Re: William Sprowl
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William Sprowl
Clyde Sprowl 12/28/07
This is not a name that I am researching but I can give you some help in where to look
First the surname Sproule is found in mostly Annapolis and Kings County.The following is taken from the book.History of the County of Annapolis” by W. A. Calnek published orig. in 1897, but available in reprint.Calnek did a fantastic job of compiling lists and collecting genealogical information from what sources he had-mostly family records.However,remember that there are often a lot a errors in the genealogical information and he is very long on flowery prose and short on hard facts. But the actual statistical lists are accurate which makes the book a goldmine.
Page 246-247
List of men to whom first grants of Township of Clements where made in 1784
Area between Digby and Annapolis
Sproal, William
Page 197-198--1770 Census Return of the Township of Granville, Annapolis County
Roughly area along Annapolis River between Annapolis Royal and Bridgetown
(head of household only)
Robert Sproule – 6 in family (2 American, 4 Acadian )
Following is the biographical sketch that Calnek wrote of the Sproule family.
Page 605
“Robert Sproul the progenitor of the Nova Scotia and New Brunswick families of the name came from the north of Ireland, probably at the same time that the Neilys, McCormicks and Elliots came and must have settled in Granville later than the year 1770.By his first wife, who may have died on the voyage, he had three sons, James, John, and Robert, all born in Ireland.James the eldest born 1763 went to New Brunswick and became the ancestor of a large posterity there.John and Robert removed to Wilmot, the former settling near Paradise the latter farther up the Valley.Thomas, the son by the second wife, settled in Granville, from which many descendants have gone forth to neighbouring counties and the United States.”
None of the above sheds any light on the William listed in the Township of Clements
Other resources available to you online are:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~canns/http://www.rootsweb.com/~canns/
The above is one of the best.An amazing amount of information online and lots of links
There are very few Vital Statistics before 1850 in Nova Scotia and its “hit and miss” until the early 1900’s but what there is is online at
www.novascotiagenealogy.ca
Some military records can be found at
http://www.genealogylinks.net/canada/nova_scotia/nova_scotia_military.htmhttp://www.genealogylinks.net/canada/nova_scotia/nova_scotia_military.htm
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-909.002-e.htmlhttp://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-909.002-e.html
Nova Scotia Archive holdings can be found at
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/
Hope this helps you
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Re: William Sprowl
Clyde Sprowl 12/29/07