union workhouse, st margarets. leicestershire

[jtas]

Hi Jomot,

Where did you obtain all of your information, I have looked on findmypast and found the two marriages but not all the in depth info you have. Are you by chance related to this line? The idea that Julia could have been Elizabeth`s mother is possible,she could have been born before the  marriage to William Meadows, so hence the  use of Meadows Sparks. Elizabeth had Emma out of wedlock so again she could have used the same surnames again. It is only on Emma`s wedding certificate that she uses the Meadow Sparks surname and then names her father as being James Gray. Family history is certainly full of fun, I was just looking at a census return for Julia, it says that she is `on a mission at sea`. I wonder what she was upto?

I  look forward to hearing from you soon,

Regards,

Jackie.

[Jomot]

Hi Jackie

The marriage certificate for Julia Sparks & William Meadows is on Ancestry courtesy of the London Metropolitan Archives & I've bought quite a few transcripts & CDs for various churches in Leicester, which is where I found her 2nd marriage as Julia Meadows.   

I've found the census you're referring to and it looks like her occupation is Mission Woman (?) and she was born 'on the sea'.  Her age differs by a few years from when she married but I'd have thought she was too young to be Elizabeth's mother.  Could she be her sister perhaps? 

[willsy]

Found this baptism at St. Andrew

SPARKS   EMMA   1863   ELIZABETH   07-Jun

[willsy]

Isaac dying Lutterworth reg is 72yrs old Warwickshire burials, with Ann 1841 Monks Kirby, ? son William next door, both as sawyer. Do you have the details for the marriage to James?

[jtas]

hi,

Julia Meadows (sparks) married James King in 1871 in st margarets Leicestershire.  I also saw there was an Isaac Sparks  who died in Lutterworth. I have just ordered Elizabeth`s marriage certificate to see who she has put down as her father. I have a feeling it is going to be blank, as I am starting to think that Julia was her mother and Elizabeth is the girl that is alone in the workhouse on the 1841 census and that it fits in with my great grandmother using Meadow Sparks on her marriage certificate.

Thank you for your help,

Regards,

Jackie

[willsy]

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