Matilda Sprague

1850 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Matilda Sprague  [1]
  Born	Mar 1850	Axminster, , Devon, England   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1851	Axminster, , Devon, England   [2]
  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   [3]
  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".
  Census	1871	Axminster, , Devon, England   [4]
  Toll House, Marsbury Road
  John Sprague, Head, 75, married, Chelsea Pensioner, bornScotland, Ayre Elizabeth Sprague, Wife, 52, married, Devon, Colyton Matilda Sprague, Daughter, unmarried, Dressmaker, bornDevon Axminster Charles Sprague, Son, 17, unmarried, Mason, born DevonAxminster (NB occupation is consistent with 1901 census inwhich he is a bricklayer) Frederick Sprague, Son, 10, Scholar, born Devon Axminster Alice Sprague, Daughter, 8, Scholar, born Devon Axminster
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I191658	Sprague Project
  Last Modified	13 Jul 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, 5]
  Family ID	F67330	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse	William Solway,   b. Abt 1849,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1 Mar 1872	Axminster, , Devon, England   [5]
  Children	1. Frederick William Solway,   b. 1872, Axminster, , Devon, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Archibald Charles Solway,   b. 1873, Axminster, , Devon, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mary Clara E. Solway,   b. 1877, Uplyme, , Devon, England ,   d. 1937, Devon Central, Devon, England  (Age 60 years)   4. Alice Mary Solway,   b. 1881, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F170423	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Mar 1850 - Axminster, , Devon, England Census - Turnpike House - 1851 - Axminster, , Devon, England Census - 1861 - Axminster, , Devon, England Census - Toll House, Marsbury Road - 1871 - Axminster, , Devon, England Married - 1 Mar 1872 - Axminster, , Devon, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1941] Correspondent: Sprague, Stephen, note of January 10th, 2003. [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. [S20] Correspondent: Sprague, Ralph D., note of November 20, 2008. [S5450] Correspondent: Sprague, Jim, note of 13 July 2020.