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Hiel Dafoe
(1854-1942)
Mary Elizabeth Spring
(1857-1907)
Isaac Swartz
Saloma Israel
Anson Heil Dafoe
(1876-1963)
Salome Swartz
(1875-1959)

Bruce I. Dafoe
(1911-1941)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ruth Spencer

Bruce I. Dafoe

  • Born: 29 Apr 1911, Fremont Township, Sanilac, Michigan, United States 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Ruth Spencer on 31 Mar 1934 in Peck, Sanilac, Michigan, United States 1
  • Died: 1 Sep 1941, Fremont Township, Sanilac, Michigan, United States at age 30 3
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: 1920 United States Federal: Flynn Township, Sanilac, Michigan, United States. 4

• Census: 1930 United States Federal: Fremont Township, Sanilac, Michigan, United States. 2

• Census: 1940 United States Federal: Fremont Township, Sanilac, Michigan, United States. 5

• Obituary: The Times Herald, 2 Sep 1941, Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States. 6

Bruce Dafoe
Roseburg, Sept. 2 - Bruce Dafoe,
30, Roseburg resident all his life,
died Monday in his home, a half
mile east of here, after a long
illness.
Mr. Dafoe was born April 28,
1911, in the home in which he died.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Ruth Dafoe; his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Anson Dafoe; four sister,
Mrs. Carl Wheaton, Detroit; Mrs.
Jack Hall, Croswell; Mrs. James
Philbeck, Roseburg, and Mrs. Regi-
nald Cameron, Yale, his grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hiel Dafoe,
Croswell, and two nieces and two
nephews.
Funeral services will be held at
1:30 p.m. in the home and at
2 p.m. Wednesday in Roseburg
Methodist church. Rev. William
Burgess, will officiate. Burial will
be in Roseburg cemetery.

• Obituary: The Times Herald, 3 Sep 1941, Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States. 7

Bruce Dafoe

Roseburg, Sept. 3 - Funeral serv-
ices were held this afternoon in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Anson
Dafoe, Roseburg, and in Roseburg
Methodist church for their son,
Bruce Dafoe, 30, who died Mon-
day after a long illness. Rev. Wil-
liam Burgess, Mennonite pastor, of-
ficiated. Burial was in Roseburg
cemetery.


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Bruce married Ruth Spencer on 31 Mar 1934 in Peck, Sanilac, Michigan, United States.1 (Ruth Spencer was born on 20 Jan 1916 in Yale Township, Sanilac, Michigan, United States 8 9 and died on 15 Jul 1997 in Kewadin, Antrim, Michigan, United States 8 9.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Article: The Times Herald, 3 Apr 1934, Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States. 10

Dafo - Spencer
Peck, Apr. 3. - The marriage of
Bruce Dafoe, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Anson Dafoe of Fremont, and Ruth
Spencer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Korah Spencer of Fremont, was
solemnized in the Methodist Espico-
pal parsonage here Saturday. Rev.
W. Firth read the ring ceremony.
The bride was attended by her
sister, Miss Ruby Spencer, of Fre-
mont. The groom was attended by
Grover Hurley of Croswell.
The bride was attired in a dress
of pale blue crepe and the brides-
main in a dress of chocolate brown
crepe.
The couple will reside in Fremont
township.


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Sources


1 "Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952," database, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://www.ancestry.com/);

Name: Bruce Dafoe
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Year: abt 1912
Birth Place: Michigan
Marriage Date: 31 Mar 1934
Marriage Place: Peck, Sanilac, Michigan, USA
License County: Sanilac
Age: 22
Residence Place: Yale
Father: Anson Dafoe
Mother: Salome Swartz
Spouse: Ruth Spencer
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Age: 18
Spouse Birth Place: Michigan
Spouse Residence Place: Yale
Spouse Father: Korah Spencer
Spouse Mother: Clara Morritt
County File Number: 804
State File Number: 74 1450
Film: 206
Film Title: 74 Sanilac 20-3289
Film Description: Sanilac (1926 - 1943)

2 <i>1930 United States Federal Census</i> (Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.).

3 "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950," database, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://www.ancestry.com/);

Name: Bruce I Dafoe
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 29 Apr 1911
Death Date: 1 Sep 1941
Death Place: Greemont, Sanilac, Michigan, USA
File Number: 006949
Father: Anson Dafoe
Mother: Salome Sorartz

4 <i>1920 United States Federal Census</i> (Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.).

5 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Fremont, sheet 3B, household 55; digital images, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://www.ancestry.com/); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627.

6 <i>The Port Huron Times-Herald, Port Huron, Michigan</i>, 2 Sep 1941.

7 <i>The Port Huron Times-Herald, Port Huron, Michigan</i>, 3 Sep 1941.

8 <i>U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014</i> (Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.),

Name: Ruth Fenske
SSN: 344-16-7682
Last Residence: 48309 Rochester, Oakland, Michigan, USA
BORN: 20 Jan 1916
Last Benefit: 49648, Kewadin, Antrim, Michigan, United States of America
Died: 15 Jul 1997
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951).

9 "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://www.ancestry.com/);

Name: Ruth Spencer Dafoe
SSN: 344167682
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 20 Jan 1916
Birth Place: Yale Sanilac, Michigan
Father Name: Korah E Spencer
Mother Name: Clara Merritt
Death Date: 15 Jul 1997
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Dec 1940: Name listed as RUTH SPENCER DAFOE; Jul 1945: Name listed as RUTH FENSKE

10 <i>The Port Huron Times-Herald, Port Huron, Michigan</i>, 3 Apr 1934.


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