Person:Thomas Sprakes (2)

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Thomas Spraikes
b.1827 Thorne, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
d.1917 Goole, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. 15 Jun 1824
  1. Sarah Anne Sprakes1825 -
  2. Thomas Spraikes1827 - 1917
  3. Priscilla Spraikes1829 - 1830
  4. Harriot Sprakes1834 -
  5. Betsy Sprakes1837 - 1837
Spouse and Children
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m. 1849
  1. Thomas Sprakes1851 -
  2. Charlotte Sprakes1853 -
  3. Mary Ann Sprakes1854 - 1854
  4. Ann Elizabeth Sprakes1855 -
  5. Sarah Ann Sprakes1861 -
  6. Louisa Sprakes1863 -
  7. Samuel Sprakes1864 - 1944
  8. Mary Sprakes1865 -
  9. Selina Sprakes1870 -
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Facts and Events
Name Thomas Spraikes
Alt Name Thomas Sprakes
Gender Male
Birth? 1827 Thorne, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Baptism[1][11] 14 Jan 1827 Thorne, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Marriage 1849 Thorne, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandto Sarah Ann Holgate
Occupation[3] 1851 Coal Porter
Occupation[2] 1853 Labourer
Occupation[4] 1854 Dock Labourer
Other[8][14][16] 1858 Housebreaking and stealing ale. Age 31
Census 1861 Kingston-upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England4, Union Street, Holy Trinity, Hull, Thomas 35, Sarah 33, 4 children and 2 boarders at home
with Sarah Ann Holgate
Census 1871 Goole, West Riding of Yorkshire, EnglandWright Street, Hook, Thomas 43, Sarah 42, seven children and son-in-law at home
with Sarah Ann Holgate
Other[8][14][15] 1871 Larceny - stealing tarpaulin, age 45
Other[6][12] Abt 1872 Chatham Prison
Other[16] 1872 Cottage breaking and stealing 2 geese at Hook. Age 45. Sentenced to 7 years penal servitude then 7 years police supervision
Other[7][13] Abt 1873 Wakefield (metropolitan borough), West Yorkshire, EnglandWakefield Prison
Occupation[5] 1881 Dock Labourer
Census 1881 Goole, West Riding of Yorkshire, England26 Masons Terrace, Hook, Thomas 55, Sarah 54, 2 children at home
with Sarah Ann Holgate
Census? 1911 14 Parliament Street Goole, age 85, Farm Labourer Retired Old Age Pensioner, living with daughter's family the Newborns, niece Sarah Sprakes visiting
Death[9] 1917 Goole, West Riding of Yorkshire, EnglandAge 91

Dock labourer, Hull, Kilpin Pike, Goole.

Details from his 7 year sentence for stealing two geese:

Received at Wakefield 25 Sep 1872, prison trade, matchmaking

Removed to Pentonville 24 Nov 1872, prison trade, bricklayer.

Removed to Chatham 26 Dec 1873, prison trade, labourer

Removed to Chattenden 25 Apr 1877, prison trade, labourer

Removed to Chatham 1878, prison trade, labourer

Licensed 5 Jun 1878

Physical description Complexion - fresh. Hair - sandy. Eyes - grey. Height - 5ft 4 1/2in. Face - oval.Blue scar left side of forehead, nose crooked, scar left side of back, scar left hip, large scar right leg, has only 4 top teeth.

Some offences recorded whilst in prison Irreverent conduct in Chapel. Singing in his cell. Stealing a potato from a dinner tray. Talking when marching from chapel. Having soap in his posession when a patient in the infirmary. Having spectacles belonging to antoher prisoner. Unnecessary talking at the works. Damaging his shirt and telling a falsehood to deceive the officer.

There is a record of various letters sent to and received from his wife in Goole (around 8), and one from his son Samuel in 1876.

Licensed from Chatham prison 5 Aug 1878, destinantion: Red Lion Row, Goole, Yorkshire

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On his son's baptism record Thomas' occupation is Coal Porter
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On his son's baptism record Thomas' occupation is Coal Porter
Entry and description in National Alphabetical Register of Habitual Criminals
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Entry and description in National Alphabetical Register of Habitual Criminals
References
  1. ↑ Borthwick Institute for Archives
    217, 1827.

    Father's first name(s) Saml.
    Father's last name Spraikes
    Mother's first name(s) Mary Ann

  2. ↑ Occupation Labourer on daughter Charlotte's baptism.
  3. ↑ Thomas' baptism record.
  4. ↑ Daug Mary Ann's baptism record
    1854.
  5. ↑ 1881 census.
  6. ↑
    4, PCOM2, p90, abt 1872.

    Source Chatham Prison, Kent: register of prisoners
    First name(s) Thomas
    Last name Spraikes
    Occupation Labourer
    Court Wakefield Sess.
    Age 45
    Page number 90

  7. ↑ Prison registers, in Wakefield Sessions
    74, PCOM2.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 A Calendar Of Prisoners Tried At The Midsummer General Quarter Sessions Of The Peace For The Year 1871
    16, HO140, 12 May 1871.

    First name(s) Thomas
    Last name Spraikes
    Birth year 1826
    Occupation Laborer
    County York
    Court Rotherham
    Age 45
    Date 29 Jun 1871
    Victim's first name(s) John
    Victim's last name Walker

    Stealing 20 yds of tarpaulin, of the value of 10s, the porperty of John Walker and another at Hook on the 12 May 1871.
    Guilty of larceny after a previous conviction. Imprisoned for 1 calendar month and afterwards to be subject to the supervision of the police for 7 years.
    (Previous offences written on document)
    Living Rough & Vagabond
    Doncaster sess. Oct 1858 Thorne (?) - housebreaking and stealing ale, 3 months

  9. ↑ Deaths and burials
    9C,1165, 1917.

    Birth year 1826
    Age 91
    Death quarter 1
    Death year 1917

  10.   Name given as Sprakes not Spraikes.
    Certainly survived to near this age as appears on 1911 census.
  11. ↑ Thomas Spraikes baptism, his father's occupation is shoemaker
  12. ↑ Chatham Prison
  13. ↑ Wakefield Sessions
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 1871 Larceny conviction record
  15. ↑ 1871 Sheffield Independent
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 1858 Wakfield House of correction record of housebreaking and ale stealing conviction and imprisonment
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