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LORRAINE,ETHEL,AND HER THREE DAUGHTER'S MOVE TO N. C.

August 13, 2012

LORRAINE,HER MOTHER ETHEL,DEBBIE,CARYN,AND KIM MOVE TO PINEHURST N. C..JERRY MOVED IN WITH HIS FATHER AND GRANDMOTHER MARY IN NUTLEY,N.J. THE FAMILY STAYED IN A HOUSE CALLED THE SEVEN GABLES.THE RENT AND UTILITIES WERE SO EXPENSIVE THAT THEY ONLY LIVES THERE FOR A YEAR.THEY THEN MOVED TO SOUTHERN PINES AND RENTED A HOUSE FOR A YEAR BEFORE THEY MOVED TO 100 OAK DRIVE IN SOUTHERN  PINES IN 1983.IN 1985 LORRAINE'S FATHER PUT A DOWN PAYMENT ON THE HOUSE AND LORRAINE TOOK OVER THE MORTGAGE PAYMENT'S.SPENCER RENTED A HOUSE IN SADDLEBROOK N.J. WITH HIS TWO DAUGHTERS'S BEFORE RENTING AN APARTMENT ON 238TH REVIEW PLACE IN THE BRONX N. Y. BY THIS TIME DOREEN HAD MOVED IN WITH HER BOYFRIEND JIMMY O'KEEFE AND HIS MOTHER AND FATHER IN N. J. LAUREEN STAYED WITH SPENCER.SPENCER LIVED IN THE APARTMENT UNTIL HE RETIRED IN 1991.LAUREEN TOOK OVER THE APARTMENT AND SPENCER MOVED TO N.C. TO BE CLOSER TO HIS TWO YOUNGEST DAUGHTERS,CARYN AND KIM

SPENCER AND THE FAMILY MOVE TO NEW JERSEY

August 13, 2012

IN 1974 SPENCER AND THE FAMILY BOUGHT A HOUSE ON 182 PRESTON STREET RIDGEFIELDPARK,N.J.SPENCER,LORRAINE,LAUREEN,DOREEN,JERRY,DEBBIE, CARYN,KIM,ETHEL- LORRAINE'S MOTHER, AND SPENCER'S FATHER EDWARD LIVED THERE.TIMES WERE TOUGH FINACIALLY SO LORRAINE GOT A JOB AT COLUMBIAN PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL AS A FILE CLERK.SPENCER WENT BACK INTO THE NAVY RESERVES AND WAS STATION IN BROOKLYN,N.Y.LORRAINE ALSO WORKED AT MCDONALDS FOR A WHILE.HER MOTHER ETHEL TOOK CARE OF THE KIDS WHILE SPENCER AND LORRAINE WORKED.ETHEL MOVED IN WITH THEM IN 1972 WHEN SHE SEPERATED FROM HER HUSBAND ERNEST MILLER.LORRAINE'S SISTER GAIL WOULD COME FROM HARLEM AND VISIT OFTEN.THE KIDS LOVED HER.SHE HAD NO CHILDREN OF HER OWN.DUE TO IRRECONSOLABLE DIFFERENCES THE HOUSE WAS PUT ON THE MARKET FOR SALE.IT WAS SOLD THE FIRST WEEK IT WAS PUT ON THE MARKET.

SPENCER'S MARRIAGE'S AND WORK HISTORY

August 12, 2012

SPENCER MEET VERONICA ALLEN IN THE EARLY 60'S AND MARRIED.HE MOVED HER IN WITH HIM AND HIS FATHER AT 124 FORT GEORGE AVE IN UPPER MANHATTAN.ON APRIL 23TH 1962 VERONICA GAVE BIRTH TO THEIR FIRST DAUGHTER LAUREEN SHANLEY.LATER ON VERONICA GAVE BIRTH TO THEIR SECOND DAUGHTER DOREEN SHANLEY ON JUNE 1ST 1964.SPENCER DROVE A DIAPER TRUCK BEFORE LANDING A JOB WITH UNITED PARCEL IN1967. BEFORE THAT HE DROVE A TAXI FOR A WHILE.HE WORKED AT UPS  UNTIL 1971.IN 1968 SPENCER MEET HIS SECOND WIFE LORRAINE GREGOR.SHE HAD TWO CHILDREN,DEBBIE GREGOR AND JERRY GREGOR FROM HER FIRST MARRIAGE.HE MOVED THEM IN AT 124  FORT GEORGE AVE WHERE HE AND HIS FATHER EDWARD LIVED.LATER ON LAUREEN AND DOREEN CAME TO LIVE WITH THEIR FATHER.THEY WERE TEN AND EIGHT AT THE TIME.IN 1971 SPENCER TOOK A JOB WITH MABSTOA.HE WORKED THERE FOR TWENTY YEARS AND RECIEVED A CERTIFICATE FOR A PERFECT DRIVING RECORD.ON JULY 31ST 1971 SPENCER MARRIED HIS SECOND WIFE LORRAINE GREGOR.ON FEBRUARY 16TH 1974 LORRAINE GAVE BIRTH TO THEIR FIRST DAUGHTER CARYN SHANLEY.SEVENTEEN MONTHS LATER ON JULY 26TH 1975 LORRAINE GAVE BIRTH TO THEIR SECOND DAUGHTER KIM SHANLEY.

SPENCER'S TRAINING BEFORE THE NAVY AND HIS SERVICE IN THE NAVY

August 11, 2012

ON JUNE 30TH 1955 SPENCER SHANLEY RECIEVED A HONOR CERTIFICATE FOR SERVICE-MIMEOGRAPH MONITOR AT P.S 189, MANHATTAN CLASS 813.ON AUGUST 16TH 1960 SPENCER WAS A RECRUIT AT THE U.S. NAVY RECRUTING STATION IN N.Y. N.Y.ON AUGUST 17TH 1960 HE WENT TO GREAT LAKES,ILLINOIS FOR TRAINING.HE FINISHED  HIS DUTIES THERE  ON OCTOBER 27TH 1961.ON NOVEMBER 12TH 1961 HE THEN WENT TO CALIFORNIA AS A TRANSIT. ON FEBRUARY 20TH 1961.HE STAYED THERE FOR SIX DAYS.LATER HE WENT TO THE U.S. NAVAL STATION ON FEBRUARY 26TH 1961.HE STAYED THERE UNTIL JUNE 21ST 1961 FOR TRAINING.ON JULY 3RD 1961 HE WENT TO THE NAVY RECRUITING STATION IN BKLN,N.Y. AS A TRANSIT.HE STAYED THERE UNTIL NOVEMBER 15TH 1961.ON NOVEMBER 20TH 1961 HE WENT TO QUONSET,R.I. AS A STUDENT AND STUDIED FIRE FIGHTING HIS FINAL MARK WAS A 3.5.HE STAYED THERE UNTIL NOVEMBER 27TH 1961.LATER HE WENT TO SERVE ON THE WASP II ON NOVEMBER 27TH 1961 AND WAS ALSO STATIONED ON MIDWAY ISLAND ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN.ON MAY 4TH 1962 HE WAS RECRUITED TO THE USNAS,N.Y. FOR ACTIVE DUTY UNTIL AUGUST 31ST 1962.HE WAS A 2ND AND 3RD PETTY OFFICER WITH A MARK OF 3.8 WHICH HE RECIEVED A CERTIFICATE FOR ON APRIL 11TH 1962.THE REPORT OF HIS ENLISTED PERFORMANCE EVALUATION IS AS FOLLOWS.PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE -EXTREMLY EFFECTIVE AND RELIABLE.WORKS WELL ON HIS OWN.MILITARY BEHAVIOR-ALWAYS ACTS IN THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE NAVY.LEADERSHIP AND SUPERVISORY ABILITY-GETS THE MOST OUT OF HIS MEN.MILITARY APPEARANCE-IMPRESSIVE.WEARS NAVAL UNIFORM WITH GREAT PRIDE.ADAPTABILITY-GETS ALONG EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. PROMOTES GOOD MORALE.SPENCER WAS HONORABLE DISCHARED FROM THE NAVY ON APRIL 13TH 1962 DUE TO HARDSHIP.HE WAS CREDITED FOR FOURS YEARS.HIS MOTHER MAE HAD HER SECOND HEART ATTACK AND HAD PASSED .HE WENT BACK HOME TO HELP OUT HIS FATHER EDWARD.

SPENCER'S BIRTH

August 11, 2012

EDWARD JAMES SHANLEY AND MAE LANGFORD WERE MARRIED ON JANUARY 25TH 1939 IN FREDERICKSBURG VIRGINIA.EDWARD DROVE A HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE THAT DELIVERED MILK.LATER HE ATTENED THE YMCA TRADE AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL AND RECIEVED A CERTIFICATE OF PROFICIENCY THAT CERTIFIED HIM IN BASIC REFRIGERATION ON JUNE 15TH 1951.ON AUGUST 15TH 1941 MAE GAVE BIRTH TO HER ONLY CHILD SPENCER JAMES VICTOR SHANLEY.THEY LIVED AT 2680 HEATH AVE BRONX,N.Y.SPENCER GREW UP A HAPPY CHILD AND ENJOYED PLAYING STICK BALL WITH HIS FRIENDS IN THE SCHOOL YARD.AT 13 HE ATTENED THE HAL SIVERS SCHOOL OF MUSIC AT 139 DYCKMAN STREET WHERE HE TOOK UP THE ACCORDION.HE THEN ATTENED GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL AT 192ND ST.AND AUDUBON AVE.HE STUDIED GENERAL COURSES AND WAS ON THE SWIMMING TEAM. HIS LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES INCLUDED AUTO MECHANICS.HE ALSO TOOK UP PIANO FOR TWO YEARS  AND PLAYED BY EAR.HE PERFORMED A VARIETY OF MINOR CLERICAL AND ROUTINE UNSKILLED DUTIES IN A BUSINESS OFFICE.FURNISHING WORKERS WITH CLERICAL SUPPLIES,DELIVERING VERBAL AND WRITTEN MESSAGES,SEALING AND STAMPING ENVELOPES,RUNNING ERRANDS,AND DISTRIBUTING AND COLLECTING MAIL.HE GRADUATED FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1959.