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William Rufus Spinney

William was born on March 24th, 1897 in Portmaitland, Nova Scotia. William's father was Bowman E. Spinney and his mother was Mabel Sollows. His paternal grandfather was Edward Spinney and his paternal grandmother is Lydia Symonds. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Bowman, Lyman, Nina and Althea. He was the second oldest of the five children. He died at the age of 40 on May 4th, 1937 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Spinney Jr ^*
  - b.~  1693 d.>  1757 in Argyle, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
  
  John Spinney
  - b.1733 d.19 Apr 1793 in Argyle, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
  
  Mary Waterhouse ^*
  - b.05 Feb 1706
  
  Daniel Spinney
  - b.09 Feb 1780 d.05 Apr 1840
  
  Joanna Roberts
  - b.~  1743 d.28 Feb 1824
  
  Edward Spinney
  - b.07 Mar 1830 d.>  1880
  
  Crowell
  
  Desire Crowell
  - b.22 Feb 1784 d.31 Jan 1858 in Argyle, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
  
  Bowman E. Spinney
  - b.25 Oct 1869 in Portmaitland, Nova Scotia d.28 Oct 1907 in Boston, Massachusetts
  
  Lydia Symonds
  
  William Rufus Spinney
  - b.24 Mar 1897 in Portmaitland, Nova Scotia d.04 May 1937 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
  
  Mabel Sollows
  - b.20 Oct 1875 in Portmaitland, Nova Scotia d.23 Sep 1946 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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Details of William's family with Ethel Ireland

Source/Citation Spinney Family Genealogy: Genealogy of Thomas Spinney and Marger Randall