Sprake Families of Netherbury, Dorset: A collection of family trees and historical references

SPRAKE Families of Netherbury, Dorset
A collection of family trees and historical references

This page was created 23 April 2005 and last updated 10 September 2012

This page contains the references to the Sprake surname I can find in Netherbury, Dorset (and surrounding areas) where my great great grandmother Amelia Sprake was born. Amelia moved to Somerset and married Thomas Perry in 1855 and their family tree is on the Sprake Family of Netherbury, Dorset: The family tree of Samuel Sprake & Betty Cook. Three of their grandchildren, brothers Hubert Andrews Perry, Frank Andrews Perry and Cecil Andrews Perry emigrated to Sydney, Australia - Marcel Safier, Brisbane, Australia.

Census	No. of Sprake entries
1871 Channel Islands Census	3	223
1871 England Census	219
1871 Wales Census	1
1871 Census	70	birthplace Dorset
	28	birthplace Somerset
	32	birthplace Hampshire
	10	birthplace Devon
1881 Channel Islands Census	5	269
1881 England Census	253
1881 Wales Census	11
1881 Census	82	birthplace Dorset
	29	birthplace Somerset
	56	birthplace Hampshire
	11	birthplace Devon
1891 Channel Islands Census	5	334
1891 England Census	309
1891 Wales Census	20
1891 Census	92	birthplace Dorset
	30	birthplace Somerset
	7	birthplace Hampshire
	28	birthplace Devon
1901 Channel Islands Census	2	365
1901 England Census	329
1901 Wales Census	34
1901 Census	80	birthplace Dorset
	34	birthplace Somerset
	28	birthplace Hampshire
	7	birthplace Devon
1911 England Census	395	438
1911 Wales Census	43	438
1911 Census	77	birthplace Dorset
	38	birthplace Somerset
	45	birthplace Hampshire
	4	birthplace Devon


NETHERBURY BURIALS 1813-1857 from Parish Registers
Year	Date	Surname	Forename	Age at death	Approx. year of birth	Abode and/or Comments
1813	21 Apr	SPRAKE	Mary	Infant	1812	Netherbury 1 year and 1 quarter
1818	27 Jun	SPRAKE	Thomas	32	1786	Netherbury
1819	8 Oct	SPRAKE	Stephan	73	1746	Netherbury
1820	18 Oct	SPRAKE	Mary	80	1740	Netherbury
1822	21 Jun	SPRAKE	Ann	90	1732	Netherbury
1828	21 Feb	SPRAKE	Sarah	19	1809	Netherbury
1828	22 Sep	SPRAKE	Samuel	84	1744	Netherbury
1829	4 Jun	SPRAKE	Caroline	Infant	1828	Netherbury
1829	11 Sep	SPRAKE	Jane	65	1764	Netherbury
1830	3 Jan	SPRAKE	David	84	1746	Netherbury
1832	28 Sep	SPRAKE	Stephan	60	1772	Netherbury
1832	30 Sep	SPRAKE	Thomas	22	1810	Stoke Abbot
1834	1 Mar	SPRAKE	Mary	53	1781	Netherbury
1835	18 Oct	SPRAKE	Robert	58	1777	Netherbury
1838	10 Oct	SPRAKE	Susanna	65	1773	Netherbury
1846	17 Apr	SPRAKE	Eliza	27	1819	Netherbury
1850	19 Oct	SPRAKE	John	66	1784	Union
Extracted from Dorset Parish Registers from transcriptions by Yvonne Fulcher


NETHERBURY BAPTISMS 1813-1871 from Parish Registers
Year	Date	Surname	Forename	Father	Mother	Abode	Father's Occupation	Comments
1813	10 Oct	SPRAKE	John	John	Susanna	Netherbury	Labourer	.
1814	3 Jul	SPRAKE	Elizabeth	Stephan	Sarah	Netherbury	Labourer	.
1816	26 May	SPRAKE	Elizabeth	John	Susanna	Netherbury	Labourer	.
1816	21 Oct	SPRAKE	Samuel	Samuel	Betty	Netherbury	Labourer	Aged 19 years
1817	1 Jun	SPRAKE	Thomas	Stephan	Sarah	Netherbury	Labourer	.
1820	30 Jul	SPRAKE	John	Stephan	Sarah	Netherbury	Labourer	.
1822	24 Nov	SPRAKE	Jane	Stephan	Sarah	Netherbury	Labourer	.
1825	3 Jul	SPRAKE	Hannah	Stephan	Sarah	Netherbury	Labourer	.
1826	26 Nov	SPRAKE	William	Samuel	Elizabeth	Netherbury	Labourer	.
1828	6 Jan	SPRAKE	Thomas	Samuel	Elizabeth	Netherbury	Labourer	.
1829	25 Oct	SPRAKE	George	Samuel	Elizabeth	Netherbury	Labourer	.
1831	14 Aug	SPRAKE	Stephan	Samuel	Betty	Netherbury	Labourer	.
1832	29 Jul	SPRAKE	John	Samuel	Elizabeth	Netherbury	Labourer	.
1835	19 Jul	SPRAKE	Alfred	Samuel	Elizabeth	Netherbury	Labourer	.
1838	5 Aug	SPRAKE	Thomas	John	Mary	Netherbury	Labourer	.
1841	21 Feb	SPRAKE	Francis	John	Mary	Netherbury	Labourer	.
1843	29 Jan	SPRAKE	John	.	Elizabeth	Netherbury	.	.
1844	15 Sep	SPRAKE	Martha Jane	Thomas	Eliza	Netherbury	.	.
1848	6 Feb	SPRAKE	Sarah Rosetta	Thomas	Mary Ann	Netherbury	Labourer	.
1854	12 Feb	SPRAKE	John	Thomas	Eliza	Netherbury	Labourer	.
1855	10 Feb	SPRAKE	Mary	Thomas	Eliza	Netherbury	Labourer	.
1858	4 Jul	SPRAKE	George	Thomas	Eliza	Whitecross	Labourer	.
1860	13 May	SPRAKE	Martha	Thomas	Eliza	Whitecross	Labourer	.
1860	9 Dec	SPRAKE	Alfred James	John	Eliza	Solway Ash	Labourer	.
1862	12 Oct	SPRAKE	Harriet	Thomas	Eliza	Whitecross	Labourer	.
1865	23 Jul	SPRAKE	Emma Mary Annie	Charles	Eliza	Solway Ash	Labourer	.
1866	3 May	SPRAKE	Samuel George	Thomas	Eliza	Whitecross	Labourer	.
Extracted from Dorset Parish Registers from transcriptions by Yvonne Fulcher

NETHERBURY MARRIAGES 1813-1839 from Parish Registers
Year	Date	GROOM SURNAME	Forename	Status	BRIDE'S SURNAME	Forename	Residence	Witnesses	Comment
1827	19-Sep	SPRAKE	Samuel	.	WILLIAMS	Elizabeth	Netherbury	Ann Williams and Arthur Gerard	By Banns
1833	26-May	SPRAKE	William	Widower	DIMENT	Elizabeth	Netherbury	William Eames	By Banns
1837	13-Apr	SPRAKE	John	.	WALDRON	Mary	Netherbury	Robert Hellyer and Richard Tolley	By Banns
1815	16-Oct	HANSFORD	Edward	.	SPRAKE	Ann	Netherbury	Mary Way and Richard Tolley	By Banns
1819	25-Aug	BARRATT	Thomas	.	SPRAKE	Ann	Netherbury	Francis Gillha and Martha Tolley	By Banns
1837	11-Oct	TUCKER	Thomas	.	SPRAKE	Eleanor	Netherbury	Edward Green and Louisa Sprake	By Licence
1839	5-Nov	WILLMOTT	Henry	.	SPRAKE	Louisa	Netherbury	William Sprake and Mary Sprake	By Banns
Extracted from Dorset Parish Registers from transcriptions by Yvonne Fulcher

Full transcriptions of the 1871-1901 censuses will slowly be added

CENSUS 1871 Census Place: Ilminster, Dorset; Ref RG10/2403 p.6
	Rel	Marr	Age	Sex	Occ	Birthplace
Alfred SPRAKE	head	mar	36	M	Assistant Baker	Netherbury, Dorset
Anna Maria SPRAKE	wife	mar	35	F	Dressmaker	Fluish, Yeovil, Somerset
Maria DAVEY	mother in law	widow	73	F	Formerly School Mistress	Ilminster, Somerset
Eliza C. DAVEY	sister in law	unm	29	F	Milliner	Fluish Langport, Somerset

NETHERBURY SPRAKE Family Trees
1. SAMUEL SPRAKE, b. 1806, d. 1875 in Beaminster, Dorset. He married 19 SEP 1827 in Netherbury, Dorset, ELIZABETH WILLIAMS, b. 1806 in Beaminster, Dorset, d. 1895 in Beaminster. Dorset.
    Children:
    2. i THOMAS SPRAKE.
    3. ii GEORGE SPRAKE.
      iii STEPHAN SPRAKE, baptized 14 AUG 1831 in Netherbury, Dorset.
      iv JOHN SPRAKE, baptized 29 JUL 1832 in Netherbury, Dorset.
      v ALFRED SPRAKE, baptized 19 JUL 1835 in Netherbury, Dorset. He married 1871 in Chard, Somerset, ANNA MARIA DAVEY, b. 1836 in Somerset, occupation Dressmaker.
      vi WILLIAM SPRAKE, baptized 26 NOV 1836 in Netherbury, Dorset.

Second Generation

2. THOMAS SPRAKE, baptized 6 JAN 1828 in Netherbury, Dorset, occupation Hurdle Maker. He married ELIZA.
    Children:
    4. i JOHN SPRAKE.
      ii MARY SPRAKE, baptized 10 FEB 1855 in Netherbury, Dorset.
      iii GEORGE SPRAKE, baptized 4 JUL 1858 in Whitecross, Netherbury, Dorset.
      iv MARTHA SPRAKE, baptized 13 MAY 1860 in Whitecross, Netherbury, Dorset.
      v HARRIET SPRAKE, baptized 12 OCT 1862 in Whitecross, Netherbury, Dorset.
    5. vi SAMUEL GEORGE SPRAKE.

3. GEORGE SPRAKE, baptized 25 OCT 1829 in Netherbury, Dorset, occupation Tailor. He married MARY ANN JEAN unknown, b. 1830 in Worcerster, Worcester, occupation Tailoress.
    Children:
      i ELIZABETH L. SPRAKE, b. 1857 in Burton Bradstock, Dorset.
      ii JOHN SAMUEL SPRAKE, b. 1860 in Burton Bradstock, Dorset.
      iii ELLEN BRAGG SPRAKE, b. 1861 in Burton Bradstock, Dorset.
      iv JOSEPH G. B. SPRAKE, b. 1864 in Burton Bradock, Dorset.
      v HUMPHREY JEANS SPRAKE, b. 1865 in Burton Bradstock, Dorset. He married 1885 in Wangford, Suffolk, HARRIET REEVE.
      vi SARAH ANN BRAGG SPRAKE, b. 1868 in Dorset.

Third Generation

4. JOHN SPRAKE, baptized 12 FEB 1854 in Netherbury, Dorset, occupation Shepherd. He married 1881 in Beaminster district, Dorset, SARAH JANE BROWN.
    Children:
      i FLORENCE MARY L. SPRAKE, b. 1894 in Burton Bradstock, Dorset.
      ii ALMA JANE SPRAKE, b. 1883 in Pricket St. Thomas, Somerset. She married 1908 in Bridport district, Dorset, unknown.

5. SAMUEL GEORGE SPRAKE, baptized 3 MAY 1866 in Whitecross, Netherbury, Dorset. He married LOTTIE LOUISA, b. 1867 in Maiden Newton, Dorset.
    Children:
      i MAUDE ELIZA SPRAKE, b. 1889 in Beaminster, Dorset.
      ii ALICE LOUISA SPRAKE, b. 1891 in Beaminster, Dorset.

Compiled from the IGI, Parish Register indexes and the Dorset censuses for 1871-1901.

1. Thomas SPRAKE was born c.1818 in Netherbury, Dorset, England. He married Mary. She was born c.1811 in Netherbury, Dorset, England.

Child of Thomas SPRAKE and Mary is:
2 i. Rossetta Sarah SPRAKE was born <31 MAR 1848 in Netherbury, Dorset, England.

Second Generation

2. Rossetta Sarah SPRAKE was born <31 MAR 1848 in Netherbury, Dorset, England. She married Samuel John GUPPY <30 JUN 1867 in Beaminster, Dorset, England, son of William GUPPY and Julia. He was born c.1842 in Netherbury, Dorset, England, and died <31 MAR 1874 in Alderbury, Wiltshire, England. She married Henry John MORRIS <31 MAR 1877 in Dorchester, Dorset, England. He was born c.1855 in Netherbury, Dorset, England.

Children of Rossetta Sarah SPRAKE and Samuel John GUPPY are:
3   i. Marion Elizabeth GUPPY was born ABT 1868 in Netherbury, Dorset, England. She married Herbert SAMWAYS B<31 DEC 1890 in Bridport, Dorset, England. He was born ABT 1860 in Loders, Dorset, England.
4   ii. Arthur Sprake GUPPY was born BEF 27 FEB 1870 in Southampton, Hampshire, England.
5   iii. Christina Jane GUPPY was born BEF 30 SEP 1872 in Netherbury, Dorset, England.
6   iv. Samuel John GUPPY was born BEF 30 SEP 1874 in Netherbury, Dorset, England.

Child of Rossetta Sarah SPRAKE and Henry John MORRIS is:
7 i. Alice "Maud" MORRIS was born ABT 1877 in Netherbury, Dorset, England.

Taken from the Don Ross & Jeanne (Guppy) Ross Family Tree

Beaminster

MARRIAGES 1837 - 1857 Transcribed from parish registers by Zoe Martin - [x] indicates they made their mark

Date; Name; Name; Age; Condition; Occupation; Residence; Father Name Occupation;

1838; 16th January; Charles; HELLIER; Full Age; Batchelor; Dairyman; Stoke Water; Father: Henry HELLIER Dairyman; & Amelia; SPRAKE; Full Age; Spinster; Clay Lane; Father: Stephen SPRAKE Farmer; Banns; Winesses Henry HELLIER Ann SPRAKE.

1843, January 10th, David, KEECH, Full age, Batchelor, Marble Mason, St Mary Well Street, Father: Joseph KEECH Labourer, &, Ann, SPRAKE, Full age, Spinster, Half Acre, Father: Stephen SPRAKE Farmer, Witnesses, Edwin, ALLEN, Elizabeth, SPRAKE, by Banns.

1843, May 30th, Emanuel, LEGG [x], Full age, Batchelor, Labourer, St Mary Well Street, Father: James LEGG Carter, &, Maria, SPRAKE [x], Full age, Spinster, St Mary Well Street, Father: Thomas SPRAKE Labourer, Witnesses, William, WOOL?VI?, Elizabeth, SPRAKE, by Banns

1845, March 10th, Edwin, ALLEN, Full age, Batchelor, Hairdresser, North Street, Father: Abner ALLEN Servant &, Elizabeth, SPRAKE, Full age, Spinster, Clay Lane, Father: Stephen SPRAKE Farmer, Witnesses, David, KEECH, Joanne/a, KEECH, by Banns

1852, September 30th, George, SPRAKE [x], Full age, Batchelor, Tailor, Beaminster, Samuel SPRAKE Labourer & Louisa, BRAGG, Full age, Spinster, , Beaminster, John BRAGG Carpenter, Banns, Witnesses Thomas RUSSELL Mary Ann Jane BRAGG

1854; December 6th; Peter; HANCE; 35; Batchelor; Book Seller; Beaminster; Father: Robert HANCE Builder; & Jane; SPRAKE; 32; Spinster; ; Beaminster; Father: Henry SPRAKE Farmer; by licence; Witnesses: John SPRAKE Jane Sarah KIDDLE

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