William Webb Spicer (1820 - 1879)

Born 6 Sep 1820 in London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothea Halsey — married 27 Nov 1849 in Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 28 Apr 1879 at age 58 in 26 Colville Road, Notting Hill, London, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

William was born in 1820, 2nd son of John W. Spicer of Esher Place, Surrey. M.A. Christchurch, Oxford. He married Dorothea Halsey in 1849. He was Rector of Itchen Abbas, Southbourne, Hampshire 1850-74. He was a botanist and wrote about plants in Tasmania.^[1]
He passed away in 1879. Probate (Principal Registry 12 Jun 1979): formerly of Itchen Abbas but lately of 26 Colville Road, Notting Hill, will proved by his widow.

1851: Esher Place, Surrey, John W Spicer Esq 61 Head b. Warley, Essex, Hannah M Spicer 51 wife b. Milford, Surrey, W M Spicer 30 son Rector Of Itchen Abbas b. London, Middlesex, Mary Spicer 26 dau b. Ripley, Surrey, Sophia Spicer 15 dau b. Esher, J W G Spicer 34 son, marr, b. Stoke Surrey, Juliana Spicer 26 dau-in-law, b. Milford, Surrey, Dora Spicer, 20, dau-in-law b. Ash Surrey, Henry Halsey 79 unmarr, Caroline Halsey 34 unmarr, Agnes Halsey 34 unmarr + 9 servants.
1861: Winchester dist. with wife and 5 children.
1871: at school, Clifton, Bristol.

Their firstborn, Henry William Spicer b. Oct-Dec 1851 Stepney dist., London, d. Apr-Jun 1867, Clifton dist., Bristol, age 15. Other unmarried children:
Walter Spicer, b. & d. 1859
Hilda Sidonia Spicer, b. 5 Mar 1864, d. 16 Feb 1931.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.academia.edu/1057657/A_four-year_antipodean_odyssey_the_Reverend_William_Webb_Spicer_M.A._in_Tasmania_1874-1878

• Marriage: "England Marriages, 1538–1973", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2D6-JQP : 13 March 2020)
• Death, GRO, Q2 1879, vol 1a, p 77