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Samuel Oliver SPURDLE [Ollie]

Male 1859 - 1944  (84 years)    Has 28 ancestors and 96 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Samuel Oliver SPURDLE 
    Known As Ollie 
    Birth 11 Aug 1859  New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Occupation From 1873 to 1892  [3
    Builder 
    Occupation From 1892 to 1944  [3
    Wheelwright, Inglewood 
    Probate 1944  New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Death 09 Jun 1944  Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial 12 Jun 1944  Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Person ID I262  NZ Genealogy Project | SPURDLE Descendant
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2008 

    Father Oliver Cooke SPURDLE,   b. 16 Mar 1833, Seaborough, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1911, Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Maria LITHERLAND,   b. 06 Mar 1828, Appleby Magna, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1911, Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 01 Oct 1854  New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 7
    Family ID F155  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emma GILBERT,   b. 05 Oct 1863, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Apr 1924, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 09 Apr 1887  New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Children 
     1. Olive Emma SPURDLE,   b. 03 Jul 1888, Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1961 (Age 72 years)
    +2. Ella Myrtle SPURDLE [Myrtle],   b. 15 Aug 1889, Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Oct 1950, Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    +3. Wray Astley SPURDLE,   b. 24 May 1891, Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 May 1960, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    +4. Ada Mildred SPURDLE [Mildred],   b. 06 Oct 1893, Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1964, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    +5. Edna Florence SPURDLE,   b. 30 Aug 1899, Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 1968 (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F178  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Aug 1859 - New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 09 Apr 1887 - New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 1944 - New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 09 Jun 1944 - Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 12 Jun 1944 - Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • BIOGRAPHY

      Samuel Oliver Spurdle, known as Ollie, the eldest son of Oliver Spurdle and Maria Litherland, was born in New Plymouth in 1859. He moved with his parents to Waitara when about 8 years, and about 1873 to Wanganui to learn the building trade with his uncle Frederick Morris Spurdle. Samuel returned to Waitara and worked as a carpenter and also worked with his father learning the wheelwright trade. In 1887 Samuel married Emma Gilbert in New Plymouth. Emma was the younger sister of Elizabeth Gilbert who was married to Samuel's uncle William Akerman Spurdle. Emma and Samuel had five children, the first two being born in Waitara.

      Samuel and his family moved to Inglewood where Samuel started a wheelwright business. Emma died in 1924 and Samuel in 1944. Both are buried in Inglewood Cemetery.

      Source: Janette Howe and Robyn Spurdle published Spurdle Heritage for the 1992 Spurdle family reunion. Much of the above information, by Robyn Spurdle, is extracted from that publication. The book contains considerably more detail. Copies of the book are held at many New Zealand libraries.

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