This post is on the family tree of Robert Evan Sproule who was hanged in British Colombia, Canada on 29 Oct 1886. The research on Robert and the identification of his family was all done by a gentleman called Greg Nesteroff of the KÜTNE READER. My aim is to publish this so that Robert Evan Sproule’s name appears on his family’s tree in the genealogy records.
Greg trawled the
newspapers and all the documents to find hints of Robert Evan Sproule’s family,
and there are plenty there.
There are several
references to his brothers, including in the hand-written will of Robert Sproule, but I’ll show just two
examples. These are the most definitive references that I could see that show for certain what Greg had found, and which confirm the Maine Sproule family where Robert belongs.
One comes from one of
the the newspaper articles announcing that Robert Evan Sproule has been hanged. The Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
(Oshkosh, Wisconsin) of 12 Jan 1887 tells us that he is a native of Weeks Mills,
Maine;
“Papers showing his innocence
beyond question were filed yesterday with the secretary of state here, and a
brother of the dead man, Frank Sproule, of Weeks Mills Maine, has instructed
his counsel here to bring a suit against the Provinces of British columbia for
$50,000 damages in consequence of the wrongful oeccecution of his brother…”
The other example also gives the same address for Robert's brother, and it is from no less a person than the Secretary of State in Washington D.C.. His reply to a letter from Robert’s brother, Franklin Sproule Esq. Weeks Mills, Maine is printed in the local paper;
Daily Colonist 28 Sep 1886 Thanks to Greg N
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| The death cert of Franklin Sproule Ancestry.com. Maine, U.S., Death Records, 1761-1922 |
The Family of Robert Evan Sproule with Grateful thanks to Greg Nesteroff of the KÜTNE READER
ANDREW SPROULE CAPTAIN was born on 23 Sep 1788 in Bristol, Lincoln, Maine, USA. He died on 07 May 1852 in Jefferson, Lincoln, Maine, USA. He married ELIZABETH BETSEY LITTLE on 06 Apr 1814 in Bristol, Lincoln Co., Me, USA. She was born on 05 Mar 1792 in Bristol, Lincoln, Maine, USA. She died on 19 Jul 1871 in Jefferson, Lincoln, Maine, USA.
1. SARAH A SPROULE was born in Oct 1815 in Maine, United States of America. She married Edwin a Potter on 2 Mar 1839 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Sarah died on 30 Jan 1874 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
2. SUSAN ANN SPROULE was born on 09 Feb 1819 in Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine, USA. She married Henry A. Potter on 10 Jul 1842 in Waltham, Middlesex. Susan Ann died on 05 Apr 1905 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
3. ELIZABETH SPROULE was born about 1821 in Washington, Knox, Maine, USA. She married Dwight D. Carrier She died on 21 Jun 1891 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
4. FRANKLIN SPROULE was born on 29 Aug 1825 in Jefferson, Lincoln, Maine, USA. He died on 23 Jan 1905 in Windsor, Kennebec, Maine, USA. He married Sarah A Frisbie on 27 Apr 1851 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Sarah was born about 1828. Sarah died in 1877
5. ABIGALE M. WEEKS was born in 1827 in Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine, USA. She married Winthrop H Weeks on 1 Sep 1854 in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. Abbey died on 11 Jun 1878 in Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine, USA.
6. ROBERT EVAN SPROULE was born on 11 Jul 1833 in Kinnebec, Maine, USA. He died on 29 Oct 1886 in Victoria, British Columbia, USA.
7. JAMES SPROULE was born on 10 Aug 1835 in Kinnebec, Maine, USA. He died on 10 Mar 1910 in Verdi, Washoe County, Nevada, United States of America. He married Margaret Ellen Godfrey, daughter of James Godfrey, in 1888. She was born in 1840 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 03 Dec 1928 in Verdi, Washoe County, Nevada, United States of America.
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| The Will of Robert Evan Sproule Ancestry.com. Washington, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1851-1970 |
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