Born in City of London (St John Street).1

Baptised in Holborn, St Sepulchre.1

Father - Robert Harry Sparks
Mother - Maria Sparks
Abode - St John Street
Father's occupation - wholesale druggist

Licence obtained for marriage to Sarah Suther MACKAY in Cheshire.2

From the record book :-
"Robert Frederick Sparks / Liverpool / Merchant / Sarah Suther MacKay / Grassendale / Spinster / P. Grassendale"

Married Sarah Suther MACKAY in West Derby, Grassendale.3,4,5

Groom - Robert Frederick Sparks, Merchant, Gressendale
Bride - Sarah Suther Mackay, Gressendale
Father of the groom - Robert Harry Sparks, Gentleman
Father of the bride - James Mackay, Merchant
Witnesses - R. H. Sparks &  one illegible

From the Morning Post .-
"On the 8th inst., at Grassendale, by the Rev. John Evans, M.A., incumbent, Robert Frederick, eldest son of R. H. Sparks, Esq., Charterhouse, to Sarah Suther, eldest daughter of James Mackay, Esq., Fernleigh, Aigburth, near Liverpool."