Robert Spraggon

Brief Life History of Robert

When Robert Spraggon was born in 1770, in Ogle, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Spraggon, was 39 and his mother, Eleanor Stoker, was 28. He married Frances Spraggon on 24 November 1822, in Morpeth, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom. He died on 16 August 1848, in Sunderland, Durham, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 78, and was buried in Monkwearmouth, Durham, England, United Kingdom.

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Robert Spraggon
1770–1848
Frances Spraggon
1789–1861
Marriage: 24 November 1822

Sources (13)

  • Robert Spraggon, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Robert, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Robert Spraggon, "England, Durham Diocese, Marriage Bonds & Allegations, 1692-1900"

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1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

Name Meaning

English: relationship name from an unrecorded Middle English personal name * Spragin, * Sprakin, a pet form of Sprag ( see Spragg and Sprake ).

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

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