John SpriggsAge: 70 years1838–1908
- Name
- John Spriggs
| Birth | 30 July 1838 44 33 |
| Baptism | 5 August 1838 (Age 6 days) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ann Spriggs before December 1839 (Age 16 months) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas Spriggs before December 1839 (Age 16 months) |
| Baptism of a sister | Sarah Ann Spriggs 31 January 1840 (Age 18 months) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Ann Spriggs before June 1841 (Age 2 years) Note: transcribed as "Sarah Sprigs" |
| Baptism of a sister | Eliza Spriggs 13 August 1843 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Alice Johnson before 22 September 1844 (Age 6 years) |
| Burial of a maternal grandmother | Alice Johnson 22 September 1844 (Age 6 years) Note: age 72 |
| Baptism of a brother | Joseph Spriggs 17 November 1845 (Age 7 years) |
| Burial of a paternal grandfather | Thomas Spriggs 8 December 1846 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a sister | Rebecca Spriggs 21 July 1854 (Age 15 years) Age: 26 Note: Brief report of an inquest held at the Fleece Inn, Louth |
| Death of a sister | Alice Spriggs before December 1858 (Age 20 years) |
| Occupation | agricultural labourer 1861 (Age 22 years)Note: later: butcher1871, gardener 1891, hawker 1901 |
| Burial of a father | John Spriggs 20 October 1870 (Age 32 years) Note: 2 October, age 78 - Parish Records Collection |
| Marriage | Hannah Collings — View this family 10 October 1871 (Age 33 years) |
| Census | 1871 (Age 32 years) Age: 32 Address: 39 Southea Note: Living in the household of his widowed mother Elizabeth, age 68, with his children Eliza and Joseph. Also sharing the house is his wife Hannah and her father with his second wife. |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Hannah Georgiana Spriggs 29 June 1872 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | John George Spriggs 26 December 1874 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Susannah Jane Spriggs 5 September 1877 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Rose Ellen Spriggs 17 December 1880 (Age 42 years) |
| Census | 1881 (Age 42 years) Age: 44 Address: High Street,
Southea Note: John, a general labourer, living with his wife Hannah and four children, the youngest, Rose Ellen was 3 months old |
| Birth of a son #5 | Frederick William Spriggs 4 June 1884 (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage Ending | 1884 (Age 45 years) Note: After assaulting his wife on several occasions (1879, 1880, 1884), which resulted in appearances before the Wisbech Division Petty Sessions, John Spriggs left Hannah (in 1884) to bring up their five children on her own. |
| Census | 1891 (Age 52 years) Age: 52 Address: 24 Thorney Dyke Note: John, employed as a gardener, was living in the household of his cousin, James Spriggs, age 46, and his large family. |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Davison before 13 December 1894 (Age 56 years) |
| Burial of a mother | Elizabeth Davison 13 December 1894 (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John William ‘Billy’ Moore — Hannah Georgiana Spriggs — View this family 5 October 1896 (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John George Spriggs — Edith Abbess — View this family before December 1897 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a brother | Isaac Spriggs 9 February 1900 (Age 61 years) |
| Census | 1901 (Age 62 years) Age: 62 Address: Parson Drove Bank Note: Described as a hawker, John was living with his brother Joseph, age 55, not with his wife. |
| Description | Was called "little granddad", about 5ft 6in |
| Death | 12 September 1908 (Age 70 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Spriggs Baptism: 25 August 1793 24 20 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Burial: 20 October 1870 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire |
| mother |
Elizabeth Davison Baptism: 7 April 1805 56 35 — East Bradenham, Norfolk Death: before 13 December 1894 |
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Marriage: 27 October 1824 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire |
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18 months elder brother |
Isaac Spriggs Baptism: 30 April 1826 32 21 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: 9 February 1900 — Southea, Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire |
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2 years elder sister |
Rebecca Spriggs Birth: September 1828 35 23 Death: 21 July 1854 — Louth, Lincolnshire |
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20 months elder sister |
Hannah Spriggs Birth: April 1830 36 24 |
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3 years elder sister |
Alice Spriggs Birth: May 1833 39 28 Death: before December 1858 — Wisbech district, Cambridgeshire |
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21 months elder sister |
Mary Ann Spriggs Birth: January 1835 41 29 Death: before December 1839 — Wisbech district, Cambridgeshire |
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20 months elder brother |
Thomas Spriggs Birth: August 1836 42 31 Death: before December 1839 — Wisbech district, Cambridgeshire |
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2 years himself |
John Spriggs Birth: 30 July 1838 44 33 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: 12 September 1908 — Union Workhouse, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire |
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18 months younger sister |
Sarah Ann Spriggs Baptism: 31 January 1840 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: before June 1841 — Wisbech district, Cambridgeshire |
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4 years younger sister |
Eliza Spriggs Baptism: 13 August 1843 49 38 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire |
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2 years younger brother |
Joseph Spriggs Baptism: 17 November 1845 52 40 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: 30 July 1921 — Wisbech district, Cambridgeshire |
| Family with Hannah Collings |
| himself |
John Spriggs Birth: 30 July 1838 44 33 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: 12 September 1908 — Union Workhouse, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire |
| wife |
Hannah Collings Birth: 22 April 1845 32 28 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: 24 March 1918 |
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Marriage: 10 October 1871 — Corpus Christi Chapel, Murrow, Cambridgeshire |
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9 months daughter |
Hannah Georgiana Spriggs Birth: 29 June 1872 33 27 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: 12 January 1959 — Murrow, Cambridgeshire |
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3 years son |
John George Spriggs Birth: 26 December 1874 36 29 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: before March 1963 — Guyhirn, Cambridgeshire |
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3 years daughter |
Susannah Jane Spriggs Birth: 5 September 1877 39 32 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: before March 1956 — Wisbech district, Cambridgeshire |
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3 years daughter |
Rose Ellen Spriggs Birth: 17 December 1880 42 35 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: before December 1952 — Wisbech district, Cambridgeshire |
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4 years son |
Frederick William Spriggs Birth: 4 June 1884 45 39 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: 23 February 1953 — Wisbech, Cambridgeshire |
| Occupation | later: butcher1871, gardener 1891, hawker 1901 |
| Census | Living in the household of his widowed mother Elizabeth, age 68, with his children Eliza and Joseph. Also sharing the house is his wife Hannah and her father with his second wife. |
| Census | John, a general labourer, living with his wife Hannah and four children, the youngest, Rose Ellen was 3 months old |
| Marriage Ending | After assaulting his wife on several occasions (1879, 1880, 1884), which resulted in appearances before the Wisbech Division Petty Sessions, John Spriggs left Hannah (in 1884) to bring up their five children on her own. |
| Census | John, employed as a gardener, was living in the household of his cousin, James Spriggs, age 46, and his large family. |
| Census | Described as a hawker, John was living with his brother Joseph, age 55, not with his wife. |