Oliver Cooke SPURDLE

1833 - 1911  (78 years)

• Name	Oliver Cooke SPURDLE
  Birth	16 Mar 1833	Seaborough, Dorset, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	06 Jun 1841	Beaminster, Dorset, England   [3, 4]
  Immigration	From 02 Nov 1841 to 24 Feb 1842	New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand   [1, 5]
  Immigration	From 02 Nov 1841 to 24 Feb 1842	Ship TIMANDRA   [2]
  Occupation	Wheelwright  [2]
  Residence	From 1842 to 1867	New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand   [2]
  Residence	From 1867 to 1896	Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand   [2]
  Residence	From 1896 to 1911	Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand   [6]
  Death	18 Sep 1911	Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand   [7, 8, 9, 10]
  Burial	20 Sep 1911	Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand   [2, 11]
  Person ID	I236	NZ Genealogy Project | SPURDLE Descendant
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2008

  
  

  Father	William SPURDLE,   b. 1805, Seaborough, Dorset, England d. 20 Feb 1871, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Sarah SIBLEY,   b. 1813, Seaborough, Dorset, England d. 26 Jul 1883, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	30 Jul 1832	Seaborough, Dorset, England   [1, 2, 12]
  Census	06 Jun 1841	Beaminster, Dorset, England   [4]
  Residence	Apr 1867	Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand   [13]
  Documents		1841 Census
  Family ID	F157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria LITHERLAND,   b. 06 Mar 1828, Appleby Magna, Leicestershire, England d. 27 Dec 1911, Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	01 Oct 1854	New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand   [1, 2, 14]
  Children	+ 1. Sarah SPURDLE,   b. 31 Dec 1854, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand d. 20 Mar 1921, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 66 years) + 2. Mary Ann SPURDLE,   b. 14 Nov 1856, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand d. 16 Jul 1928, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand (Age 71 years) + 3. Samuel Oliver SPURDLE [Ollie],   b. 11 Aug 1859, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand d. 09 Jun 1944, Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand (Age 84 years) + 4. Harriett SPURDLE,   b. 10 Sep 1861, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand d. 26 Dec 1946, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia (Age 85 years) + 5. Elizabeth Annis SPURDLE [Elizabeth Annice],   b. 13 Jul 1863, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand d. 13 Sep 1922, Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand (Age 59 years)   6. Frederick William SPURDLE [William],   b. 27 Oct 1865, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand d. 23 Sep 1878, Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand (Age 12 years)   7. Annie SPURDLE,   b. 19 Jul 1868, Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand d. 21 Jul 1886, Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand (Age 18 years) + 8. Henry SPURDLE [Harry],   b. 23 Aug 1869, Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand d. 19 May 1938, Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand (Age 68 years) + 9. Frederick Lawrence SPURDLE [Laurie],   b. 04 Jan 1875, Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand d. 20 Jan 1942, Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F155	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 16 Mar 1833 - Seaborough, Dorset, England Census - 06 Jun 1841 - Beaminster, Dorset, England Immigration - From 02 Nov 1841 to 24 Feb 1842 - New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Residence - From 1842 to 1867 - New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Marriage - 01 Oct 1854 - New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Residence - From 1867 to 1896 - Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand Residence - From 1896 to 1911 - Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand Death - 18 Sep 1911 - Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand Burial - 20 Sep 1911 - Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
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  Oliver Cook Spurdle

  
  

  Documents

  Death registration

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone - Oliver and Maria Spurdle In loving memory of Oliver C Spurdle died 18 Sept 1911 aged 78 years. Maria wife of the above died 27 Dec 1911 aged 84 years. Plot: Memorial Area, Row E Plot 11N

  
  

  Histories

  Places - Seaborough, Somerset, England Information about Seaborough in Somerset, England. Oliver Cooke Spurdle (1833-1911) and his parents were born in the village of Seaborough. They moved to New Zealand in 1841.

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY Oliver Cooke Spurdle was born 16 March 1833 in Seaborough, Somerset, the eldest child of William Spurdle and Sarah Sibley. Oliver spent his early childhood in Beaminster, Dorset, where his father worked as a carpenter. In 1841, when Oliver was 8 years old, the Spurdle family migrated to New Zealand in the Plymouth Company ship Timandra. After a voyage of 113 days the Timandra anchored off New Plymouth and on 24 February 1842 the family came ashore in a whaleboat to start their life in New Zealand. In 1850 when Oliver was 17 he began a four year apprenticeship as a wheelwright in New Plymouth. A few months after completing his apprenticeship Oliver married Maria Litherland on 1 October 1854 at the Independent Chapel in New Plymouth. The couple lived in New Plymouth until 1867 when they moved to Waitara. Oliver ran a wheelwright business in New Plymouth from 1854, and a combined blacksmith and wheelwright business with his brother William Akerman from 1865. Oliver and Maria had six children while they lived in New Plymouth, and three more were born in Waitara. During the Land Wars Oliver served as a volunteer, until November 1861. Oliver's sons Samuel Oliver and Henry joined their father's Waitara wheelwright business in partnership, remaining in business with him until 1896. After 29 years in Waitara as a wheelwright, Oliver and Maria moved to Inglewood for retirement in 1896. Oliver died in 1911 and his wife moved to Fielding soon after to be with her daughter, Elizabeth. She died three months later on December 27, 1911. Oliver and Maria are buried together in the Inglewood cemetery. Source: Janette Howe and Robyn Spurdle published Spurdle Heritage for the 1992 Spurdle family reunion. Much of the above information, by Carrol Crandall, is extracted from that publication. The book contains considerably more detail. Copies of the book are held at many New Zealand libraries. Source: Waitara historian Graeme Duckett , Taranaki Daily News, 2010. [2] New Book 2022 - Spurdle Family History See details of a new book to be published in October 2022 Building a Future, the first Spurdle family in New Zealand Go to page with details on how to order.

  
  

• Sources

  [S122] Florence Mary Kenah, Raglan, NZ, William Spurdle - Sarah Sibley Family Tree, (April 1942). [S118] Robyn Spurdle & Janette Howe, Spurdle Heritage, (ESA Publications, Auckland NZ 1992). [S118] Robyn Spurdle & Janette Howe, Spurdle Heritage, (ESA Publications, Auckland NZ 1992). East Street, Beaminster, Dorset, England [S123] 1841 England Census [database online]., (Ancestry.co.uk.), none. [S118] Robyn Spurdle & Janette Howe, Spurdle Heritage, (ESA Publications, Auckland NZ 1992). On "Timandra" from Plymouth on 2 Nov 1841, arrived New Plymouth 24 Feb 1842. [S118] Robyn Spurdle & Janette Howe, Spurdle Heritage, (ESA Publications, Auckland NZ 1992). 42 Brown Street, Inglewood. [S31] Family Search, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none. Oliver Cook Spurdle, Male. Event(s): Birth: 1833 Seaborough, Somerset, England. Death: 18 SEP 1911. Marriages: Spouse: Maria Litherland, < 1862> <, Taranaki, New Zealand> Messages: Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information is available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter. [S10] New Zealand Registrar-General's Office, NZ Register of Deaths - Indexes. Oliver Cooke SPURDLE 1911 #1756 [S26] New Zealand Society of Genealogists, NZ Cemetery Records, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc 1985). Inglewood Cemetery. In loving memory of Oliver C. Spurdle died 18 Sept 1911 aged 78 years. Maria wife of above died 27 Dec 1911 aged 84 years. [S36] Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages New Zealand, NZ Death Registration. Place of Reqisiration: .Inglewood. Died 18 September 1911, Inglewood, Oliver Cooke Spurdle, Old Age Pensioner, Male 78 years. Parents: William Spurdle, Carpenter and Sarah Spurdle nee Sibley. Buried: 20 September 1911 Inglewood. Born: Seaborough Somerset England, in NZ 69 years. Married: Taranaki, at age 20, to Maria Litherland. Ages and sex of living issue: M. 52, 42, 36. F. 56, 54, 50, 48. [S26] New Zealand Society of Genealogists, NZ Cemetery Records, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc 1985). [S36] Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages New Zealand, NZ Death Registration. [S131] Julie Daymond-King, Spurdles in Two Newspapers 1852-1877, (Version 2, March 2005), Page 9. [S393] Mrs Jeannette Miller, NEW ZEALAND MARRIAGES 1854 from Registrar General's Office. INDEXES A-Y, (1991). 1854 SPURDLE OLIVER.COOKE # 0139 and 1854 LITHERLAND MARIA # 0139