I’m having a lot of trouble finding this lady in 1841, or a birth/baptism for her, if anyone fancies having a look.
Sarah Silver Spark(e)s was born c. 1810, parents George Sparkes (born Whittington, Staffordshire, c 1781) and Susannah Reader Parkes (born Coventry or Birmingham, Warwickshire c. 1783), who married in Coventry in 1804. George, a soldier, died in Surat, India, c. 1816, and Susannah must have died at the same time or earlier, because her mother Elizabeth Parkes of Coventry, widow, was appointed the children’s guardian and administrator of George’s estate in 1816.
According to Elizabeth’s declaration of inventory, George had two surviving children, Mary Jones Sparkes (minor) and Sarah Silver Sparks (infant). Sarah died in the Isle of Wight in 1847, and her age is given as 37, so she should have been born about 1810.
Her sister Mary Jones Sparkes was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, in 1806, and her birth is registered at the Orchard Street Independent Church in Coventry. Their birth/baptism register’s online, but Sarah isn’t included. I haven’t found her anywhere else on the IGI. I suppose she might have been born in India, but I’m not sure that families would have accompanied the soldiers at that time.
I don’t know when her mother Susannah or her grandmother Elizabeth died, but at some stage Sarah went to live in the Isle of Wight with her aunt and uncle, Thomas Chatfield Cooke (born Newport, IoW c. 1783) and Elizabeth Cooke née Parkes (born Coventry c. 1789), Elizabeth Parkes’ daughter. According to a brief newspaper obit, Sarah’s address when she died was New Close, near Newport, IoW, which was Thomas Cooke’s house.
Thomas and Elizabeth are living in High Street, Newport, in 1851, and I think they probably both died in the early 1860s. Haven’t found a definite death or will for either of them yet. I assume Sarah was with them in 1841, but I can’t find any of them. Can anyone else see them? I don’t have a death cert yet for Sarah, so I don’t know what she died of, ie. whether she was an invalid and likely to be at home, or might have been travelling somewhere.
I found brief details of Sarah’s probate online: although she died in 1847, probate wasn’t taken out till 1863, maybe when her uncle died.
Any thoughts?
Sarah Silver Spark(e)s was born c. 1810, parents George Sparkes (born Whittington, Staffordshire, c 1781) and Susannah Reader Parkes (born Coventry or Birmingham, Warwickshire c. 1783), who married in Coventry in 1804. George, a soldier, died in Surat, India, c. 1816, and Susannah must have died at the same time or earlier, because her mother Elizabeth Parkes of Coventry, widow, was appointed the children’s guardian and administrator of George’s estate in 1816.
According to Elizabeth’s declaration of inventory, George had two surviving children, Mary Jones Sparkes (minor) and Sarah Silver Sparks (infant). Sarah died in the Isle of Wight in 1847, and her age is given as 37, so she should have been born about 1810.
Her sister Mary Jones Sparkes was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, in 1806, and her birth is registered at the Orchard Street Independent Church in Coventry. Their birth/baptism register’s online, but Sarah isn’t included. I haven’t found her anywhere else on the IGI. I suppose she might have been born in India, but I’m not sure that families would have accompanied the soldiers at that time.
I don’t know when her mother Susannah or her grandmother Elizabeth died, but at some stage Sarah went to live in the Isle of Wight with her aunt and uncle, Thomas Chatfield Cooke (born Newport, IoW c. 1783) and Elizabeth Cooke née Parkes (born Coventry c. 1789), Elizabeth Parkes’ daughter. According to a brief newspaper obit, Sarah’s address when she died was New Close, near Newport, IoW, which was Thomas Cooke’s house.
Thomas and Elizabeth are living in High Street, Newport, in 1851, and I think they probably both died in the early 1860s. Haven’t found a definite death or will for either of them yet. I assume Sarah was with them in 1841, but I can’t find any of them. Can anyone else see them? I don’t have a death cert yet for Sarah, so I don’t know what she died of, ie. whether she was an invalid and likely to be at home, or might have been travelling somewhere.
I found brief details of Sarah’s probate online: although she died in 1847, probate wasn’t taken out till 1863, maybe when her uncle died.
Any thoughts?
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