William Spicer (1827 - 1905)

Born 3 Jun 1827 in Hungerford, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Grant) Spicer — married 29 Jul 1849 in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Eliza (Pearson) Spicer — married 5 Feb 1855 in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 1905 at about age 77 in Yateley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

William was born in 1827 to Thomas and Lucy (incorrectly called Louisa in 1851 Census) at Kintbury a hamlet just outside Hungerford.

Having been bought up around Hungerford, most probably in Kintbury, he had moved to Reading by 1851, having married Elizabeth Grant there in 1849. But she died in 1854 and William quickly remarried, in 1855. Like William, Eliza was from Kintbury. He is recorded as being a gardener at this time.

He had a large family with his two wives, as can be seen from the 1861 and 1871 Census.

They moved from Reading, first to Easthampstead, Berkshire by 1871, and then to Yateley, Hampshire by 1881, where William was working as a bricklayer.

He appears to have spent the rest of his life in that area, dying in 1905.

Sources

• Baptism 1827, Hungerford: https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=R_931238300. Mother Lucy (Louisa in 1841 Census)
• William Spicer in Kintbury, 1841 Census, father Thomas: https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC%2F1841%2F0013236179
• 1st Marriage, 1849, Reading: https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=R_842752984 and https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=R_855291171%2F2 - this says William's father was Thomas.
• 1851 Census, Reading (father William and first wife Elizabeth Grant): https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC%2F1851%2F0000271435
• 2nd marriage 1855, Reading: https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD%2FM%2F1855%2F1%2FNZ%2F000072%2F018 and https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FM%2F251004439%2F1 (says William was a widower)
• 1861 Census, Reading (William, Eliza and family): https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC%2F1861%2F0004687388
• 1871 Census, Sandhurst, Easthampstead, Berkshire: https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC%2F1871%2F0015094376
• 1881 Census: Yateley, Hampshire: https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC%2F1881%2F0005990970
• 1891 Census: https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC%2F1891%2F0007306279
• 1901 Census: https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC%2F1901%2F0008787311
• Death, registered at Hartley Wintney (nearest big town to Yateley), Hampshire, Q2 1905: https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD%2FD%2F1905%2F2%2FAZ%2F000312%2F213