William SpriggsAge: 79 years1838–1917
- Name
- William Spriggs
- Given names
- William
- Surname
- Spriggs
| Birth | before June 1838 30 24 |
| Marriage of parents | Joseph Spriggs — Elizabeth Parkinson — View this family 1 March 1839 (Age 9 months) Note: Coy (page 42) gives a copy of the marriage certificate which shows the day/month as well as the place of marriage - Parson Drove. |
| Baptism | 21 December 1839 (Age 18 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Anne Spriggs about April 1841 (Age 2 years) |
| Baptism of a sister | Anne Spriggs 16 May 1841 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Joseph Spriggs about July 1843 (Age 5 years) |
| Baptism of a brother | Joseph Spriggs 15 July 1843 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas Spriggs before September 1845 (Age 7 years) |
| Baptism of a brother | Thomas Spriggs 11 September 1845 (Age 7 years) |
| Burial of a paternal grandfather | Thomas Spriggs 8 December 1846 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Spriggs June 1850 (Age 12 years) |
| Baptism of a brother | John Spriggs 17 June 1850 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Spriggs 12 April 1851 (Age 12 years) Note: Day of death from Coy |
| Burial of a brother | John Spriggs 14 April 1851 (Age 12 years) |
| Migration | 1853 (Age 14 years) Note: Emigrated with his parents, sister and brothers |
| Birth of a sister | Elizabeth Spriggs August 1856 (Age 18 years) Note: Father: Joseph Spriggs; Mother: Elizabeth Parkinson Note: Coy gives 'Yowang area' as the place of birth (page 47) as well as Yarrawonga (page 225) |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth Spriggs 15 September 1856 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Edward Spriggs 18 April 1859 (Age 20 years) Note: Father: Jos Spriggs; Mother: Eliz Parkinson |
| Marriage | Sarah Pewley — View this family 1873 (Age 34 years) Note: Some Ancestry family trees state that Sarah was Sarah McLean (not Pewley) before marriage. I haven't found any documentary evidence to back this up. |
| Birth of a son #1 | John Spriggs 1874 (Age 35 years) Note: Morrisons, Victoria (Burial record); Moorabool (Birth record) |
| Death of a sister | Anne Spriggs 1879 (Age 40 years) Age: 38 Note: Father: Joseph Spriggs; Mother: Elizabeth Parkinson |
| Burial of a sister | Anne Spriggs 13 June 1879 (Age 41 years) Cemetery: Meredith Cemetery Note: Age: 38; Married to Ebenezer Milledge |
| Death of a father | Joseph Spriggs 18 April 1880 (Age 41 years) Age: 72 Note: Father: Thomas; Mother: Rebecca Burton |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Parkinson 8 December 1885 (Age 47 years) Age: 72 Note: Gravestone states age 72 Note: Place of death from Coy (page 225). Also states place of death was Wilby (page 48) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas Spriggs 7 March 1898 (Age 59 years) Note: Information giving birth and death dates on the memorial shown with gravestone of brother Joseph and his wife at Yarrawong Note: The death certificate gives parents' names, Joseph and Elizabeth Note: Day of death from Coy |
| Marriage of a child | John Spriggs — Rosetta Jane Quine — View this family 1904 (Age 65 years) |
| Residence | between 1880 and 1906 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a wife | Sarah Pewley 1906 (Age 67 years) Note: Birth and death dates unknown. Their only known child was John, born at Moorabool, Victoria, Australia. Sarah listed in 1906 Electors list with husband and son John. The birth index for John's birth gives mother's former family name as Pawley. (Tricky name making searches difficult) Husband's will of 1916 makes no mention of her - so presumably deceased by then. |
| Occupation | farmer 1906 (Age 67 years) |
| Will | 6 April 1914 (Age 75 years) Note: William Spriggs, farmer, of Morrisons, Victoria - Left 3/4 of his estate and property to his son, John of Morrisons, in trust until his nephews, Roy Spriggs and John Leslie Egerton Spriggs, both attain the age of 21, then equally between the three of them. (Note no reference to his wife by then) Note: Probate date - 25 Oct 1917 |
| Death of a brother | Joseph Spriggs 22 April 1915 (Age 76 years) Age: 71 Note: Father: Joseph Spriggs; Mother: Elizth Parkinson Note: Day/month and place of death from Coy. Inf associateed with the gravestone is slightly different - died 23 Apr 1915 at Yarrawonga |
| Burial of a brother | Joseph Spriggs 1915 (Age 76 years) Address: Yarrawonga Cemetery, C/E-N-Grave 132 Note: Gravestone (photograph) for Joseph and his wife, Emily |
| Death | 29 July 1917 (Age 79 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Joseph Spriggs Baptism: 21 February 1808 39 35 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: 18 April 1880 — Morrisons, Victoria, Australia |
| mother |
Elizabeth Parkinson Birth: 1814 — Cambridgeshire Death: 8 December 1885 — Boomahnoomoonah, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 1 March 1839 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire |
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-8 months himself |
William Spriggs Birth: before June 1838 30 24 — Tydd St Mary, Lincolnshire Death: 29 July 1917 — Morrisons, Victoria, Australia |
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3 years younger sister |
Anne Spriggs Birth: about April 1841 33 27 — Tydd St Mary, Lincolnshire Death: 1879 — Victoria, Australia |
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2 years younger brother |
Joseph Spriggs Birth: about July 1843 35 29 — Tydd St Mary, Lincolnshire Death: 22 April 1915 — Boomahnoomoonah, Victoria, Australia |
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2 years younger brother |
Thomas Spriggs Birth: before September 1845 37 31 — Tydd St Mary, Lincolnshire Death: 7 March 1898 — Mulwala, Corowa, New South Wales, Australia |
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5 years younger brother |
John Spriggs Birth: June 1850 42 36 — Tydd St Mary, Lincolnshire Death: 12 April 1851 |
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6 years younger sister |
Elizabeth Spriggs Birth: August 1856 48 42 — Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia Death: 15 September 1856 — Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia |
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3 years younger brother |
Birth: 18 April 1859 51 45 — Duck Ponds, Victoria, Australia Death: 4 February 1922 — Urana, New South Wales, Australia |
| Family with Sarah Pewley |
| himself |
William Spriggs Birth: before June 1838 30 24 — Tydd St Mary, Lincolnshire Death: 29 July 1917 — Morrisons, Victoria, Australia |
| wife |
Sarah Pewley Death: 1906 — Australia ? |
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Marriage: 1873 — Victoria, Australia |
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2 years son |
John Spriggs Birth: 1874 35 — Morrisons, Moorabool, Victoria, Australia Death: 22 September 1949 — Morrisons, Victoria, Australia |
| Migration | Emigrated with his parents, sister and brothers |
| Marriage | Some Ancestry family trees state that Sarah was Sarah McLean (not Pewley) before marriage. I haven't found any documentary evidence to back this up. |
| Residence | In 1880, William was living in a house 'a hundred yards' from his parents (Coy).
Listed in the Electoral Rolls with his wife, Sarah, and their son John with his wife Rosetta |
| Will | William Spriggs, farmer, of Morrisons, Victoria - Left 3/4 of his estate and property to his son, John of Morrisons, in trust until his nephews, Roy Spriggs and John Leslie Egerton Spriggs, both attain the age of 21, then equally between the three of them. (Note no reference to his wife by then) |
| Will | Probate date - 25 Oct 1917 |