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Thurza SPURRELL
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Name Thurza SPURRELL Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 25 Jul 1833 Tavistock, Devon, England
- Abt 1833 from 1841 census where shown as aged 7; birthplace from the 1851 census. Actual date from baptism register.
Baptised 8 Aug 1833 Independent Chapel, Brook Street, Tavistock, Devon, England
- From FamilySearch website, indexing project (batch) number: C06398-1;
source film number: 590695.
Spurrell, Thirza, parents Samuel and Esther.
Gender Female Occupation 1851 Tavistock, Devon, England
Boot binder - Living with her widowed father, a shoe maker.
Died Dec Q 1862 Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England
- GRO ref: Penaluna, Thirza, q4 1862 Plymouth RD 5b 170; GRO online index shows age at death as 29
Buried 28 Dec 1862 Ford Park Cemetery, Plymouth, Devon, England
- From transcriptions of Ford Park Cemetery burials, by the Devon FHS, on FMP
Shows Thirza Penaluna, aged 29, abode Bilbury Street Plymouth, Charles Parish (Common grave)
Siblings4 brothers and 2 sisters
Half-siblings1 half brother and 3 half sisters (family of Samuel SPURRELL and Mary Ann Martin CUDLIPP) Patriarch & Matriarch
William SPURRELL, b. Est 1690, d. Yes, date unknown (3 x Great Grandfather)
Ester MOON, b. Abt 1811, not Devon, England
, d. Sep Q 1846, Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England
(Age ~ 35 years) (Mother) 
Notes - (Research):I can't find a Th(i/u)rza Dawe or Peneluna to match in any of the censuses from 1871 on.
There was, though, the death of a Thirza Penaluna recorded in Plymouth RD in 1861, so I think Thurza married Alexander Peneluna, and died the following year.
Person ID I10779 All Last Modified 26 Nov 2018
Father Samuel SPURRELL, bap. 15 Mar 1812, Walkhampton Church, Walkhampton, Devon, England
, d. Mar Q 1883, Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England
(Age ~ 70 years)
Other Partners: Elizabeth BALL m. Sep Q 1852; Mary Ann Martin CUDLIPP m. Sep Q 1860Mother Ester MOON, b. Abt 1811, not Devon, England
, d. Sep Q 1846, Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England
(Age ~ 35 years) Married 21 Jun 1832 East Stonehouse, Devon, England
- From DFHS index, not seen PR entry
Family ID F5031 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Alexander PENELUNA, b. Abt 1833, d. Yes, date unknown
Other Partners: Mary Ann SEARLE m. 14 Mar 1863Married Dec Q 1861 Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England
- GRO ref: Spurrell, Thirza to ?, q4 1861 Tavistock RD 5b 671
(others on page: Dawe, William; Peneluna, ALexander; Stephens, Elizabeth)
Last Modified 29 Aug 2012 Family ID F5039 Family Group Page | Family Chart


