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Thomas SPURRELL
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Name Thomas SPURRELL Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 1819 Sampford Spiney, Devon, England
- Age shown as 20 in 1841, 31 in 1851
Baptised 29 Aug 1819 St. Peter’s Church, Meavy, Devon, England
- From DFHS index of PR entries (on FMP, viewed 1 Nov 2012)
Thomas Spurrell, son of Thomas and Sarah, father's occupation labourer, abode Samford
Gender Male Occupation From 1841 to 1851 Hall Farm, Sampford Spiney, Devon, England
Ag labourer - In 1841 the whole family were bracketed togther and shown as "Farmer". In 1851 Thomas was still living with his parents at Hall Farm in Sampford Spiney, but now described as labourer and it was not clear if labouring on that farm or another (or both)
Occupation From 1857 to 1881 Eggworthy, Walkhampton, Devon, England
Farmer - Described as farmer (of Eggworthy) when his son Edwin was baptised (1857)
Died 25 Jun 1881 Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England
- Date from gravestone
GRO ref: Spurrell, Thomas, aged 62 q2 1881 Tavistock RD 5b 242
Buried 29 Jun 1881 Walkhampton Church, Walkhampton, Devon, England
- 29.6.1881 Thomas Spurrell, aged 62
Buried with wife, commemorated with gravestone
Siblings6 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch
William SPURRELL, b. Est 1690, d. Yes, date unknown (2 x Great Grandfather)
Jane ARTHUR, b. Abt 1765, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandmother)
Person ID I10675 All Last Modified 30 Aug 2016
Father Thomas SPURRELL, b. Abt 1784, Sheepstor, Devon, England
, d. 24 Apr 1868, Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England
(Age ~ 84 years) Mother Sarah WILCOCKS, bap. 4 Nov 1792, Walkhampton Church, Walkhampton, Devon, England
, d. 24 Mar 1877 (Age ~ 84 years) Married 19 Nov 1814 St. Mary’s Church, Sampford Spiney, Devon, England
- Sarah was 'of Walkhampton' when they married19th or 29th? - recorded differently in different places (DFHS vs Dartmoor Press)
Family ID F5004 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Mary STANCOMBE, b. Abt 1818, Widecombe in the Moor, Devon, England
, d. 3 Aug 1881, Walkhampton, Devon, England
(Age ~ 63 years) Married Mar Q 1856 Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England
- GRO ref: Spurrell, Thomas to ?, q1 1856 Tavistock RD 5b 661
(FreeBMD shows 3 women on the page all called Mary: Mary Ann Baker, Mary Ann Pearse, Mary Stancombe; in 1861 Thomas's father was living with the family, Isaac Stancombe, showing he married Mary Stancombe)
Children2 children Last Modified 20 Sep 2012 Family ID F5025 Family Group Page | Family Chart

