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Edward Thomas Sprake

Edward Thomas Sprake

Male 1865 - 1946  (80 years)


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  • Name Edward Thomas Sprake  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Birth 11 Nov 1865  Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 17 Jul 1946  Kingston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial Dallas, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I73841  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father James Hewlett Sprake,   b. 2 Apr 1828, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1911, Plymouth, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Samuel,   b. 16 Dec 1831, Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1897 (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Oct 1852  Abergavenny, Monmouthshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F30833  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rachael Jenkins,   b. 24 Sep 1867, Llangendeirne, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1920, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 1889  [3] 
    Family ID F24831  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, July 18, 1946 Wilkes-Barre Times Leader - Edward Sprake Dies In General Hospital - Edward Sprake, age 81, uncle of School Director John Dougherty, died yesterday afternoon at 12:15 in Nesbitt Memorial Hospital. Deceased was born in Wales and came to this country 75 years ago. Sprake had been employed as machinist at the Plymouth Plant of the Luzerne County Gas and Electric Company for 25 years, retiring from active work, six years ago. He had made his home at the Daugherty residence, 7 West Shawnee avenue. His wife was the former Racheal Jenkins. The funeral will be held on Satuday afternoon at 2:30 from the Daugherty residence. Burial will be in Fern Knoll cemetery. Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Emily Armitage, Buffalo, N. Y.; together with several nieces and nephews. Mr. Sprake had been ailing in health for sometime. He was a member of the Shawnee Club and of Wyoming Valley Motor Club.

      Newspaper Obituary - July 22, 1946 Wilkes Barre Record - Edward Sprake - The funeral of Edward Sprake was held Saturday afternoon from 7 West Shawnee Avenue, Plymouth, with Rev. Dr. W. Russell Straw of First Presbyterian Church officiating. The services were largely attended. During the service a quartet of Samuel and Stanley Dennis, Samuel Hughes and George Mathews sang. Doris Dennis was accompanist. Flower carriers were Ben Chadwick, Sr., Teofil Burkowski, John Dymond, Charles Davis, Sterling Coates, plant associates, and Kenneth Guest. Bearers, fellow employees at Luzerne County Gas and Electric Company plant, were Edmund Hughes, Leon Isley, William Boyes, Charles Platt, Edward Cook and Walter Patton. Burial was in Fern Knoll Burial Park, Dallas. Arrangements by M. S. Frederick and Sons. Inc.

  • Sources 
    1. [S147] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

    2. [S79] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    3. [S29] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Plymouth Ward 2, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1434; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0119; FHL microfilm: 1241434.

    4. [S1309] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Plains, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1367; Page: 450A; Family History Library Film: 552866.

    5. [S30] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Plymouth, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1151; Family History Film: 1255151; Page: 432D; Enumeration District: 148; Image: 0089.

    6. [S2233] FreeBMD, England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915, (Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2006;;;).