Robert Milton Spearpoint

Brief Life History of Robert Milton

When Robert Milton Spearpoint was born in 1852, in Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Milton Spearpoint, was 41 and his mother, Harriet Chapman, was 39. He married Emma Fitzgerald in 1876, in Islington, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Battersea, Surrey, England in 1891 and London, England in 1901. He died in 1902, in London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 50, and was buried in Morden, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Robert Milton Spearpoint
1852–1902
Emma Fitzgerald
1848–
Marriage: 1876
Nellie Geraldine Spearpoint
1877–1966
Alice E Spearpoint
1881–
Frances Isabel Spearpoint
1884–
Francis Charles Spearpoint
1889–1975

Sources (13)

  • Robert M Pierpoint, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • Robert Milton Spearpoint, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Robert Milton Spearpoint, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"

World Events (7)

1852 · First Public Lavatory Erected 

George Jenning was the person that invented and gave us the public lavatory. It cost people a penny to use. 

1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

1868 · Abolition of Public Hangings at Newgate

On May 26, 1868 the Capital Punishment Act was put into action. This made it so that public hangings no longer existed at Newgate in London.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Pierpoint with prosthetic S-, influenced by the words spear and point and their relevant relationship.

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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