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John Jeffery SPURRELL

John Jeffery SPURRELL

Male 1789 - 1852  (~ 63 years)    Has 13 ancestors and 85 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name John Jeffery SPURRELL 
    Relationshipwith Teresa Ann GOATHAM
    Baptised 30 Jan 1789  The Parish Church, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 Sep 2012, archive ref: 166/7/a, p.118):
      (top of page shows Baptisms, 1789, January) 30 John Jeffery son of James & Ann Spurrell
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1815  Devonport, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • Abode given as Dock, the old name for Devonport, when his son James was baptised
    Occupation 1815 
    Caulker 
    • (Shown as such when his son James was baptised)
      A caulker made things watertight - this could include windows and barrels as well as boats and ships. But given that James was living in Devonport it seems reasonable to suppose that it was ships that he was working on. More information about this can be found on Wikipedia
    Died 24 Jul 1852  Stoke Damerel Reg Dist, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • Not with his family at the time of the 1841 census but not dead because with them in 1851
      GRO ref: Spurrell, John Jeffery q3 1852 Stoke D RD 5b 198; GRO online index shows age at death as 64
      Actual date from burial register
    Buried 30 Jul 1852  The Parish Church, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 31 Oct 2012)
      Page:220, Archive Ref:166/93/a
      Abode: 7 Ordnance Row, age 64 years
    Siblings 3 brothers and 4 sisters 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    William SPURRELL,   b. Est 1690,   d. Yes, date unknown  (Great Grandfather) 
    Ann JEFFERY,   d. Yes, date unknown  (Mother) 
    Person ID I10961  All
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2021 

    Father James SPURRELL,   bap. 10 Nov 1752, St. Peter’s Church, Meavy, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jun 1838, Stoke Damerel Reg Dist, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Mother Ann JEFFERY,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 10 Jan 1777  St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bickleigh, nr Plymth, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • From DFHS index (as on FMP, viewed 18 Sep 2012)
    Family ID F5080  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

    Family Eliza STERLING,   b. Abt 1791, Devonport, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1863, Stoke Damerel Reg Dist, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Married 14 Feb 1809  The Parish Church, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • From the PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 Sep 2012):
      In the marriage register, p.92, under the heading '[The Year 1809]'
      [Register Entry] No 365 } John Jeffery Spurrell of this Parish Caulker in the Dock-yard & Eliza Sterling, of this Parish, Spinster were Married in this Church by Banns this Fourteenth Day of February in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Nine By me John Hawker Curate
      This Marriage was solemnized beween Us { John Jeffery Spurrell, Elizabeth Sterling [both signed]
      In the Presence of { Ann Sterling, William Sterling
    Children 18 children 
    Last Modified 15 Apr 2013 
    Family ID F5090  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart