Researching Tom Spencer
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 27341 people with the Spencer surname? In that year Spencer was ranked number 116 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Tom means "Form of THOMAS. a twin" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Tom Spencer on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Tom Spencer and the Spencer Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Spencer Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Spencer family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 33799 people with the Spencer surname in the UK? Spencer is now ranked number 137 for popularity in the UK. |
Spencer Family Tree Databases
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Spencer Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 173180 people with the Spencer surname in the USA? Spencer is ranked number 100 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Spencer Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Tom Spencer. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Tom Spencer
Tom Spencer (cricketer)
Thomas William Spencer OBE (22 March 1914 – 1 November 1995) was a London-born English first-class cricketer and international umpire. He played 76 matches for Kent either side of World War 2 as an attacking batsman before moving into coaching at Wrekin School. A natural sportman, he also turned out for Fulham, Lincoln City and Walsall at football and claimed to have played four sports professionally, the others being table tennis and boxing. For many years he wintered coaching in South Africa.
At Frank Chester's suggestion he joined the first-class umpire's list in 1950 and was appointed to his first Test in 1954. For reasons he never understood he had to wait 15 years before he was asked again. "I was a bit disgusted," he told the Northern Echo years later, "but I was determined to plod on and become a bloody good county umpire." He eventually stood in 17 Test matches (the last in 1978) and six ODIs including the first at Lord's in 1972 and the first World Cup final in 1975. For the last 20 years until his retirement in 1980 he travelled to matches by train rather than car which he said allowed him to rest his eyes between appointments. In all, he stood in a record 570 County Championship matches and 701 first-class fixtures, a total second only to Chester.
His death in 1995 was reported in the local media in the North East, where he had lived for many years, but overlooked in the wider cricketing world. His obituary did not appear in Wisden or The Cricketer until 2003.
Source: Tom Spencer (cricketer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaTom Spencer (politician)
Thomas Newnham Bayley Spencer (born 10 April 1948) is a British Conservative Party politician and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
Spencer was educated at Pangbourne Nautical College and the University of Southampton.
He served as Conservative MEP for Derbyshire from 1979 to 1984, Conservative MEP for Surrey West from 1989 to 1994, and as Conservative MEP for Surrey from 1994 to 1999. He was leader of the UK Conservative MEPs from 1995 to 1998 and was Chairman of the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee from 1997 to 1999.
He decided not to stand for re-election to the European Parliament in 1999 after being found with gay pornography and two cannabis cigarettes in his luggage at Heathrow Airport. Spencer acknowledged being gay and said that his wife was aware of that before they married. Spencer was in a relationship with pornographic actor Cole Tucker, who was depicted in the pornography found in Spencer's luggage.
Source: Tom Spencer (politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaTom Spencer (rugby league)
Tom Spencer (born 2 January 1991) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for Oldham R.L.F.C. in the RFL Championship.
He previously played for the Wigan Warriors (Heritage № 1029) in the Super League, and on loan from Wigan at Leigh in the Championship and the South Wales Scorpions in Championship 1. Spencer has also played for the Centurions in the Championship, and on loan from the Leigh Centurions at Oldham (Heritage № 1362) in the Championship He also featured for the London Broncos in the Betfred Championship.
Source: Tom Spencer (rugby league), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Spencer
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