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George SPURRELL
1825 - 1895 (~ 75 years)
Has 15 ancestors and 29 descendants in this family tree.
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Name George SPURRELL Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Between 1820 and 1825 Devonport, Devon, England 
- Probably about 1823, from ages given on census and at 2nd marriage
(28 on 1851 census, 32 when remarried in 1853, 37 in 1861 census, 48 in 1871, 59 in 1881, 70 when died in 1895)
Baptism not found but George shown as son of John Spurrell, caulker at time of both marriages.
Gender Male Occupation From 1848 to 1861 H. M. Dockyard, Devonport, Devon, England Caulker - Caulker when he married in 1848 and 1853 and when his sons were baptised in 1854.
Caulker in H.M. Dockyard in 1851 census, shipwright in 1861, pensioner (caulker) in 1871, Naval pensioner in 1881.
Residence 1853 No. 4, Holman’s Buildings, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England - At the time of his 2nd marriage
Died Jun Q 1895 Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England - GRO ref: SPURRELL, George q2 1895, aged 70 Plymouth RD 5b 201
Siblings11 brothers and 6 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
William SPURRELL, b. Est 1690, d. Yes, date unknown (2 x Great Grandfather)
Eliza STERLING, b. Abt 1791, Devonport, Devon, England, d. 25 Feb 1863, Stoke Damerel Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 72 years) (Mother) Notes - (Research):As well as the 5 children with George in 1861, another, aged 23, Mary A Spurrell is shown as his daughter in the 1871 census. Born around the same time as son Henry George it seems unlikely she was his twin, since she wasn't baptised at the same time. All 3 of George's wives were widows when he married them, which confuses the picture.
Since Eliza would seem to be the mother of Henry George, and a son of the 2nd Mary Ann was shown as a Murch, I think Mary A was probably a daughter of George's 2nd wife, the 1st Mary Ann.
Person ID I12459 All Last Modified 8 Dec 2021
Father John Jeffery SPURRELL, bap. 30 Jan 1789, The Parish Church, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England , d. 24 Jul 1852, Stoke Damerel Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 63 years) Mother 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
Family ID F5090 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Eliza KINSMAN, b. Abt 1813, d. Dec Q 1850, Stoke Damerel Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 37 years)
Other Partners: TREWARTHAMarried 1 Apr 1848 The Parish Church, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 2 Mar 2013)
Besides George Henry and Henry George 3 other children were with George at the time of the 1851 census, shown as his: Selina, aged 10, Josiah, aged 9 and Jane, aged 7. Were they really his? - Eliza was a widow when she married him and he was probably only aged about 18 in 1841. It seems to me probable that these were Eliza's children from her first marriage that George had 'adopted'.
All were shown as born Devonport, but quick searches for them as Spurrells, Kinsman or Trewarthas in FreeBMD or the baptisms etc. on FMP (as at 2 Mar 2013) have failed to show up any births, baptisms, marriages or deaths, despite the fairly distinctive names of Selina and Josiah.
Children2 children Last Modified 8 Dec 2021 Family ID F5521 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Mary Ann COUSINS, b. Abt 1813, Teignmouth, Devon, England , d. Sep Q 1861, Stoke Damerel Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 48 years)
Other Partners: George BLAKE m. 23 Mar 1830Married 14 Jul 1853 The Parish Church, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 2 Mar 2013)
Shows George Spurrell, aged 32, widower, caulker, resident at No 4 Holman's Buildings, father John Spurrell, Culker
married
Mary Ann Blake, aged 40, widow, no occupation given, resident 2 Pym Street, father John Cousins, Captain of Merchant Ship.
Married after Banns by Wm Gilberd.
Both signed, witnesses Jo Cranhc(?) (signed) and Grace Alger (made her mark)
Last Modified 30 Aug 2016 Family ID F5525 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 3 Mary Ann MURCH, b. Between 1821 and 1823, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England , d. Yes, date unknown Married Mar Q 1862 Stoke Damerel Reg Dist, Devon, England - GRO ref: Spurrell, George TO Murch, Mary Ann q1 1862 Stoke D RD 5b 604
(The other bride on the page was a Maria Ann JANE and Jane is a common surname in Cornwall, Murch in Devon. Since censuses show that Mary Ann was born in Linkinhorne in Cornwall it seemed likely therefore that George married Mary Ann Jane - but with George and Mary Ann in the 1871 census is a 'son' John H. Murch)
Last Modified 2 Mar 2013 Family ID F5527 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Probably about 1823, from ages given on census and at 2nd marriage