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William Henry Harrison Speirs
1879 - 1943 (63 years)
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Name William Henry Harrison Speirs Born 26 Dec 1879 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States 
Gender Male Died 4 Jan 1943 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Buried Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Person ID I157 Speirs-Taylor Last Modified 13 Oct 2016
Father George Speirs, b. 6 Nov 1836, Bridgewater, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 6 Mar 1911, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 74 years) Mother Adeline Pamela Harris, b. 29 Jun 1845, England , d. 6 Oct 1896, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 51 years) Family ID F8 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Vivian Cora Felt, b. 1894 Last Modified 13 Oct 2016 Family ID F1415 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Melissa Jane Cooley, b. 18 Sep 1878, Tooele, Utah, United States , d. 4 Feb 1941, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 62 years) Married 18 Mar 1900 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Children 1. William Leigh Speirs, b. 25 Oct 1901, Silver City, Juab, Utah, United States , d. 1986 (Age 84 years)2. Adaline Jane Speirs, b. 3 Feb 1904, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States , d. 1 Nov 1997 (Age 93 years)3. Jessie Vione Speirs, b. 25 May 1906, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States , d. 23 Mar 1921, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 14 years)Last Modified 27 Oct 2014 Family ID F53 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 26 Dec 1879 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States 
Married - 18 Mar 1900 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Died - 4 Jan 1943 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States 
Buried - - Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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William H. Speirs, 1879-1943
William was a Mormon Pioneer of 1847 and a miner and farmer.
Source:
Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, page 1178
Documents 
The Family of George and Adeline Speirs in LDS Membership
George and Adeline Pamilla (Harris) Speirs with their eight children on the records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership records.
Source:
Ancestry.com. Black, Susan Easton, compiler. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1989. Private Donor.
1880 US Federal Census for Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
George Speirs; 43 years old; blacksmith; born in Pennsylvania, father in Scotland, mother in Maine
Adeline Speirs; 34 years old; keeping house; born in England, both parents born in England
Ada Speirs, daughter; 18 years old; at school; born in Utah, father in Pennsylvania, mother in England.
George Speirs, son; 16 years old; born in Utah, father in Pennsylvania, mother in England.
Thomas Speirs, son; 14 years old; born in Utah, father in Pennsylvania, mother in England.
Mary Speirs, daughter; 12 years old; born in Utah, father in Pennsylvania, mother in England.
Lucy Speirs, daughter; 9 years old; born in Utah, father in Pennsylvania, mother in England.
Annie Speirs, daughter; 5 years old; born in Utah, father in Pennsylvania, mother in England.
Jessie Speirs, daughter; 3 years old; born in Utah, father in Pennsylvania, mother in England.
Willie Speirs, son; 5m old; born in Utah, father in Pennsylvania, mother in England.
1900 US Federal Census for Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
Gregory, Ernest, born Sept 1873, 26 years old; married seven years; born in Utah, both parents in England, employed as a salesman.
Gregory, Anna L.; born July 1874; 25 years old; 2 living children; born in Utah, father in Pennsylvania, mother in England.
Gregory, George A.; born Sept 1893; 6 years old, born in Utah
Gregory, Adeline; born Jan 1898; 1 year old; born in Utah
Spiers, George; father-in-law; born Nov 1836; 68 years old; widowed; born in Pennsylvania, father in Scotland, mother in Maine
Spiers, William H.; brother-in-law; born Dec 1879; 20 years old; single; born in Utah, father in Pennsylvania, mother in England
1910 US Federal Census for Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
Speirs, George, head of household; 73 years old; married 37 years; born in Pennsylvania, father in Scotland, mother in Maine; occupied as a watchman.
Speirs, William H.; head of household; 30 years old; married 10 years; born in Utah, father in Pennsylvania, mother in Utah; occupied as a miner.
Speirs, Melissa J.; wife; 32 years old; three children who are living; born in Utah, father in Michigan, mother in Wales.
Speirs, William L.; son; 8 years old; born in Utah, both parents in Utah.
Speirs, Adeline J.; daughter; 6 years old; born in Utah, both parents born in Utah.
Speirs, Jessie: daughter; 3 years old; born in Utah, both parents born in Utah
William Harrison Speirs' Death Certificate
William died from a gunshot wound to the head on the 4th of January, 1943. Vivian Cora Felt Speirs is listed as his wife with George and Adeline (Harris) Spears as his parents.