Ernest Spragge

Ernest Spragge, 1890-1909

  • Born in Colpoy’s Bay, Bruce County, Ontario.
  • In 1901 census, father was a coal oil merchant.
  • In 1909, he just began job as a teacher in Stave Lake. His father was sick so he rushed to Victoria but contracted typhoid fever and died. His father died of cancer the same year.
  • Buried in Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia.
  • Loyalist Ancestor: Thomas Spragge, 1729-1812, Springfield, Kings County, New Brunswick.