Robert SPROULE (b. 1815, Ireland) m. Mary Ellen ELLIS (b. abt 1815; d. 9 Jul 1899); they had: Frederick, Thomas, Agnes, Elizabeth (Lizzie), George Washington, Robert, John, James, Mary Ellen, and Sarah Jane

Frederick SPROULE m. Millie Post

Thomas SPROULE

Agnes SPROULE (b. 1837, West Gwillimbury, Canada; d. 1919, Oregon) m. Alfred Andrew Miller (b. August 1815, Scotland), 21 Feb 1862, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada)

Elizabeth (Lizzie) SPROULE m. Charles Shepherd, 1866, Milwaukee, WI; see South Dakota Historical Society


Uncle Charley & Aunt Lizzie (with unknown)
Town of St. Lawrence Hand County, Dakota Territory, June 4, 1886 Census; 9 in the household

"Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shephard and children were the first to reside in Hand County, arriving at the railroad's Siding # 3 in the summer of 1880 where Mr. Shephard had been sent to act as siding master." Chicago, Northwestern Railroad

per 1886 Census, there was nine in the household

George Washington SPROULE (b. 1847; d. Toronto, Ontrio, Canada) 2m. Sarah Ann Weir (b. 1862, Canada), dt. John Weir and Ann Jane Coulter, 17 Sep 1889, Ontario, Toronto, Canada (George was a widower when he married Sarah Ann); they had: Anna May

Anna May SPROULE m. Jack John Graham, 19 Nov 1912, Toronoto

Robert SPROULE (b. 1839, Tecumseth, Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada; d. 1935) m. Eliza Hammell (b. 1844, Tecumseth, Ontario, Canada), dt. Henry Hammell and Mary Armstrong, 23 Sept 1903, Tecumseth, Ontario, Canada; they had: Emma R. and Henrietta

Emma R. SPROULE (b. abt 1877, Canada) m. William Elzer Sloan, 23 Sep 1903, Tecumseth, Ontario, Canada

Henrietta SPROULE (b. abt 1882, Ontario, Canada) 1m. James Gardner (b. 12 Sep 1881), abt 1904); 2m. James C. Brown, 22 Jul 1903, Burlington, Halton Co., York Providence, Ontario, Canada; they had: Cora, Mary, and Marie

Cora Brown m. Harry McCabe; they had: Raymond and Edwin

Maria Brown m. Kervin

Mary Brown m. Stewart McCabe, 1931; they had: Evelyn, John, Irene and Anson

John SPROULE (b. 1840, Tecumseth, Ontario, Canada; d. abt 1912) born on lot 3, concession 8, Tecumseth; at age 21 moved in Bond Head; lived in Bond Head for 2-3 years; moved to Beeton (then known as Clarksville) where he was engaged in milling partnership with his brother, Robert; became a farmer near town; 15 years prior to death he was retired; m. Margaret Nichol (b. Ireland?; d. aft 1912), 1872

James SPROULE (b. 1841 in Northern Ireland; d. bef. 1891, Ontario, Canada) m. Faithful Lockhart (b. 1849, Ireland; d. 28 Jan 1930, Durham, Ontario, Canada), daughter of James Lockhart and Esther Brodie, 16 Dec 1866 in Northumberland and Durham, Ontario, Canada; they had: Sarah, Caroline, Martha, Esther, Mary Selena, William Frederick, Florence May, Norman James and Ethel Regina:

Sarah Elizabeth SPROULE (b. 31 Aug 1866, Darlington Tp, Durham, Ontario, Canada; d. Ontario, Canada) m. Nelson Skelding (b. 29 May 1855, Durham, Ontario, Canada; d. 1938 in Durham, Ontario, Canada), son of William Skelding and Rhoda Boyce, 21 Feb 1888 in Clarke Tp, Durham, Ontario, Canada

Caroline SPROULE (b. 01 May 1870, Ontario, Canada) m. Edward John Byers (b. May 1862, Ontario), 14 Dec 1887 in Durham, Ontario, Canada

Martha SPROULE (b. 29 Sep 1872 in Darlington Twp, Ontario, Canada; d. aft 1911, Saskatchewan, Canada) m. John Thomas Tucker (b. abt 1873, Ontario, Canada; d. 1911, Saskatchewan, Canada), 19 Feb 1902 in Northumberland and Durham, Ontario, Canada

Esther Ann SPROULE (b. 21 Feb 1875, Darlington Twp., Durham Co., Ontario, Canada; d. aft 1900 in Ontario, Canada) m. Bryon Oke (b. 6 May 1871, Darlington Twp., Durham Co., Ontario, Canada), s. Richard Oke and Mary Ann Avery, 12 Aug 1896, Pontypool-Janetv; occupation: farmer, Darlington Twp.; they had: Harry and Leonia

Harry Oke (b. 26 Sep 1896, Pontypool-Janetv, Ontario, Canada)

Leonia Oke (b. 30 Sep 1900, Pontypool-Janetv, Ontario, Canada; d. 1902)

Mary Selena SPROULE (b. 23 Oct 1875, Ontario, Canada; d. Apr 1967, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) m. Charles Wesley Virtue (b. 4 Aug 1874; d. 1922, Toronto, Canada)

William Frederick SPROULE (b. 1879, Ontario, Canada; d. 29 Nov 1898 in Durham, age 21)

Florence May SPROULE (b. 5 Jun 1881, Ontario, Canada; d. 05 Apr 1903 in Ontario, Canada) m. William Greenwood (b. 1867 in Ontario), s. Job Greenwood and Elizabeth m. Charles Cooper

Norman James SPROULE (b. 20 Jun 1883 in Ontario, Canada; d. after 1900 in Saskatchewan, Canada) m. Ella Sennet (b. 1882, Ontario), 17 Jan 1906 in Northumberland and Durham, Ontario, Canada

Ethel Regina SPROULE (b. 25 Oct 1886; Cartwright, Ontario, Canada; d. Ontario, Canada) ) m. John Greer (b. abt. 1879), s. John Greer and Mary Martin, 25 Oct 1905, Pontypool, Ontario, Canada; occupation: farmer, Cartwright; m. Walter Byran

Mary Ellen SPROULE (b. 4 Mar 1847, Canada; d. 9 Jul 1899, Kenosha, Kenosha Co., WI; bur. Somers Oakwood Cemetery, Kenosha, Wisconsin) m. Mathias Lauer, 18 Oct 1869; e-mail Bonnie Helgeson


Mary Ellen (SPROULE) Lauer, Kenosha, Wisconsin

Sarah Jane SPROULE (b. 5 May 1854, Canada; d. 21 Oct 1943, Cook Co., IL) living in Chicago, 1912 according to father's newspaper death announcement m. Frederick S. WATTLES, 1875

A Few References

E-Mail SPROULE researcher Bonnie Helgeson

WRIGHT, Hazel Sproul. Robert SPROULE of Miami County, Ohio, formerly of County Tyrone, Ireland, and some of his descendants with lineage of families allied by marriage 1775-1966. 1966. Lincoln, R.I.

http://calendar.county.simcoe.on.ca/partners/newteclib/history/index.html (click on "23")

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