Born.1

Date of birth is from a margin note in the Parish Register of Births for All Saints Tottenham

Baptised in City of London, St Sepulchre Holborn.2

Father - John William Thomas Sparks
Mother - Mary Sparks
Father's Occupation - Distiller & Druggist
Abode - St Johns Street

Received in to the church congregation in Tottenham, All Hallows.1

By the Vicar Thomas Roberts

Father - John William Thomas Sparks
Mother - Mary Sparks
Abode - Tottenham
Father's occupation - Gentleman

Margin Note :-
Privately baptised March 19, received into the Congregation November 30th.

Research Notes :-
1) Although this is written into the Parish Record book for births it is not a record of actual baptism, but of Mary Harriet Sparks becoming a member of the congregation of All Hallows, Tottenham. Her record is No. 1537 in the book. The preceeding entry, numbered 1536, is dated November 1823. The following entry, numbered 1388, is dated for December 31, 1823.
2) Thomas Roberts, Vicar, is the step-great-grandfather of Mary Harriet Sparks. His daughter was the second wife of Mary Harriet's grandfather - Robert Harry Sparks.

Licence obtained for marriage to Charles Augustus TOWSEY.14

Bride's surname - Sparks
Groom's surname - Towsey

Married Charles Augustus TOWSEY in Henley.28,29

From the Standard :-
"On the 20th inst., at Henley-on-Thames, Charles Augustus Towsey, Esq., of Henley-on-Thames, to Mary Harriet, only daughter of the late John Sparks, Esq., St. John-street, London."

Birth of son William Charles TOWSEY in Henley.4,15

Birth of son Arthur John TOWSEY in Henley.4

Mentioned in Will.3

Of Mary Sparks née Cooper (1795-1881)
Annotated as "my dear daughter Mary Harriet the wife of Charles Augustus Towsey" and "my four children ... Mary Harriet Towsey"

Birth of son Edward TOWSEY in Henley.4,16

Birth of daughter Augusta Mary TOWSEY in Henley.4,17

Recorded in census in Henley (Bell Street).4

Birth of daughter Edith Margaret TOWSEY in Henley.7,18

Birth of son Alfred Merrell TOWSEY in Henley.7

Birth of daughter Gertrude Sparks TOWSEY in Henley.7,21

Birth of daughter Constance Mabel TOWSEY in Henley.7,22

Mentioned in Will.5

Of Margaret Dean (1782?1860)
Annotated as "my friend ... the wife of Charles Augustus Towsey"

Mentioned in Will.6

of Philip Barrett Cooper
Described as :-  of Philip Barrett Cooper
Described as "the four children of my late sister Mary Sparks namely Thomas Philip Sparks, John Sparks, Charles Terry Sparks and Mary Harriet Towsey the wife of Charles Augustus Towsey"

Birth of son Hubert TOWSEY in Henley.7,23

Recorded in census in Henley (Hart Street).7

Birth of daughter Mary Euphrasie TOWSEY in Henley.24

Death of daughter Gertrude Sparks TOWSEY in Henley.20

Recorded in census in Brighton, St Peter (Gladstone Terrace).8

In lodgings with Constance M. Towsey & Mary Towsey

Death of son Alfred Merrell TOWSEY in Eastry.19

Witness at wedding in Ramsgate, Christ Church.9

of John Banks Beers & Edith Margaret Towsey

Occupation Annuitant.10

Recorded in census in Hastings, St Mary in the Castle (Warrior Square, 23 & 25).10

Boarding in a hotel

Death of Charles Augustus TOWSEY in Mutford, Lowestoft.25,11,26,27

Executor.11

of the estate of Charles Augustus Towsey, formerly of Henley on Thames, wine and beer merchant, late of Lowestoft
Sole executor - Mary Harriet Towsey, widow the relic,
Personal estate - GBP 26. 15s. 0d.

Occupation Living on own means.12

Recorded in census in Risbridge, Haverhill (Sturmer, Water Road, The Rectory).12

Head of household - John B. Beers
Annotated as "Mother-in-law" and "Widow"

Died in Tendring.13