John Sparkes

1854 - 1908  (53 years)

• Name	John Sparkes
  Religion	1854
  	Wesleyan according to baptism record
  Birth	2 Mar 1854	Bull Cove, Port de Grave, Newfoundland   [1]
  Christening	5 May 1854	Bull Cove, Port de Grave, Newfoundland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Jan 1908	Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
  Burial	Agency: Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA  [2]
  Person ID	I4368	West & Park Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Moses Sparkes,   b. 1814, Bull Cove, Port de Grave, Newfoundland d. 1 Nov 1880 (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Sarah Sheppard
  Marriage	19 Oct 1839	Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada   [3]
  Family ID	F1393	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Penny
  Marriage	7 Dec 1878	Brigus, Newfoundland   [4]
  	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)
  Family ID	F1394	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2022

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 2 Mar 1854 - Bull Cove, Port de Grave, Newfoundland Christening - 5 May 1854 - Bull Cove, Port de Grave, Newfoundland Marriage - 7 Dec 1878 - Brigus, Newfoundland Death - 11 Jan 1908 - Melrose, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents		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

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