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John Jeffery SPURRELL
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Name John Jeffery SPURRELL Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 30 Jan 1789 The Parish Church, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
- 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
- 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
- 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
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 31 Oct 2012)
Page:220, Archive Ref:166/93/a
Abode: 7 Ordnance Row, age 64 years
Siblings3 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
, d. 4 Jun 1838, Stoke Damerel Reg Dist, Devon, England
(Age ~ 85 years) Mother Ann JEFFERY, d. Yes, date unknown Married 10 Jan 1777 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bickleigh, nr Plymth, Devon, England
- 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
, d. 25 Feb 1863, Stoke Damerel Reg Dist, Devon, England
(Age ~ 72 years) Married 14 Feb 1809 The Parish Church, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
- 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
Children18 children Last Modified 15 Apr 2013 Family ID F5090 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 Sep 2012, archive ref: 166/7/a, p.118):



