SPURLING Family South Australia

[deeiluka]

Someone I know purchased a number of old post cards from the very early 1900s for her collection. As they have writing on the backs of them, I knew I could possibly trace the family who had written them to each other, so I asked and was allowed to scan them. I thought there may be a descendant who would love to have at least the scans.

I have managed to put together some history of the family, and am posting this thread in the hope that a descendant of the family will come across it and reply.

I have names and addresses from the backs of the postcards, and given names from the greetings written on them. Given names included Elsie, Clara, Lottie, Will, Sid, Frank, Nellie, Bill, John, & Dorie.

Places mentioned are Nantawarra, Whitwarda/Witwarta, Beaufort via Port Wakefield, & Purnong/Pernong Landing.

[deeiluka]

Using this information led me to the following …..

William SPURLING & Charlotte Emma Augusta DOHSE had the following children….

In Victoria…..

William Alfred SPURLING born WARR in 1893
Ref = 8289

Elsie Margt SPURLING born WBEAL in 1894
Ref =  33712

In South Australia

Irene Lucy SPURLING born 27th May 1896 at Red Hill
Ref =  Dal 586/329

Sydney Mervyn SPURLING born 17th May 1898 at Beaufort
Ref = Gil 622/466

Francis Clifford SPURLING born 6th February 1900 at Beaufort
Ref = Gil 653/460

Amy Silvia SPURLING born 9th May 1902 at Beaufort
Ref = Gil  694/439

Gustav Lindsey Vincent SPURLING born 3 March 1903 at Beaufort
Ref = Gil 718/123

Ivy Doris May SPURLING born 10th Sep 1906 at Beaufort
Ref = Gil 772/72

[deeiluka]

Marriage of the parents….

William SPURLING aged 25 and single married Charlotte Emma Augusta DOHSE aged 21 and single on 20th November 1892 at the residence of Patrick Baker, Goyder.
Fathers = Joshua SPURLING & Julius Henry DOHSE
Ref = Gil 173/622

From BISA…..

William SPURLING
Parents = Joshua and Mgt nee HALLION
Born  10th February 1867 at Reeves Plains, SA
Died 5th September 1945 at Murray Bridge SA
Resided at  Murray Bridge
Married Charlotte Augta Emma nee DOHSE on 20th November 1892 at Goyder SA Her parents = Julius Heinrich Christian and Ja Sophia Dorothea nee LANGE
Born 1st August 1871 at Pt Wakefield SA
Died 25th August 1967 at Murray Bridge SA
Children = 
Wm Alfred 1893
Elsie 1896-
Irene
Sidney
Francis Clifford
Annie 1902-
Gustav 1903-
Ivy 1906-

[deeiluka]

William’s birth, and those of his siblings, to Joshua SPURLING & Margaret HALLION…..

Charles Edwin SPURLING born 11th November 1861 at Port Gawler
Ref = Ade A 20/225

Alfred SPURLING born 17th February 1864 at Reeves Plains
Ref = PtG  30/89

Joshua SPURLING born 20th March 1866 at Reeves Plain
Ref = PtG  42/274

Joshua SPURLING born 12th April 1869 at Reeves Plains
Ref = PtG  73/193

Margaret Marcella SPURLING born 7th October 1871 at Reeves Plains
Ref = Bar  100/287

Mary Jane SPURLING born 26th May 1874 at Grace Plains
Ref = Bar 136/212

Lucy Anna SPURLING born 2nd March 1876 at Grace Plains
Ref = Gil 162/500

[deeiluka]

Marriage of Joshua and Margaret….

Josuah SPURLING aged 21 and single married Margaret HALLION aged 22 and single on 25th July 1858 at St Augustines, Salisbury.
Fathers = William SPURLING & John HALLION
Ref = Ade 35/152

From Bisa….

Joshua SPURLING
Parents = Wm and Lucy nee Wood
Born 1841 Banham NFK ENG
Died 21st January 1901 at Kadina SA
Arrived in 1853 on board the SHACKAMAXON
Occupation = Farmer
Resided at Nantawarra , Matta Flat
Married Margaret nee HALLION on 25th July 1858 at Salisbury, SA
Her parents = John and Marcella
Born 1837 in Kildare, Kid IRL
Died 6th June 1895 at Pt Wakefield, SA
Children =
John Michl  1860-1927
Henry Alfred -1912,
Chas Edwin 1861-1922
Wm 1867-1945
Joshua Geo 1870-1933
Mgt Marcella ORMSBY 1871-1934
Mary Jane 1874-1968
Lucy Anna 1875-1956

[deeiluka]

Joshua Spurling travelled to South Australia on the Shackamaxon with his parents William and Lucy Spurling, and younger brothers William, Samuel and James. Luckily they all survived the voyage, as the Shackamaxon, which left Liverpool on 4 October 1852 with 696 migrants for Port Adelaide, lost 65 people, mostly children through scarlet fever.
In 1841 William was an agricultural labourer in Banham, Norfolk. Wife Lucy and children Mary Ann, Anna, Robert and 9 month old Joshua are with them.

By 1851 William, Lucy, Joshua, William and Samuel and 3 year old John Spurling are paupers in the Guiltcross Union Workhouse. 13 year old Robert is with his 19 year old sister Mary Ann and her 11 month old son Jacob in Banham. Robert is working as an Ag. Lab. At some stage it appears he migrated to South Australia as well.

Deaths of William and Lucy….
William SPURLING aged 96 of Beaufort died on 12th July 1895 at Beaufort.
Ref = Gil  228/58

Lucy SPURLING aged 88 and married of Golden Grove died on 24th September 1888 at Golden Grove.
Ref = Hig  173/415
Relative is listed as Robert SPURLING and given as husband, but I think this is Lucy and William’s son Robert.  I haven't as yet found his arrival in South Australia.


So if anyone finds this thread, and is interested in the scans of the post cards, please reply. I’d be happy to let you have them. One appears to have been written by William Alfred Spurling, son of William and Charlotte Dohse. He died in WW1.


Dee   

[saphsmax]

Hi Dee
This is our family.... I have the whole family tree and knew a few of these people - all gone now. Don't know how the postcards were sold off.  Many thanks for your interest in chasing this up. Love to hear from you because some in the family would really treasure them.
Max

[deeiluka]

Hi Max.

Glad you came across the thread, and welcome to RootsChat!

As I said, I don't have the actual post cards, as I wasn't the purchaser, but I would certainly love to let you have a copy of the scans I made. However, each scan is over 1mb and there are about 50 scans, so emailing them could be quite a task.

There are two possibilities.....I could reduce the size of each image and then email them to you in groups......or I would be prepared to burn them to a disk and send them to you by snail mail. Just let me know which you'd prefer, but don't put your personal information re email address of home address on this thread, as it is not permitted. You'll need to send me that information in a Personal Message.

Let me know on this thread if you have any problems with the personal message system, and I'll reply as soon as I'm able. At present I have limited internet access so it could take a little time.


Dee.....who's very happy to hear from you.     

[saphsmax]

Hi Dee
Many thanks for your quick response.  Only problem is I don't yet know how to access the personal message system. I will try and work that out. Still learning (big time!).
Max