Born in France, Paris.1,2,3

From :-
a) The Morning Chronicle
b) The Times
"On the 26th ult., at Paris, the wife of Mr. John Sparks, of Bombay of a son."

Recorded in census in Islington (Westbourne Terrace, 11).1

Married Mary WALDOCK in St Ives, All Saints'.12,13,14

From the Times :-
"On the 20th Nov., at All Saints', St. Ives, Hunts, JOHN SPARKS, Chief Officer of the s.s. Assyrian Monarch, and of The Limes, St. Ives, eldest son of John Sparks, Esq., Arundel House, Eastbourne, to MARY, daughter of W. F. WALDOCK, Esq., The Quay, St. Ives. American papers please copy."

From the Morning Post :-
"On the 20th inst., at All Saints', St. Ives, Hants, John Sparks, chief officer of the s.s. Assyrian Monarch, and of The Limes, St. Ives, eldest son of John Sparks, Esq., Arundel House, Eastbourne, to MARY, daughter of W. F. WALDOCK, Esq., The Quay, St. Ives."

Birth of son John Bertram SPARKS in St Ives.9

Birth of son William Henry SPARKS in Hackney.6,10

Birth of son Ernest SPARKS in Hackney.4,11

Occupation Dealer in Chinese Art in Marylebone, Rectory.4

Recorded in census in Marylebone, Rectory (Duke Street, 17).4

Head of household
Staff x 3
Also resident - Mary Waldock, mother in law, aged 78, born Wyboston

Executor.5

Of the estate of Jane Sparks née Dyke (1826?-1907)
Annotated as "fine art dealer"
Joint executor with Arthur Sparks, provisions dealer

Occupation Dealer in Chinese Art.6

Recorded in census in Willesden (Mowbray Road, 27).6

Head of household
Staff x 3
Rooms x 10
Visitor x 1 - Betha Olliveier

Died in Hastings (St Leonard's on Sea, Eversfield Hotel).7,8

Probate.8

Of 37a and 37b Duke Street Manchester Square
Executors :-
Mary Sparks, widow
John Bertram Sparks, engineer
William Henry Sparks, esquire.
Effects - £11,935 2s. 5d.