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I badly need help to establish I am looking at the right person. I have a marriage in 1877 between a Adam Muller and Emily Kemp daughter of Jesse Kemp (Coachman) , then I have a birth cert for 1857 of Emily Kemp father Jesse Kemp (Coachman) mother Mary Ann Kemp nee Sperring .I just got the marriage cert for 1857 between a Jesse Kemp (Coachman ) and a Mary Sperring father William Sperring (Millwright) problem is I went to the rootsweb site as directed from here Thank you very much it is fascinating, but the Mary Sperring c 1833 died in 1849 and according to rootsweb had no children ,unless I read it wrong, please help me confirm it is the right Mary thanks

Hi there Found this possibility........ William Sperring. Wid. Grace Sellway 16th April 1821 at parish Lyncombe & Widcombe Witnesses - John Snell & Rachel Sperring. Sarah :)

I have ancestors from midsummer norton and have found a wonderful website just google Somerset Coalfield Connections and you get through to Roots web. I found two pages of Sperlings including census entries for William and Grace but was unable to find her maiden name. If you find any Blacker connections let me Know.

Valerie, Just a small tip, have you looked on the Family Search IGI? I found a William Sperring, born 1770 Midsommer Norton, father James Sperring and Elizabeth. This could be your William`s father and grandfather. Sorry could not find a birth or marriage for your William. As Anne mentioned the Somerset Coalfield Connection site is a wonderful for looking for ancestors. Elizabeth

thank you so much I have only recently found this connection to the Sperrings and have been quite lucky so far except of course most of mine were born before 1837 which isnt very easy to find but I shall certainly look at whats been mentioned and you never know we might be related

Sarah just noticed does that say Widower for him I did think he had been married twice I am sure one wife was called mary

i'm looking for sperrings too, william sperring born 1781 who married sarah selway 8.6.1806 midsomer norton so think we might be looking along the same lines, as someones said before the somerset coalfield connections site is very useful !

was he by any chance a Millwright

I am nudging because I need help thanks

my william sperring according to 1861 census was an engineer

I saw the info for him and wondered if he was the father but the birth cert of Mary says the father was a Millwright he was born about the same time as your man

The roots web site is I think copied from the parish records and people's own research. It does not include details of people who moved away from the village unless someone has added them. My grandmother is there but not my uncle or father. Incidently William was only a millwright on one census. He seems to have been working as a carpenter in 1841 and 1861. 1851 resident south of the brook William Sperring head 63 Millwright Chilcompton som Ann Sperring daughter u 27 laundress Sarah Sperring daughter u26 laundress Mary Sperring 18 laundress Eliza Sperring 16 school mistress Francis Sperring gson 1 1861 Silver Street William Sperring 76 carpenter (deaf) living with his son on law Joseph Taylor and his daughter Eliza and their children Annie, George and Kate. I have his death on 26th January 1867 when he must have been about 80 a good age in those days.

wow Anne thanks for all that info I didnt know when William had died did wonder about the boy Francis as it seems he was born to one of Williams daughters without her being married as he is down as a sperring , I think the trouble i when things slot into place too easily you think you must have made a mistake, as most of mine have been very hard to find, do you think I have got it about right then ??? thanks alot

I also have the 1841 census resident south of the brook William Sperring 51 carpenter Grace Sperring 42 Ann Sperring 17 Sarah Sperring 12 Mary Sperring 7 Eliza Sperring 6 I have Grace's burial on 26th December 1849 aged 53 in Midsummer Norton. Francis seems to have been Ann's son. He was baptised on 26th August 1849 and he is recorded as the son of a single woman. He arrived just in time for his grandmother to see him.

thank you once again Anne I was wondering whos son Francis was ,I am going to get his birth cert , I am so excited about this lot cannot believe how many contacts I have made from it , seems they were a busy lot.

I keep finding Sperrings. I found another son for Eliza and Joseph, baptised on 31st October 1862. Joseph Garibaldi Taylor which I think takes the biscuit. (time of the Italian war of independence.