John Sparkes

1855 - 1908  (52 years)

• Name	John Sparkes
  Born	1 Mar 1855	Brigus, Newfoundland
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Jan 1908	Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
  		Death of John Sparks
  Buried	Agency: Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA  [1]
  Person ID	I4368	West & Park Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Moses Sparkes,   b. 1814, Bull Cove, Port de Grave, Newfoundland ,   d. 1 Nov 1880  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Sarah Sheppard
  Family ID	F1393	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Penny
  Married	7 Dec 1878	Brigus, Newfoundland   [2]
  	Witnesses: James Y. Sparkes and Moses Sparkes
  Children	1. Mary Charlotte Sparkes,   b. 19 Sep 1882, Bull Cove, Port de Grave, Newfoundland   2. Frederick H. Sparkes,   b. 14 Aug 1886, St. John's, Newfoundland ,   d. 5 Nov 1918, Lehigh, Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 32 years)   3. Walter Sparkes,   b. Abt 1890, St. John's, Newfoundland + 4. John Alexander Sparks,   b. 1 Aug 1893, Montreal, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 22 Feb 1968, Spencerville, Montgomery, Maryland, USA  (Age 74 years) + 5. James Victor Sparkes,   b. 10 Jun 1896, Montreal, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 1959, Muskegon, Michigan, USA  (Age 62 years)
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F1394	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Mar 1855 - Brigus, Newfoundland Married - 7 Dec 1878 - Brigus, Newfoundland Died - 11 Jan 1908 - Melrose, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		John Sparkes death 1908
  		Denial of naturalization of John Sparkes to USA
  		Petition of Naturalization for John Sparkes 1907 Source: Massachusetts, USA, State and Federal Naturalization Records, District Court, Massachusetts, Petitions for Naturalization

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] Find A Grave Index 1600s-Current, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235893875/john-sparkes. [S11] Newfoundland Vital Statistics, page 105 of 148 on microfilm. Port de Grave, Brigus and Cupids (Methodist), Marriages 1813-1892, Vol. 36