Thomas Spelich

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Spelich was born on 12 September 1919, in Copper City, Houghton, Michigan, United States, his father, Joseph Spelich, was 29 and his mother, Virginia Cencich, was 22. He married Eleanor PUTANSU on 31 December 1943. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Houghton, Michigan, United States in 1930. He died on 26 September 2003, in Calumet, Houghton, Michigan, United States, at the age of 84.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Spelich
1919–2003
Eleanor PUTANSU
1923–1977
Marriage: 31 December 1943
Shirely Jean Spelich
1950–2003

Sources (6)

  • Thomas Spelich in household of Virginia Spelich, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Thomas SPELICH - birth-name: Thomas SPELICH
  • Thomas J. Spelich, "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995"

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World Events (8)

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

1920

Women are given the right to vote under the Nineteenth Amendment.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

German:

metonymic occupational name for a spoke maker, from Middle High German speiche ‘spoke’.

from Middle High German speich ‘spittle’, perhaps a nickname for someone who tended to produce a spray of spittle when speaking.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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