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SPARKS, John Edward
1837 - 1912 (75 years) Has no ancestors but 2 descendants in this family tree.
1839 - 1877 (37 years)-
Name SPARKS, John Edward Birth 1837 Westminster Registration District, Middlesex 
Gender Male Death 1912 London, England Person ID I5374 Edgoose Last Modified 2 Feb 2026
Family 1 CHIPPERTON, Frances, b. 1 May 1839 d. 1877, Westminster Registrastion District, London (Age 37 years) Marriage 15 Dec 1861 Soho, Westminster, Middlesex, England Children 1. SPARKS, John Edward, b. Abt 1869, Marylebone, Greater London, England d. 1947, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 78 years)Family ID F1177 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 SPENCER, Caroline Jane, b. 6 Nov 1849, St. James, Westminster, London, England d. 1918, St. Giles Registration District, London (Age 68 years) Marriage 1880 Lambeth, Greater London, England Family ID F2185 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JOHN EDWARD SPARKS 1837-1912
The birth of a John Edward SPARKES [sic] was registered in 1837.
(GRO December Q 1837 [THOMAS] St. James Westminster 01 57)
John Edward, son of Edward SPARKS, a sweep, and his wife Mary Ann, of White????, was born on 30 October 1837 and was baptised at St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, on 25 December 1837.
(PR)
John Edward SPARKS of full age, bachelor, mariner, of 40 Dean Street, and son of Edward SPARKS chimney sweep married Frances CHIPPERTON of full age, spinster, of the same address, and daughter of Frederick Chipperton deceased, at St. Anne, Soho, Westminster, on 15 December 1861. Witnesses were Edward THOMAMAS(?) and Margaret BOWLER.
(GRO December 1861 Strand 1b 655)
(PR)
The birth of a John Edward SPARKS was registered in 1863.
(GRO September 1863 [CHIPPERTON] St. Giles 01B 451)
A child SPARKS was born on 21 August 1863 and baptised at All Souls, Marylebone, on 1 November the same year.
(RG8_0061)
The Hospital Record of a child birth: date of birth 21 August 1863. St. Ann Westminster, Holborn, Middlesex.
Father: John Edward SPARKS.
Profession: stoker
Mother: Frances SPARKS
(RG8/Piece 61)
The death of a John Edward SPARKS aged 10 years was registered in 1864.
(GRO June Q 1864 Marylebone 1a 321)
John Edward SPARKES (sic) of 1 Union Mews, Marylebone, was buried at Hackney on 23 June 1864 aged 10 months.
(RG8/Piece 46)
[The birth of an Alfred George SPARKS was registered in 1870.
(GRO September Q 1870 [CHIPPERTON] St. James Westminster 01A 403)]
[The birth of a William Frederick SPARKS was registered in 1871.
(GRO September Q 1871 [CHIPPERTON] Westminster 01A 428)]
The death of Frances SPARKS aged 38 was registered in 1877.
(GRO June Q 1877 Westminster 01A 323)
John Edward SPARKS aged 42, widower, chimney cleaner, of Vauxhall Walk, son of Edward SPARKS chimney cleaner, married Caroline Jane BELGER a 28 year old widow of Vauxhall Walk and daughter of William George Spencer deceased , chimney cleaner, at the parish church of St. Mary Lambeth on 1 March 1880.
(GRO March Q 1880 Lambeth 1d 568)
(PR)
The birth of Mary Ann Elizabeth SPARKS was registered in 1881. The death of Mary Ann E. SPARKS aged 3 months was registered in the same quarter.
(GRO March Q 1881 [SPENCER] Westminster 01A 515)
(GRO March Q 1881 Westminster 01A 359)
The birth of Phoebe Ann SPARKS was registered in 1882. The death of Phoebe Ann SPARKS aged 2 was registered in 1884.
(GRO March Q 1882 [SPENCER] Westminster 01A 520)
(GRO December Q 1884 St. Giles 01B 407)
The birth of Edward Alexander SPARKS was registered in 1884. See below.
(GRO March Q 1884 [SPENCER] St. Giles 01B 652)
The birth of a Rose Agnes SPARKS was registered in 1888.
(GRO March Q 1888 [SPENCER] St. Giles 1b 646)
The 1891 census of Little White Lion Street, St. George in the Fields:
*John E. SPARKS, head, aged 51, chimney sweeper, born in London, St. James;
Caroline SPARKS, wife, aged 41, born in London, St. James;
Edward SPARKS, son, aged 7, born in London, St. James;
Rosa A. SPARKS, daughter, aged 3, born in London, St. James.
(RG12/210/16/26)
The 1901 census of Little White Lion Street, Bloomsbury St. George and St. Giles in the Fields:
*John E. SPARKS, head, aged 63, chimney sweep on own account, born in London, St. James;
Caroline J. SPARKS, wife, aged 50, born in London, St. James;
Rose A. SPARKS, daughter, aged 13, born in London, St. Giles.
(RG13/237/106/12)
From the 1911 census of 4 Little White Lion Street W C
*John Edward SPARKS, head, 73, married, chimney sweep on own account, born St. Jameses Parish;
Caroline Jane SPARKS, wife, aged 61, married 31 years, 7 children of whom 2 living and 5 dead, born in St. Jameses Parish;
Liley Lousia SPARKS, grandchild, aged 5, school, born at St. Giles.
(RG14PN1178 RG78PN39 RD12 SD1 ED9 SN616)
NOTE: The birth of a Lily Louisa SPARKS was registered in 1905.
(GRO December Q 1905 [----------]Tonbridge 02A 842 Occasional Copy: A)
The death of a John E. SPARKS aged 73 was registered in 1912.
(GRO June 1912 Q 1912 St. Giles 1b 529)
NOTES & QUERIES on EDWARD ALEXANDER SPARKS:
Edward Alexander SPARKS was born on 18 February 1884 at St. Giles, London. His service record is listed in British Royal Naval Seamen 1899-1919. His service number was 212668.
(National Archives: ADM188/372/212668)
An Edward A. SPARKS married Violet HENBREY in 1914.
(GRO June Q 1914 Fulham 01A 766)
From the 1939 Register of 36 Greswell Street, Fulham, London:
Edward A. SPARKS, born 18 February 1884, postman, married;
Violet SPARKS, born 16 January 1892, unpaid domestic duties, married;
Vera J. BUTLER (SPARKS), born 13 November 1919, cashier grocery, single;
Daisy T. LAMBERT (LOVEGRONE/HUMPREY/SPARKS), born 15 December 1921, clerk coop s, single.
(RG101/0155H/008/37)
(revised 16.09.2017)