Spong family of Woking

[karenlee]

There is this burial...

St Peter Woking Surrey
April 20th 1845
Benjamin SCUTT aged 36 years of Woking

Wonder if Elizabeth was still alive ....

Karenlee

[karenlee]

I have found a marriage for a Harriet SPONG to Aaron BEESON.  There is no christian name for the bride's father... just SPONG occupation labourer.  Witnesses are Moses BURNLANE I think and Caroline SPONG.

Did a search for Caroline SPONG on the Census and found 2 possibles but neither with a sister Harriet.  Do you know of any family connection with Caroline??

Karenlee

[karenlee]

Pretty sure that I have found Emma's death, it was transcribed as SPERRY but the original looks like SPONG to me...

St Peter Woking Surrey
March 12th 1840
Emma SPONG aged 3yrs
Address given as Union Workhouse Guildford

Karenlee

[karenlee]

Here are the girls in 1841

1841 Census England Surrey Stoke Next Guildford
HO107/1080/51/5
Guildford Union Workhouse

SPONG
Harriett 13 Pauper Born in County
Eliza 12 Pauper Born in County
Sarah 7 Pauper Born in County
Mary 6 Pauper Born in County

Karenlee

[Satchwell]

Once more, many thanks Karenlee

[Satchwell]

Hi Karen

referring to the marriage between Harriet Spong and Aaron Beeson.  I have not come across a Caroline Spong, but it is possible she could have been a cousin.  With giving the marriage a second look.

Cheers, Melva

[stonechat]

HI

Not sure if there is any conection with the Spong family in my wife's tree

Mary Ann Bisley b 1828 in Bisley, her father William  was b in Farnborough,but the family originated from Chobham, and there some considerable detail in a hisory of Chobham ofthis family.

[Satchwell]

Hello Stonechat
Thank you for your reply.
I have come across the Spong family in Chobham but as yet have not made a connection with my family in Woking.

[karenlee]

Morning

Had another look at the marriage for Harriett.... this time I used both BEESON and SPONG in the search.... and there were 2 marriages.  It appears that brothers may have married sisters.  On the other marriage ( Rachel SPONG was bride ) the bride's father was James SPONG.

So I went back to the baptisms and found a Rachel and a Caroline to a James and Maria SPONG, but not a Harriett ( well not yet anyway ). 

On that evidence, I am unwilling to rule her out completely as being "your" Harriett, maybe James and Henry were brothers??

Perhpas stonechat might be able to shed some light here...??

Cheers
Karenlee