Richard SPENCER

1854 - 1909  (54 years)

• Name	Richard SPENCER
  Born	3 Nov 1854	The Sussex Tap, Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Jun 1909	6 Harcourt Avenue, Manor Park, London, England   [2]
  Person ID	I4	Spencer Family
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2013

  
  

  Father	George Elliott SPENCER,   c. 22 Apr 1820, Hartfield, Sussex, England ,   d. DECEASED
  Mother	Elizabeth WEEKES,   c. 21 Oct 1827, Otham, Kent, England ,   d. Bef 1891  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Married	20 Jan 1854	Otham, Kent, England   [3]
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Wicken ROBINSON,   b. 19 Oct 1849, Denmark Row, Brixton, London, England ,   d. 14 Dec 1945, Kilburn, London, England  (Age 96 years)
  Married	12 May 1879	St. Mary Lambeth, Lambeth, Surrey, England   [4]
  Children	+ 1. William Richard SPENCER,   b. 24 Jul 1879, Battersea, Surrey, England ,   d. 3 Jun 1970, 46 Elmville Ave, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England  (Age 90 years)   2. Lilian Mary Weekes SPENCER,   b. 6 Jan 1881, Peckham, London, England ,   d. Abt 1882, Lambeth, London  (Age 0 years) + 3. Grace Martha SPENCER,   b. 7 Jun 1882, 21 Grimwade Crescent, Nunhead, Camberwell, Surrey, England ,   d. DECEASED  [Birth] + 4. Elliott Victor SPENCER,   b. 4 Dec 1885, 128 Choumert Road, Camberwell, London, England ,   d. 21 Jan 1977, St. Andrew's Hospital, Bromley by Bow, London E3, England  (Age 91 years) + 5. Ebenezer Cassam SPENCER,   b. 13 Sep 1888, 128 Choumert Road, Camberwell, London, England ,   d. DECEASED   6. James George SPENCER,   b. Abt 1891, London, England ,   d. Abt 1891, London, England  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Richard was a Compositor(Typesetter) in London "Working as a compositor required a combination of attributes: a level of education sufficient to facilitate speedy and accurate composition of type; the manual dexterity to aid this; a knowledge of fonts; and an eye for design, especially before the relatively recent rise of professional design typographers...Compositors were relatively affluent and high in status..." From http://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/the-compositor-in-london-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-labour-aristocracy/ by by Isidore Cyril Cannon posted 30 Jul 2012 accessed 15 Oct 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] GRO Birth Certificate, Ticehurst Dec 1854 v2b p71. [S8] GRO Death Certificate, West Ham Jun 1909 v4a p115. [S5] GRO Marriage Certificate, Maidstone Mar 1854 v2a p473. [S5] GRO Marriage Certificate, Lambeth Jun 1879 v1d p616.