Family of Henry James Spong and Elizabeth Hamilton

Husband: Henry James Spong (1833-1896)
Wife: Elizabeth Hamilton (1840- )
Children: Henry Spong (1862- )
John Hamilton Spong (1866-1936)
Ellen Amelia Spong (1871- )
Benjamin George Spong (1876-1922)
Frederick Timothy Ernest Spong (1879- )
Marriage 1860 St George the Martyr, Southwark, Surrey

Husband: Henry James Spong

Name: Henry James Spong
Sex: Male
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 1833 St Giles, Camberwell, Surrey
Census 1841 (age 7-8) Living with mother ("Henry Sponge")
Census 1861 (age 27-28) Coach driver, 3 Gloster Row, Newington (lodger, married)
Census 1871 (age 37-38) Omnibus driver, 67 Twerton St, St Mary Newington, Surrey
Census 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

Wife: Elizabeth Hamilton

Name: Elizabeth Hamilton
Sex: Female
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 1840 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
Census 1881 (age 40-41) Wife in household
Census 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 1871 (age 8-9) Living with parents
Census 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 1891 (age 28-29) Cab driver, 50 Quinn Square, Waterloo Road, St George the Martyr, Southwark (1 son & 2 daughters)
Census 1901 (age 38-39) Cab attendant, 146 Dyers St, Vauxhall, Lambeth (1 son & 1 daughter)
Census 1911 (age 48-49) Cab driver, inmate, Lambeth Workhouse

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 1871 (age 4-5) Living with parents
Census 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
Birth 1871 St Mary, Newington, Surrey
Birth fact 1871 (age 0) 1871 Sep Qtr, St Saviour Southwark, 1d/74
Census 1881 (age 9-10) Living with parents
Census 1891 (age 19-20) Living with mother

Child 4: Benjamin George Spong

Name: Benjamin George Spong
Sex: Male
Spouse: Florence Ruddy ( - )
Birth 1876 Walworth, Surrey
Birth fact 1876 (age 0) 1876 Mar Qtr, St Saviour Southwark, 1d/132
Census 1881 (age 4-5) Living with parents
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 1881 (age 1-2) Living with parents (Ernest)
Census 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.