Above: The Joseph Spencer boot and shoe shop on High Street in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England.
Research
FamilySearch
I uploaded all my family history research to FamilySearch in 2017 with the user name laurelroots. You should be able to search within my submission numbers, MMXT-VBY for Spencer, Seehawer, Barrows, or Næss or MMXT-JJF for Busch, Helms, or Gerritzen.
Here are some names listed here just for search engines to bring you to this page. Once you’ve clicked on any of these links, you can search within my database “submission.”
Ralph Edward /Spencer/, 28 JUN 1894 – 22 JUL 1955, and his wife Gertrude /Seehawer/, 28 JAN 1899 – 29 SEP 1965. Wisconsin and Oregon.
Joseph Tyndal /Spencer/ I , 8 DEC 1860 – 9 MAR 1939, and his wife Sarah Ellen /Lewis/, 22 MAR 1858 – 17 JUN 1941. Chicago and Wisconsin.
Rudolph Adolph /Seehawer/, 10 OCT 1866 – 27 JUN 1944, and his wife Mary Ellen /Boesen/, 29 APR 1879 – 2 FEB 1953. Prussia, Chicago, and Wisconsin.
Royal Valentine /Barrows/, AKA Roy Ernest Barrows, 26 MAR 1883 – 8 AUG 1954, and his wife Karen Elise Andersen /Naess/, 20 SEP 1886 – 13 NOV 1964. Chicago and Wisconsin.
Roy was a descendant of Valentine L. /Spawr/, ABT 1832 – 24 JUN 1882. Illinois, Iowa, and Kansas.
Francis /Busch/ AKA Frank Busch, 1 APR 1871 – 16 SEP 1960, and his wife Mary Elizabeth /Gerritzen/, 29 FEB 1880 – 22 JAN 1948. Austria, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
Theodore /Gerritzen/ Sr., 7 OCT 1838 – 17 APR 1933 , and his wife Elizabeth Bertha /Brockmeier/, 17 FEB 1844 – 3 MAY 1922. Prussia, Missouri, and Kansas.
Henry C. /Helms/, 19 SEP 1877 – 24 SEP 1956, and his wife Marie Lisette /Schmalgemeier/, 24 APR 1883 – 17 SEP 1952. Germany and Kansas.
Ancestry.com
I don’t have a paid membership anymore, but I have uploaded my data there with the user name laurelroots. Links:
Family Histories Written by Me
Text and photos in PDF files
HELMS (major revisions July 10, 2021)