John Spratt

1845 - 1917  (72 years)

• Name	John Spratt
  Born	1845	Trory Par., Co. Fermanagh, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	6 Nov 1867	Ship Countess of Kintore
  Occupation	1870
  	farmer/settler/labourer
  _UID	222262BDAA5C4E019857CE09685E4DE87972
  Died	17 Dec 1917	Kawakawa, New Zealand   [1]
  	Cause: Acute gastritis / apoplexy
  Buried	19 Dec 1917	Plot 2A#31 Kawakawa
  Person ID	I109762	Branch 155 John Stafford b. Ireland and family
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2011

  
  

  Father	William Spratt,   b. 1816, Trory Par., Co. Fermanagh, Ireland ,   d. Ireland
  Mother	Elleanor Matilda Stafford,   b. 1814, Pollareagh, Co. Cavan, Ireland ,   d. 3 Nov 1894, Bay of Islands, New Zealand  (Age 80 years)
  Married	CA 1838
  Family ID	F35877	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Johnston,   b. 1846, Bleanish Is., Co Fermanagh, Ireland ,   d. 31 Jan 1919, Gisborne  (Age 73 years)
  Married	27 Dec 1870	Pakaraka, New Zealand
  Notes	Married: Marriage Pakaraka church. John, aged 23, occupation farmer/settler/labourer, residence - Pakaraka for 14 months, working for Mr Henry Williams. Margaret aged 24, occupation servant, residence at Pakaraka for 3 yrs.
  Children	1. James John Spratt,   b. 2 Jul 1871, Whangae, Auckland, New Zealand ,   d. 13 Oct 1946, Gisborne  (Age 75 years)   2. Mary Anne Spratt,   b. 2 Sep 1874, Hukerenui, New Zealand ,   d. 19 Oct 1953, Waihau Bay, New Zealand  (Age 79 years)   3. Elizabeth Spratt,   b. 7 Jul 1876, Whangae, Auckland, New Zealand ,   d. 7 Mar 1926, Whangarei New Zealand  (Age 49 years)   4. Ellen Jane Spratt,   b. 15 Dec 1872,   d. 7 Sep 1945, Rotorua, New Zealand  (Age 72 years)   5. Sarah Spratt,   b. 23 May 1878, Whangae, Auckland, New Zealand ,   d. 17 Oct 1894, Auckland, New Zealand  (Age 16 years)   6. Margaret Spratt,   b. 2 Apr 1880, Kawakawa, New Zealand ,   d. 20 Jan 1956, Gisborne  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F35841	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1885 census describes him as feeholder / labourer with a 4 acre allotment of land in KawaKawa block. Sponsored to NZ by brother in law Joseph Armstrong on ship Countess of Kintore 6 Nov 1867. Charged 1872 and fined for abusive language for saying to Harry Flynn " Come out here Harry Flynn you bloody Fenian, you blasted papist, I'll pull your heart out, I'll burn the house around you!" Also charged and fined for abusive language in 1882. Sued James Yolk for the sum of four pounds in 1886, and won. ( National Archives Auckland - Ruth Austin) In his will left everything to "his beloved wife Margaret", with wife and youngest daughter Margaret as executors. Value was under two hundred pounds. Research by Iain Swinnerton, British Army researcher in Army Lists to 1870, and soldiers discharge papers, shows no record of John Spratt ever having served in the British Army, despite family story that he was a Captain in the Enniskillen Dragoons who saw service in India. In June 1919 the Whangae School burnt down, and owing to the war nothing was done about rebuilding. In 1920 school restarted in what had been the Spratt homestead, at this time owned by Mr McIntyre. It was used until February 1923 when the school finally opened. Died: Certified copy of entry of death No 21748 registered at Kawakawa Died 17 December 1917, Kawakawa hospital John Spratt, settler, male, age 75 Cause of death; acute gastritis / apoplexy, duration 6 days. Medical Attendant; L.K. Hagen, last seen 17 Dec 1917. Father's name; William Spratt, Farmer Mothers name ; Ellen Spratt maiden name Stafford Buried 19 Dec 1917, Kawakawa Born; Ireland, in New Zealand 50 years Married at Pakaraka, age 27, to Margaret Johnston. Age of widow; 78 Age and sex of living Issue; M 47, F 45,43,41,37

  
  

• Sources

  [S11308] Source #3.