John Spurr, b: 1823 - Whitchurch, England

^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1830 French Revolution}
^{1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne}
^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}


^{Elizabeth Jane Spurr}^{b.1855 Sampford Spiney, England d.1917 Sampford Spiney, England}			^Jacob Spurr^{b. d.}

^{Mary Ann Spurr}^b.1857 d.		^{Joseph Spurr}^{b. d.}	^{Mary Ann Porch}^{b. d.}

^{Susan Lavinia Spurr}^b.1859 d.	^John Spurr^{b.1823 Whitchurch, England d.}

^{Emmeline Spurr}^{b.1861 Sampford Spiney, England d.}		^{Elizabeth Hannaford}^{b. Widecombe, England d.}

^Anne Spurr^{b.1864 Sampford Spiney, England d.}

^Fanny Spurr^{b.1868 Sampford Spiney, England d.}

^{Joseph John Spurr}^{b.1870 Sampford Spiney, England d.}	^Mary Giles^{b.1831 Walkhampton, England d.}

^{Lucy Martha Grace Spurr}^b.1876 d.