lutheran Church, Detroit, Michigan.
Funeral Service held at A. H. Peters Funeral Home, 12057 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, Michigan.
Burial: May 04, 1959, Clinton Grove Cemetery, Mt. Clemens, Michigan
Residence: Olga lived on Glenfield Ave. in Detroit, Michigan.
John E. Spens Jr. (pic at left)
John started out as a butcher in Detroit, and later made a living, buying and renovating houses. The 1930 census gives John’s occupation as builder of homes.
John is buried next to Olga in Clinton Grove Cemetery, Mt. Clemens, Michigan.
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Paul William Spens, (Father or Richard Paul Spens) was born September 30, 1904, Mt. Clemens, Michigan; and died November 08, 1976,at Boxford3. Roy William Spens,
born February 20, 1913, Detroit, Michigan; and died October 18, 1970, Detroit, Michigan.
Paul William Spens
1.
Paul William Spens, first child of Olga and John Spens, was born September 30, 1904, Mt. Clemens, Michigan, and died November 08, 1976, Botsford Hospital, Farmington Hills, Michigan. He married (1) Alice Unknown, date unknown in Kansas. Alice’s birthdate and location unknown.He married (2) Ethel Mae (private), May 05, 1956 in St. Thomas & St. Peters Lutheran Church, Detroit, Michigan. Ethel was born January 6, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan.
Paul William Spens:
Paul Spens apx.1 year old
Jim, Hilda (Mays brother and sister), May and Paul Spens, Roy, at Paul's wedding photo
1956.
teenager left bottom
about World war one with Harry?
Clowning around during Collage days in the late Roaring Twentys,
1920 Big 6 Studebaker Big 6 Limo in background at right.
Paul by his Parents Studebaker Big 6 Limo his dad had bought with money from rent of up to 26 houses
he restored sold and rent to own program.( i still have the manual for the car
and the 1936 Oakland 8 with overhead cam and angle head V-8 )
Paul and Wilford
Paul and his sister Mable
Alace, Pauls first wife center
Paul and first wife Alice
Paul's family 1930's Paul 3 rd from left
Paul at left mom in center.
Paul attended Cass Technical High school for 2 years (school for exceptional students at that time), then the University of Michigan, and after completing two years of medical school switched his degree program and graduated with a degree in Petroleum Science. In 1930 Paul was residing with his parents as shown in the census. With the crash of the stock markets and the depression, Paul packed up an home built travel travel trailer made into his living quarters behind an Oakland "8", and went out to Kansas where he taught in a six-room schoolhouse. He became the Athletic Coach then principal.
Paul returned to Detroit and lived with his mother, who was alone after the death of Paul’s father in 1932.
Paul last worked at Burroughs in Livonia inspecting components and took many classes on missile and aircraft systems, also the vacuum tube IBM 360 punchcard reading computers,
In 1965 he was transferred to, Bendix Aerospace at the no.#1 plant in Ann Arbor, for working for NASA as an government inspector for the space packages built by Bendix Aerospace the Apollo space programs
(note he inspected the reflector units placed on the moon still in use today the determine the slowly changing orbit of the moon and testing earth born SDI laser systems). He shook hands with the 3 Gemini astronoughts, that burned up in the Gemini space capsule and was severely saddened by their death and commented to me (when I was a child a the time) he couldn't believe the space program used pure oxygen atmosphere in its capsules, they have lowered the pressure after the accident, but it is still used in certain conditions today.
During World War II, he taught classes On repairing and rebuilding aircraft engine electrical support systems and published an the first government cartoon style illustrated instruction book on the subject used by the services.
After the war he worked for Chrysler corp. as a test engineer maintaining and performing petroleum analysis equipment while getting his Maters degree in Mechanical Engineering at night school using the GI Bill. He received an Patent for a Positive crankcase vacuum ventilator using exaust driven venturi 10 years before any emissions system were started in the 60,s .
Funeral services were held at Grace Lutheran Church Burial: November 12, 1976, Clinton Grove Cemetery, Mt. Clemens, Michigan
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Ethel Mae (private):
Ethel was born on Fullerton Street in Detroit, just off of Grand River. In
1924 she moved to Livonia, Michigan, and currently resides there with her son, Richard.
Richard Paul Spens
Son of Paul William Spens and Ethel (private) is:
1. Richard Paul Spens, born about 1960, at Mt. Carmel Hospital in Detroit, Michigan..
son of Paul William Spens and Ethel Mae (private)
1. Richard Paul Spens, first child of Paul and Ethel Spens, was born about 1961 at Mt. Carmel Hospital, Detroit, Michigan. He married Laura Helen ( private)___ Unknown, date and location unknown. Unknown’s birthdate and location unknown.
Children of Richard Spens and Unknown are:
1. Steven Paul Spens, born about, 1996, at St. Johns Hospital, East Detroit, Michigan.
2. Elijah Alexander Spens, born about, 1999, at St. Johns Hospital, East Detroit, Michigan.
3. Kimberly Nicioe Spens, born about, 2000, at St. Johns Hospital, East Detroit, Michigan.
4. Paul William Spens II, born about, 2004, at St. Johns Hospital, East Detroit, Michigan.
1. Steven Paul Spens, born about, 1996, at St. Johns Hospital, East Detroit, Michigan.
2. Elijah Alexander Spens, born about, 1999, at St. Johns Hospital, East Detroit, Michigan.
3. Kimberly Nicioe Spens, born about, 2000, at St. Johns Hospital, East Detroit, Michigan.
4. Paul William Spens II, born about, 2004, at St. Johns Hospital, East Detroit, Michigan.
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Mabelle R. Spens
daughter of Olga (Filax) and John Spens
Generation No. 3
2. Mabelle R. Spens, second child of Olga and John Spens, was born February 21, 1908, location unknown, and died July 25, 1984, in Dearborn, Michigan. She married (1) Harry E. Wachter, date and location unknown. Harry was born May 6, 1925, location unknown, and died April 17, 1980, location unknown. She marred (2) Frank Pazzerina, date and location unknown. Frank’s birthdate and location unknown. She married (3) Harry John Felax, November 27, 1971 in Moltke Township, Michigan. Harry was born June 13, 1907 in Moltke Township, Michigan, and died October 11, 1991 in Moltke Township, Michigan.
Note:
The 1930 census shows Mabelle and Harry residing with her parents. Mabelle was divorced for all of her husbands.Mabelle is buried in Clinton Grove Cemetery, Mt. Clemens, Michigan.
Mabelle Spens:
Mabelle began taking piano lessons at an early age. At the age of 12 or 13, she contracted osteomyelitis, a infectious inflammatory bone disease, and had to have her left leg amputated above the knee. This made it difficult for her to operate more than one pedal of the piano at a time.
Even with her disability she continued to pursue her interest in music by attending and graduating from the Detroit Conservatory of Music, and later would give private lessons.
Before the introduction of talking pictures, she was employed by movie houses to play the music that accompanied the silent pictures being shown.
Later when Mabelle give piano lessons, she would give a yearly piano recital to showcase her student’s talents.
It’s also been noted that at different times in her life, she appeared to use different spellings of her first name, "May Belle", "Mabelle" and "Mabel"!
Write up in the Advance, November 1971
"Harry Felax and Maybelle Wachter Wed on Saturday"
During a Saturday, November 27th ceremony at Immanuel Lutheran Church of Moltke, marriage vows were spoken by Maybelle Wachter of Dearborn Heights and Harry Felax of Moltke. Officiating for the ceremony was Rev. Herbert Meyer.
For the wedding, the bride wore lovely, ashes of rose, silk shantung ensemble, to which she pinned a corsage of white orchids.
Serving as matron of honor was Mrs. Dean (Patty) Brown of Dearborn Heights. Ervin Felax of Madison Heights, son of the groom, was best man.
Following the nuptials, the newlyweds and members of their family dined at the Roostertail. Later that evening, 100 friends and relatives gathered at the groom's home where an old fashioned shivaree was held.
Arriving for the wedding were guest from Dearborn Heights, Madison Heights, Royal Oak, Detroit, Alpena and Holly.
Mr. and Mrs. Felax are making their home at 2950 Felax Road, Rogers City.
Harry E. Wachter:
Might be buried in Dearborn, MI.
Child of Mabelle (Spens) and Wachter is:
1. Patricia (Patty) Ann Wachter, born January 3, 1940, location unknown; and died
January 1, 1990, in Detroit, Michigan.
Patricia Ann Wachter
daughter of Mabelle (Spens) and Harry Wachter
Generation No. 4
1. Patricia (Patty) Ann Wachter, first child of Mabelle and Harry Wachter, was born January 3, 1940, location Unknown, and died January 1,1990, Detroit, Michigan. She married Dean Brown, date and location unknown. Dean’s Birthdate and location unknown.
Patty is buried next to her mother in Clinton Grove Cemetery, Mt. Clemens, Michigan.
Children of Patricia (Wachter) and Dean Brown are:
1. Deborah Brown, born November 09, 1957, location unknown.
2. David Brown, born September 30, 1967, location unknown.
Roy William Spens
son of Olga (Filax) and John Spens
Generation No. 3
3. Roy William Spens, third child of Olga and John Spens, was born February 20, 1913 in Detroit, Michigan, and died October 18, 1970 at Holy Cross Hospital, in Detroit, Michigan. He married Margaret (Peggy) Elizabeth Scott, July 27, 1935, in Detroit, Michigan. Margaret was born February 10, 1916, in Detroit, Michigan, and died August 29,1993, in Centerline, Michigan.
Roy W. Spens:
Funeral services held at Redemption Lutheran Church
Burial: October 21, 1970, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan
Children of Roy Spens and Margaret
(Peggy) E. Scott are:
1. John Scott Spens, born October
11, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan, and died February 12, 1990 in Centerline,
Michigan.
2. Roy William Spens Jr., born November 11, 1944, in Detroit Michigan.
3. Paul Nelson Spens, born January 8, 1950, in Detroit, Michigan.
Notes: Paul attended Cass Tech HS in Detroit where he placed 24th in the state
in the Michigan Math Prize competition. He went on to Wayne State and
obtained a B.S. in mathematics with distinction, Phi Beta Kappa in 1972. In
1974, Paul became a teaching assistant at Wayne State and obtained a M.A. in
math in 1976. He worked for the Federal Government for 27 years doing
various forms of computer work (administration and programming), retiring in
January of 2004.
Paul never married. Residence: Indianapolis, Indiana.
John Scott Spens
son of Roy Spens and Margaret Scott
Generation No. 4
1. John Scott Spens, first child of Roy and Margaret Spens, was born October 11, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan, and died February 12, 1990 in Centerline, Michigan. He married Jacklyn Fay Griffith, July 5, 1961, in Detroit, Michigan. Jacklyn was born June 1, 1940, in Detroit, Michigan. Note: Jacklyn resides in Onaway, Michigan.
John S. Spens:
Write up in the Advance, February 1990 "John Spens"
John S. Spens of Centerline and formerly of Hawks, passed away February 12, after a prolonged illness.
He was born in Detroit on October 11, 1940. He sailed on the Great Lakes for a time and also was a machine repairman previous to moving to Hawks and after moving back to the Detroit area.
Surviving are his children; John Jr. and wife Kerry of Warren, Margaret (Peggy) of Warren, and Marilyn Jean of Centerline; one grandson, Michael Belusar of Warren; his mother Margaret E. Spens of Centerline; two brothers, Roy of Harperwoods and Paul of Indianapolis; his estranged wife Jacklyn of Onaway; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held Wednesday February 14, at the Temrowski Funeral Home in Warren with the Rev. Douglas Breite of Trinity Lutheran Church in Warren officiating. Cremation took place and memorials can be made to the charity of one's choice.
Children of John Spens and Jacklyn (Griffith) are:
1. John Scott Spens Jr., born June 29, 1961, in Detroit, Michigan.
2. Margaret (Peggy) Caroline Spens, born June 5, 1963, in Detroit, Michigan.
3. Marilyn Jean Spens, born December 18, 1964, in Detroit, Michigan.
John Scott Spens Jr.
son of John Spens and Jacklyn (Griffith)
Generation No. 5
1. John Scott Spens Jr., first child of John and Jacklyn Spens, was born June 29, 1961 in Detroit, Michigan. He married Kerry Michelle Cox, February 14, 1986, at St. Joan of Arc, in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. Kerry was born February 12, 1962, in Toledo, Ohio.
Residence: St. Clair Shores, Michigan.
Children of John Spens and Kerry (Cox) are:
1. Amanda Michelle Spens, born September 6, 1992, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
2. Allison Elizabeth Spens, born September 6, 1992, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and died September 6, 1992, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
Note: Amanda and Allison were twins.
3. Margaret Elizabeth Spens, born April 7, 1999, in Detroit, Michigan.
Margaret Caroline Spens
daughter of John Spens and Jacklyn (Griffith)
Generation No. 5
2. Margaret (Peggy) Caroline Spens, second child of John and Jacklyn Spens, was born June 5, 1963, in Detroit, Michigan.
Residence: Rogers City, Michigan.
Children of Margaret Spens are:
1. Michael Paul Belusar, born May 13, 1983, in Mt. Clemens, Michigan.
2. Wayne Scott Spens, born September 9, 1991, in Cheboygan, Michigan.
3. Jacklyn Cathleen Spens, born August 8, 1999, in Alpena, Michigan.
Marilyn Jean Spens
daughter of John Spens and Jacklyn (Griffith)
Generation No. 5
3. Marilyn Jean Spens, third child of John and Jacklyn Spens, was born December 18, 1964, in Detroit, Michigan. She married Joseph Malick, June 21, 1997, at St. John Lutheran Church, in Fraser, Michigan. Joseph was born June 25, 1949, in Monongahela, Pennsylvania.
Note: Marilyn and Joseph have no children.
Residence: Clinton Township, Michigan.
Roy William Spens Jr.
son of Roy Spens and Margaret Scott
Generation No. 4
2. Roy William Spens, second child of Roy and Margaret Spens, was born November 11, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan. He married Henrietta (Sandy) Josephine Timny, September 6, 1964, in Detroit, Michigan. Henrietta was born August 30, 1946, in Hamtramck, Michigan.
Residence: Harper Woods, MI.
Children of Roy Spens and Henrietta (Timny) are:
1. Dawn Marie Spens, born January 11, 1965, in Detroit, Michigan.
2. Patricia Ann Spens, born February 12, 1966, in Detroit, Michigan.
Note: Not married, resides in Redford, Michigan
Dawn Marie Spens
daughter of Roy William Spens Jr. and Henrietta (Timny)
Generation No. 5
1. Dawn Marie Spens, first child of Roy Jr. and Henrietta Spens, was born January 11, 1965, in Detroit, Michigan. She married Michael Noel Hammes, February 20, 1993, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michael was born November 21, 1964, in Mont Clair, New Jersey.
Residence: Canton, Michigan.
Children of Dawn (Spens) and Michael Hammes are:
1. Lauren Elizabeth Hammes, born August 28, 1995, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
2. Michael Noel Hammes III, born August 26, 1997, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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