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11790
Surname: Spragg
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 8 June 1844
Place: -
Source: Maitland Mercury
Details: Ticket of Leave holder committed for trial for the rape of Mary Ann Smith


92255
Surname: Spragg
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 1852 28 July
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: Witness at the trial of William Edgerton Sampson


97551
Surname: Spragg
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 1853 23 February
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: Spirit Merchants license


106657
Surname: Spragg
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 1853
Place: Newcastle
Source: A voyage to Australia and NZ ., J.A. Askew
Details: Provided a sleeping room for J.A. Askew on his visit to Newcastle which was the largest in the house and on the first floor. Mosquitos in the hundreds


106658
Surname: Spragg
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 1853
Place: Newcastle
Source: A voyage to Australia and NZ., J.A., Askew
Details: Native of London sent for housebreaking. Appointed barber in the hospital and organist of the church. Married an amiable and industrious woman (free emigrant). Owner of the largest store in Newcastle. Architect of his house and store, painted all the cart signs and coffin plates in the neighbourhood; could act, sing a comic song at a moments notice


106816
Surname: Spragg
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 1855 9 May
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: Presented Rev. William Savigny with a testimonial of a silver salver and 40 sovereigns in gratitude for his ministerial labours and gratuitous devotion to service


112760
Surname: Spragg
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 1854 11 March
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: Registered Spirit Merchant


123250
Surname: Spragg
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: -
Place: Christ Church Burial Ground, Newcastle
Source: -
Details: Gravestone one of the few remaining in the burial ground


123644
Surname: Spragg
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 1857 22 October
Place: Hunter Street Newcastle
Source: SMH
Details: Death of Joseph Spragg, storekeeper, after a long and painful illness on 18th October. Left a wife and 8 children


123747
Surname: Spragg
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 1855 28 November
Place: -
Source: SMH
Details: George Spragg Brother of Josep Spragg of Newcastle. Died on 21st November of consumption aged 31 years


135268
Surname: Spragg
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 1854 4 February
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: Signed address to Dr. Bowker on the occasion of Bowker's return to England


173803
Surname: Spragg
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 28 March 1902
Place: Christ Church Burial Ground, Newcastle
Source: NMH
Details: A stone which will recall many amusing experiences to the minds of old citizens is that erected - To the memory of Joseph Spragg, who was born Nov. 26 1809 in the Parish of St. George, Hanover Square, London, and departed this life Oct. 18 1857. Beneath the inscription if the following quaint verse - Life is uncertain, Death is sure, Sin is the wound, Christ is the cure. He was one of the early business men of the place and for years kept a store on the site occupied by the Yacht Club Hotel, which was pulled down some years ago and the Westminster Hotel erected in its place. The store was a general one in every sense of the word, where, so to speark, the customer, could purchase anything from a needle to an anchor. One of Spraggs characteristics was his independent spirit. It was a common thing for him to tell customers who went to make purchases at meal hours that he was having his breakfast or dinner as the case may be and they must come back later one, when he would attend to them. There were only two stores in those days and if the rival establishement did not possess the required article the customer was entirely at the mercy of the eccentric merchant. His establishment embraced tailoring and hairdressing, and many a gathering took place in the old saloon, where the townsmen of the day discussed current politics and local topics of interest


174643
Surname: Spragg
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 1855
Place: Dwelling house, Hunter Street, Newcastle
Source: NMH
Details: On a list of electors in the police district of Newcastle who had the right to vote for elections in the county of Northumberland in 1855. Printed in the Newcastle Morning Herald 19 July 1911


180327
Surname: Spragg
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 14 January 1848
Place: Newcastle
Source: Newcastle Court of Petty Sessions Letter Book
Details: Letter 48/25. Request from the Magistrate at Newcastle to Digby Miller at Raymond Terrace that Joseph Spraggs would be confined to the Raymond Terrace district because in 1844 Spraggs was convicted of having had carnal knowledge of a girl aged 12 and was sentenced to 12 months in Newcastle gaol. The girl on whom the assault was perpetrated still resided with her parents in Newcastle and it was not considered proper that Spragg should be allowed to reside there. Therefore request that his ticket of leave be altered from Raymond Terrace to Newcastle denied


198215
Surname: Spragg
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 30 September 1873
Place: Newcastle
Source: Newcastle Chronicle
Details: Death - on the 11th September at Newcastle, after a long and painful illness, Fanny Ann, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Joseph Spragg, of Newcastle and dearly beloved daughter of Mrs. Robert Lea of Bourke street, Surry Hills, aged 29 years


106443
Surname: Spragg
First Name: Joseph
Ship: Asia 1832
Date: 1842 September
Place: Newcastle
Source: Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. Marriages p16
Details: Marriage of Joseph Spragg aged 32 and Ann Bowen aged 22. Witnesses Stephen Davis and Anne Elliott


125003
Surname: Spragg
First Name: Joseph
Ship: Asia 1832
Date: 1837 5 December
Place: Newcastle
Source: Newcastle Bench Books. AONSW Reel 2722
Details: George Oakford, attached to the hospital., charged by J.S. Williamson with neglect and insolence when he refused to move a spade quickly enough. Thomas Mitchell, Thomas Roberts and Joseph Spragg gave evidence that Williamson had shook & pushed Oakford and called him an insolent young scoundrel. In defence Oakford said he had been working all day and was tired. Case discharged from Court


133205
Surname: Spragg
First Name: Joseph
Ship: Asia 1832
Date: 1838 24 July
Place: Newcastle
Source: Newcastle Bench Books. AONSW Reel 2722
Details: Assigned to the hospital at Newcastle. Charged with neglect of duty. Discharged as the prosecutor did not appear


133215
Surname: Spragg
First Name: Joseph
Ship: Asia 1832
Date: 1838 27 July
Place: Newcastle
Source: Newcastle Bench Books. AONSW Reel 2722
Details: Sentenced to 7 days in Newcastle gaol cells for making away with government property


105667
Surname: Spragg
First Name: Joseph and Ann
Ship: -
Date: Baptism December 1843
Place: Abode Newcastle
Source: Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. p.11
Details: Tailor. Baptism of son George Henry Spragg