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Spencer, Mildred K.

Female 1911 - 1992  (81 years)


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  • Name Spencer, Mildred K. 
    Born 16 Jul 1911  Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 8 Nov 1992  Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Buried Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • She was buried in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.
    Person ID I422  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2014 

    Father Spencer, William Henry,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Bingham, Dora Eliza,   b. 1874, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 6 Dec 1895  Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Family ID F2516  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sexauer, Roscoe Conklin,   b. 25 Nov 1897, Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1957, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 6 Dec 1935  Swea City, Kossuth County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9] 

    •      According to documentation filed with the district court on the day of the marriage, Roscoe was identified as a farmer and resident of Ankeny, Nebraska, who would be 39 years old at his next birthday. Mildred was identified as a resident of Newton, Nebraska, who would be 25 years old at her next birthday.
    Census (family) 1940  Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • According to the 1940 U.S. enumeration, the household on a farm in Crocker Township consisted of Roscoe Sexauer, age 42, a laborer for a steam railroad, and his wife Mildred Sexauer, age 28. Roscoe's mother, Minnie Sexauer, age 86 and a widow, lived nearby; her household was enumerated just prior to his.
    Children 
     1. Sexauer, David Conklin
     2. Sexauer, Donna Kathleen
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F146  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 122.
      Mildred Spencer was born on 16 July 1911 at Newton, Jasper County, Iowa.

    2. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa, Marriage Records, 1923-1937. Rosoe [sic] C. Sexauer-Mildred K. Spencer.
      (http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8823). Return of a Marriage to Clerk of District Court 6413-632 (197); filed 6 December 1935; marriage at Swea City, Iowa. Accessed 7 March 2014.
           Mildred K. Spencer, a child of Henry Spencer and Dora E. Bingham, was born at Newton, Iowa. At the time of her marriage on 6 December 1935, it was reported that her age at her next birthday would be 25 years (i.e., age 24 at the time of marriage). By calculation from this information, her date of birth would be about 1910-1911.

    3. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1940 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T627, roll 1,192, page 10B. Iowa, Polk County, Crocker Township, Supervisor’s District 6, Enumeration District 77-15, census sheet 10B, enumerated on 26 April 1940; Roscoe Sexauer household, household 189; lines 46-47; home owned, not rented. Access through Ancestry.com in March 2014.
           In the household was: 47) Sexauer, Mildred; wife; female; white; age 28; born in Iowa.
           By calculation from the information provided, Mildred would have been born about 1911-1912. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1940 U.S. census for this person.

    4. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 122.
      Mildred died on 8 November 1992 at Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.

    5. [S113] Web site, Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.
      (http://www.highlandmemorygardens.com/default.asp). Accessed on 2014-03-10. Mildred K. Sexauer; Section: Memories; Block: 2; Lot: 39A; Grave: 2.

    6. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992.
      (http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60284&enc=1). Accessed in March 2014.
           Wm. H. Spencer and Dora Eliza Bingham, age 21, were married on 6 December 1895 at Ottumwa, Iowa. Dora was born in 1874 in California, the child of Alexander C. [sic] and Slace [sic] Moore. Data taken from Family History Library Film Number 979596 (Reference ID: 2:3WPPQ9N).

    7. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 122.
      Roscoe Conklin Sexauer and Mildred Spencer were married on 6 December 1935 at Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa.

    8. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa, Marriage Records, 1923-1937. Rosoe [sic] C. Sexauer-Mildred K. Spencer.
      (http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8823). Return of a Marriage to Clerk of District Court 6413-632 (197); filed 6 December 1935; marriage at Swea City, Iowa. Accessed 7 March 2014.
           Roscoe C. Sexauer, a farmer and resident of Ankeny, Iowa, who would be 39 years old at his next birthday, and Mildred K. Spencer, a resident of Newton, Iowa, who would be 25 years old at her next birthday, were married on 6 December 1935 at Swea City, Iowa by Rev. [R?] [P?] Bronl[uw?]e. Adolph Sexauer and Dorothy [Armmington? or Cummington?] were witnesses to the marriage. Neither bride or groom had been married before.

    9. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1940 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T627, roll 1,192, page 10B. Iowa, Polk County, Crocker Township, Supervisor’s District 6, Enumeration District 77-15, census sheet 10B, enumerated on 26 April 1940; Roscoe Sexauer household, household 189; lines 46-47; home owned, not rented. Access through Ancestry.com in March 2014.
           In the household was: 46) Sexauer, Roscoe; head; male; white; age 42; married; and, 47) Sexauer, Mildred; wife; female; white; age 28; married.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1940 U.S. census for these individuals.

    10. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1940 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T627, roll 1,192, page 10B. Iowa, Polk County, Crocker Township, Supervisor’s District 6, Enumeration District 77-15, census sheet 10B, enumerated on 26 April 1940; Roscoe Sexauer household, household 189; lines 46-47; home owned, not rented. Access through Ancestry.com in March 2014.
           The household consisted of: 46) Sexauer, Roscoe; head; male; white; age 42; married; did not attend school or college since 1 March 1940; highest grade of school=8; born in Iowa; residence on 1 April 1935="-------" ["Same House"?], on a farm; was at work for pay or profit in private or nonemergency gov't. work in week of 24-30 March; worked 44 hours in week of 24-30 March; laborer, steam railroad; worker status=PW [wage or salary worker in private work; amount of wages or salary earned in 1939=6[8?]0. 47) Sexauer, Mildred; wife; female; white; age 28; married; did not attend school or college since 1 March 1940; highest grade of school=H4 (4 years of high school); born in Iowa; residence on 1 April 1935="-------" ["Same House"?]; was at work for pay or profit in private or nonemergency gov't. work in week of 24-30 March; engaged in housework.


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