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Title: 1891 census look up please - SPROSTON/SPRASTON, Bury
Post by: minersgranddaughter on Saturday 08 February 14 13:43 GMT (UK)
Hi

I am looking for John Sproston/Spraston, born Middlewich, Cheshire around 1865 (may be listed as Newton, Cheshire).

He should have wife Elizabeth, born 1865, Ashton under Lyne
Possibly one son, Ernest, born Bury 1891.

I am pretty sure he will be in Bury as he was there in 1881 with his widowed mother, Emily Sproston (nee Sims) (born 1846) and his sister, Sarah J (born 1871).

I would also love the 1891 entry for his mother, Emily, but this is not as important.

Many thanks,

Sue
Title: Re: 1891 census look up please - SPROSTON/SPRASTON, Bury
Post by: KGarrad on Saturday 08 February 14 13:51 GMT (UK)
1891:
Class: RG12; Piece: 3140; Folio: 30; Page: 53
2 Brookshaw Street, Bury, Lancashire

Sproston, John  Head  M  26  Assurance Agent  b Middlewich
Sproston, Elizabeth  Wife  F  27  b Ashton-under-Lyne
Sproston, Ernest  Son  M 10 months  b Bury
Title: Re: 1891 census look up please - SPROSTON/SPRASTON, Bury
Post by: minersgranddaughter on Saturday 08 February 14 13:56 GMT (UK)
Perfect - thanks!
Title: Re: 1891 census look up please - SPROSTON/SPRASTON, Bury
Post by: mosiefish on Saturday 08 February 14 15:04 GMT (UK)
I suspect this is Emily on the 1891:

19 Geoffrey Street, Bury
Sarah J Sims, Head, S, 49, Living on her own means, Nottingham Mansfield
Harriet, Mother, Wid, 71, Yorkshire Sheffield
Emily Porter, Sister, Mar, 47, Cotton Winder, Nottingham Pleasley

I can`t find a marriage for her though.

Mo
Title: Re: 1891 census look up please - SPROSTON/SPRASTON, Bury
Post by: minersgranddaughter on Saturday 08 February 14 15:15 GMT (UK)
Thanks Mo- could be "Sproston" mis-transcribed as "Porter".

Happens a lot.
Title: Re: 1891 census look up please - SPROSTON/SPRASTON, Bury
Post by: mosiefish on Saturday 08 February 14 15:17 GMT (UK)
That`s what I was thinking, but then it states Married.  :-\

Mo
Title: Re: 1891 census look up please - SPROSTON/SPRASTON, Bury
Post by: heatherjulie on Saturday 08 February 14 17:02 GMT (UK)
Emily Sproston/ Simms married Owen Doyle in 1876 Bury Register Office or Registrar attended