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by pmonty1
Tue Nov 08, 2016 10:02 am
Forum: Discussion Topics
Topic: DAVID SPENCE (1824-1885)
Replies: 13
Views: 73694

Re: DAVID SPENCE (1824-1885)

Hello, (Long lost cousin, Paula..lol) Well, where to start? Here is my line... James Andrew Spence and Margaret Batt (Metis), their son James was eventually married to a widow, Jane Morwick, and together they gave birth to David. David was married to Catherine Hallett (also Metis). David's daughter...
by pmonty1
Tue Nov 08, 2016 9:59 am
Forum: Discussion Topics
Topic: DAVID SPENCE (1824-1885)
Replies: 13
Views: 73694

Re: DAVID SPENCE (1824-1885)

Welcome to the Forum Paula! You must have missed the link to David’s parents , Jane (nee MORWICK) NORQUAY and James SPENCE (1778-1857). She was indeed a Metis as explained there, Just click on this link: JAMES SPENCE (1778-1857) Links to other related people are similarly underlined in red – just c...
by pmonty1
Tue Nov 08, 2016 9:35 am
Forum: Discussion Topics
Topic: DAVID SPENCE (1824-1885)
Replies: 13
Views: 73694

Re: DAVID SPENCE (1824-1885)

Oh yeah, David's mother Jane was Métis. And David's wife Catherine was ALSO Métis. I believe that they were both of Cree descent. This family line has been verified through the Métis Federation :) That's all I know about that, though, because the mothers names are always 'unknown Cree woman'. It wa...
by pmonty1
Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:29 pm
Forum: Discussion Topics
Topic: DAVID SPENCE (1824-1885)
Replies: 13
Views: 73694

Re: DAVID SPENCE (1824-1885)

Hello fellow Spence decendant My name is Paula Montgomery and I am from a line of Spences that branched out into Riggs, then Wood, then my mother's married name Montgomery. My aunt Joan Riggs traced our family back to David who was the son of James Spence and Jane Morwick. I have an old photo of Dav...