When Gerald Elroy Spencer was born on 31 December 1901, in La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States, his father, William Jessie Spencer, was 26 and his mother, Nancy E Childers, was 19. He married Zelpha Adelaide Beach on 29 June 1924, in Union, Oregon, United States. He lived in Union, Union, Oregon, United States for about 10 years and Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States in 1930. He died on 27 July 1998, in Los Osos, San Luis Obispo, California, United States, at the age of 96.
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): occupational name for someone who dispensed provisions or money, from Middle English spenser(e), spencer(e) ‘household steward, butler, almoner’ (Anglo-Norman French espenser, Old French despensier). Compare Spence and Spender . There is some dispute about the origins of the Spencer family, whose most famous member in recent times was the late Princess of Wales, born Lady Diana Spencer (1961–97). Some sources say that they are descended from William the Conqueror's steward, Robert Despencer. What is clear is that by the 15th century they had become prosperous from sheep farming in Northamptonshire. Robert Spencer (died 1627) was said to be the wealthiest man in England. Their titles have included Earls of Sunderland and Earls Spencer; and through the female line the 5th Earl of Sunderland also became Duke of Marlborough in 1733. This connection was the result of the marriage, in 1700, of the 3rd Duke of Sunderland to the daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. The youngest son of this union, John Spencer (1708–46), was the father of the 1st Earl Spencer (1734–83).
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