Frances May Spears

1900 - 1996  (96 years)

• Name	Frances May Spears
  Birth	12 Apr 1900	Montrose, Vienna Twp, Genesse Co. Mi
  	Birthdate and place from Social Security records and death index
  Gender	Female
  Ω Census Family Census	1900	Vienna Township, Genesee County, Michigan
  	The 1900 census taker found Cortez and Della's family in the 76th household he visited in Vienna Township, farming, possibly, her late father Benjamin's farm across the way from Uncle William Hewitt. Vienna township, Genesee, Michigan, United States District: 29 Gender: Male Age: 43 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race (Original): W Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Number of Living Children: Years Married: 23 Birth Date: Jul 1857 Birthplace: Ohio Marriage Year (Estimated): 1877 Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Vermont Mother of how many children: Sheet Number and Letter: 4A Household ID: 78 Line Number: 34 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T623 GS Film Number: 1240711 Digital Folder Number: 004120223 Image Number: 00459 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Cortze Spears Head M 43 Ohio Dell Spears Wife F 40 Michigan Bertha Spears Daughter F 18 Michigan Benjamin Spears Son M 15 Michigan Marvin Spears Son M 11 Michigan Francis M Spears Daughter F 0 Michigan Martha Spears Granddaughter F 2 Michigan "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSM7-R1V : accessed 8 April 2018), Cortze Spears, Vienna township, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 29, sheet 4A, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,711. - Witness Role: Principal: [F15] ...of Cortez Clark SPEARS and Della Ann HEWITT Witness Role: Family Census: [I50] Benjamin Henry SPEARS Witness Role: Family Census: [I27] Bertha Lousia SPEARS Witness Role: Family Census: [I52] Frances May SPEARS Witness Role: Family Census: [I434] Martha Alice SPEARS Witness Role: Family Census: [I51] Marvin William SPEARS
  		Spears-Cortez-1900 Media Date: 1900
  Ω Census Family Census	1910	Flint Ward 6, Genesee County, Michigan
  	Name: Clark C Spears Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Date: 1910 Event Place: Flint Ward 6, Genesee, Michigan, United States District: ED 34 Gender: Male Age: 52 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race (Original): White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Birth Year (Estimated): 1858 Birthplace: Ohio Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Sheet Letter: A Sheet Number: 2 Sheet Number and Letter: 2A Household ID: 37 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T624 Affiliate Film Number: 643 GS Film Number: 1374656 Digital Folder Number: 004972474 Image Number: 00271 Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Clark C Spears Head M 52 Ohio Della A Spears Wife F 49 Michigan Marvin M Spears Son M 20 Michigan Frances M Spears Daughter F 10 Michigan Martha Spears Daughter F 11 Michigan Bertha L Cummings Daughter F 27 Michigan Flossie Cummings Granddaughter F 6 Michigan Cortez H Cummings Grandson M 4 Michigan Manley A Spears Nephew M 15 Michigan William Kelly Boarder M 37 Michigan Ralph Cole Boarder M 16 Michigan Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLPT-RJ8 : accessed 23 January 2017), Clark C Spears, Flint Ward 6, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 34, sheet 2A, family 37, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 643; FHL microfilm 1,374,656. - Witness Role: Principal: [F15] ...of Cortez Clark SPEARS and Della Ann HEWITT Witness Role: Family Census: [I3] Cortez Henry CUMMINGS Witness Role: Family Census: [I28] Florence Marrian CUMMINGS Witness Role: Family Census: [I268] William M. KELLY Witness Role: Family Census: [I27] Bertha Lousia SPEARS Witness Role: Family Census: [I52] Frances May SPEARS Witness Role: Family Census: [I392] Manley Ace SPEARS Witness Role: Family Census: [I434] Martha Alice SPEARS Witness Role: Family Census: [I51] Marvin William SPEARS
  		Spears-Cortez-Bertha-1910 Media Date: 1910
  Graduation	22 Jun 1916
  		Francis Grad back Caption Note: Francis M. Spears age 16 - 2 months Gradtuated June 22 - 1916 - Martha A. Spears Media Date: 22 JUN 1916 Keywords: Picture
  _UID	5B6BFF02751D474594568103BC69FFC940F0
  Death	15 Dec 1996
  	Death date from: Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007. Frances Mae Clark [Frances M Clark]  [Frances Mae Spears]  SSN: 163506994 Gender: Female Race: White Birth Date: 12 Apr 1900 Birth Place: Montrose Tow, Michigan Father Name: Cortez C Spears Mother Name: Della A Hewitt Death Date: 15 Dec 1996 Type of Claim: Original SSN. Notes: 17 Jul 1972: Name listed as FRANCES MAE CLARK; 21 Dec 1996: Name listed as FRANCES M CLARK
  Person ID	I52	Dutcher-Cummings
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Cortez Clark Spears,   b. 13 Jul 1857, Sheffield, Ashtabula County, Ohio d. 24 May 1936, Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Della Ann Hewitt,   b. 20 Apr 1860, Genesee County, Michigan d. 24 Jul 1918, St. Clair Heights, Wayne Co. Mi (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	24 Sep 1877	Genesee County, Michigan   [1]
  	Name: Cortez C. Spears Race (Original): Age (Expanded): 20 years Birth Year: 1857 Birthplace: Ohio Spouse's Name: Dell Hewitt Spouse's Race (Original): Spouse's Age (Expanded): 18 years Spouse's Birth Year: 1859 Spouse's Birthplace: Michigan Event Date: 24 Sep 1877 Event Place: Flint, Genesee, Michigan Father's Name: Mother's Name: Spouse's Father's Name: Spouse's Mother's Name: Marital Status: Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: GS Film number: 2342461 Frame Number: Digital Folder Number: 4207589 Image Number: 370 Reference ID: v 2 p 272 rn 3342 Citing this Record: "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQSX-592 : 4 December 2014), Cortez C. Spears and Dell Hewitt, 24 Sep 1877; citing Flint, Genesee, Michigan, v 2 p 272 rn 3342, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,342,461. -
  Census	1880	Sylvan, Osceola County, Michigan
  	In 1880 Jared Spears and his younger brother Cortez were working for a lumberman, Darius W Godfrey, they as well as Cortez's wife Della were living with the family along a number of other workers. Cortez is listed as a laborer while Jared is listed as a "chopper". Name: Corters C Spears Event Type: Census Event Date: 1880 Event Place: Sylvan, Osceola, Michigan, United States District: ED 227 Gender: Male Age: 23 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race (Original): W Occupation: Laborer Relationship to Head of Household: Other Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Other Birth Year (Estimated): 1857 Birthplace: Ohio, United States Father's Birthplace: Ohio, United States Mother's Birthplace: Vermont, United States Note: Sheet Letter: D Sheet Number: 173 Sheet Number and Letter: 173D Household ID: 7571722 Person Number: 4 Volume: 1 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T9 Affiliate Film Number: 0600 GS Film Number: 1254600 Digital Folder Number: 005161031 Image Number: 00353 Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Darius W Godfrey Self M 40 New York, United States Viola B Godfrey Wife F 26 Michigan, United States Minie M Godfrey Daughter F 5 Michigan, United States Elsie E Godfrey Daughter F 3 Michigan, United States Corters C Spears Other M 23 Ohio, United States Della A Spears Other F 20 Michigan, United States Wm T Turner Other M 24 Pennsylvania, United States Jared Spear Other M 25 Iowa, United States Wilbur Nichols Other M 20 New York, United States Allex Oleson Other M 33 Norway John Watts Other M 36 --- Charles Grandy Other M 23 New York, United States Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW3W-TX9 : 10 August 2016), Corters C Spears in household of Darius W Godfrey, Sylvan, Osceola, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 227, sheet 173D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0600; FHL microfilm 1,254,600. - Witness Role: Family Census: [I362] Jared Rollins SPEARS
  		Spears-Cortez-Jared-1880
  Census	1900	Vienna Township, Genesee County, Michigan
  	The 1900 census taker found Cortez and Della's family in the 76th household he visited in Vienna Township, farming, possibly, her late father Benjamin's farm across the way from Uncle William Hewitt. Vienna township, Genesee, Michigan, United States District: 29 Gender: Male Age: 43 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race (Original): W Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Number of Living Children: Years Married: 23 Birth Date: Jul 1857 Birthplace: Ohio Marriage Year (Estimated): 1877 Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Vermont Mother of how many children: Sheet Number and Letter: 4A Household ID: 78 Line Number: 34 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T623 GS Film Number: 1240711 Digital Folder Number: 004120223 Image Number: 00459 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Cortze Spears Head M 43 Ohio Dell Spears Wife F 40 Michigan Bertha Spears Daughter F 18 Michigan Benjamin Spears Son M 15 Michigan Marvin Spears Son M 11 Michigan Francis M Spears Daughter F 0 Michigan Martha Spears Granddaughter F 2 Michigan "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSM7-R1V : accessed 8 April 2018), Cortze Spears, Vienna township, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 29, sheet 4A, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,711. - Witness Role: Family Census: [I50] Benjamin Henry SPEARS Witness Role: Family Census: [I27] Bertha Lousia SPEARS Witness Role: Family Census: [I52] Frances May SPEARS Witness Role: Family Census: [I434] Martha Alice SPEARS Witness Role: Family Census: [I51] Marvin William SPEARS
  		Spears-Cortez-1900 Media Date: 1900
  Census	1910	Flint Ward 6, Genesee County, Michigan
  	Name: Clark C Spears Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Date: 1910 Event Place: Flint Ward 6, Genesee, Michigan, United States District: ED 34 Gender: Male Age: 52 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race (Original): White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Birth Year (Estimated): 1858 Birthplace: Ohio Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Sheet Letter: A Sheet Number: 2 Sheet Number and Letter: 2A Household ID: 37 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T624 Affiliate Film Number: 643 GS Film Number: 1374656 Digital Folder Number: 004972474 Image Number: 00271 Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Clark C Spears Head M 52 Ohio Della A Spears Wife F 49 Michigan Marvin M Spears Son M 20 Michigan Frances M Spears Daughter F 10 Michigan Martha Spears Daughter F 11 Michigan Bertha L Cummings Daughter F 27 Michigan Flossie Cummings Granddaughter F 6 Michigan Cortez H Cummings Grandson M 4 Michigan Manley A Spears Nephew M 15 Michigan William Kelly Boarder M 37 Michigan Ralph Cole Boarder M 16 Michigan Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLPT-RJ8 : accessed 23 January 2017), Clark C Spears, Flint Ward 6, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 34, sheet 2A, family 37, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 643; FHL microfilm 1,374,656. - Witness Role: Family Census: [I3] Cortez Henry CUMMINGS Witness Role: Family Census: [I28] Florence Marrian CUMMINGS Witness Role: Family Census: [I268] William M. KELLY Witness Role: Family Census: [I27] Bertha Lousia SPEARS Witness Role: Family Census: [I52] Frances May SPEARS Witness Role: Family Census: [I392] Manley Ace SPEARS Witness Role: Family Census: [I434] Martha Alice SPEARS Witness Role: Family Census: [I51] Marvin William SPEARS
  		Spears-Cortez-Bertha-1910 Media Date: 1910
  Family ID	F15	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Aurther Jerome Clark,   b. 24 Oct 1925, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania d. 30 Jul 2018, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (Age 92 years)   4. Living
  Family ID	F62	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2023

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show	4 Photos
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  	Francis Spears Clark Caption Note: Media Date: ABT 1994 Keywords: Picture
  	Francis Spears Graduation Caption Note: Francis M. Spears age 16 - 2 months Gradtuated June 22, 1916 - Martha A. Spears - Given by Sarah Glass Media Date: 22 JUN 1916 Keywords: Picture
  	Francis Grad back Caption Note: Francis M. Spears age 16 - 2 months Gradtuated June 22 - 1916 - Martha A. Spears Media Date: 22 JUN 1916 Keywords: Picture

  
  

• Notes

  Ω Named List: Genesee County INDI: [I200] Bertha Claudia CUMMINGS INDI: [I38] Bessie Mae CUMMINGS INDI: [I3] Cortez Henry CUMMINGS INDI: [I201] Cortez Henry CUMMINGS INDI: [I39] Eunice Lucille CUMMINGS INDI: [I502] Florence A. CUMMINGS INDI: [I28] Florence Marrian CUMMINGS INDI: [I37] Franklin Hibbard CUMMINGS INDI: [I887] Ida Mae CUMMINGS INDI: [I888] Jerome M. CUMMINGS INDI: [I26] Lawrence Augustus CUMMINGS INDI: [I886] Margaret Thelma CUMMINGS INDI: [I2673] Matilda A CUMMINGS INDI: [I321] Ray C CUMMINGS INDI: [I322] Roy Clarence CUMMINGS INDI: [I1400] Adda May HEWITT INDI: [I413] Almon Augustus HEWITT INDI: [I328] Alvin HEWITT INDI: [I1699] Alvin Bartlett HEWITT INDI: [I1413] Alvin T. HEWITT INDI: [I289] Benjamin H HEWITT INDI: [I331] Byron Asa HEWITT INDI: [I1382] Byron E. HEWITT INDI: [I1405] Charles A. HEWITT INDI: [I2697] Charles Alfred HEWITT INDI: [I2682] Charles L HEWITT INDI: [I2677] Charles Willard HEWITT INDI: [I1404] Clarence H. HEWITT INDI: [I333] Cynthia Emma HEWITT INDI: [I34] Della Ann HEWITT INDI: [I2746] Donald A HEWITT INDI: [I2741] Edna M HEWITT INDI: [I337] Edwin HEWITT INDI: [I335] Franklin Benjamin HEWITT INDI: [I336] Fredrick W. HEWITT INDI: [I2745] Gordon E HEWITT INDI: [I1378] Hazel HEWITT INDI: [I2734] Jack R HEWITT INDI: [I2764] Jane M HEWITT INDI: [I2735] Joseph Benjamin HEWITT INDI: [I2699] Joseph Benjamin HEWITT INDI: [I415] Lucy HEWITT INDI: [I2679] Lucy L HEWITT INDI: [I2743] Luella M HEWITT INDI: [I2744] Marjorie HEWITT INDI: [I2729] Mildred G HEWITT INDI: [I2733] Peggy J HEWITT INDI: [I411] Phebe Ann HEWITT INDI: [I340] Phobe Elisabeth HEWITT INDI: [I2742] Ralph Carlton HEWITT INDI: [I2765] Ralph Carlton HEWITT INDI: [I2739] Russell A HEWITT INDI: [I1406] Sarah A. HEWITT INDI: [I339] Sarah Emeline HEWITT INDI: [I2688] Seth H HEWITT INDI: [I2732] Shirley M HEWITT INDI: [I2740] Thelma F HEWITT INDI: [I2730] Wanda G HEWITT INDI: [I414] Wesley Clarence HEWITT INDI: [I334] Willard HEWITT INDI: [I1389] William E. HEWITT INDI: [I332] William Elisha HEWITT INDI: [I409] William Randall HEWITT INDI: [I50] Benjamin Henry SPEARS INDI: [I27] Bertha Lousia SPEARS INDI: [I363] Cortez Clark SPEARS INDI: [I396] Dora M. SPEARS INDI: [I3419] Emma C SPEARS INDI: [I261] Evelyn R. SPEARS INDI: [I52] Frances May SPEARS INDI: [I362] Jared Rollins SPEARS INDI: [I391] Mable Ruth SPEARS INDI: [I392] Manley Ace SPEARS INDI: [I434] Martha Alice SPEARS INDI: [I365] Martha Alice SPEARS INDI: [I260] Marvin William SPEARS INDI: [I51] Marvin William SPEARS INDI: [I364] Marvin William SPEARS INDI: [I2712] Mary Elizabeth SPEARS INDI: [I398] Mildred Mary SPEARS INDI: [I361] Milton Rathborn SPEARS INDI: [I194] Walter William SPEARS INDI: [I258] Wesley Benjamin SPEARS INDI: [I2047] William TINKER INDI: [I2884] William TINKER INDI: [I2897] Ellen L TINKER INDI: [I2893] Helen Francis TINKER INDI: [I2892] Ida S TINKER INDI: [I2689] Oscar Fred TINKER INDI: [I2898] William H UNDERHILL INDI: [I2696] Lela A UNDERHILL INDI: [I1414] Cora UNDERHILL INDI: [I16] Claud Madison DUTCHER INDI: [I4] Daisy Alice DUTCHER INDI: [I18] George Wesley DUTCHER INDI: [I30] Della Loraine BURCH INDI: [I3301] Goldie Lorraine BURCH INDI: [I3302] Halley Louis BURCH INDI: [I3303] Keith W BURCH INDI: [I3304] Myrtle M BURCH INDI: [I29] Wesley A. BURCH INDI: [I3055] Verna L BURNHAM INDI: [I17] Vivian Grace DUTCHER INDI: [I47] Charles J. KELSEY INDI: [I48] Claudine Marion KELSEY INDI: [I46] Daisy Duretha KELSEY INDI: [I1120] Helen G. KELSEY INDI: [I2913] Infant KELSEY INDI: [I49] Robert F KELSEY INDI: [I341] Sarah E. WESTCOT INDI: [I196] Bertha L. CLARK INDI: [I2007] Clark D HITCHCOCK INDI: [I1320] Dwight HITCHCOCK INDI: [I1319] Luella HITCHCOCK Middle name from Liz Chemniz? spelling?

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] International Genealogical Index (R). Page: Batch #: M518394, Sheet #: 00, Source Call #: 1018927 V. 4-6, Printout Call #: NONE, Dates: 1867 - 1885