Charles Mosse Sprigg1

#14504, (circa 1823-1904)
ChartsWayte Family - descendants
Last Edited5 Jan 2022
Charles Mosse Sprigg c1872
Source: State Library of South Australia https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+8235/1/7T
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Charles Mosse Sprigg was born circa 1823.1

Charles Mosse Sprigg married Margaret Hay circa 1865.2

His wife Margaret died 1 October 1871, leaving him a widower.2 Charles Mosse Sprigg was a farmer in 1874.1

He married Ellen Masters Baker, daughter of Reverend Edward Knight Baker and Ruth Wayte, in a Congregational ceremony conducted by her sister's husband Reverend Charles Manthorpe at Glenelg Congregational Church on Wednesday, 2 September 1874 at the Adelaide suburb of Glenelg. Ellen was the divorced wife of a disgraced man.. Others who may have attended the wedding include Ruth Wayte as mother of the bride and Reverend Edward Knight Baker as father of the bride. Brothers and sisters who may have attended include Harriet Whitridge Baker. Charles and Ellen went on to have just one known child together.3,1

After their death in 1885, Ellen's parent's 8 room stone house passed to her.4

Charles died in 1904.1,5

Timeline

DateEventPlace
Family
1823Birth1
1865Marriage2
1874Occupation1
1874Marriage at Glenelg Congregational Church in the Adelaide suburb of Glenelg3,1
1885Note memo only CR CR4
1904Death1,5

Family 1

Margaret Hay (1826-1 Oct 1871)

Family 2
Child

Family 3

Ellen Masters Baker (c 1838-17 Aug 1919)
Child

Citations

  1. [S865] Gwyn Campbell David Griffiths and the Missionary “History of Madagascar” p.876.
  2. [S244] The South Australian Register, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1871 'Family Notices.', South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), 11 October, p. 4, viewed 15 March, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39254069
  3. [S244] The South Australian Register, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1874 'Family Notices.', South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), 5 September, p. 4, viewed 15 March, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39813915
  4. [S653] The City of Onkaparinga - Local Studies Online (http://www.onkaparingacity.com/libraries/localstudies/…) http://onkaparingacity.com/libraries/localstudies/…
  5. [S880] MyHeritage.com (http://www.myheritage.com/) http://www.myheritage.com/names/charles_sprigg
  6. [S244] The South Australian Register, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1878 'Family Notices.', South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), 26 January, p. 7 Supplement: Supplement to the South Australian Register., viewed 15 March, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40777683