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Family HistoryFamily History - Quentin Poirot Spracklen


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Quentin Poirot Spracklen and three of his descendants down to the second generation.


First and Second Generations
1. Quentin Poirot Spracklen,1 born 5 September 1918 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming (parents not determined);1 died 12 February 1988 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming.1 Quentin married, 18 December 1959 in Scottsbluff, Scottsbluff County, Nebraska, Mary Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Robinson4 (born 6 March 1922 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, the daughter of Harry Alva Robinson and Ethel Goldie Malone;2, 3 Liz died 18 June 1992 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming2). Their marriage ended in divorce on 13 October 1966 in Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming.4 Quentin and Liz are buried in Douglas Park Cemetery, Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming.1, 2

Children of Quentin Poirot Spracklen and Mary Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Robinson:

 2i. Bret Lee Spracklen.
 3ii. Bart D. Spracklen.
 4iii. Edith Ann Spracklen.

  1. Find a Grave (website). Douglas Park Cemetery, Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming; Quentin Poirot Spracklen, born: 5 September 1918 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming; died: 12 February 1988 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming (from record, which includes the text from his obituary; and provides the names and links for his parents, 5 siblings, one wife, and two children).
  2. Find a Grave (website). Douglas Park Cemetery, Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming; Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Robinson Spracklen, born: 6 March 1922 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma; died: 18 June 1992 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming (from record, which the text from her obituary; and provides the names and links for her parents, brother, and one half-sister).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Wyoming, Converse County, Douglas, E.D. 5-19, Ethel Robinson, 58, S. Dakota, widow; daughter Elizabeth Cannon, 28, Oklahoma, divorced, waitress, restaurant; granddaughter Sharon L. Gazley, 9, Wyoming; granddaughter Marilyn J. Gazley, 6, Wyoming; granddaughter Judy L. Cannon, 2, Wyoming.
  4. Wyoming, U.S., State Divorce Records, 1941-1972 (available at ancestry.com), Quentin P. Spracklen; Elizabeth [Spracklen assumed]; date of marriage: 18 December 1959 or 28 December 1958 [sic; the correct date is most likely the former, since his divorce from another wife was in August 1959]; place of marriage: Scottsbluff, Nebraska; place of divorce: Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming; date of degree or judgment: 13 October 1966; number of children under 18 affected: Total: Three.