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Sproat River
Sproat is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *Alexander Sproat (1834–1890), Ontario land surveyor, businessman and political figure *Ann McKay Sproat (born 1936), American artist, illustrator and writer of children's books *Brandon Sproat (born 2000), American professional baseball pitcher *Clyde Sproat (1930–2008), Hawaiian falsetto musician *Ebenezer Sproat (1752–1805), colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and a pioneer to the Ohio Country *Gilbert Malcolm Sproat (1834–1913), Scottish-born Canadian businessman, office holder, and author *Hugh Sproat (born 1952), Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper *Iain Sproat (born 1938), retired British Conservative politician and former Member of Parliament *Matt Sproat, award-winning Hawaiian musician, singer, producer and story-teller *Richard Sproat, computational linguist, researcher on text normalization and speech recognition *Ron Sproat (1932–2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Sproat
Alexander Sproat (June 19, 1834 – August 20, 1890) was an Ontario land surveyor, businessman and political figure. He represented Bruce North in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Conservative member. Biography He was born near Milton in Halton County, Upper Canada, in 1834, son of Adam Sproat and Eleanor Brown. He studied at Knox College and Queen's College. He came to Southampton around 1856 as a provincial surveyor and ended up the agent of the Commercial Bank of Canada (his future father-in-law, as well as Crown lands agent, was the agent of the Bank of Upper Canada, so in effect Alexander's direct competition). He married Alexander McNabb's daughter Eliza in 1861 in Southampton. They were the parents of Marion, Adam, Eleanor. Two other children, Margaret and Mary died in infancy and are buried in Southampton. In 1864, he was appointed treasurer for Bruce County, a position he held until 1873. He served as colonel with the Southampton Rifles during the Fenian Raid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |