Website in the process of being upgraded - full menu should be back on all pages soon.
Full menu can be viewed here.


Home Search  
Share Print Bookmark
Thomas SPURRELL

Thomas SPURRELL

Male 1802 - 1877  (74 years)    Has 13 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.


 Set As Default Person    

Personal Information    |    Sources    |    Event Map    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Thomas SPURRELL 
    Relationshipwith Teresa Ann GOATHAM
    Born 9 Sep 1802 
    • From baptism entry
    Baptised 19 Sep 1802  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 30 Oct 2012)
      Under heading "1802 Baptisms" - "[September] 19[th]. Thomas, Son of Matthew & Catherine Spurrell Born 9th. Septembr. 1802" (text in [] at top of column)
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1826 
    Grocer 
    • When his dau Amelia was bapt (acc to DFHS index)
    Occupation 1836 
    Labourer 
    • When his dau Sophia was bapt
    Residence 1841  Mount Street, 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 
    • With his wife and 4 daughters (Amelia, Mary, Sophia and Elizabeth)
    Occupation From 1841 to 1856  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 
    Policeman 
    • "Police Constable" - 1841 census
      "Policeman" - dau Amelia's marr cert in 1844
      "Sergeant of Police in Dock-yard" - 1851 census
      "Sergt. Dockyard Police" - dau Sophia's marr cert in 1856
      Late "Inspector of Police H M Dockyard Devonport" - gravestone
    Residence 1851  5, Princess Street Ope, 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 
    • With his wife and daus Sophia, Eliza and Fanny
      Two Police Constables in the Dockyard were lodgers with the family
    Died 6 Jun 1877 
    • From probate calendar.
      GRO ref: SPURRELL, Thomas aged 74 q2 1877 Stoke D. RD 5b 242
      Different date on PWDRO transcript of gravestone - I suspect this transcript is wrong (26 March - wife's date, year 1870 - but he died after her and she died 1876)
    Probate 2 Jul 1877 
    • Spurrell Thomas.
      2 July. The Will of Thomas Spurrell late of Morice Town Devonport in the County of Devon Superannuated Inspector of Police in Her Majesty's Devonport Dockyard who died 6 June 1877 at Pym-street Morice Town was proved at Exeter by John Lishmund of 3 South-Warren-street Morice Town Shipwright the sole Executor.

      Effects under £800.
    Buried Stoke Damerel burial ground, Milehouse, Plymouth, 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  [1] 
    • I'm not clear about where Thomas and his wife were buried - the burials were after the Milehouse burial ground began to be used, but the photo on the PWDRO site is dated 2009 not 1969
    Siblings 5 brothers and 2 sisters 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    William SPURRELL,   b. Est 1690,   d. Yes, date unknown  (Great Grandfather) 
    Catherine BUCKLEY,   b. Abt 1768,   d. Mar Q 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 ~ 70 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I11497  All
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2015 

    Father Matthew SPURRELL,   bap. 31 Oct 1754, 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. 25 Nov 1823, Clowance Street, 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  (Age ~ 69 years)
    Other Partners: Thomasin BRADFORD  m. 11 Nov 1786  
    Mother Catherine BUCKLEY,   b. Abt 1768,   d. Mar Q 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 ~ 70 years) 
    Married 22 Feb 1792  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 
    • Most Stoke Damerel records I have from what is on FMP. For some reason they don't have the vast majority of baptisms for that Parish, 1791-1800; hence I think I am missing several of Matthew and Catherine's children.
    Family ID F5040  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Jemima BEER,   b. Abt 1802,   d. 26 Mar 1876, 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 ~ 74 years) 
    Married 3 Apr 1826  St. George’s Church, East Stonehouse, 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 of PR entries (on FMP, viewed 16 Apr 2013)
    Children 6 children 
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2013 
    Family ID F5249  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map Click to hide
    Link to Google MapsBaptised - 19 Sep 1802 - 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 Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 Apr 1826 - St. George’s Church, East Stonehouse, 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 Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsChild - Sophia Elizabeth SPURRELL - 12 Jun 1836 - 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 Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsChild - Eliza SPURRELL - Abt Sep 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 Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1841 - Mount Street, 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 Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Policeman - From 1841 to 1856 - 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 Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsChild - Fanny SPURRELL - Jun Q 1845 - 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 Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
     = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) 
    Pin Legend Address Church or Cemetery Military service or death Hospital Small location Town / City County, state or province Country Registration District Place of education Court Property Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S120] PWDRO "of the Parish" headstone project, Plymouth and West Devon Record Office, (http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/oftheparish  ), 15 Apr 2013, Entry for the grave of Mary Jemima Spurrell and her husband Thomas (Reliability: 3).

      Catalogue Ref: 3522 /11/29
      Description: Headstone detailing the death of: Mary Jemima Spurrell, wife of Thomas Spurrell, late Inspector of Police, H M Dockyard, 26 March 1876, aged 73 years, also Thomas Spurrell, 26 March 1870, aged 76 years, Stoke Damerel Church burial ground, Plymouth.
      Date: 2009
      Photo on website partly legible