James Edward SpriggsAge: 62 years1859–1922
- Name
- James Edward Spriggs
- Given names
- James Edward
- Surname
- Spriggs
| Birth | 18 April 1859 51 45 Note: Father: Jos Spriggs; Mother: Eliz Parkinson |
| Residence | from 1878 (Age 18 years) Note: Owned a 319 acre block of land in section D of the Boo... Parish Allotments |
| Death of a sister | Anne Spriggs 1879 (Age 19 years) Age: 38 Note: Father: Joseph Spriggs; Mother: Elizabeth Parkinson |
| Burial of a sister | Anne Spriggs 13 June 1879 (Age 20 years) Cemetery: Meredith Cemetery Note: Age: 38; Married to Ebenezer Milledge |
| Death of a father | Joseph Spriggs 18 April 1880 (Age 21 years) Age: 72 Note: Father: Thomas; Mother: Rebecca Burton |
| Marriage | Eliza Jane McMahon — View this family 6 September 1883 (Age 24 years) Note: Married at the residence of the Independent minister, Frederick J Pitman, in Yarrawonga |
| Birth of a son #1 | James Edward Spriggs 2 August 1884 (Age 25 years) Note: Coy gives day and month of birth, place of birth stated to be Pelluebla, Eliza's parents' home (page 50), however later (page 227) it gives Tungamah. |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Parkinson 8 December 1885 (Age 26 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) |
| Residence | 1885 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Eliza Ann ‘Sis’ Spriggs 9 June 1886 (Age 27 years) Note: Place of birth from Coy (page 227) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Helena Elizabeth Jane ‘Lena’ Spriggs 21 September 1888 (Age 29 years) Note: Coy gives two places - Pelluebla from page 51; then Boomahnoomoonah from page 227. The two places are 13 miles apart. The state records give Yarrawonga - presumably the district name. |
| Birth of a son #4 | Charles William Spriggs 31 March 1891 (Age 31 years) Note: Coy and State Records gives place of birth as Yarrawonga, Victoria - presumably the district where birth was registered. George Spriggs source gives Jerilderie, NSW |
| Death of a son | James Edward Spriggs 21 November 1891 (Age 32 years) Note: Place of death from Coy, page 51, date given there is 19th |
| Occupation | carrier 1891 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Florence May Spriggs 24 April 1893 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Ethel Evelyn ‘Eva’ Spriggs 1895 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Elizabeth Jane Spriggs 1897 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Elizabeth Jane Spriggs 1897 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Ruby Eleanor Spriggs 6 January 1898 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas Spriggs 7 March 1898 (Age 38 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Lily Spriggs 1900 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #10 | Kathleen Pearl ‘Molly’ Spriggs 1902 (Age 42 years) |
| Residence | between 1900 and 1903 (Age 40 years) Note: Listed along with Eliza Jane Spriggs (his wife) |
| Occupation | labourer 1903 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #11 | Myrtle Priscilla Dorothy Spriggs 8 October 1905 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Timothy ‘Sid’ Kent — Helena Elizabeth Jane ‘Lena’ Spriggs — View this family 12 March 1906 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a son #12 | Clifford Neven ‘Cliff’ Spriggs 30 April 1907 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Philip Francis Maud — Eliza Ann ‘Sis’ Spriggs — View this family 1908 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Stanley George Gillam — Ethel Evelyn ‘Eva’ Spriggs — View this family 10 March 1914 (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Norm Fimister — Florence May Spriggs — View this family 9 August 1914 (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Albert Edward Cutting — Ruby Eleanor Spriggs — View this family 25 December 1914 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a brother | Joseph Spriggs 22 April 1915 (Age 56 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 55 years) Address: Yarrawonga Cemetery, C/E-N-Grave 132 Note: Gravestone (photograph) for Joseph and his wife, Emily |
| Death of a brother | William Spriggs 29 July 1917 (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Charles William Spriggs — Lyle Elizabeth Bunston — View this family 18 September 1919 (Age 60 years) |
| Separation | Urana, New South Wales, Australia between 1902 and 1922 (Age 42 years)Note: James Edward left his family and moved about 50 miles northwards to Urana in NSW. At the time of his death in 1922, it was reported that he had been in the district for close on twenty years. It was also stated that he was married and had a family but their whereabouts was not known. The Spriggs children thought that James Edward had died before their mother, Eliza Jane, moved to Western Austtralia. |
| Death | 4 February 1922 (Age 62 years) |
| Burial | 6 February 1922 (2 days after death) |
| Biography | Spriggs in Australia - Family History 2005 (82 years after death) |
| 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 elder brother |
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 elder sister |
Anne Spriggs Birth: about April 1841 33 27 — Tydd St Mary, Lincolnshire Death: 1879 — Victoria, Australia |
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2 years elder 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 elder 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 elder brother |
John Spriggs Birth: June 1850 42 36 — Tydd St Mary, Lincolnshire Death: 12 April 1851 |
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6 years elder sister |
Elizabeth Spriggs Birth: August 1856 48 42 — Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia Death: 15 September 1856 — Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia |
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3 years himself |
Birth: 18 April 1859 51 45 — Duck Ponds, Victoria, Australia Death: 4 February 1922 — Urana, New South Wales, Australia |
| Family with Eliza Jane McMahon |
| himself |
Birth: 18 April 1859 51 45 — Duck Ponds, Victoria, Australia Death: 4 February 1922 — Urana, New South Wales, Australia |
| wife |
Eliza Jane McMahon Birth: 28 June 1860 — Mansfield, Victoria, Australia Death: 20 December 1931 — Midland Junction, Swan City, Western Australia, Australia |
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Marriage: 6 September 1883 — Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia |
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11 months son |
James Edward Spriggs Birth: 2 August 1884 25 24 — Tungamah, Victoria, Australia Death: 21 November 1891 — Jerilderie, New South Wales, Australia |
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22 months daughter |
Eliza Ann ‘Sis’ Spriggs Birth: 9 June 1886 27 25 — Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia Death: 13 September 1971 — Croydon, Victoria, Australia |
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2 years daughter |
Helena Elizabeth Jane ‘Lena’ Spriggs Birth: 21 September 1888 29 28 — Pelluebla or Boomahnoomoonah, Victoria, Australia Death: 15 June 1962 — Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia |
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3 years son |
Charles William Spriggs Birth: 31 March 1891 31 30 — Jerilderie, New South Wales, Australia Death: 19 August 1964 — Pickering Brook, Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
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2 years daughter |
Florence May Spriggs Birth: 24 April 1893 34 32 — Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia Death: 2 February 1965 — Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
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3 years daughter |
Ethel Evelyn ‘Eva’ Spriggs Birth: 1895 35 34 — Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia Death: 15 November 1934 — Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
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3 years daughter |
Elizabeth Jane Spriggs Birth: 1897 37 36 — Yarrawonga, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1897 — Yarrawonga, New South Wales, Australia |
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1 year daughter |
Ruby Eleanor Spriggs Birth: 6 January 1898 38 37 — Boomahnoomoonah, near Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia Death: 9 March 1985 — Manjimup, Western Australia, Australia |
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3 years daughter |
Lily Spriggs Birth: 1900 40 39 — Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia Death: 22 June 1929 — Collie, Western Australia, Australia |
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3 years daughter |
Kathleen Pearl ‘Molly’ Spriggs Birth: 1902 42 41 — Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia Death: 21 December 1949 — Ferntree Gulley, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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4 years daughter |
Myrtle Priscilla Dorothy Spriggs Birth: 8 October 1905 46 45 — Tolmie, near Mansfield, Victoria, Australia Death: 26 March 1985 — Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia |
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19 months son |
Clifford Neven ‘Cliff’ Spriggs Birth: 30 April 1907 48 46 — Mansfield, Victoria, Australia Death: 7 February 1989 — Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Birth | Father: Jos Spriggs; Mother: Eliz Parkinson |
| Residence | Owned a 319 acre block of land in section D of the Boo... Parish Allotments |
| Marriage | Married at the residence of the Independent minister, Frederick J Pitman, in Yarrawonga |
| Residence | Listed along with Eliza Jane Spriggs (his wife) |
| Separation | James Edward left his family and moved about 50 miles northwards to Urana in NSW. At the time of his death in 1922, it was reported that he had been in the district for close on twenty years. It was also stated that he was married and had a family but their whereabouts was not known. The Spriggs children thought that James Edward had died before their mother, Eliza Jane, moved to Western Austtralia. |
| Death | Died at the Urana Hospital from serious injuries incurred when he fell off a waggon loaded with timber. (Newspaper article reproduced in Coy, page 63). Coy mentions that he was returning to his camp near Butherwah.
The article adds that the deceased had been in the district for close on twenty years. |
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