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SPAFFORD, William

SPAFFORD, William

Male 1822 - 1899  (77 years)   Has 2 ancestors and 13 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name SPAFFORD, William 
    Birth 1822  Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 May 1899  Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 26 May 1899  Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I834  Edgoose
    Last Modified 7 Feb 2026 

    Father SPAFFORD, Thomas,   b. 1801, Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1855, Marston, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother ANDERTON, Mary,   b. 1799, Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1857, Marston, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 13 Sep 1821  Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F266  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 SWAIN, Ann,   b. 1821, Marston, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1859, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Marriage 1847  Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. SPAFFORD, Arthur,   b. 1848, Marston, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1852, Marston, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 4 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. SPAFFORD, Alfred,   b. 1850, Marston, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1852, Marston, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
     3. SPAFFORD, Selina,   b. 1853, Marston, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1908, Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     4. SPAFFORD, Emily,   b. 1855, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1908, Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
     5. SPAFFORD, Horace,   b. 1857, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1939, Chesterfield Registration District, Derbyshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     6. SPAFFORD, William Swain,   b. 1 Mar 1859, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1929, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F603  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Family 2 WHYLEY, Ann,   b. 1838, Marston, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1892, Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage 1860  Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. SPAFFORD, Frederick Walter,   b. 1862, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1892, Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
     2. SPAFFORD, Mary A. (Polly),   b. Between 1865 and 1866, Bracebridge, Lincolnshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1943, Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. SPAFFORD, Bernard,   b. 1875, Bracebridge, Lincolnshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1952, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F604  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

  • Notes 

    • WILLIAM SPAFFORD 1822-1899

      William, son of Thomas and Mary SPAFFORD of Beckingham, was baptised at Beckingham, Lincolnshire, on 22 August 1822.
      (PR)

      Anne SWAIN married William SPAFFORD in 1847.
      (GRO December 1847 Newark 15 1057).

      William SPAFFORD witnessed the wedding of George SPAFFORD to Clarissa EDGOOSE at Marston, Lincolnshire on 29 October 1849.

      From the 1851 census of Marston, Lincolnshire:
      William SWAIN, head, aged 74, married, agricultural labourer, born at Normanton, Lincolnshire;
      *William SPAFFORD, son-in-law, aged 28, wheelwright (Master no man), born at Beckingham, Lincolnshire;
      Arthur SPAFFORD, grandson, aged 2, born at Marston, Lincolnshire;
      Ann SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 29, married, housekeeper, born at Marston;
      Alfred SPAFFORD, grandson, under 7 months, born at Marston, Lincolnshire.
      (HO107/2138/204/16)

      Ann WHYLEY married William SPAFFORD in 1860.
      (GRO June Q 1860 Lincoln 7a 931)

      From the 1881 census of Newark Road, Bracebridge, Lincolnshire:
      *William SPAFFORD, head, aged 58, wheelwright at works, born at Beckingham, Lincolnshire;
      Ann SPAFFORD, wife, aged 43, born at Marston, Lincolnshire;
      Walter SPAFFORD, son, aged 19, general labourer, unmarried, born at Lincoln;
      Mary A. SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 15, servant domestic, born at Bracebridge, Lincolnshire;
      Bernard SPAFFORD, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Bracebridge, Lincolnshire.
      (RG11/3238/115/36)

      He was a threshing machine maker in 1891.
      (census)

      According to Ben Morandi he died on 23 May 1899. The death of a 76 year old William SPAFFORD was registered in 1899.
      (GRO June Q 1899 Lincoln 7a 318)

      He was buried in Canwick Road Cemetery, Lincoln, on 26 May 1899 aged 76.
      (NBI)

      (revised 20.12.2016)



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