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George Spencer was born in Leicestershire on 27 June 1858.² He was baptised on 1 March 1859 at Knossington, Leicestershire.¹

Lucy Spencer, Charles Spencer, George Spencer, Percy Spencer and Kate (Kitty) Spencer arrived at Auckland, on 11 June 1861 in the company of Thomas Spencer and Elizabeth Berridge.³

He married Kate Reynolds in New Zealand in 1887.⁴

He worked for the University of California from about 1906 until his retirement in 1934, where he had been the Head Mechanic in the University's Department of Mining.²

George died on 28 November 1937 at 3100 Benvenue Ave in Oakland, California, at age 79.²

Harold Percy Spencer was born in New Zealand on 30 June 1892.^1,2

He married Margaret Isabel Morpeth in New Zealand in 1921.^3,4

Harold died on 16 December 1964 in Auckland at age 72.^1,5,6 He was buried on 19 December 1964 at the Purewa Cemetery.⁶

Harrison Spencer was born in Knossington, Leicestershire, on 17 October 1831.^1,2 and was baptised on 30 October 1831 in Knossington.^1,2
The siblings William, Thomas, Harrison, Joshua, Mary, George and Albert were listed in the 1841 census at Knossington village in Knossington, Leicestershire, with their parents, Thomas Spencer and Catherine Harrison.³

He married Marion Emily Lynn in Wandsworth, London, Middlesex, on 3 October 1871.^2,4

He was listed in the 1901 census as Head of Family at 165 Ashley Gardens in St George Hanover Sq, London, Middlesex, with his wife Marion; he was living on his own means.⁵

Harrison died on 24 June 1901 in St George Hanover Sq, London, Middlesex, at age 69.^1,2,6 He was buried on 27 June 1901 at the St Georges, Hanover Sq Cemetery.¹

Harrison's birth was registered between October 1860 and December 1860 in Sapcote Hinkley, Leicestershire.²
The siblings Marion and Harrison were listed in the 1861 census in Knossington, Leicestershire, with their parents, Joshua Spencer and Emily Fanny Wise.¹

Harrison Nutter (Bob) Spencer was born in New Zealand on 18 August 1895.^2,3

He married Winifred Ellen Waite in Tarata on 6 February 1924.^1,4,5

Harrison died on 1 November 1974 in Auckland at age 79.^1,6,7 He was buried on 5 November 1974 at the Purewa Cemetery.⁷

Hugh McCutcheon (Peter) Spencer was born in New Zealand on 10 June 1905. He was named after his father's best friend McCutcheon, but known as Peter due to his mother referring to him as her 'little Peterkins.^2,3'

He finished his primary school education at King's College Lower School in 1917 and went on to Auckland Grammar School until 1923.⁴

After studying at the University of Auckland he practised as a public accountant (APANZ) in Queen Street and in 1945 established a branch in Otahuhu. An enthusiastic sportsman, he played club cricket, hockey and tennis, and is thought to have been a founding member of one of the Auckland alpine or tramping clubs. He was also on the committee of the Waitemata Motorcycle Club and secretary of the Auckland Chess Club. During the Second World War he assisted with the accounts of the Patriotic Appeal, was involved with first aid (St John Ambulance) and served as district commander of the Home Guard's One Tree Hill Unit.

In 1945 Wairoa solicitor and bryologist George Osborne King SAINSBURY (1880–1957) described a new moss that he had collected at Waihohonu on the southern slopes of Ruapehu on 24 February 1942. He named it Dicranoweisia spenceri, the species "after my friend Mr H M Spencer, a companion on many collecting expeditions". In a 2019 taxonomic revision it was transferred to the genus Kiaeria, but the epithet spenceri was retained.⁴

He married Joyce Connett in New Zealand in 1948.⁵

Hugh died on 5 July 1981 in Remuera, Auckland, at age 76.^2,6,7 He was cremated at the Purewa Cemetery on 8 July 1981.⁷

Ivy's birth was registered circa 1881 in New Zealand.¹

Ivy Minnie Spencer was born in New Zealand on 19 April 1915.²

Ivy's death was registered circa 2002 in New Zealand.³

John Harrison Spencer was born in New Zealand on 25 June 1925.^1,2

He married Nesta Harrie Barbara Jerram in New Zealand on 14 April 1951.^1,3

John was divorced from Nesta Harrie Barbara Jerram at Auckland in 1965. Note that this may not have become absolute until 1969.⁴

John died on 27 December 2016 in Taupo at age 91.^5,6,7 His ashes were buried on 5 January 2017 at Purewa Cemetery.⁷

John's birth was registered between October 1846 and December 1846 in Oakham, Leicestershire.¹ and was baptised on 24 March 1847.²

John died in February 1848 in Knossington, Leicestershire. He was buried on 21 February 1848 at the St Peter in Knossington.^2,3