| Ethel May Spens Family aka "May and her sister Hilda" Born in her house, Died in her house, the same house. The same darn room she grew up in as a child, Homesteading the first great depression. |
Harvey H****(age 27)
Married
May Pearl Manning
(age 33) In August 1918.
They had 3 children.
Ethel may (Spens)
Hilda (Swenson)
And Jim H****.
Married
May Pearl Manning
(age 33) In August 1918.
They had 3 children.
Ethel may (Spens)
Hilda (Swenson)
And Jim H****.
No. 2 Second, the 1900's
generation
generation
| Hilda: Born: 6-11-1922 Died |
| James AKA Jim Born: 1-15-1926 Died: 1994 |
| Charles AKA Chuck Swenson |
| Yavonne and Evonne (Private) |
| Evonne |
May Ethel H
aka
(Ethyl mae)
"I hated that
spelling.
EMS-1989"
aka
(Ethyl mae)
"I hated that
spelling.
EMS-1989"
Hilda H
James
Fredrick
H.
Fredrick
H.
 |
No.2 Second the 1920's
generation
generation
No.3 The Third 1950's generation.
May Spens,
Jim H,
Hilda Swenson
1980's
Last Pic of
the 3 still all
alive.
Jim H,
Hilda Swenson
1980's
Last Pic of
the 3 still all
alive.
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| Ethel May (private) Born: Jan 6 1920, Died: Jan 28 2009 |
The Spenses of
Wormiston According
to Slater's Directory
(1852), the town of
Crail is
"...a parish and royal
burgh, and a
sea-port--the latter 26
miles east from
Kirkcaldy, and 10
south-east from St.
Andrews. It's
importance has
greatly declined, and
notwithstanding it
possesses great
capabilities as a port,
it enjoys but very little
trade; this, in some
measure, may be
ascribed to the
inconvenience of its
harbour, for it is
elegibly situated. Its
principal exports
consist of grain &
potatoes: the imports
are chiefly coals. 16
vessels belong to the
port. The town consists
of 2 streets, and 2 or 3
lanes; of the former
one is broad and
spacious, containing
some good houses,
several of which are of
that massive and
antique description
which indicate past
wealth. Crail was
erected into a royal
burgh by Robert
Bruce. In conjunction
with St. Andrews,
Cupar, Fife, the
Anstruthers, Kilrenny
and Pittenweem, it
returns one member to
parliament. The parish
church, a free church,
and an united
presbyterian chapel,
are the places of
worship. The
celebrated James
Sharp, archbishop of
St. Andrews, was once
minister of the church,
and his handwriting is
still to be seen in the
session records.
Located on the East
Neuk of Fife, the
ancient land of
Wormiston, or
Wormieston/Wolmersto
n is located between
the towns of Crail and
Cupar, just northwest
of Crail. According to
Barrow, "Wormieston
by Crail was evidently
granted by William I to
a certain Winemer for
2d. blench ferm every
Whitsun. Winemer had
been a prominent
retainer of the
Countess Ada in the
Crail district. It is likely
that the land outside
Crail to which he
seems to have given
his name was granted
to him in return for his
services to the
countess and (after her
death) to her son" (p.
308). William I, "the
Lion", king of Scots,
reigned from
1165-1214. It was also
during the reign of
William I and
immediately following
the Treaty of Falaise
(1174) "that later
Scottish tradition, if
correctly reported by
Sir Thomas Grey,
assigned a sudden
and massive tidal
wave of Norman
immigration into
Scotland, bringing
with it the families of
Balliol, Bruce, Soules,
Moubray, Sinclair,
Hay, Giffard, Ramsay,
Laundells, Bisset,
Barclay, Valognes,
Boys, Montgomery,
Vaux, Colville, Fraser,
Graham, Gourlay and
several more" (Barrow,
p. 331).
As will be seen later,
at the close of the
fourteenth century, the
Wormiston lands
passed into Spens
hands. According to
Burke, "the family of
Wolmerston, another
great branch of the
name of Spens,
produced many worthy
patriots, who did
honour to their
country, both in the
cabinet and in the
field, and had also the
lion rampant in their
armorial bearings" (p.
169).
Anderson states:
It is not improbable
that Sir Patrick Spens,
of the ancient ballad
which bears that
name, was a baron of
Wormieston. The
occasion of the ballad
was the expedition
which conveyed the
princess Margaret,
daughter of King
Alexander III, to
Norway in 1281, when
she was espoused to
Eric, king of that
country. 'In returning
home' says Fordoun in
his History of
Scotland, after the
celebration of her
nuptials, the abbot of
Balmerinoch, Bernard
of Monte-alto, and
many other persons
were downed.' The
command of the ship
that bore the princess
to Norway, was given
to Sir Patrick Spens as
-- "the best sailor That
ever sailed the sea;"
and the gallant
commander and all
his company are
represented as having
been lost on their
homeward voyage:
"Sir Patrick he is on
the sea, And far out
ower the faem, wi' five
and fifty Scots lords'
sons that longed to be
at hame."
Midway between
Norway and the coast
of Fife, they were all
cast away: "Half ower,
half ower, to
Aberdour" Sir Walter
Scott preferred to read
it, "O forty miles off
Aberdeen," remarking
that in a voyage from
Norway, a shipwreck
on the north coast
appears as probable
as either in the Firth of
Forth or Tay. But as
Aberdour was the
nearest port to
Dunfermline, where
the Scottish monarchs
chiefly resided from
the time of Malcolm
Canmore to that of
Alexander III, and as
the royal
commissioners,
Wemyss of Wemyss
and Scott of
Balwearie, sent to
escort the young
princes to her
husband, belonged to
Fife, it seems more
likely that the
common reading is
the correct one: "Half
ower, half ower, to
Aberdour, full fifty
fathoms deep, And
there lies gude Sir
Patrick Spens, Wi' the
Scotch lords at his
feet" (p. 494).
Between 1981 and
1984, a series of
articles concerning Sir
James Spens of
Wormiston (d. 1632),
appeared in the
Scottish Genealogist.
In one of those
articles, Harry D.
Watson outlines the
successive ownership
of the Wormiston
lands: ...At the close
of the fourteenth
century the estate of
Wormiston had passed
into the hands of
Duncan Spens, who
some historians
believe at least
derived from the
MacDuff Earls of Fife.
Duncan's son Alan is
described as "balivus
de Crail" and from him
the estate passed to
Murdo Spens...
In 1458 Alexander
Spens, Constable of
Crail, was married to
Mariota Anstruther,
and Christian
Spens--probably their
daughter--was married
in 1483 to Andrew
Anstruther. In 1467
Alexander Spens and
James "Lumisden" of
Airdie and Sypsies
were nominated by
act of parliament to
investigate the rents
paid by the barons of
Fife. A little later, the
name of Spens begins
to crop up regularly in
the register of the
Collegiate Church of
St. Mary's in Crail. In
1500, for example,
William Spens--son
and heir of the late
John Spens--sells 4
roods of land in Crail
to Sir William
Myrtone, chaplain of
the altar of St.
Michael the
Archangel. In 1502
Edward Spens, a
bailie, lends his
personal seal to
Marjorie
Wemyss--'because she
had none'. In 1517
Marjory "Anstrothir"
(perhaps the "Mariota"
we encountered
before) is named as
the widow of
Alexander Spens and
is recorded as
conveying all her
rights in two acres of
land in Crail to her son
David, "laird of
Wilmerstone". One the
same day, 15th July
1517, David Spens
resigns the said lands
to Sir William
Myrtone, one of the
witnesses being a
certain James Spens.
Indeed this David
Spens--who seems to
have been the
great-grandfather of
our Sir James--was a
particularly devout son
of the Church, for in
the following year he
makes over the rents
from certain lands to
the clergy of St. Mary's
and the prioress and
nuns of the convent of
North Berwick. By
1526 he has become
a bailie like Edwards
Spens before him.
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18 YRS GRADUATION HS.
23 yrs
Graduation,
recieved
BSMET from
LTU 1 983
(Was LIT at the
time)
Graduation,
recieved
BSMET from
LTU 1 983
(Was LIT at the
time)
May Pearl (Manning}
May Spens Hilda's
Mother 1945, just
before she died in
1947.
By Jim's 1939 Chevy
May Spens Hilda's
Mother 1945, just
before she died in
1947.
By Jim's 1939 Chevy
Harvey Hatter takes a swim at Bell Isle around 1917.
Aunt Amy, May Pearl
Manning, looks like may
Spens here in their 30's
Manning, looks like may
Spens here in their 30's
May Pearl Manning on a
Sunday stroll in Detroit.(Note
thge ornate hats and dresses
Ca. 1910 WWl
Sunday stroll in Detroit.(Note
thge ornate hats and dresses
Ca. 1910 WWl
1900
1920's
Married
with
children.
Married
with
children.
Harvy and his brother Charles
came from England thru Canada to
Detroit about 1900
came from England thru Canada to
Detroit about 1900
Harvey H
May Pearl Manning
Born1886
Born1886
No.1 First
the 1880's generation
the 1880's generation
1880
Albert
Manning
Born 1841 in
england, came to
Canada in
Manning
Born 1841 in
england, came to
Canada in
Mary Emma Duck
Manning Died
Armstrong age 75
Manning Died
Armstrong age 75
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1910
1918
WWI
ends,
Harvey
Swims
and
courts.
WWI
ends,
Harvey
Swims
and
courts.
By 1926 They had 3 children.
Ethel may (Spens) Hilda (Swenson) And Jim H****
.
Ethel may (Spens) Hilda (Swenson) And Jim H****
.
A little bit WWI Hittler,
Hmmmmmmm.
Maybe it was a style then.
Hmmmmmmm.
Maybe it was a style then.
1940's
Working
the war
effort
Working
the war
effort
1960's
1980's
Then
they met.
and at his
insistance,
to marry an
slightly older
woman when
Cougars
were frowned
upon,
Married.
they met.
and at his
insistance,
to marry an
slightly older
woman when
Cougars
were frowned
upon,
Married.
Harvy H***
May Spens
Dad.
May Spens
Dad.
May Pearl
Manning
Born 1886
May Spens
Mom.
Manning
Born 1886
May Spens
Mom.
2000
The
Millenium
The
Millenium
May the
oldest,
the
stubbornst
oldest,
the
stubbornst
1-2010
May
gives
up the
Gost.
For Her,,,
The
Millenium
is over.
May
gives
up the
Gost.
For Her,,,
The
Millenium
is over.
May-Spens-is-Mad,-
"Hilda Always gets to be first",
she complained...
Even-the-first-to-die.
"It-should-be-me lying there"
she-grumbled.....
"She's-always-gotten to be
first-at-everything."
And I'm the oldest.
"Hilda Always gets to be first",
she complained...
Even-the-first-to-die.
"It-should-be-me lying there"
she-grumbled.....
"She's-always-gotten to be
first-at-everything."
And I'm the oldest.
April 2008 Great Aunt Hilda
dies, who is next?
It comes in threes, it is said.
dies, who is next?
It comes in threes, it is said.
April 2008 Great Aunt Hilda
dies, who is next? It comes
in threes it is said.
dies, who is next? It comes
in threes it is said.
1990's
May Ethel about
1984
1984
May Ethel
about 1998
about 1998
Ethel-May-Spens-is-buried-Jan-200
9-Steven-morns-
and-is-angry.
He was the last to see her alive,
Give her a cup of Ensure, say
good-by.
When he came home, there was a
thud she was gone to Jesus.
9-Steven-morns-
and-is-angry.
He was the last to see her alive,
Give her a cup of Ensure, say
good-by.
When he came home, there was a
thud she was gone to Jesus.
No. 2 Second, the 1900's
generation
generation
Mother may H*** and her
sister
Aunt Lizzy Manning
(Berryman)
!898
sister
Aunt Lizzy Manning
(Berryman)
!898
May Spens, Daddy's buisness at 28515 7 Mile
Home Nursery Company Tel. Farmington 350 Look for the sign.
H.Hatter Proporetor
Home Grown Evergreens, Shrubs and roses TREE SURGURY SPECIALIST
Eighteen years service in Detroit Area
Two Miles west of Grand River On Seven Mile Road Rural Route No. 2 FARMINGTON, MICH.
Mrs Hilda H***** 28515 Seven Mile Rd Farmington, Michigan Daddy Nursery
About 1930's
Home Nursery Company Tel. Farmington 350 Look for the sign.
H.Hatter Proporetor
Home Grown Evergreens, Shrubs and roses TREE SURGURY SPECIALIST
Eighteen years service in Detroit Area
Two Miles west of Grand River On Seven Mile Road Rural Route No. 2 FARMINGTON, MICH.
Mrs Hilda H***** 28515 Seven Mile Rd Farmington, Michigan Daddy Nursery
About 1930's
| James H Married Thelma Jan 1948. Kathy Ann Aug 25 1949. Jenny Lee May 29 1952. They split about 1955. Married Margie Oct 17 1958. Margie had 2 children at the time. Danny and Kathy. |
1930's
Richard Paul Spens
Born: about 1960
Born: about 1960
Paul William Spens Has his son
in his lap during a business trip
inspecting the cold war for the
goverment.
in his lap during a business trip
inspecting the cold war for the
goverment.
Below May Spens Gets an award
from Ward Presbyterian Church
for being so old.
The last thing she wanted as she
told me I'd rather be dead" and
" I'll be dead to-morow ", for ten
years she said that. Every single
day, 5 times a day. Thought it
would never happen, one day it
actually did, You can't do this to
me now".
from Ward Presbyterian Church
for being so old.
The last thing she wanted as she
told me I'd rather be dead" and
" I'll be dead to-morow ", for ten
years she said that. Every single
day, 5 times a day. Thought it
would never happen, one day it
actually did, You can't do this to
me now".
Paul William Spens married Ethel Mae (private), May- 05, 1956 in St.
Thomas & St. Peters Lutheran Church, Detroit, Michigan. Ethel was
born January 6, 1920 on Fullerton ave.in Detroit, Michigan.
Thomas & St. Peters Lutheran Church, Detroit, Michigan. Ethel was
born January 6, 1920 on Fullerton ave.in Detroit, Michigan.
1950's
1923_Ethel_May_Held by
mom on the
homestead_in
Llivonia_MI.
mom on the
homestead_in
Llivonia_MI.
Jim-H's-1930-Chevy-in-1943-by
-side-of-house-on-7-mile
-side-of-house-on-7-mile
| Hilda W Married Gunnar Swenson. July 27 1968 She gained 3 children. |
LE
FIN
FIN
Hilda H (Swenson,
to be). Yours
Truly, H.H.
Pin-up-girl-WWll
Well,,,,,almost.
to be). Yours
Truly, H.H.
Pin-up-girl-WWll
Well,,,,,almost.
May-Spens-write's-us-a-good-bye-letter.
Just-a-bit-early,
one-year-as-she-pretends-to-die-in-2007-
Good-Bye-Everyone.
I-have-gone-to-be-with-Jesus.
Wait just a minute May.....
Just-a-bit-early,
one-year-as-she-pretends-to-die-in-2007-
Good-Bye-Everyone.
I-have-gone-to-be-with-Jesus.
Wait just a minute May.....
1970's
May-Spens-taken-back-yard--and-
Richard-Spens-and-
Paul-William-Spens-Died-Sept-30-1976
-3-mo-later-retired-fm-NASA-
Inspector-Bendix-Aerospace
Ann-Arbor-Plant-taken-june-19-
Spens-familt last picture taken of
all threee alive.
Richard-Spens-and-
Paul-William-Spens-Died-Sept-30-1976
-3-mo-later-retired-fm-NASA-
Inspector-Bendix-Aerospace
Ann-Arbor-Plant-taken-june-19-
Spens-familt last picture taken of
all threee alive.
1953-
1983
1983
| Hilda H Married William Weiandt July 6 1946. They split 1959. Married Gunnar Swenson. July 27 1968 |
Jim-H's-1930-Chevy-in-1943-by
-side-of-house-on-7-mile
-side-of-house-on-7-mile
Unkown-child-ca-possibly
-may-pearl-MANNING
-1890.
-may-pearl-MANNING
-1890.
Harvy_or_
his_brother
_1916
Harvy
H*****
Belle Isle
rock wall
1917
his_brother
_1916
Harvy
H*****
Belle Isle
rock wall
1917
1924-house-that-used-to-be-on-
seven-mile-and-inkster-lived-in-till-
seven mile rd house was done.
seven-mile-and-inkster-lived-in-till-
seven mile rd house was done.
| James H Married Thelma Jan 1948. Kathy Ann Aug 25 1949. Jenny Lee May 29 1952. They split about 1955. Married Margie Oct 17 1958. Margie had 2 children at the time. Danny and Kathy. |
1922
Married
Build an
House
start a
Nurshery
buisness,
cater to
the rich
folk going
to the Gulf
club
house.
Married
Build an
House
start a
Nurshery
buisness,
cater to
the rich
folk going
to the Gulf
club
house.
| Ethel May (private) Born: Jan 6 1920, Died: Jan 28 2009 Ethel was born on Fullerton Avenue in Detroit, just off of Grand River. In 1924 she moved to Livonia, Michigan when she was 2 yrs old. She lived there with her son, Richard till she died in her own home in her childhood bedroom as she had demanded far too many times. |
1938
1930's
1934
Hilda-12-yrs
May 14
Hilda-12-yrs
May 14
hilda-15-yrs-left-Marguy
-Taylor-16-Livonia, Mi
1938
-Taylor-16-Livonia, Mi
1938
Jim H and Fred Droullard-
Farmington, Mi 1938
Farmington, Mi 1938
Hilda H 14 yrs
1936
1936
May H 16 yrs
1936
1936
May H
Graduation
19 yrs 1939
Graduation
19 yrs 1939
Jim-h-and-Hilda-H-
front-corner-house-
1935.jpg
front-corner-house-
1935.jpg
