Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Spraggon was christened on 6 September 1776, in Whalton, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Spraggon, was 45 and his mother, Eleanor Stoker, was 34. He died on 16 August 1848, in Monkwearmouth, Durham, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 71.
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- Joseph, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Joseph Spraggon, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Joseph Spraggon, "England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950"
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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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