Researching John Sprott
Dig into the past of John Sprott using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 255 people with the Sprott surname? In that year Sprott was ranked number 3324 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Sprott on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of John Sprott in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Sprott and the Sprott Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sprott Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Sprott family tree.
Look at Parish Records for John Sprott at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of John Sprott using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 394 people with the Sprott surname in the UK? Sprott is now ranked number 3670 for popularity in the UK. |
Sprott Family History Databases
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Find John Sprott from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Sprott Forums
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Miscellaneous Sprott Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on John Sprott. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Sprott
John Sprott
John Chappell Sprott (16 October 1903 – 11 November 1982) was an eminent Anglican priest in the mid 20th century.
He was educated at the University of Glasgow, graduating in 1925. His early working life was spent as a locomotive engineer and he retained an interest in railways throughout his life. He was ordained after a period of study at Edinburgh Theological College in 1928. His ecclesiastical career began as a Minor Canon and Succentor at St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh after which he held curacies at All Saints, Glasgow and St George the Martyr, Holborn. From 1933 to 1937 he was Rector of West Hackney and then Provost of St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee. His service at St Paul's marked the start of a 35-year association with the Diocese of Brechin, and in 1959 he became Bishop of Brechin, a post he held until his retirement in 1975 to make way for a younger man. He and his wife planned to retire to Troon.
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