Woman traces 300 years of family history in Scottsdale archives
Pat Spencer spent two years researching her heritage using Quaker minutes and family papers dating to 1855. She traced eight family lines back to 1630 and found Milhous Irish roots shared with Richard Nixon while exploring birth, death and land records across eight states and the national archives. Her work culminated in a book The Families Hawkins Mills Confer Gillett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liz Doup
Scottsdale
Pat Spencer
Richard Nixon
Milhous
Ireland
Quaker Meeting
Spencer
Arizona
Mesa
National Archives
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore
Hawkins
Mills
Confer
Gillett
Community calendar notes various volunteer and club events
Calendar items list a Christmas coffee at Scottsdale Welcome Wagon Consta Villa East 8249 E Valley Vista ge. AAUW Scottsdale branch meeting 7:30 p.m. at Western Savings Bank. La Leche League 8 p.m. at 6810 Earls Drive. bake sale at Basha's 8423 E McDonald. Welcome Wagon Camelback No 1 luncheon program at Scottsdale Hilton. Epsilon Sigma Alpha bazaar 9 a.m.–9 p.m. at Tri-City Mall Mesa. Scottsdale Welcome Wagon Christmas party 7:30–10 p.m. Heritage East Recreation Room. Santa's Helper Day 2–4 p.m. Desert Cove Elementary. Palo Verde Sons breakfast and officer installation at Golden Hills CC Mesa with remarks by James Duke Cameron. Mesa-Tempe NLAPW charter luncheon at Coco's Mesa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsdale
Consta Villa East Recreation Room
E. Valley Vistage
American Association of University Women
Western Savings Bank
N. Scottsdale Rd
la Leche League
Earls Drive
Basha's
E. McDonald
Palo Verde Sons of the American Revolution
Golden Hills Country Club
Broadway
Power Roads
Mesa
James Duke Cameron
Arizona Supreme Court
Edgar Frankenfield
C. Spencer Shotwell
Edward H. Pratt
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Bob Johnstone
Scottsdale (Az
Arcadia
Camel Dead Frames
Oscar de LaRenta
Emiliio Pucci
Cheistian Dior
Lanvin
Miller Plaza Shopping
Winchell’s Donuts
Miller Road
Gli
The
House of Beauty International
Stetson
Reflexology
N. Scottsdale
E. Lemon
Tempe
Papago Plaza
Scottsdale Rd
McDowell
Alpha Nu
Welcome Wagon
Camelback No. 1
Voices of Saguaro Chorale
Scottsdale Hilton Hotel
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Tri-City
Rainbow Acres
Disaster Fund
Kidney Foundation
Desert Cove
N. 28Th St
Jaycettes
Paradise Valley Jaycees
Mesa-Tempe
National League of American Pen Women
Washington, D.C
Coco’s
1716
W. Main
Montoomery
NGG
Lincoln “Plaza
Slincoln & Scottsdale
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!