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Alvira Spencer

Alvira Spencer

Female 1858 - 1931  (73 years)   Has 6 ancestors and 8 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Alvira Spencer 
    Birth 6 Oct 1858  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Initiatory (LDS) 13 Oct 1876  EHOUS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID KWN2-W77 
    Death 30 Dec 1931  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 3 Jan 1932  Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Person ID I127  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father Daniel Spencer, Jr,   b. 20 Jul 1794, West Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1868, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Mary Jane Cutcliffe,   b. 5 Jul 1835, Combe Martin, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jun 1909, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1856  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F128  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Brook Hirst,   b. 12 Jan 1855, Slaithwaite, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1923, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 24 Oct 1876  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Vira Hirst,   b. 28 Feb 1889, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1969, Bellflower, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F127  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Mar 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Oct 1858 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 13 Oct 1876 - EHOUS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 Oct 1876 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Dec 1931 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 3 Jan 1932 - Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • History of
      Alvira Spencer Hirst
      1858-1931

      Compiled by Victoria W. Chambers, 2014
      Resources:
      Obituary found on Find-a-Grave
      Utah State Death Certificate
      Family Search / Family Tree
      Genealogical records of Harold Brower Chambers
      The Historical Record, Vol 5, p. 300

      Alvira Spencer was born in the Spencer home at the corner of Third Sou t h and State Streets, October 6, 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Uta h . She was the oldest of four children, three daughters and one son bor n t o Daniel and Mary Jane Cutcliff Spencer. Her siblings include: Lydia , bor n November 13, 1860; stillborn twin brothers born in 1863; Samuel b orn Fe bruary 14, 1864; and Amelia born March 1, 1866. Daniel Spencer wa s born i n Massachusetts and Mary Jane Cutcliff was born in England.

      Alvira and John had one child, a daughter, Vira, born February 28, 188 9 i n Salt Lake City, Utah. Vira married James W. Fitches on February 10 , 191 3 and together they had four children: Noona, Delwin, Marlin and El aine.

      Alvira was a very active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- d ay Saints, serving for twenty years as ward Relief Society president i n P leasant Green [Magna], Utah. She is listed in the History of Pleasan t Gre en as serving in this position as of May 1887 with Anne Bertoch an d Nanc y Dearden as counselors and Fanny Jenkins as secretary. During th e last t en years of her life, she continued to serve in the Salt Lake Te mple, th e ward Relief Society and through genealogical efforts.

      After many years living in Pleasant Green [Magna], John and Alvira mov e d to 878 West First South, in Salt Lake City. That was the home where J oh n died, at age 68, on December 7, 1923 following an eleven-month linge rin g illness brought on by a stroke earlier that year .

      At some point Alvira’s health necessitated that she live with Vira’s fam i ly at 932 West Second South in Salt Lake City. We do have a clue to he r p ossible moving date with an article in the Salt Lake Telegram dated N ovem ber 24, 1931 under the heading of Real Estate Transfers: “Alvira S . Hirs t to Zion’s Savings Bank & Trust Company, lot 4, block 51, plat c. , etc.”

      At age 73 Alvira passed away at Vira’s home on December 30, 1931, with i n days of injuries sustained in an accidental fall. Her death certifica t e indicates cause of death as lobar pneumonia with contributing factor s o f a fractured neck. Her obituary indicates she suffered a broken hip . A v iewing was held at home with the funeral services in the Salt Lak e Fiftee nth ward chapel on January 3, 1932 with interment in the Salt La ke City C emetery next to her husband.

      Obituary:
      Mrs. Alvira Spencer Hirst, for twenty years president of the Pleasant Gr e en Relief Society and for the last 10 years active in Salt Lake temple , g enealogical, and Relief Society work, died Wednesday morning at the h om e of her daughter, Mrs. Vira Hirst Fitches, 923 West Second South Stre et .

      Born October 5, 1858 [actual birthday: October 6, 1858] in Salt Lake Ci t y at the Spencer home at the corner of Third South and State Streets, w he re now stands the Brooks Arcade building. Mrs. Hirst was the daughte r o f Daniel Spencer and Mary Jane Cutcliff Spencer. November 19, 1878, s he w as married at Pleasant Green to the late John B. Hirst.

      A week ago, Mrs. Hirst fell and injured her hip. Complications set in a n d death resulted from pneumonia. She is survived by her daughter, Mrs . Fi tches, and four grandchildren, Noona, Delwin, Merlin and Elaine Fitc hes ; one brother, Samuel G. Spencer; two sisters, Mrs. Rudger Clawson an d Mr s. Amelia S. Stewart, and the following half brothers and sisters: M rs. L ouis Grossman, John D. Spencer, Mrs. Sophronia S. Horne, Mrs. Charl es B . Felt, Emma Spencer, Bessie Spencer, and Cora Spencer, all of Sal t Lak e City.

      Services will be held in the Fifteenth ward chapel, Eighth West and Fir s t South, at 3 p.m. Sunday [January 3, 1932]. Interment will be in the C it y Cemetery. Friends may call at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fitches , 9 23 West Second South, Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m .

      Speakers at the funeral service will be President Rudger Clawson, Geor g e S. Ashton, Isaac W. Coon, Alma J. Larkin and Bishop Fred Kasteler.”