Thomas Hougham SPARKS
18th Jan 1802 -
Life History
18th Jan 1802 |
Born |
18th Jan 1803 |
Baptised in City of London, St Sepulchre.1 Father - Robert Harry Sparks |
2nd Dec 1817 |
Mentioned in Will.2 Of Thomas Sparks (d. 1822) |
8th Nov 1824 |
Licence obtained for marriage to Sarah Davis PRATT.5 Groom - Tho's H Sparks |
11th Nov 1824 |
Married Sarah Davis PRATT in Tottenham, All Hallows.22,23,24,25,26,6 Groom - Thomas Hougham Sparks, bachelor, of this parish |
26th Dec 1825 |
Birth of daughter Sarah Pratt SPARKS in Woodford.7,8 |
13th Mar 1827 |
Birth of daughter Mary Ann SPARKS in Hunters Hall.9 |
7th May 1828 |
Birth of son Charles Pratt SPARKS in Woodford.10 |
26th Jul 1829 |
Birth of daughter Laura Sibella SPARKS in Woodford.11 |
28th Sep 1830 |
Birth of daughter Adelaide SPARKS in Woodford.12,13,14 |
31st Aug 1831 |
Partnership.3 "Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership between the undersigned, Robert Harry Sparks and Thomas Hougham Sparks, under the firm of Thomas Sparks and Son, of St. John-street, in the County of Middlesex, has been dissolved by mutual consent, and the said Thomas Hougham Sparks has retired therefrom. - The business will be carried on in future by the said Robert Harry Sparks, in St. John-street aforesaid, under the firm of Sparks and Co. - Dated this 31st day of August 1831. |
26th Nov 1831 |
Birth of daughter Ellen SPARKS in Woodford.15 |
15th Mar 1833 |
Birth of daughter Annette SPARKS in Woodford.16 |
16th Oct 1834 |
Mentioned in Will.4 Of Mary Pratt |
23rd Jul 1835 |
Birth of son Thomas Harry SPARKS in Ramsgate.17 |
2nd Jun 1837 |
Birth of son Ernest Algernon SPARKS in Portman Square.18,19 |
21st Nov 1837 |
Divorced from Sarah Davis PRATT.6 From Matrimonial Cause : Sparks against Sparks - 1840 :- |
22nd Nov 1837 |
Divorced from Sarah Davis PRATT.6 From Matrimonial Cause : Sparks versus Sparks - 1840 :- |
May 1838 |
Divorced from Sarah Davis PRATT.6 From Matrimonial Cause : Sparks against Sparks - 1840 :- |
Aug 1838 |
Divorced from Sarah Davis PRATT.6 From Matrimonial Cause : Sparks against Sparks - 1840 :- |
between Oct 1838 and Nov 1838 |
Divorced from Sarah Davis PRATT From Matrimonial Cause : Sparks against Sparks - 1840 :- |
29th Nov 1838 |
Divorced from Sarah Davis PRATT.6 From Matrimonial Cause : Sparks against Sparks - 1840 :- |
21st Mar 1839 |
Divorced from Sarah Davis PRATT.6 From Matrimonial Cause : Sparks against Sparks - 1840 :- |
8th Oct 1839 |
Divorced from Sarah Davis PRATT in London, Consistory Court (Court of the Arches).6 Witness - Sarah White, spinster, servant. |
11th Oct 1839 |
Divorced from Sarah Davis PRATT in London, Consistory Court (Court of the Arches).6 Witness - Charles Druce of Billiter Square, Esquire. |
2nd Nov 1839 |
Divorced from Sarah Davis PRATT in London, Consistory Court (Court of the Arches).6 Witness - Charles Claridge Druce |
5th Nov 1839 |
Divorced from Sarah Davis PRATT in London, Consistory Court (Court of the Arches).6 Witness - William Foster White, 134 St John Street, Distiller's chemist, aged 29. |
7th Nov 1839 |
Divorced from Sarah Davis PRATT in London, Consistory Court (Court of the Arches).6 Witness - Ann Ede, spinster, housemaid, Somerset Hotel Strand |
17th Jul 1840 |
Divorced from Sarah Davis PRATT in London, Consistory Court (Court of the Arches).6 Judgment in Matrimonial Cause : Sparks against Sparks :- |
9th Jan 1871 |
Death of Sarah Davis PRATT in France, Paris.20,21 |
Sources
- 1. IGI Individual Record - Christenings - Thomas Hougham Sparks
- http.//www.familysearch.org
- 2. Will of Thomas Sparks of Aldersgate Street, City of London
- National Archives - PROB 11/1662
- 3. London Gazette - Partnerships - R H Sparks, Thos H Sparks
- The London Gazette, 9 September 1831; issue 18846
- 4. Will of Mary Pratt, Widow of Sussex Place, Regents Park, Middlesex
- TNA - PROB 11/1848
- 5. Marriage Licence Allegations - Faculty Office 1701-1850 - Thomas Hougham Sparks, Sarah David Pratt
- 6. Matrimonial Cause : Sparks, Sarah Davis and Thomas Hougham
- London Metropolitan Archives - DL/C/1125
- 7. Times - Births - Sarah Pratt Sparks
- The Times, Wednesday, Dec 28, 1825; pg. 4; Issue 12849; col C
- 8. Morning Post - Births - Sarah Pratt Sparks
- The Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, December 28, 1825; Issue 17168
- 9. GRO : Miscellaneous Foreign Death Returns, 1791-1921 - Mary Ann Sparks
- NNA - RG35, Piece 44, Folio 180
- 10. Morning Post - Births - Un-named son Sparks - 1828
- The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, May 09, 1828; Issue 17909
- 11. Morning Post - Births - Un-named daughter Sparks - 1829
- The Morning Post (London, England, Tuesday, July 28, 1829; Issue 18291
- 12. Times - Births - Adelaide Sparks
- The Times, Thursday, Sep 30, 1830; pg. 4; Issue 14345; col C
- 13. Times - Births - Adelaide Sparks
- The Times, Friday, Oct 01, 1830; pg. 4; Issue 14346; col C
- 14. Morning Post - Births - Adelaide Sparks
- The Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, September 30, 1830; Issue 18659
- 15. Times - Births - Un-named daughter Sparks
- The Times, Saturday, Dec 03, 1831; pg. 4; Issue 14712; col C
- 16. Morning Post - Births - Un-named daughter Sparks - 1833
- The Morning Post (London, England); Monday, March 18, 1833; Issue 19430
- 17. Times - Births - Thomas Harry Sparks
- The Times, Saturday, July 25, 1835; pg. 7; Issue 15851; col C
- 18. Times - Births - Ernest Algernon Sparks
- The times, Monday, Jun 05, 1837; pg. 7; Issue 16434; col B
- 19. London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 - Ernest Algernon Sparks
- 20. Morning Post - Deaths - Sarah Davis Sparks - was Pratt
- The Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, January 18, 1871; pg. 8; Issue 30300
- 21. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration, 1871 - SPARKS - Sarah Davis Sparks
- 22. Times - Marriages - Sparks & Pratt - 1824
- The Times, Saturday, Nov 13, 1824; pg. 3; Issue 12497; col F
- 23. London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 - Thomas Hougham Sparks, Sarah David Pratt
- 24. Morning Post - Marriages - Thomas Hougham Sparks, Sarah David Pratt
- The morning Posy (London, England), Saturday, November 13, 1824; Issue 16817
- 25. Jackson's Oxford Journal - Marriages - Thomas Hougham Sparks, Sarah Davis Pratt
- Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, November 20, 1824; Issue 3734
- 26. Pallot's Marriage Index for England, 1780-1837 - Thomas Hougham Sparks, Sarah David Pratt