 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  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
13 Oct 1876 |
EHOUS |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWN2-W77 |
| Death |
30 Dec 1931 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
3 Jan 1932 |
Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
 Submit Headstone Photo |
| Person ID |
I127 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Daniel Spencer, Jr, b. 20 Jul 1794, West Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States d. 15 Dec 1868, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 74 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Jane Cutcliffe, b. 5 Jul 1835, Combe Martin, Devonshire, England d. 28 Jun 1909, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 73 years) |
| Marriage |
27 Dec 1856 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F128 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
John Brook Hirst, b. 12 Jan 1855, Slaithwaite, Yorkshire, England d. 7 Dec 1923, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 68 years) |
| Marriage |
24 Oct 1876 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| + | 1. Vira Hirst, b. 28 Feb 1889, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 4 Nov 1969, Bellflower, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 80 years) |
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| Family ID |
F127 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
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 | Birth - 6 Oct 1858 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 13 Oct 1876 - EHOUS |
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| Marriage - 24 Oct 1876 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Death - 30 Dec 1931 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - 3 Jan 1932 - Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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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.”
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