John William Thomas SPARKS Mabel Mary SPARKS Marion Susannah SPARKS Philip Walter SPARKS Agnes Helen SPARKS Jessie Elizabeth SPARKS Rhoda SPARKS Harry John B SPARKS Marion VOYLE Enid SPARKS Elaine SPARKS Allan Scovell Fraser SPARKS Augusta Fitzwilliam POLLOK John SPARKS Charles Terry SPARKS Mary Harriet SPARKS Mary COOPER Mini tree diagram

Major Thomas Philip SPARKS

Thomas Philip SPARKS

21st Apr 18191,2 - 22nd Apr 18631,10,11,12

Life History

21st Apr 1819

Born in City of London (St John Street).1,2

From the Times :-
"On the 21st inst., at St. John's-street, Mrs. John Sparks, of a son."

27th May 1819

Christened in City of London, St Sepulchre Holborn.3,4

Father - John William Thomas Sparks
Mother - Mary Sparks
Father's occupation - Merchant
Abode - St John Street

11th Jun 1841

Married Marion VOYLE in India, Vizagapatum.31,1,32,33,34

Information from the Parish Register :-
By licence
Groom - Thomas Philip Sparks, 17th Native Inf, bachelor
Bride - Marion Voyle, spinster
Witnesses :-
Harriet Conway
John McDonagell
David Denis Foulis

From the Bombay Almanac :-
"At Vizagapatum, by the Rev. F. G. Lingard, Lieut. T. P. Sparks, adjutant, 17th Madras Native Infantry, to Marion, fourth daughter of the late Lieut. Col. E. Voyle, Bengal Service."

From the Asiatic Journal :-
"At Waltair, Lieut. T. P. Sparks, Adjutant, 17th Regt. N.I., to Marion, fourth daughter of the late Lieut. Col. Elliot Voyle, of the Bengal Service."

18th May 1842

Birth of daughter Mabel Mary SPARKS in India, Madras.1,13,14,15

18th Aug 1843

Birth of daughter Marion Susannah SPARKS in India, Palavaram.1,16

1845

Birth of son Philip Walter SPARKS in India.1

13th Oct 1845

Military.5

Captain
17th Native Infantry Regiment

4th Jun 1847

Death of son Philip Walter SPARKS in Pembroke, Tenby.1,17,18

19th Apr 1848

Birth of daughter Agnes Helen SPARKS in Burma, Moulmein.1,19,20,21

29th Jun 1848

Mentioned in Will.6

Of Mary Sparks née Cooper (1796-1854)
Annotated as "my four children Thomas Philip Sparks ...."

11th Oct 1849

Birth of daughter Jessie Elizabeth SPARKS in Burma, Kyonk Phyon.1,22,23,24

1851

Birth of daughter Rhoda SPARKS in India.1

9th Sep 1851

Death of daughter Rhoda SPARKS in India.1,25

30th Dec 1852

Military in Burma, Rangoon.5

Deputy Commander

27th Feb 1853

Birth of son Harry John B SPARKS in India.26,1

30th Apr 1853

Death of Marion VOYLE in India, Moulmein.1,27,28,29,30

9th Apr 1859

Married Augusta Fitzwilliam POLLOK in Burma, Rangoon.42,1,43,44

From the Parish Register :-
By licence
Groom - Thomas Philip Sparks, widower, Major in the Madras Army, of Rangoon
Bride - Augusta  FitzWilliam Pollok, 20, spinster, of Rangoon
Father of the groom - John William Thomas Sparks
Father of the bride - William Pollok
Witnesses :-
A P Playne
Melesina Crofton
T E Dickenson
Vicar - Henry W Crofton, official Chaplain

13th Apr 1860

Birth of daughter Enid SPARKS in Burma, Rangoon.1,36

18th Sep 1860

Witness at wedding in Burma, Rangoon.7

of Mabel Mary Sparks and Salusbury Thomas Trevor

16th Mar 1861

Mentioned in Will.8

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"

21st May 1861

Death of daughter Enid SPARKS in Burma, Rangoon.1,35

17th Jun 1861

Birth of daughter Elaine SPARKS in Burma, Rangoon.1,38,39

24th Jun 1861

Death of daughter Elaine SPARKS in Burma, Rangoon.1,37

30th Oct 1862

Birth of son Allan Scovell Fraser SPARKS in Burma, Rangoon.40,41

29th Dec 1862

Witness at wedding in Burma, Rangoon.9

of Marion Susannah Sparks and Henry McVeagh Crichton

22nd Apr 1863

Died in India, Madras.1,10,11,12

From the Friend of India :-
"At Madras, Major THOMAS PHILIP SPARKS, Madras Staff Corps, and Commissioner of the Pegu Division, British Burma, aged 44 years."

23rd Apr 1863

Buried in India, Madras, St Marys.12

16th Jun 1865

Probate in London, Principal Registry.10

"late a Major in the 17th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry and commissioner of Rangoon"
Administration to Augusta Fitzwilliam Sparks of 24 Daniel Street, Bath, the widow, the relic.
Effects - under £800

Sources

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