My gg grandmother, Lavinia SPERRIN/G was born in 1825 in West Harptree, the d/o John & Ann SPERRING nee OGBORN, John being a shoemaker. Her mother died when she was about 6 months old. I believe that her parents were married on the 31st May 1813 at St Peter's Church in Bristol. As the Church records of St Peter's were damaged during the Blitz this has been taken from the Bishop's Transcripts and a transcription made after the War from the charred records. Interestingly the surname is entered as SPERING on one and SPIRING on the other. From the pages of the transcription.
John and Ann's first child was christened at West Harptree in Nov 1813 which does suggest that the bride might have been pregnant but I have no proof that this was the correct marriage. Can anyone help clarify?
John, the shoemaker, was born in about 1778 in West Harptree and his parents were another John & Anne SPERRING but I have yet to identify this Anne, or her death. John senior died in 1814, aged 65 and was buried in West Harptree. | 
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