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Henry Francis Pengelly SPRY

Henry Francis Pengelly SPRY

Male 1827 - 1888  (~ 60 years)    Has 32 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Henry Francis Pengelly SPRY 
    Relationshipwith Teresa Ann GOATHAM
    Baptised 1 Jan 1827  St. Peter’s Church, Peter Tavy, 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 in members' section of DFHS website, viewed 28 May 2016)
      "Jan the 1st 1827., Henry Pengelly, parents Thos. & Mary Bultell SPRY, abdoe Sortridge, father's occupation: Farmer, ceremony performed by: W Macbean"
    Gender Male 
    Education 1841  St. Aubyn 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 
    Schooling 
    • At the time of the census Henry and his brother John were two of five pupils living in the home of schoolmaster John Jonas and his family (wife and 7 children). Also present was one live in servant.
    Residence 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 
    • According to his marriage certificate
    Residence 1861  Bedford Cottage, Peter Tavy, 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 Henry and Mary and their daughters Mary and Amy were living in a 'cottage' with two house servants and a groom. Bedford Cottage was listed immediately before Sortridge House, presumably it was near the latter.
    Residence 1871  Sortridge House, nr Horrabridge, Peter Tavy, 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 
    • Sometime between 1861 and 1871, possibly when Henry's mother died in 1865, Henry and his family moved into Sortridge House.
      At the time of the 1871 Henry and his wife Mary had with them daughters Mary and Amy, son Francis, a governess and two domestic servants.
    Died Dec Q 1888  Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, 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 
    Cause: Fit of apoplexy 
    • GRO ref: Spry, Henry Francis P q4 1888 aged 60 Tavistock RD 5b 248
      Died while attending the opening of a new school in Horrabridge.
    Buried 20 Oct 1888  St. Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch, 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 28 May 2016)
      "Henry Francis Pengelly Spry No. 94, abode Whitchurch, buried October 20th, aged 60 years, ceremony performed by S W Featherstone Vicar & W. A. G. Gray, Vicar of Meavy."
    Obituary 23 Oct 1888 
    Western Morning News 
    • Describes the descent of Sortridge down the family from Judge John Glanville and Alice née Skirrett to Henry.
    Siblings 1 brother 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Thomas SPRY,   b. Abt 1780, Whitchurch, 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. Between 1851 and 1861  (Age ~ 71 years)  (Father) 
    Sarah LEE,   b. Abt 1762,   d. Mar Q 1847, Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, 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)  (Grandmother) 
    Person ID I21633  All
    Last Modified 28 May 2016 

    Father Thomas SPRY,   b. Abt 1780, Whitchurch, 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. Between 1851 and 1861  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Mary Bulteel PENGELLY,   bap. 14 May 1791, St. Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch, 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. Mar Q 1869, Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, 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 ~ 77 years) 
    Married 6 Sep 1817  St. Peter’s Church, Peter Tavy, 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
    Family ID F8553  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann Toop MONK,   b. Abt 1830,   d. Mar Q 1898, Windsor Reg Dist, Berkshire, 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 ~ 68 years) 
    Married 16 Apr 1856  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 28 May 2016)
      Shows Henry Francis Pengelly Spry, aged 28, Bachelor, Gentleman, resident Stoke Damerel, father Thomas Spry, Gentleman married
      Mary Ann Toop Monk, aged 25, Spinster, resident Tavistock, father William Monk, Auctioneer.
      Married by License, by Wm Gilbard, both Henry and Mary Signed, witnesses Grace Alger and George Strange, both made their mark.

      GRO ref: SPRY, Henry Francis Pengelly to MONK, Mary Ann Toop q2 1856 Stoke Damerel RD 5b 539
    Children 4 children 
    Last Modified 28 May 2016 
    Family ID F8554  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart