Selina Sprague

1841 - 1923  (~ 81 years)

• Name	Selina Sprague  [1, 2]
  Born	Y  [1]
  Census	1841	Salcombe Regis, , Devon, England   [2, 3]
  Trow, today part of Sidmouth, Devonshire
  John Sprague, 40, Pensioner, I (in response to "whetherborn Scotland, Ireland or Foreign Parts") Elizabeth Sprague, 20, Y (in response to "whether Born insame County") Elizabeth Sprague, 1, Y Selena (sic) Sprague, 3 months, Y
  Christened	13 Mar 1841	Salcombe Regis, , Devon, England   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1851	Axminster, , Devon, England   [2, 4]
  Turnpike House
  John Spriggs, Head, mar., 55, Chelsea pensioner & TollCollector, born Ireland Elizabeth Spriggs, Wife, mar., 33, Lace Maker, born Colyton Sarah Ann Spriggs, Daur., 13, Lace Maker, born Colyton Elizabeth Spriggs, Daur., 11, Lace Maker, born Colyton Selina Spriggs, Daur., 9, Lace Maker, born Salcombe John Spriggs, Son, 8, Scholar, born Uplyme William Spriggs, Son, 7, Scholar, born Dorset Lynne Emma Spriggs, Daur., 3, born Dorset Lynne Matilda Spriggs, Daur., 1, born Devon Axmouth
  Census	1861	Axminster, , Devon, England   [2, 5]
  John Sprague, Head, 64, Chelsea Pensioner, born Ireland Elizabeth Sprague, Wife, 43, born Devon Colyton Selina Sprague, Daughter, 20, Servant, born Devon Salcombe Emma W Sprague, Daughter, 13, Dress Maker, born Dorset Lyme Matilda Sprague, Daughter, 11, Scholar, born Devon Axminster Charles V Sprague, Son, 7, Scholar, born Devon Axminster Frederick Sprague, Son, 11 mos. born Devon Axminster      Wikipedia on the term "ChelseaPensioner" During the reign of King James II , the RoyalHospital was still under construction, so he introduced asystem for distribution of army pensions in 1689. The pension was to be made available to all soldierswho had been injured in service, or who had served for morethan 20 years. By the time the Hospital had been completed, there weremore pensioners than places available in the Hospital.Eligible soldiers who could not be housed in the Hospitalwere termed out-pensioners, receiving theirpension from the Royal Hospital but living outside it.In-pensioners, by contrast, surrender their armypension and live within the Royal Hospital. In 1703 , there were only 51 out-pensioners. By1815 this figure had risen to 36,757. The Royal Hospital remained responsible for distributingarmy pensions until 1955 , following which thephrase "out-pensioner" became less common, and "Chelseapensioner" was used largely to refer to "in-pensioners".
  Died	1923	Axminster, , Devon, England   [6]
  Person ID	I191654	Sprague Project
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	John Sprague,   b. 1786, Ireland ,   d. 1877, Axminster, , Devon, England  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Hoare,   b. Abt 1819, Colyton, , Devon, England ,   d. 1875, Axminster, , Devon, England  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Married	7 Feb 1837	Colyton, , Devon, England   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F67330	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse	James Stanton,   b. Abt 1836, Thorncombe, Dorset, England ,   d. 1906, Axminster, , Devon, England  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Married	5 Oct 1868	Axminster, , Devon, England   [2]
  Children	1. Mary Mabel Stanton,   b. 1868, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. William Charles Stanton,   b. 1870, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. James Stanton,   b. 1872, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Elizabeth Emma Stanton,   b. 1875, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Mabel Edith Stanton,   b. 1877, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Ethel Stanton,   b. 6 Apr 1879, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England ,   d. 1960, Bridport, , Dorset, England  (Age 80 years)   7. Kate Georgina Stanton,   b. 1882, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England ,   d. 1908, Axminster, , Devon, England  (Age 26 years)
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F170414	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - Trow, today part of Sidmouth, Devonshire - 1841 - Salcombe Regis, , Devon, England Christened - 13 Mar 1841 - Salcombe Regis, , Devon, England Census - Turnpike House - 1851 - Axminster, , Devon, England Census - 1861 - Axminster, , Devon, England Married - 5 Oct 1868 - Axminster, , Devon, England Died - 1923 - Axminster, , Devon, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1941] Correspondent: Sprague, Stephen, note of January 10th, 2003. [S5450] Correspondent: Sprague, Jim, note of 13 July 2020. [S20] Correspondent: Sprague, Ralph D., note of January 8, 2008. [S20] Correspondent: Sprague, Ralph D., note of January 6, 2008. [S20] Correspondent: Sprague, Ralph D., note of October 24, 2008 from the records of theCommonwealth War Graves Commission. [S5450] Correspondent: Sprague, Jim, note of 28 October 2020.