Researching David Spence
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 9906 people with the Spence surname? In that year Spence was ranked number 418 for popularity in the UK. |
The name David means "beloved" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of David Spence on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for David Spence and the Spence Genealogy
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Some Famous People called David Spence
David Spence (Canadian politician)
David Spence (January 25, 1867 – February 13, 1940) was an Irish-born Canadian politician, businessman and army officer.
Spence was born in Markethill, County Armagh, Ireland and was educated at a state school before immigrating to North America in 1896. After spending a year in Pittsburgh he moved to Toronto where he established a wholesale fruit and commission business. He served as an alderman on Toronto City Council from 1910 to 1916 and was instrumental in winning approval for the construction of the Prince Edward Viaduct.
During World War I he helped form The Irish Regiment of Canada and was one of its officers but was not permitted to go overseas to fight because of his age.
Spence was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative in the 1921 federal election. He represented the Parkdale electoral district, and was re-elected in the four succeeding elections: 1925, 1926, 1930 and 1935. He served in the House for almost 19 years until his death prior to the 1940 federal election. He was already nominated as the Tory's Parkdale candidate when he died.
He intended to run as a Conservative in the 1917 federal election; but withdrew from the race in order to support Liberal-Unionist Herbert Mowat, who was running as a supporter of the Union Government formed by Conservative Prime Minister Robert Borden. Mowat was appointed to the bench prior to the 1921 federal election freeing up the riding for Spence to contest.
Source: David Spence (Canadian politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaDavid Spence (mathematician)
David Allan Spence (3 January 1926 – 7 September 2003) was a mathematician who applied his mathematical skills in the aeronautics industry, and to the understanding of geophysical problems. He was born and educated in New Zealand, later moving to England, to take up a Doctorate in Engineering at Clare College, Cambridge. He was employed for a period of time at the then Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, after which he was appointed to the Engineering Department of the University of Oxford, where he stayed for twenty years. Later, he held the position of Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College, London.
Source: David Spence (mathematician), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
David Spence (Manitoba politician)
David Spence (September 5, 1824 – September 16, 1885) was a political figure in Manitoba. He represented Poplar Point from 1870 to 1874 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
He was born in the Red River Colony, the son of James Spence and Jane Morwick, who was grandmother to John Norquay. In 1844, Spence married Catherine Hallett. He represented the parish of St. Anne's at the Convention of Forty, a parliament organized by Louis Riel in 1870. Spence also served as justice of the peace. He was accidentally shot in his home by a neighbour, who thought his gun was not loaded, and later died from his wound.
Source: David Spence (Manitoba politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaDavid Spence (rubber chemistry)
David Spence (September 26, 1881 – September 24, 1957) was one of the pioneering rubber chemists. He helped the war effort during the Second World War by devising new ways of extracting natural rubbers from plants, and worked to improve the processing of the rubber. Over the course of his career, he worked to improve the dyeing processes for rubber products and the vulcanization of rubber, and in developing new accelerants for strengthening lower-quality natural rubber. In 1941, he became the first recipient of the Charles Goodyear Medal, awarded by the American Chemical Society.
Source: David Spence (rubber chemistry), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Spence
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