Navorska tree » Lydia P. Spencer (1885-1960)

Personal data Lydia P. Spencer 

  • Alternative name: Lydia Spencer Mastin
  • She was born on March 19, 1885 in in proximo, Boonville, Yadkin Co., NC.
  • She was baptized before December 27, 1908 in Boonville Bapt. Chr., Boonville, Yadkin Co., NC.
  • She died on November 8, 1960 in fortasse, somewhere in IA or MN, she was 75 years old.
  • She is buried on November 10, 1960 in Buffalo Twp., Winnebago Co., IA (Graceland Cem.).
  • This information was last updated on April 15, 2015.

Household of Lydia P. Spencer

She is married to James Keifer Mastin.

They got married on December 27, 1908 at Elkin, Surry Co., NC, she was 23 years old.

James Keifer Mastin oo Lydia Spencer

Marriage source: Author: Mastin, William Paul, Title: Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892 - 1992, (Publication location: Buffalo Center IA, Publisher: Centennial Book Committee, Publication date: MCMXCII), pgs.350-351, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

[Pg. 350, Col. 2]

"JAKE AND LYDIA (SPENCER) MASTIN Written by Paul Mastin"

[Pg. 351, Col. 1]

"James "Jake" Keifer Mastin was born in Elkin, North Carolina on December 3, 1889. Lydia Spencer was born at Booneville, North Carolina on March 19, 1885. They were married on December 27, 1908. I Paul, was born on December 28, 1909 atElkin, North Carolina, and my parents moved with me to Iowa in May 1910, coming to Gerled, Iowa by train after a three-day trip. They followed my mother's family, the William B. Spencers, who had moved to the Lakota area (then Germania)a year earlier. ..."

Note: the obituary of the man & wife differ as to place of marriage. One reports the nuptials took place in Boonville, the other reports Elkin <>

Child(ren):

  1. William Paul Mastin  1909-2002 
  2. James Ralph Mastin  1912-2004 


Notes about Lydia P. Spencer

Lydia P. Spencer

Source: Obituaries, Buffalo Center (Iowa) Tribune, Vol. 111, # 17, 11 July 2002, Pg. 11, Col. 2

"William P. Mastin, 92

Funeral services for William P. Mastin, 92, were held Saturday, July 6 at the First Congregational Church in Buffalo Center at 11:00 a.m. ...

William Paul Mastin, oldest son of James Keifer and Lydia (Spencer) Mastin, was born December 28, 1909 at Elkin, North Carolina. His parents moved to Iowa when he was an infant. He attended the Buffalo Center schools and graduated in1928. ..."

Author: Mastin, William Paul, Title: Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892 - 1992, (Publication location: Buffalo Center IA, Publisher: Centennial Book Committee, Publication date: MCMXCII), pgs. 350-351, Repository:Dallas TX pub. lib.

[Pg. 350, Col. 2]

"JAKE AND LYDIA (SPENCER) MASTIN Written by Paul Mastin"

[Photograph with caption: Jake Mastin at the steering wheel and wife, Lydia, behind him. Kenos Spencer beside Jake and Kenos' wife, Jennie, and their baby befind him. Paul and Ralph Mastin on the running board. The car is a new 1917Ford Model T Touring car and the picture was taken at the present David Abels farm in 1917.]

[Pg. 351, Col. 1]

"James "Jake" Keifer Mastin was born in Elkin, North Carolina on December 3, 1889. Lydia Spencer was born at Booneville, North Carolina on March 19, 1885. They were married on December 27, 1908. I Paul, was born on December 28, 1909 atElkin, North Carolina, and my parents moved with me to Iowa in May 1910, coming to Gerled, Iowa by train after a three-day trip. They followed my mother's family, the William B. Spencers, who had moved to the Lakota area (then Germania)a year earlier.

Dad and Mother settled in Buffalo Center, in an apartment above the Femrite Variety Store, now Senior Citizens Center, and Dad started working as a farmhand on the Chicago Stock Farm. Soon the head dairy barn position opened up and Dadwas chosen by Mr. Young to receive that position; he was allowed to move into a house on the farm. Mother had charge of keeping the office clean. My brother Ralph was born there on January 8, 1912. ..."

Author: Fletcher, Robert, Title: "Andrew Fletcher, Sr. and Mary Willson," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=fletcher&id=I57483, Publication date: xix Jan MMVIII),Repository: The Cloud

"... Lydia P. Spencer ... Sex: F Birth: 1885 in Booneville, Yadkin Co., North Carolina ... Change Date: 19 Jan 2008 ...

Father: William B. Spencer b: 10 Oct 1859 in Hyde Co., North Carolina Mother: Sarah Ellen Young b: 1860 in North Carolina

Marriage 1 Jake Mastin b: Abt. 1881 in North Carolina Married: Abt. 1905 in North Carolina"

Buffalo Center [IA] Tribune, Vol. 62, # 28, 10 Nov 1960, Pg. 1, Col. 3

"Mrs. Jake Mastin Died, Funeral Here Today

Funeral services are to be held for Mrs. Jake Mastin, this afternoon, Thursday, November 10, at 1:30 in the Methodist Church with Rev. F. W. Shreve in charge. Burial will be at Graceland Cemetery here. Pallbearers include HarmShortenhaus, Bennett Mitchell, John Wubben John Badje, Harold Bohl and Herman Beenken.

Lydia P. Spencer, daughter of William B. and Sarah E. Spencer was born near Boonville, North Carolina, March 19, 1885, where she grow to womanhood. She was baptized in, and became a member of the Boonville Baptist Church while a young woman. She was united in marriage to James K. Mastin, of Elkin North Carolina, December 27 1908 at Boonville. The family moved to Buffalo Center in 1911 where they made their home on farms in the community unti. 1935. While here theyunited with the Methodist Church where she was a member until her death. In 1935 they left Buffalo Center, returning in 1955 Mrs. Mastin passed away Tuesday, November 8, at 7 a.m. age 75 years, 7 months and 19 days.

Mr. and Mrs. Mastin had two sons, Paul of Buffalo Center and Ralph of Elmore, Minnesota, They raised a niece, Mattie, Mrs Seorge Bowers, of Buffalo Center who was like a daughter to them. She is survived by three brothers, Kenos ofElsinore, Calfornia; Hayden of Eagle Lake Minnesota; and Raymond of Mason City, Iowa. Her parents and one brother, Winfield preceeded her in death. She is survived by eleven grand children and seven great grandchildren as well as manyother relatives and friends." <>

Do you have supplementary information, corrections or questions with regards to Lydia P. Spencer?
The author of this publication would love to hear from you!

Ancestors (and descendant) of Lydia P. Spencer

Lydia P. Spencer
1885-1960

1908

James Keifer Mastin
1889-1972

William Paul Mastin
1909-2002
James Ralph Mastin
1912-2004

With Quick Search you can search by name, first name followed by a last name. You type in a few letters (at least 3) and a list of personal names within this publication will immediately appear. The more characters you enter the more specific the results. Click on a person's name to go to that person's page.

  • You can enter text in lowercase or uppercase.
  • If you are not sure about the first name or exact spelling, you can use an asterisk (*). Example: "*ornelis de b*r" finds both "cornelis de boer" and "kornelis de buur".
  • It is not possible to enter charachters outside the standard alphabet (so no diacritic characters like ö and é).


Visualize another relationship

The data shown has no sources.

Historical events

Birthday March 19, 1885

  • The temperature on March 19, 1885 was about 4.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
    • February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
    • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
    • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
    • September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
    • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

Day of marriage December 27, 1908

  • The temperature on December 27, 1908 was between -10.6 °C and -4.5 °C and averaged -7.8 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
    • April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
    • April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
    • June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
    • November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.
    • December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

Day of death November 8, 1960

  • The temperature on November 8, 1960 was between -2.6 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
    • March 22 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
    • April 15 » At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
    • May 11 » Adolf Eichmann is captured by the Mossad in Argentina.
    • July 11 » To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
    • August 15 » Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
    • October 4 » An airliner crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 people.

Day of burial November 10, 1960

  • The temperature on November 10, 1960 was between -1.2 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
    • January 9 » President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile.
    • February 1 » Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
    • February 13 » Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.
    • February 19 » China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
    • October 12 » Japan Socialist Party leader Inejiro Asanuma is stabbed to death during a live Television broadcast.
    • December 11 » French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French President Charles de Gaulle.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


About the surname Spencer

  • View the information that Genealogie Online has about the surname Spencer.
  • Check the information Open Archives has about Spencer.
  • Check the Wie (onder)zoekt wie? register to see who is (re)searching Spencer.

The Navorska tree publication was prepared by .contact the author
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin:
David Allen Navorska, "Navorska tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/navorska-tree/I34856.php : accessed May 5, 2025), "Lydia P. Spencer (1885-1960)".