Family of Henry James Spong and Elizabeth Hamilton

Husband: Henry James Spong

  • Name:

  • Henry James Spong

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Note (shared):

  • Thanks and acknowledgements to Rob Schneider (great great grandson) for information about the Spong family.

  • Birth:

  • 1833

  • St Giles, Camberwell, Surrey

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Dec 1833 (age 0)

  • St George, Camberwell, Surrey

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 7-8)

  • Living with mother ("Henry Sponge")

  • Census (2):

  • 1861 (age 27-28)

  • Coach driver, 3 Gloster Row, Newington (lodger, married)

  • Census (3):

  • 1871 (age 37-38)

  • Omnibus driver, 67 Twerton St, St Mary Newington, Surrey

  • Census (4):

  • 1881 (age 47-48)

  • Omnibus driver, 50 Rodney Place, Newington, Surrey

  • Occupation:

  • 1886 (age 52-53)

  • Omnibus driver (on son Henry's marriage cert.)

  • Death fact:

  • 1896 (age 62-63)

  • 1896 Sep Qtr, Lambeth, 1d/242

  • Death:

  • 1896 (age 62-63)

  • Lambeth, Surrey

Additional Information

  • Baptism:

  • Parents: William Henry Spong (policeman) & Sarah

Wife: Elizabeth Hamilton

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Hamilton

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1840

  • Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales

  • Census (1):

  • 1881 (age 40-41)

  • Wife in household

  • Census (2):

  • 1891 (age 50-51)

  • Tailoress, 48 Quinn Square, Waterloo Road, St George the Martyr, Southwark (married, husband absent)

Child 1: Henry Spong

  • Name:

  • Henry Spong

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Susan Eliza Ann Herrick (1868-1950)

  • Birth:

  • 1862

  • St Mary, Newington, Surrey

  • Birth fact:

  • 1862 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1862 D Quarter in SAINT GEORGE SOUTHWARK Volume 01D Page 159

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 8-9)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 18-19)

  • Carriage driver, living with parents

  • Occupation:

  • 30 May 1886 (age 23-24)

  • Omnibus driver, Blyth Terrace, Lambeth (on marriage cert.)

  • Census (3):

  • 1891 (age 28-29)

  • Cab driver, 50 Quinn Square, Waterloo Road, St George the Martyr, Southwark (1 son & 2 daughters)

  • Census (4):

  • 1901 (age 38-39)

  • Cab attendant, 146 Dyers St, Vauxhall, Lambeth (1 son & 1 daughter)

  • Census (5):

  • 1911 (age 48-49)

  • Cab driver, inmate, Lambeth Workhouse

  • Death fact:

  • 1911 (age 48-49)

  • GRO Reference: 1911 J Quarter in STRAND Volume 01B Page 303 (aged 49)

  • Death:

  • 1911 (age 48-49)

  • Strand, London

Child 2: John Hamilton Spong

  • Name:

  • John Hamilton Spong

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Ann Allen (c. 1865- )

  • Birth:

  • 1866

  • Newington, Surrey

  • Birth fact:

  • 1866 (age 0)

  • 1866 Sep Qtr, Newington, 1d/173

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 4-5)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 14-15)

  • Horse keeper, living with parents

  • Death:

  • 1936 (age 69-70)

  • Lambeth, Surrey

Child 3: Ellen Amelia Spong

  • Name:

  • Ellen Amelia Spong

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Henry John Armstrong (1868-1936)

  • Birth:

  • 1871

  • St Mary, Newington, Surrey

  • Birth fact:

  • 1871 (age 0)

  • 1871 Sep Qtr, St Saviour Southwark, 1d/74

  • Census (1):

  • 1881 (age 9-10)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1891 (age 19-20)

  • Living with mother

  • Census (3):

  • 1921 (age 49-50)

  • Wife in household

  • Death fact:

  • 1932 (age 60-61)

  • GRO Reference: 1932 S Quarter in BATTERSEA Volume 01D Page 283 (aged 61)

  • Death:

  • 1932 (age 60-61)

  • Battersea, Surrey

Child 4: Benjamin George Spong

  • Name:

  • Benjamin George Spong

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Florence Alice Ruddy (c. 1881- )

  • Birth:

  • 1876

  • Walworth, Surrey

  • Birth fact:

  • 1876 (age 0)

  • 1876 Mar Qtr, St Saviour Southwark, 1d/132

  • Census (1):

  • 1881 (age 4-5)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1911 (age 34-35)

  • Stage driver, 68 Kentish Town Road, London NW (Benjamin George Hamilton)

  • Occupation:

  • 28 Aug 1915 (age 38-39)

  • Motor driver (WW1 pension records, Hamilton)

  • Death fact:

  • 1922 (age 45-46)

  • 1922 Mar Qtr, Willesden, 3a/320 (aged 46, Benjamin G Hamilton)

  • Death:

  • 1922 (age 45-46)

  • Willesden, Middlesex

Child 5: Frederick Timothy Ernest Spong

  • Name:

  • Frederick Timothy Ernest Spong

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1879

  • Lambeth, Surrey

  • Birth fact:

  • 1879 (age 0)

  • 1879 Sep Qtr, Lambeth, 1d/339

  • Census (1):

  • 1881 (age 1-2)

  • Living with parents (Ernest)

  • Census (2):

  • 1891 (age 11-12)

  • Living with mother

Note on Husband: Henry James Spong - shared note

Thanks and acknowledgements to Rob Schneider (great great grandson) for information about the Spong family.