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February 2011
(Generations 1,2,3,4,5 etc. are numbered 1,3,5,7,9 etc.  Additional Spouses are 2,4,6,8 etc.)
Compiled by Gordon Speer, 3304 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, IL 61081

1,1 ..... SPEER m. ..... .....  (Ballybay, County Monaghan Ireland)
  3,11 John SPEER m.1825 Sarah BROWNLOW
    5,111 William SPEER m. Mary Ann MAHOOD
      7,1111 Ed SPEER m. Mae BRADFORD
       8,m. 2nd ..... CLEVENGER
        9,11111 Gladys SPEER
        9,11112 Alta SPEER
        9,11113 Glenn SPEER
        9,11114 Cora SPEER
        9,11115 Howard SPEER
      7,1112 Jack SPEER m. Anna LISTER
        9,11121 Kenneth SPEER
        9,11122 Wayne SPEER
      7,1113 George SPEER m. Eva CARSON
        9,11131 Walter SPEER m. Bess .....
        9,11132 John SPEER  unmarried
      7,1114 William SPEER m. Susie ZINK CURBOY
        9,11141 Lyle SPEER m. .....
      7,1115 Robert SPEER m. ..... MADKE
        9,11151 Zella SPEER m. Clarence HAAS
        9,11152 Mabel SPEER m. Glenn CARSON   Mt Carroll, IL
        9,11153 Roy SPEER m. Irene CARSON
        9,11154 Florence SPEER m. Verne CARSON   Hanover, IL
   4, m. 2nd 1825 Sarah BROWNLOW       County Monaghan, Ireland
    5,112 John SPEER(     -1898)   never married

    5,113 Hugh SPEER(1825-1873)    clerk, Crawford's Drug Store, Galena  

    5,114 Sarah "Sally" SPEER   unmarried, died in Ireland 

    5,115 James Glass SPEER(4//1831-4/2/1917) m.3/12/1868 Letitia RITCHIE(12/18/1852-8/261916)
          "Red Jimmie" took the middle name Glass because his neighbor had the same name as his.
      7,1151 Martha Jane "Jennie" SPEER m. Josiah J. MOORE
      7,1152 Sarah Elizabeth "Sadie" SPEER m. John James IRWIN
      7,1153 Hugh Brownlow SPEER DD(10/7/1874-1960) m.6/19/1902 Helen Augusta "Gusta" MOORE(1878-1970)
        9,11531 James Robert SPEER DD(10/11/1906-2/13/1996) m.9/1/1932 Hetty Elizabeth MAIN
                (2/17/1905-5//1990) Monmouth, IL                   
          11,115311 Brownlow Main SPEER (8/12/1938-       ) m. Doris PULVER (10/21/1942-       )
            13,1153111 James "Jim" Brownlow SPEER(1/24/1968-    ) m. Helene ZISOOK
                       (3/12/1970-    ) Ardmore, PA
              15,11531111 Robert Primo (Robby) SPEER-ZISOOK(5/8/2002-       )
              15,11531112 Lemuel Zero SPEER-ZISOOK(7/8/2005-       )
              15,11531113 Leander Yitro SPEER-ZISOOK(8/19/2008-     )
            13,1153112 Andrew Main SPEER(2/28/1970-3/27/1992)
        9,11532 Wallace Hamilton SPEER, 14548 LaRinconada Dr, Los Gatos, CA 95030
          11,115321 Susan SPEER(       -1964)
          11,115322 Joseph SPEER(      -      )
        9,11533 Hugh Brownlow SPEER Jr.(10/24/1910-     ) m.12/25/1936 Bernadine JONES 
                7428 El Morro Road N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87109
          11,115331 Barbara SPEER m. Richard SAUERMAN
          11,115332 Victoria SPEER m. Jerry SMITH
            13,1153321 Jeff SMITH
            13,1153322 Kimberly SMITH
      7,1154 (Adam) Ritchie SPEER DDS(11/11/1878-9/21/1937) m.9/3/1917 #1254 Phoebe SPEER
        9,11541 Letitia SPEER(10/28/1918-     ) m. ..... JABLONSKY
      7,1155 James Nathaniel "Nate" SPEER(6/6/1881-     ) m.12/31/1903 Elizabeth GOWDY
        9,11551 Martha Lucretia SPEER RN
        9,11551 Elizabeth SPEER
        9,11551 Lucille SPEER
        9,11551 Robert SPEER
      7,1156 John Leslie "Les" SPEER m. Myrtle GOUSE(     -6/18/1918)
               Infant(6/18/1918-6/20/1918)
       8,m. 2nd 12/27/1923 Bertha CAMPBELL(     -7/29/1934)
       8,m. 3rd 11/22/1945 Eunice EDGERTON NOTON  Hanover, IL  children:  Betty Jean, Albert, Ronald

    5,116 Joseph SPEER m. Anna ..... "J Speer & Sons, Linens, 39 Foster Lane, London"
      7,1161 Hugh F. SPEER
      7,1162 John Joseph SPEER
      7,1163 E. Gladstone SPEER
      7,1164 Thomas A. SPEER
        9,11641 Basil SPEER
          11,116411 Sally SPEER
        9,11642 Charles SPEER
      7,1165 Stanley SPEER
      7,1166 Charles T. SPEER
      7,1167 S. Eleanor SPEER
      7,1168 Mary G. SPEER
      7,1169 Christine L. SPEER
      7,116a Elsie SPEER

    5,117 Mary SPEER m. William IRWIN    Sioux City, IA after 1880
    										
  3,12 James SPEER(1778-12/25/1862) m. Mary RODGERS(1798-6/19/1886)   Ballybay Ireland - Hanover, IL
       James and Mary and their first four children emigrated to Philadelphia in 1833.
       James went on to Galena, IL and started farming, bringing the rest of the family to
       Hanover in Jo Daviess County in 1835.  They are buried in the Old Log Church Cemetery. 
    5,121 Margaret SPEER(1826-10/7/1907)

    5,122 Elizabeth SPEER(1827-1892) m. Richard STEELE(1796-1859) children: Robert/Mary/Charles/John
          Rice Twp, Jo Daviess Co

    5,123 John SPEER(7/20/1828-2/4/1908) m.10/20/1857 Mary MOORE(7/30/1838-9/11/1914)
          Hanover Twp, 361 acres
      7,1231 James SPEER(1859-1867)  age 8
      7,1232 Josiah SPEER(4/6/1862-2/11/1926) m. 9/1/1887 Martha "Mattie" McKEAGUE
             (12/25/1860-1/3/1903)
        9,12321 John McKeague SPEER(10/10/1889-3/30/1963)
        9,12322 Clarence Andrew SPEER(2/10/1894-1970) m.3/5/1920 Myrtle SAYLOR(1/18/1891-1981)
          11,123221 Robert Saylor SPEER(2/16/1921-2/11/2009) m.3/25/1945 Carolyn CURFMAN(8/9/1923-  )
            13,1232211 Barbara Jean SPEER(6/10/1947-2/22/2011)
            13,1232212 Robert Curfman SPEER(6/5/1949-         )
          11,123222 Hubert Gordon SPEER(3/11/1923-  ) m.11/10/1956 Mary Smart WEBER(5/7/1927-  )
                    BellaVista, AR
            13,1232221 Dennis Andrew SPEER(11/25/1958-     )
            13,1232222 Richard Gordon SPEER(7/12/1960-     )
            13,1232223 Janice May SPEER(11/17/1961-     )
            13,1232224 Patricia SPEER m. ..... BARTRAM
        9,12323 Margaret SPEER(2/6/1900-2/8/1900)
      7,1233 Mary Hanna "Minnie" SPEER(3/7/1864-1936) m. George DIMMICK    Apple River, IL
      7,1234 Elizabeth Jane "Lizzie" SPEER(2/2/1867-5/11/1945) m.10/7/1903 James STORY
             (9/25/1857-12/9/1936)    chldren: Lourene and Mary
      7,1235 John Moore SPEER(7/11/1871-3/4/1946) m. Flora ADAMS (3/17/1880-     )  Apple River banker
        9,12351 John AddisonSPEER(4/16/1906-     )  no children 
      7,1236 Agnes I. SPEER(1874-1931) unmarried
      7,1237 Margaret T. SPEER(1877-1900) unmarried
      7,1238 Charles Augustus SPEER(1879-1951) unmarried

    5,124 James Rogers SPEER(7/20/1831-11/3/1917) m.3/6/1862 Ann Jane DICK(8/10/1838-3/16/1916)
          Hanover Twp.  They built the big brick home half a mile west of Hanover on Speer Road.
      7,1241 Margaret Ann SPEER(4/20/1863-11/5/1945)
      7,1242 George Edwin SPEER(2/11/1865-2/9/1915) m.6/18/1908 Ada Louise STEELE
        9,12421 Mildred Letitia SPEER(3/27/1910-     ) m.12/9/1944 Allan BROKAW(6/18/1908-     )
                children: Leonard(5/5/1946-   ) & Louise(9/13/1947-     ) lived on the old homestead
      7,1243 Mary I. "Marie" SPEER(4/4/1867-4/4/1932) m.3/22/1900 James C. HENDERSON    Traer, IA
      7,1244 Emma Elizabeth SPEER(12/11/1868-3/17/1874)
      7,1245 Robert James SPEER(8/5/1870-3/25/1953) m.3/12/1902 May SPEER(5/17/1872-12/12/1949)
             Hanover IL  dairy farmer, 200acres
        9,12451 Harland Russell "H.R." SPEER(11/4/1903-7/23/1997) m.8/3/1927 Frances May FRENCH
                (4/4/1903-10/22/1986) University City, MO math teacher and school administrator
          11,124511 Roberta Ann SPEER(1/25/1930-   ) m.6/17/1952 Donald Milton PARKINSON DD
                    (9/18/1929-2/19/1995) Presbyterian minister in California, Kansas, and Wisconsin
                    Children: John, Mark, Laura
          11,124512 Gordon Eugene SPEER(12/25/1933-     ) m.9/3/1955 Elizabeth Lucille GLENN
                    (9/10/1933-     ) Sterling, IL science teacher 
            13,1245121 Susan May "Sue" SPEER(9/20/1956-  ) m.11/11/1978 Randy GLANCY (10/16/1955- )
                       Glenview, IL  Senior Insurance Underwriter
             14,m. 2nd 11/23/1991 Mark CUNNINGHAM(2/4/1959-   )     Glenview, IL    webmaster
                       Children: Krysta, Allyson
            13,1245122 Sharon Marie "Shari" SPEER(9/3/1958-     ) m.9/6/1980 Neil HANKS
                       St Paul, MN   lyric soprano and teacher
             14,m. 2nd 6/20/1987 Kenn McCLOUD(7/10/1960-       )  FM radio personality
             14,m. 3rd 6/23/2007 Jeffrey STIRLING          Orchestra Conductor,  St Paul, MN
            13,1245123 Sara Michelle SPEER(4/26/1963-  ) m.2/20/1999 Keith Zawila (1/19/1953-      )
                       Mundelein, IL   insurance Co. computer guru  Child: Kevin Julian Zawila
        9,12452 James Alfred SPEER(2/5/1910-2/15/1910)
        9,12453 Raymond Dick SPEER(9/29/1913-2/17/2004) m. Hazel WHITTINGTON Hanover, IL  dairy farmer
          11,124531 James Russell SPEER(7/6/1944-     ) m.12/19/90 Mary Jo HUNT  Hanover, IL
          11,124532 Laurel May SPEER MD(2/27/1946-     ) m. Billy BROOKS MD children: Erin, Paul  
           12,m. 2nd Greg MOTL MD    Sun Prairie, WI  physicians   Children: Noah, Hannah
          11,124533 Kathleen Ann "Kathy" SPEER(5/16/1947-4/15/2003) m. Ora PARKHURST
                    Children: Mark, Mike (twins)
          11,124534 Dan LeRoy SPEER (twin)(12/30/1949-     ) m. Nancy BOURRETTE SEVEY
                    Children: Aaron, Kevin, Trevor, Renee
            13,1245341 Jesse James SPEER  
            13,1245342 Lacey SPEER
            13,1245343 Brandy SPEER
          11,124535 Dwight Robert SPEER (twin)(12/30/1949-     ) m. Lorraine EMERY
            13,1245351 Robert SPEER
            13,1245352 Ray SPEER
            13,1245353 Rebecca SPEER
           12,m. 2nd Beverly IRISH
            13,1245354 Jennifer SPEER
          11,124536 Peggy Louise SPEER(7/18/1951-     ) m. Bruce MOLDENHAUER Ch: Richard/Rachel
          11,124537 Mary Alice SPEER
            13,1245371 Matthew Ora SPEER
           12,m. 1st Dean RUCHOTZKE
           12,m. 2nd Mike WALKER     child: Daniel
           12,m. 3rd Tony BAILEY
      7,1246 Helen Jane SPEER(3/14/1872-11/23/1955) m.6/28/1899 Hiram COOPER(3/21/1865-2/16/1926)
      7,1247 Charles William SPEER(3/2/1874-4/24/1962) m.2/23/1889 Frances "Fannie" EDGERTON(1874-1942)
       8,m. 2nd Ada Louise STEELE SPEER (his sister-in-law)
        9,12471 Charlotte SPEER(5/8/1901-    ) m. ..... BOYER
        9,12472 Ralph Edgerton SPEER MD(1/8/1905-     ) m. Olive .....
        9,12473 Kenneth SPEER(3/23/1908-     ) m. Violet .....
          11,124731 Marilyn SPEER
          11,124732 Marvin SPEER  Dixon, IL civil engineer
          11,124733 Donna SPEER
        9,12474 Nelson SPEER(9/21/1911-      )
      7,1248 Hannah Belle SPEER(1/2/1876-1/3/1971) m.8/18/1904 Josiah NESBITT(1878-1940) Arapahoe, CO
      7,1249 Ida Augusta SPEER(1/7/1878-9/3/1949) m. Ralph JAMIESON, Morning Sun, OH
      7,124A Harriet Elizabeth SPEER(11/5/1882-7/15/1959) m.3/24/1915 Louis Walter JENNINGS, Kansas City, MO

    5,125 William SPEER(8/18/1834-8/30/1909) m.11/2/1870 Helena BARR(11/9/1848-1917) Elizabeth Twp
      7,1251 Lois SPEER died young
      7,1252 Anna "Annie" SPEER died young
      7,1253 (James) Arthur SPEER(8/28/1872-9/20/1941) m. Florence NESBITT    banker
        9,12531 Laurence M. SPEER
        9,12532 Renwick William SPEER(8/2/1905-6/27/1985) m. Edna VIRTUE(4/10/1904-11/29/1991)
          11,125321 Joanie SPEER(10/2/1937-    ) m. Walter SANDERSON, Jr
                    Children: Debra, Charles Lee, David
          11,125322 Mary Lou SPEER(1/5/1940-     )  m. Morris PASKE(10/29/1928-  )  Rockford, IL
                    Children: Laura, Lisa
          11,125323 William Renwick SPEER(4/8/1946- ) m. Marjorie Ann (Marge) FRIEDLUND(7/9/1946-  )
                    UNLV - Henderson, NV
            13,1253231 Jeffrey William SPEER(3/13/1971-   )  Henderson, NV        
            13,1253232 Ryan Michael SPEER(10/24/1974-   ) m.8/1/1998 Carey HALL  Perrysburg, OH                 
              15,12532321 Cailin Riley SPEER(4/17/2001-       )
              15,12532322 McKenna Francis SPEER(5/24/2004-       ) 
        9,12533 Harold J. SPEER
        9,12534 James Arthur SPEER Jr.
        9,12535 Helena SPEER
        9,12536 Marshall SPEER
        9,12537 Elinor SPEER
        9,12538 Kathryn SPEER
        9,12539 Leland SPEER
      7,1254 Phoebe SPEER(6/10/1878-6/25/1965) m. #1154 (Adam) Ritchie SPEER
        9,12541 Letitia SPEER(10/28/1918-      )
      7,1255 Grace SPEER(8/7/1871-5/3/1935) unmarried
      7,1256 Josiah SPEER m. Myrtle .....     died young
      7,1257 (Mary) Emma SPEER(9/27/1886-     ) unmarried

    5,126 Mary SPEER died at 16 months

    5,127 Charles SPEER(2/18/1842-9/14/1916) m.3/21/1866 Nancy CAMPBELL(2/18/1844-7/17/1879)
          Hanover Twp 419a
      7,1271 Isaac SPEER(1867-1941) m. Elizabeth VANDERSCORE(     -4/25/1940)
        9,12711 Charles Arthur SPEER
        9,12712 Madeline SPEER
        9,12713 Nancy Ellen SPEER
        9,12714 Ira SPEER
        9,12715 Cecil SPEER
        9,12716 Vivian SPEER
        9,12717 Marcella SPEER
      7,1272 William John SPEER(10/16/1868-1942) m.2/12/1881 Etta F. WOLCOTT(9/2/1864-     )
        9,12721 Roscoe W. SPEER m. Doris ........     Iowa
          11 Joseph Roscoe SPEER m.~1946 Virginia A. WAGUS(7/11/1921-5/28/1974) MN, Tacoma WA
            13 Jean Lynn SPEER(4/16/1947-     )  MN, OR, WA (genealogist: Ed Wagus, Cumberland MD)
            13 Thomas Joseph SPEER(5/26/1948-     ) MN, OR, WA  
            13 Richard Allen SPEER(6/29/1949-     ) MN, OR, WA
        9,12722 Russell SPEER
        9,12723 Harry SPEER
        9,12724 Lois SPEER m. Carl NAMUR    Fairmont, MN
      7,1273 (James) Walter SPEER(1871-1962) m. Grace C. S. PELLETIER
        9,12731 Mary Jeanette SPEER
        9,12732 James Walter SPEER Jr.
        9,12733 Catherine SPEER
        9,12734 Hugh SPEER
      7,1274 Mary Ellen "Mayme" SPEER(12/2/1872-11/1/1964) m.2/18/1897 Jared VIRTUE(     -1912)
      7,1275 Joseph Andrew SPEER DD(1875-1946) m. Lucy Stewart HARRIS
      7,1276 Henry SPEER(1877-1962) another reference says he died at age 22
      7,1277 Bessie SPEER(1879-1848) m. Leonard EASTMAN
     6,m. 2nd 1/25/1881 Ellen IRWIN(1854-9/9/1937)
      7,1278 (Charles) Amos SPEER(1880-5/26/1881)   died at 20 months
      7,1279 (David) Augusta SPEER     died at 28 months
      7,127A Nancy A. SPEER(1887-1978) m.8/25/1937 Dr. George MOFFIT
      7,127B (Thomas) Roscoe SPEER(1889-     ) m. Hazel LAMPHERE
        9,127B1 Marian SPEER
        9,127B2 Richard SPEER

  3,13 Sarah SPEER m. William Bilsa ROGERS
  
  3,14 Hannah SPEER m. Michael ROGERS

  3,15 Margaret SPEER m. Andrew McKEAGUE     lived at Zion - 5 miles NE of Savanna

  3,16 Jane SPEER m. Jack MILLER
 
  3,17 Bettie SPEER m. Thomas TODD
    5,171 Jane TODD m. William DALY