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Topic: The christian name ' SPARKES' (Read 508 times)
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karenlee
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Hi
Could the name of Sparkes be a maiden name of one of his female forbears??
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suffolkmawther
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'Jumper' & Eliza Fulker
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When I was still working in schools in this area, Sparkes was not uncommon.
So I go with Karenlee on this, probably a surname of one of the females on either parents side of the family.
(More recently it is a nickname for an electrician).
Pat ...
popping into Sudbury after lunch 
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Every time I find an ancestor, I have to find two more !
SUFFOLK - Pendle, Stygall, Pipe, Fruer, Bridges, Fisk, Bellamy, Sparham
DERBY - Bridges and Frost (originally from Framlingham/Parham Suffolk)
NOTTINGHAM - Lambert and Selby
BERKSHIRE/then Hammersmith/Barnes LND - Fulker
LONDON/MDX - Murray, Clancy, Broker, Hoskins, Marsden, Wilson, Sale
Gt-Grandfather Michael Wilson was born in Cork, lived in Fulham London - arrived Boston USA 1889 alone - what happened next?
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woody32
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can only find the marriage entry on Pallot's..
Sparks Simkin married Sus'h Davies in 1820, St Mary's Whitechapel
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LANCASHIRE = Wood,Howard,,Smethurst,Foxall,Cheetham,Brookes,Grime, Horrocks,Thornley,Arstall,Shawcross,Rowland,Mclean LINCOLNSHIRE = Featherstone Johnson,Toyne,Willson,
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janan
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Hi
I also think it might be a surname of a female ancestor. You may have to dig back a long way though- I had to go back to a 1625 marriage before finding out where Wandell as a first name came from in my family!
Found this on National Archives site which at least gives you his parents
Held at Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds Branch
A copy probate of will of Samuel Simkin of Sudbury, written 24 Feb 1837 proved. 8 Mar 1843 ref EE 501/11/108
Contents:
To wife Elizabeth, his house, furniture and effects during life, then to children Sparks, John, William and Mary Simkin and Elizabeth Ling
Executors: son-in-law William Ling, sons Sparks and John
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ALL CENSUS DATA INCLUDED IN POSTINGS IS CROWN COPYRIGHT, FROM www.nationalarchives.gov.ukbedfordshire - farr, carver,handley, godfrey, newell, bird, emmerton, underwood,ancell buckinghamshire- pain cambridgeshire- bird, carver hertfordshire- conisbee, bean, saunders, quick,godfrey derbyshire- allsop, noon devon - griffin, love, rapsey dorset- rendall, gale somerset- rendall, churchill surrey/middlesex - douglas, conisbee, childs, lyon groombridge |
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janan
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From Pigots Directory 1823-4
Simkin, Samuel Perfumer & Hair Cutter Sudbury
Simkin, Sparks Haberdasher & Hardwareman Sudbury
see
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SFK/sfkp_y.txt
You could also try searching
http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/
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ALL CENSUS DATA INCLUDED IN POSTINGS IS CROWN COPYRIGHT, FROM www.nationalarchives.gov.ukbedfordshire - farr, carver,handley, godfrey, newell, bird, emmerton, underwood,ancell buckinghamshire- pain cambridgeshire- bird, carver hertfordshire- conisbee, bean, saunders, quick,godfrey derbyshire- allsop, noon devon - griffin, love, rapsey dorset- rendall, gale somerset- rendall, churchill surrey/middlesex - douglas, conisbee, childs, lyon groombridge |
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janan
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Don't know whether you have this
Burial 18 Jan 1872 in Sudbury Cemetery
Sparks SIMKIN age 73
And this looks like his father
Burial 27 Feb 1843 at Sudbury St Peter
Samuel SIMKIN age 80
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ALL CENSUS DATA INCLUDED IN POSTINGS IS CROWN COPYRIGHT, FROM www.nationalarchives.gov.ukbedfordshire - farr, carver,handley, godfrey, newell, bird, emmerton, underwood,ancell buckinghamshire- pain cambridgeshire- bird, carver hertfordshire- conisbee, bean, saunders, quick,godfrey derbyshire- allsop, noon devon - griffin, love, rapsey dorset- rendall, gale somerset- rendall, churchill surrey/middlesex - douglas, conisbee, childs, lyon groombridge |
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suffolkmawther
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'Jumper' & Eliza Fulker
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Thank you Janan, you have given me an idea 
1844 White's
Market Hill, Sudbury perfumer and hair dresser Wm. Simkin
North Street, Sudbury Ironmonger Spark Simkin
Kimberley, do have a look on www.sudburysuffolk.co.uk/photoarchive to see if any photographs in case following generations of the family continued into the age of photographs? At least you can get an idea of North Street, main shopping street and Market Hill - used to be the main shopping street, and it is where the market is held every Thursday and Saturday. Today the Market Hill has many shops, but even more banks and estate agents.
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Every time I find an ancestor, I have to find two more !
SUFFOLK - Pendle, Stygall, Pipe, Fruer, Bridges, Fisk, Bellamy, Sparham
DERBY - Bridges and Frost (originally from Framlingham/Parham Suffolk)
NOTTINGHAM - Lambert and Selby
BERKSHIRE/then Hammersmith/Barnes LND - Fulker
LONDON/MDX - Murray, Clancy, Broker, Hoskins, Marsden, Wilson, Sale
Gt-Grandfather Michael Wilson was born in Cork, lived in Fulham London - arrived Boston USA 1889 alone - what happened next?
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janan
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Maybe this young man is one of yours Kimberly
http://www.skinnerinc.com/asp/fullCatalogueSE.asp?salelot=2266+++++734+&refno=++583314
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ALL CENSUS DATA INCLUDED IN POSTINGS IS CROWN COPYRIGHT, FROM www.nationalarchives.gov.ukbedfordshire - farr, carver,handley, godfrey, newell, bird, emmerton, underwood,ancell buckinghamshire- pain cambridgeshire- bird, carver hertfordshire- conisbee, bean, saunders, quick,godfrey derbyshire- allsop, noon devon - griffin, love, rapsey dorset- rendall, gale somerset- rendall, churchill surrey/middlesex - douglas, conisbee, childs, lyon groombridge |
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woody32
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nice find 
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LANCASHIRE = Wood,Howard,,Smethurst,Foxall,Cheetham,Brookes,Grime, Horrocks,Thornley,Arstall,Shawcross,Rowland,Mclean LINCOLNSHIRE = Featherstone Johnson,Toyne,Willson,
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janan
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Sometimes a family will spark your interest (pun not intended ) - I often go scurrying off looking at non-direct lines (or completely unrelated) and you never know the information may turn out to be of use to a direct descendant.
St Mary's Whitechapel will be the one in East London - perhaps Sparks was an apprentice so not officially allowed to marry??
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ALL CENSUS DATA INCLUDED IN POSTINGS IS CROWN COPYRIGHT, FROM www.nationalarchives.gov.ukbedfordshire - farr, carver,handley, godfrey, newell, bird, emmerton, underwood,ancell buckinghamshire- pain cambridgeshire- bird, carver hertfordshire- conisbee, bean, saunders, quick,godfrey derbyshire- allsop, noon devon - griffin, love, rapsey dorset- rendall, gale somerset- rendall, churchill surrey/middlesex - douglas, conisbee, childs, lyon groombridge |
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I searched Pallots and didn't find that! Thanks heaps.
I wonder why they married there? being both from Sudbury? or is there another Whitechapel near Suffolk I don't know about?
