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Re: My Great-Grandfather was Frederick Sproston Challener

ellis_shippam1 — 2012-05-15 04:20:21Z

Hi Shelley

Just came across your message to me tonight. I guess I need to update my email address.

We are close relatives as my grandmother was Ada Challener, sister to your great-grandfather FSC. That means you are a generation younger than me - although I am only a 39 something.

I received FSC's journal from David Smith a descendent of Eliza (Aunt Ellie) Challener, another sister of FSC. Both these sisters lived in Reston, Manitoba.

The journal amounts to 70-100 legal sized sheets of which mine is likely a 3'rd or 4'th generation copy - so not the greatest.

Let me check it again to see if copies would be legible enough for you.

The name Bilton rang a bell but when I checked my family tree records, there were no Bilton's. You will have to help me update your side of the family.

you can also reach me via email at geri_ellis@mymts.net

Give me a few days - OK cousin.

Ellis

Re: John Sproston

colin_sproston1 — 2012-02-24 20:18:32Z

Thanks for the info but this person is no relation.

Re: John Sproston

rblportugalchairman — 2012-02-23 18:09:58Z

I have information regarding a J W Sproston who died 1917 and is buried in Belgium. Is this person any relation? My email is rblportugalchairman@hotmail.com

Re: My Great-Grandfather was Frederick Sproston Challener

jsm_peng — 2012-01-23 16:40:46Z

Shelley,

My great grandfather was Newton MacTavish an art collector and friend of F.S. Some of the paintings in what is now my collection are attached.

Jim

Re: Is there anybody out there?

missmica — 2012-01-22 01:51:54Z

Hello Michael,
My name is Shelley Bilton and I came across your query regarding your name. My father, John Sproston Bilton was the son of Barbara and Gordon Bilton. Frederick Sproston Challener was Barbara's (my Grandmother) father. My father had the nickname "Spros" and told me many times that he hated his middle name (I am guessing because it was so unusual) although I never did believe him. My father was born on May 6,1934 in Toronto, Ontario.
Please feel free to contact me if you like....

Shelley

Re: My Great-Grandfather was Frederick Sproston Challener

missmica — 2012-01-22 01:36:44Z

Hello James,
I see by your post that you have some of my GG Challener's work...I would love to have a look at them by email if the offer still stands. Also, may I ask how did these works come to be in your possession? You are a lucky man indeed!

Many thanks,
Shelley Bilton

Re: My Great-Grandfather was Frederick Sproston Challener

missmica — 2012-01-22 01:30:31Z

Hi Ellis,
My name is Shelley Bilton and I had posted quite a long time ago under the last name Varga in a post that read "My Great-Grandfather was Frederick Sproston Challener..." in your reply you stated that you had a copy of FS Challener's diary. How did you manage that and I do realize that there are some errors in it, but, how would I go about getting a copy? I realize this is out of the blue, but I went through a marriage break-up and several moves before I came across this.
Many thanks,
Shelley

Re: John Sproston

sproston_micah — 2011-12-13 02:41:03Z

Hi ive been able to trace my family to john sproston any information you could send me regarding my ancestors would be greatly appreceted they are john/elizabeth of 1719 there son john/mary then isaac/not sure of his wife then leonard/emma of shrewsbury who is my grgr granparents my
gr grandpa was also leonard im wondering if the emma you talked about is my grgr grandma but i could use any info on any of them my family lost alot of records in an earthquake

Re: Samuel Sproston b. Gresty Green, Shavington abt 1826

PhilipAndrew12 — 2011-11-11 06:58:02Z

Hi Julianne.
I will have a look to see if I can find anything, but I did this research for a friend and she has all the papers. Ethel.

Re: Samuel Sproston b. Gresty Green, Shavington abt 1826

Julianne_Sproston — 2011-11-11 00:27:30Z

Hi Ethel

I am not sure if you still use this site but I thought I would get in touch. It took me a long time but I finally managed to get hold of some information. I found out that my Grandfathers dad was called Robert Sproston, he died in WW1 in 1916. I think he was about 24 at the time. He died whilst my great grandmother was pregnant.

My great grandmother was born Ellen Sproston, her father was George Sproston and her Mother was Mary Dolan. I am a bit stuck with finding information on either of these as Mary remarried to a Smith later, but Ellen did have a brother, William Sproston.

I suspect that Ellen and Robert Sproston were related in some way by blood but I cannot find true evidence of this yet.

Re: Cheshire

1_christine12 — 2011-10-30 15:31:47Z

I am a sproston, and I have a godmother who's surname is 'carter'.

Re: John Sproston

Colin_Sproston — 2011-01-05 12:47:00Z

Dear David

Apologies if I appear to be somewhat vague in some of my responses but I wish to respect the Ancestry.com community guidelines about not disclosing other people's names without their consent etc. If you wish to contact me directly my email address is colin.sproston@gmail.com.

Am I correct in assuming that you are Ray and Joan's son and that you have a brother.

If your mother's maiden name was Joan Leadbetter, then we are almost certainly second cousins and the last time we met was at a funeral.

With the help of research by a lady called Audrey Beryl Curtis, whose mother was a Sproston, I can now trace my Sproston line (and yours, if the above is true) back to the early/mid 1600s.

Am I correct in assuming that your grandmother was my great aunt Nellie, who lived on the corner of Sandon Road and Fonthill Way in Stafford?

There is website "www.broughfamily.org", which suggests that we could have a link to kinsfolk of William the Conqueror, through Mary Condliffe, who married Job Sproston, our likely common great great great great grandfather. This is a Utah (Mormon?) based organisation and in my own researches I have not found Mormon IGI records to be absolutely accurate.

I am always interested in the family history and any photos - I have a photo of Ray and Joan's wedding, which I assume you have also.

William, our great great grandfather, had a total of 17 children at least two of whom did not reach adulthood.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards and a Happy New Year

Colin Sproston

Re: John Sproston

davidroberts858 — 2011-01-04 18:12:06Z

Dear Colin
Are you my second cousin? We seem to share Christopher as our great-grandfather (and William as great great-grandfather).
If my assumption is correct, your father and my mother were first cousins (I recall your father regularly bringing eggs to my grandmother's house when I lived there until 1953). I also recall visiting great-grandmother Ellen's house (Ivy Cottage, Little Haywood), the last time not long before she died in 1954.
I have some information about the Haywood Sprostons (which you may already have), including a couple of photos. What I'm unsure about is where the two brothers of Christopher lived. I remember visiting Navigation Farm but I also have a recollection of my grandmother talking of (her?) Uncle Bill who lived and/or farmed elsewhere in Little Haywood.
If you do have any information I'd be very interested. (But if I have the wrong person and we are not related, please accept my apologies for bothering you.)
Kind regards
David Roberts

Re: Sproston

chiswellangie — 2010-06-15 19:27:24Z

Barbara is my mother
Jean didn't marry

Re: John Sproston

Colin_J_Sproston — 2010-05-14 18:06:46Z

Thanks for the canal boat register info on William Sproston, my great great grandfather. On the staffspasttracks website, there is a photograph of William's canal boats at Little Haywood, looking towards Colwich. I have been told in the past that he carried coal - perhaps this was in another boat?

Regards

Colin Sproston

Re: John Sproston

genealogy498 — 2010-05-14 15:08:24Z

It's along time since you requested info on John Sproston but whilst transcribingg Coventry boat registrations I have just found two horse drawn canal boat registered to him as below.
13/2/1880 Elizabeth and Emma William Sproston, Publican Little Haywood, near Rugeley William Sproston Coventry and North Stafford Corn

24/2/1879 Perseverance William Sproston, Publican Little Haywood, Nr Stafford William Sproston Preston Brook Flour
Regards
Vince Taylor, Coventry

Re: SPROSTON

lenora59 — 2008-06-22 22:54:43Z

I have some information regarding a Thomas Sproston born 1840 in Strafford, married to Julia Tyler, children Frank and John. If this is your family please contact me at phelpsrl@msn.com.
Thanks
Lenora

William Sproston, Welholme Rd, Grimsby

abduljones_1 — 2008-04-13 20:38:36Z

Father of Arthur Sproston. Arthur died 16/08/1916 and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. I think Arthur had a son, Frank,who died in the WW2. Arthur's wife, Margaret, may have remarried to a Thomas H B Rigby. Ring any bells? I am particularly interested in Margaret's origins as it may help solve a mystery

Re: Cheshire

dgr57_1 — 2008-02-12 17:04:22Z

Guess by now you have info re nana sproson.,but just re reading the messages board .
My Great Grandmother was Ada Sproson ,her youngest sister was Florence who married someone with the surname Carter.Their children were Joseph, Frederick, Florence and Thomas. The daughter Florence married Tom Pierce who died in WW2

Victor Leonard Sproston

fireangel94 — 2007-09-26 09:43:05Z

Hi, I am looking for any information related to my great grandfather Victor Leonard Sproston, born in 1891 in Droitwich. he married Laura Bagueley in 1919 and had 5 children. He lived in aston in 1936, where he met my great grandmother,Grace Holmes, cant find any info on him after that . If anyone has any information , it would be greatly appreciated
Natalie

Victor Leonard Sproston

fireangel94 — 2007-09-25 12:53:36Z

Hello,
Im looking for any information, on Victor Leonard Sproston (born 1898 in Droitwich) As far as I know he got married to Laura Bagueley in 1919, and had 5 children, He lived in Aston, and in 1936 had a child with my great grandmother Grace Hilda Holmes, who was working for him as a cleaner in his home on Felton Avenue, Aston. If anyone has any information on him,it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Natalie Checketts

Re: Samuel Sproston b. Gresty Green, Shavington abt 1826

bubobubo — 2007-07-10 14:13:39Z

Ah, no connection as far as I know, I'm afraid. The only Selina I have in my family tree married into the Pickstocks, and then her daughter married into the Hopleys. And in any case, they are far removed from the Sprostons of this message board.
Michelle.

Re: Samuel Sproston b. Gresty Green, Shavington abt 1826

clafreniere125 — 2007-07-10 13:42:19Z

I thought this is your Clarinda Selina Ellis mar. John James Hopley in 1880 England. They had a daughter Clara mar. my grandmother's brother James Crevier(Crivea)(my gr Uncle). They lived in Niagara Falls area in Canada & USA If not familiar sorry.

Re: Samuel Sproston b. Gresty Green, Shavington abt 1826

bubobubo — 2007-07-10 07:23:11Z

As far as I know, I am not interested in anyone by the name of Clarinda Selina Ellis... unless of course, you should care to enlighten me as to why I would be....
Michelle

Re: Samuel Sproston b. Gresty Green, Shavington abt 1826

clafreniere125 — 2007-07-10 00:48:41Z

Michelle you are interested in Clarinda Selina Ellis e-mail me at c-lafreniere@sympatico.ca

Re: Sproston - Congleton

cdorval — 2007-03-15 12:50:40Z

Unfortunately I do not have any further information than what I posted....And I have not done any research on that line in quite a while.
If I do come across anything, I will be in touch.

Re: Samuel Sproston b. Gresty Green, Shavington abt 1826

PhilipAndrew12 — 2007-03-11 17:25:46Z

Hi. On the index's from about 1911 it shows the Mothers maiden name. Not before then. Ethel.

Re: Samuel Sproston b. Gresty Green, Shavington abt 1826

Julianne_Sproston — 2007-03-11 17:00:27Z

OOh thanks for your help on that one, just out of interest, how did you come across Thomas E Sprostons mothers maiden name?

Re: Samuel Sproston b. Gresty Green, Shavington abt 1826

PhilipAndrew12 — 2007-03-11 08:28:59Z

Hi Julianna.
Re your request. I have been tracing the Sproston family line for a family friend. I cannot connect at this stage to your tracing as you need to get hold of a couple of certificates to find out if your Thomas was part of this family.

Thomas E was born. 1917. April/June Qtr. registered in Chester. vol 8a 355.His Mother's maiden name is listed as Sproston so presume, but not totally certain that she was unmarried. Possible she married a Sproston (cousin????)

His marriage Oct/Dec Qtr. 1949 registered in Chester. vol 10a 340.

Copy of the birth certificate will give his Mum's full name and you will see if a Father is listed.
The marriage certificate will give their ages, their Father's ?? and Father's occupations, and witnesses who may be siblings.

With Mothers name, I can see if this ties in with the family line I have traced back to 1770.

You can contact me on pjem@morecambe1.eclipse.co.uk
Ethel.

Re: Sproston

Julianne_Sproston — 2007-03-11 02:13:01Z

Im looking for some information on Thomas Edward Sproston born in 1917 at Chester Castle, he married Ruby Doreen Pratt in 1949 also at Chester in a Civil marriage. Im trying to trace his parents if possible I believe they all come from around the Cheshire area. And I know that the Edward name is very strong in our family. Any help would be much appreciated. I am also looking for any siblings of Thomas Edward Sproston. Thanks

Re: My Great-Grandfather was Frederick Sproston Challener

Julianne_Sproston — 2007-03-11 02:10:07Z

Re: Sproston - Congleton

Julianne_Sproston — 2007-03-11 02:07:18Z

Re: Samuel Sproston b. Gresty Green, Shavington abt 1826

Julianne_Sproston — 2007-03-11 02:05:59Z

Re: Amelia Sproston and Tomlinsons

Julianne_Sproston — 2007-03-11 02:02:20Z

Im looking for some information on Thomas Edward Sproston born in 1917 at Chester Castle, he married Ruby Doreen Pratt in 1949 also at Chester in a Civil marriage. Im trying to trace his parents if possible I believe they all come from around the Cheshire area. And I know that the Edward name is very strong in our family. Any help would be much appreciated. Im also very interested in finding out if Thomas Edward Sproston had any siblings at all. Thanks for any information.

Re: sprosons.congleton

Julianne_Sproston — 2007-03-11 01:59:18Z

Re: Amelia Sproston and Tomlinsons

simon209 — 2007-01-15 12:23:55Z

Dear Michelle,
Thanks for your reply.

Amelia Sproston's grandfather Samuel 1826 had a brother Richard 1827. Richard married Ann Egerton, they had a son George who was my gr gr grandfather.

Therefore, Samuel would have been my Gr Gr Gr Gr Uncle and we both share Samuel 1770 as a descendant.

Katharine

Re: Amelia Sproston and Tomlinsons

bubobubo — 2007-01-14 13:51:13Z

Hello
I have just received notification of your message and have read it with interest as George and Amelia Tomlinson were my great great grandparents.
How do they fit into your tree?
Michelle

Re: Amelia Sproston

simon209 — 2007-01-14 12:02:41Z

Hi,

not sure if you are still using this site, but will post just in case!

I have Amelia Sproston b1873 and married to George Tomlinson in my tree with children.
Any interest to you?
Katharine

Re: Samuel Sproston b. Gresty Green, Shavington abt 1826

2006-10-10 17:45:55Z

I do have my own tree, let me have an email for you and I will try to organize something to send to you.
Helen

Re: Samuel Sproston b. Gresty Green, Shavington abt 1826

2006-10-10 07:05:35Z

Hi. I hate to admit it but I don't have my tree on file in any way. All I can tell you is what is in my head and that would be from Samuel born 1826 downwards to my most recent Sproston ancestor: Samuel's granddaughter Amelia (my gr gr grandmother).
Not much help, am I? Maybe Helen is more organised than I am.

Re: Samuel Sproston b. Gresty Green, Shavington abt 1826

simon209 — 2006-10-09 11:41:05Z

Dear Helen and Michelle.

Great!
Do you both have trees that I could look at? It would be nice to fill in the gaps and tell my mum that I have some distant relatives.

Katharine

Re: Samuel Sproston b. Gresty Green, Shavington abt 1826

2006-10-09 06:56:53Z

Yes, a definite connection. I descend from Samuel. born around 1826, as does the other lady who replies to you. He eventually moved to Moulton sometime around 1840 and most of his descendants stayed there, except for one that we know of. I think there are still Spros(t)ons in the Shavington area, and I know that the farmhouse where Samuel and Mary lived is still standing.
I'm not totally sure off the top of my head, but I vaguely recollect that Samuel born 1770 married twice, both wives being called Mary. But as I said, it's onnly a vague recollection so I could be wrong.

Re: Samuel Sproston b. Gresty Green, Shavington abt 1826

2006-10-08 22:32:31Z

HI Katharine,
This is the same family, my GGG grandfather was Samuel b 1826.
Regards
Helen

Re: Samuel Sproston b. Gresty Green, Shavington abt 1826

simon209 — 2006-10-08 21:00:43Z

I have the following ancestors - Samuel Sproston b1770 Shavington d1840 married Mary b1791.
Children - John 1816, Ann 1826, Samuel 1826, Richard 1827 married Ann Egerton (which is my line), Emma 1829 and Thomas 1833 all born Shavington.

Any connection?
Katharine

Re: Samuel Sproston b. Gresty Green, Shavington abt 1826

2006-07-06 20:12:22Z

Hi Michelle. I am at present doing a family tree tracing for a friend who is descendant from Samuel from Shavington married to Mary Blower..
His Father was also Samuel born 1770. also Shavington, and his wife also Mary.
Samuel's oldest Son Thomas. 1844 born Moulton/Bostock, had a son Ralph who married Annie Morris, and among other children has a daughter Mary 1903 in Ashton under Lyne, who married Harry Ross, and were the parents of my Friend Jean.
Samuel (1824) had at least 5 siblings.
Does this tie in with your info. Ethel.

Sproston - Congleton

2006-05-17 17:28:27Z

Does anyone have a John Thomas Sproston in their family tree.
Married Alice Forster 1898 son Frank b 1901.
In Congleton, Cheshire.

Tried to send an e-mail to Sue Bradley who has a fantastic website, but the e-mail bounced back to me.

Cheers, Christine

Re: Samuel Sproston b. Gresty Green, Shavington abt 1826

2006-05-03 13:37:42Z

Hi
We are most definitely related!
I have emailed you a reply... I hope it has arrived.
Michelle

Re: Samuel Sproston b. Gresty Green, Shavington abt 1826

2006-05-01 20:49:10Z

John Sproston was my GG Grandfather, his son Samuel b1870 was my G Grandfather
Regards
Helen

Re: My Great-Grandfather was Frederick Sproston Challener

2006-04-16 14:55:56Z

I am Shelley's cousin, and FS was my great-grandfather too.
I would be interested in seeing these paintings if it still possible.
Thanks in advance,
Tracy

Re: Nell Sproston Stevens

2005-10-30 22:48:45Z

Hi Janet, Nell Sproston Stevens was my aunt. She was one of 5 children of Leonard and Elvira Crow Sproston. She was born before 1920. It would be closer to 1905. If you need more information, you can go to www.sproston.org Please feel free to email me about any additional information you may need.