Harriet Cleveland Spencer


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Harriet Cleveland Spencer  
Taken from motion picture still courtesy of Dick Miller at [email protected]
     
Born: 29 Mar 1868 Spencerport, Monroe, NY    
Married: 19 Jun 1895 Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Notes on the back of the Marriage Certificate
  courtesy of Dick Miller at [email protected]  

FATHER

Lebbeus Foster Spencer

MOTHER

Anna Buckingham Whiting

HUSBAND

Charles Joseph Lund

b. 11 Feb 1863 Alabama, NY

CHILDREN

    b. 15 May 1902 Milwaukee, WI
Vivian Cleveland Lund   m. 29 Jun 1935 Arthur O. Backen  b. 19 Aug 1901
                                                      d. Jan 1968 Lakeworth, FL
d. 19 Mar 1997                                                     

Hattie fell in love with a married man, was sued by the wife for "alienation of affections".  Charles Lund divorced his wife, but could not marry in New York as long as his wife was alive.  So, the couple eloped to Niagara Falls, Canada.  Her mother, Anna Buckingham Whiting, witnessed the marriage license.

 

 

 

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