Sidney Sproats

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Carolyn LaPenotiere who says he died in c1913 although Gwendoline wasn't born until 1920

• connection. Shirley Sproats is connected to both Robert and me

Shirley Sproat's connection to me is as follows:
She is connected in some way to Sidney Sproats (c1891) who married Frances Collings (1891)
Her father was James Collings (1841)
He had Florence Collins (1873) who married John Floyd (1870)
They had Hilda Floyd (1901) who married Charles Winton (1893)
His father was * Harry Winton (1842) & he also had Edward Winton (1877) who married Emily Collett
Her mother was Rebecca Sutherland (1858)
Her father was John Sutherland (1829) & he also had Elizabeth Margaret Sutherland (1829) who married John Nicol (1844)
They had Margaret Helen Nicol (1889) who married G A Davies (1894)
They had Colin Davies (1925)
He had me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Her connection with Robert is as follows:
* Harry Winton (1842) also had Harry Winton (1879) who married May Dawes (1886)
Her father was Richard Dawes (1845)
His father was Edward Bannister Dawes (1813) & he also had James Dawes (1843)
He had Annie Florence Dawes (1873) who married Arthur Augustus Bray (1821)
He had Albert Alan Bray (1896)
He had Robert Alfred Bray (1920)
He had Robert Arthur Bray (1947) who married me- Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Sidney married Frances Evelyn Collings, daughter of James Collings and Sarah Stevens, on 26 May 1913. (Frances Evelyn Collings was born in 1891 in Liverpool, Sydney, NSW Australia and died on 8 Jan 1938.)

Sidney next married Margaret Mary Murdoch in 1940. (Margaret Mary Murdoch was born circa 1900.)