| Birth |
10 May 1814 |
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |
| Christened |
29 May 1814 |
St Thomas, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |
| Died |
18 Aug 1872 |
Diamond Fields, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| Buried |
Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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| Father |
Henry Sparks, 1820 Settler, b. 1790 |
| Mother |
Mary Tussler, 1820 Settler, b. 1782 |
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| Family 1 |
Eliza Venables, 1820 Settler, b. 1814, Newcastle-under-Lyne, Staffordshire, England |
| Married |
18 Jan 1836 |
Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Children |
| + | 1. Mary Jane Sparks, b. 26 May 1838, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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| Family 2 |
Mary Eliza Ann Knott, 1820 Settler, b. 26 Feb 1820, at Sea |
| Married |
2 Jul 1839 |
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Children |
| + | 1. Henry George Tussler Sparks, b. 23 Jul 1840, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| + | 2. Sarah Elizabeth Sparks, b. Abt 1842, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| + | 3. Martha Ann Sparks, b. 15 Oct 1844, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| + | 4. John Benjamin Knott Sparks, b. 22 Jul 1847, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| + | 5. James Walker Sparks, b. 23 Nov 1849, Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| + | 6. Benjamin Alfred Sparks, b. 2 Apr 1855, Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| + | 7. Kemp Knott Sparks, b. 31 Jul 1852, Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| + | 8. Robert Thomas Sparks, b. 17 Feb 1859, Haddon farm, Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| + | 9. Letitia Alice Sparks, b. 19 Apr 1862, Haddon farm, Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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