Descendants of Anthony MILNER
Notes
Marriage: Elizabeth Ann Spensley
Spouse: James Spensley
Year of Registration: 1874
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Reeth
County: Yorkshire - North Riding
Volume: 9d
Page: 975Grave: In memory of James Ralph only son of Thos and Elizabeth SPENSLEY of Reeth who died on the 18th July 1867 aged 19 years.
Also of Margaret Mary their daughter who died on the 10th December 1870 aged 25 years.
Also of Elizabeth Ann their last child and her infant son who died in America March 1877 aged 26 years.
Also of the above named Thomas SPENSLEY who died December 11th 1888 aged 76 years.
James' family migrated from Yorkshire to Iowa in about 1839. James left Dubuque County, Iowa at the age of 16, to seek his fortune in California, during the gold rush period. He set off with an ox team, but had to abandon these because of lack of fodder and walked the remaining 600 miles. After 3 years he returned to work with his father, but eventually, in 1856, migrated to Mineral Point, Wisconsin, where he engaged in mining, smelting and farming. Later he embarked in the creamery business. James was a respected member of the community and held several positions of trust, including that of mayor. James' home at Mineral Point is now on the National Register of Historic Places.
James was married 3 times and it is said he built his Mineral Point home to please his second wife Elizabeth who was never really happy in America. The house is very reminiscent of a Dales' farmhouse.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette Wisconsin, J. H. Beers & Co., 1901, Chicago, IL.
Page 658 - 659 ~ Iowa County
HON. JAMES SPENSLEY, of the city of Mineral Point, Iowa county, is one of the old settlers of that locality, and a man well known in the early history of Wisconsin.
James SPENSLEY was born April 17, 1833, in Yorkshire, England, a son of Richard and Alice (BONSON) SPENSLEY. Richard SPENSLEY was also born in England, a son of James and Rosamond (MASON) SPENSLEY, natives of Yorkshire of Scottish descent. James SPENSLEY, Sr., grandfather of our subject, after the death of his wife came to Dubuque, Iowa, where he died. To him and his wife were born five sons and one daughter: John, who lived and died in England; James, who died in England; Richard, father of our subject; Mason (deceased), who came to Dubuque, Iowa, then to Platteville, Wis., opened up a farm in Grant county, and died there in 1870; William, a resident of South Dakota; and Margaret, now Mrs.
RICHARDS, of California.Richard SPENSLEY, the father of our subject, was reared and married in England. In 1839 he left his native land on the sailing vessel "Rocious," and after a voyage of seven weeks landed in New York, whence he went to Chicago via the Erie canal to Buffalo, and thence on the lakes. From Chicago he traveled by team to Dubuque. Later he removed to Galena, where he mined and operated a smelter, dying in galena in 1892. His wife passed away in 1886, aged eighty-three. In politics he was a Republican, and he was a worthy man, highly esteemed. To himself and wife were born six sons and six daughters: Robert, who died in Yorkshire; Rosamond, now Mrs. SPENSLEY, of Dubuque, Iowa; Mary, Mrs. MATHER, who died in Fort Dodge, Iowa; Elizabeth, Mrs. FERRIS, who died in Dubuque, Iowa; James, our subject; Bonson, who died at Shullsburg, Wis.; William, a resident of Galena, Ill., probate judge and attorney-at-law; Margaret, Mrs. ALLISON; Alice Ann, Mrs. BAILEY, of Colorado; Richard, a resident of Galena, Ill., and county clerk; Ellen, Mrs. GRAY, of Galena, Ill.; and John Robert, who enlisted at Madison in 1861, in the 16th Wis. V.I., was in the battle of Shiloh, serving through the war, was honorably discharged at Washington, and died at Galena in 1868.
Our subject was reared and educated at Galena, Ill., and in 1850 crossed the Plains to California, driving an ox-team, and remaining in that State three years. In 1853 he returned to Galena, and in 1856 migrated to Mineral Point, engaging in mining, smelting and farming. Later he began to raise stock, built a creamery, and in 1893 embarked in the creamery business. At present he owns and operates creameries at Mineral Point, Linden and Bloomfield, Wis., and at Stacyville, Mitchell Co., Iowa - all well equipped with the modern appliances.
In Galena Mr. SPENSELY married Miss Elizabeth TODD, who died at Mineral Point in 1873, leaving him with a family of eight children. Francis, a merchant in Iowa; Shirley, now Mrs. PHILLIPS of Chicago; Jennie, now Mrs. SKEWIS, of Inwood, Lyon Co., Iowa; James Eddy, of Montana; Richard Todd, of Montana; Nellie Besta, at home; John Bismarck, in charge of creamery at Linden, and a partner of his father; and George, in charge of the Stacyville creamery. In 1874 Mr. SPENSLEY went to England, and while there married Miss Elizabeth Ann SPENSLEY, born in Yorkshire, England, returning with his wife to Mineral Point. Here Mrs. SPENSLEY died in 1875, leaving one son, Montford, B., who has just returned from the Philippines, having enlisted at Drake College, Des Moines, Iowa, under Col. Loper, he was in the Signal Service. In 1880 Mr. SPENSELY was married to Miss Annie OSBORNE, born in Lafayette county, daughter of Henry and Nannie (SKEWIS) OSBORNE, natives of Cornwall, England, and early pioneers of Lafayette county. Mr. OSBORNE was a merchant of Shullsburg, and later of Mineral Point, where he died in 1897, his wife passing away some years previously. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. SPENSLEY one child, Alice Aneta, has been born.
In politics Mr. SPENSLEY is a Republican and has always been very actively identified with the party. In 1866 he was a member of the State Legislature; has been chairman of the county board for ten years; was instrumental in the erection of the county asylum building in 1885; was chairman of the town board of Mineral Point township for twenty years; and in 1899 was elected mayor of the city. In all the positions of trust he has held Mr. SPENSLEY has made an enviable record, has proven himself a man of honor and ability, and enjoys the respect and esteem of a wide circle of friends. Our subject is very active in church work, being a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been Sunday school superintendent for thirty-three years. Fraternally he is a member of Mineral Point Lodge No. 1, F. & A.M.
Ref: Carol (carolannh at ticon.net)
Birth: Catharine Margaret Milner
Year of Registration: 1848
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Richmond Yk
County: Yorkshire - North Riding, North Yorkshire
Volume: 24
Page: 469Marriage: Catherine Margaret Milner
Spouse: John Radcliff
Year of Registration: 1869
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Newcastle Upon Tyne
County: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10b
Page: 17
Birth: Margaret Hannah Spensley
Year of Registration: 1847
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Reeth
County: Yorkshire - North Riding
Volume: 24
Page: 489Marriage: Margaret Hannah Spenseley
Spouse: Joseph William Dolphin
Year of Registration: 1879
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Leeds (1837-1929)
County: Yorkshire - West Riding
Volume: 9b
Page: 527
Death: Margaret Dolphin
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
Year of Registration: 1917
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 71
District: Richmond Yk
County: Yorkshire - North Riding, North Yorkshire
Volume: 9d
Page: 712
Death: Joseph W Dolphin
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Year of Registration: 1911
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 61
District: Darlington
County: Durham, Yorkshire - North Riding
Volume: 10a
Page: 13
Birth: John Dolphin
Year of Registration: 1882
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Darlington
County: Durham, Yorkshire - North Riding
Volume: 10a
Page: 44
Birth: Joseph William Dolphin
Year of Registration: 1884
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Darlington
County: Durham, Yorkshire - North Riding
Volume: 10a
Page: 36
Birth: Ivy Spensley Dolphin
Year of Registration: 1887
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Darlington
County: Durham, Yorkshire - North Riding
Volume: 10a
Page: 39
Birth: Ruth Olive Dolphin
Year of Registration: 1891
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Darlington
County: Durham, Yorkshire - North Riding
Volume: 10a
Page: 34
