Lavinia SPARK aged 5 yrs committed into care at Royal Park
No 11562 Lavinia Spark, Date of Birth: 30 Mar 1874, Native Place: Ascot, Victoria, Religion: Protestant, Read or Write: No, Date of Committment: 10 Jun 1879, Committing Bench: Creswick, Date of Admission: 11 Jun 1879, Term: 7 years, Cause of Committment: Neglected, State of Health on Admission: Good, Condition: clean clothes, poor, Vaccinated Small Pox, Previous History: Father: not known. Mother: Catherine Spark, very poor, Address: Ascot, Victoria, General Remarks: Sisters 11561 (Janett) and 11563 (Christina), Where Stationed: Royal Park 11 Jun 1879, Expiration of Term: 10 Jun 1886. [Children's Registers Old Series Vol 9 Folios 416-474, f 093 p448]

Lavinia Alice GRIFFITHS d 1942 Perth WA aged 68 yrs d/o James SPARK, Hotel Keeper, and Catherine SHOMACK [2783]
Lavinia Alice GRIFFITHS d 21 Nov 1942 aged 68 yrs The Mount Hospital, Perth, bur 23 Nov 1942 Guilford Cemetery Methodist

Lavinia Alice SPARK bp Ascot m1. 4 Sep 1893 Balranald, NSW, George Thomas HARPER bp Collingwood Vic.
George Thomas HARPER b 1865 Melbourne s/o Michael HARPER/Mary Ann AINSWORTH [Vic 3803] d 21 Nov 1917 aged 53 yrs Yilgarn, WA.

Lavinia Alice HARPER m2. 1919 Southern Cross, WA, Edwin GRIFFITHS [WA 10]

Eight children of George Thomas HARPER and Lavinia Alice SPARK:

1. Melmer HARPER b 1894 Wentworth s/o George T/Lavinia A [NSW 37027]
Melmer M HARPER m 1919 Yilgarn, WA, Alice CARLSON [WA 2] d 1990 Southern Cross WA.

2. William Alexander I B HARPER b 1897 Bardoc, WA s/o George Thomas HARPER/Lavinia Alice SPARK [WA 482]
William Alexander IB HARPER d 1898 aged 10M Boulder, WA s/o George Thomas HARPER/Lavinia Alice SPARK [WA 45]

3. Colin Clive HARPER b 1900 Broad Arrow, WA s/o George Thomas HARPER/Lavinia Alice SPARKS [WA 128]
Colin Clive HARPER d 12 Nov 1976, age 76, of East Fremantle [bur Fremantle Cemetery, Anglican Lawn B Gravesite 48, WA Metropolitan Cemeteries Board]
Colin Live HARPER m 27 Mar 1926 St Mary's Anglican Church, Perth, WA, Margaret BURNS [WA 432]
Clara Margaret BURNS b 1906 Moora WA d/o Thomas White BURNS, Farmer, and Edith May PURSER [1362, R/N 432]
Margaret BURNS d 16 Mar 1979, age 73, of East Fremantle [bur Fremantle Cemetery, Anglican Lawn B Gravesite 48, WA Metropolitan Cemeteries Board]

4. Idreana HARPER b 1902 Bardoc, WA d/o George Thomas HARPER/Lavinia Alice SPARK [WA 136]
Idreana OSBORN d 14 Oct 1982, age 80, of Perth suburb of Bassendean, bur Guildford Cemetery, General Section A Gravesite 82, WA Metropolitan Cemeteries Board]
Idreanna HARPER m 18 Jun 1921 St Philip's C of E, Cottesloe, WA, Gordon John OSBORN b abt 1890 s/o John Henry OSBORN, Miner, and Elizabeth DUNCAN [1600, R/N 660]
Gordon John OSBORN d 27 Jan 1983, age 92, of Perth suburb of Mt Lawley [crem Karrakatta Cemetery, WA Metropolitan Cemeteries Board]

5. Clyde A(mos) HARPER b 1908 Northam [WA 23]

6. Standley B(liss) HARPER b 1910 Northam [WA 305]
Standley Bliss HARPER d 8 Jan 2005, age 95, of Rockingham, [crem Rockingham Memorial Park, Gazebo Precinct, memorial seat, WA Metropolitan Cemeteries Board]
Standley B HARPER m 1930 Irwin, Thora M BRAND [WA 21]
Thora Marney HARPER d 2 Dec 1992 age 69, of Perth suburb of Mayland [crem Karrakatta Cemetery, WA Metropolitan Cemeteries Board]

7. Katherine L HARPER b 1911 Yilgarn [WA 37]
Catherine L HARPER d 1939 Perth [WA 104]
Catherine Lillian HARPER d 15 Jan 1939, age 27, of Perth Suburb of Kununoppin, bur 16 Jan 1939 Guildford Cemetery [General Section A, Gravesite 149, WA Metropolitan Cemeteries Board]

8. Lavania (Lavinia) HARPER b 1913 Yilgarn [WA 29]
Lavinai HARPER m 1935 Northam, John M JEFFERIES [WA 77]

Peter Spark has done the WA research on this family.