1. Catherine SPARK b 1861 Ascot [Vic 6086] d 1893 aged 31 yrs Flemington [Vic 5958] m 1883 John STEWART bp Smythesdale [Vic 2559] Occ. Station Manager, Poppilah (?) Station 1911.

Children of John STEWART and Catherine SPARK

2. Mary (Ann) SPARK b 1864 Ballarat d/o William SPARK/Bridget FITZPATRICK [Vic 12852]
Mary Ann WADDELL of North Fremantle d 12 Oct 1935 aged 71 yrs Fremantle, bur Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, WA [Area RC, Section HA, Grave 133]
In Fremantle Mary Ann WADDELL was a prominent member of the Labor Movement, suffragette, charity worker and Justice of the Peace. obituary. Her estate, which was valued at more than a thousand pounds, was left to her husband and her brothers and sisters. As six of the seven were deceased their share went to their children so there were about 40 relatives named in her probate papers. (provided by Jeanette Lee)

Mary Ann SPARK bp Melbourne m 1889 William Thomas WADDELL bp Melbourne [Vic 858]
William Thomas WADDELL of North Fremantle d 2 May 1947 aged 82 yrs, bur Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, WA [Area RC, Section HA, Grave 133]
Son: Edward David WADDELL b 1891 West Melbourne s/o William Thomas WADDELL/Mary Ann SPARK [Vic 25600] Edward David WADDELL d 1891 aged 5 mos, Melbourne West s/o William Thomas WADDELL/Mary Ann SPARK [Vic 16946]
Foster son: William Alexander WADDELL (known as Alex) born 5 Nov 1903 King Street, East Fremantle s/o -/Christina STEWART of King Street, East Fremantle. Midwife: Maggie BRADY. Witness: Frederick H SIMPSON. Registered 25 Nov 1903 Fremantle. Following the death of Mary Ann Waddell solicitors, Messrs Forman & Slattery, made a search at the Supreme Court Perth under the Adoption of Children Act but no order could be found under which Mary Ann Waddell or her husband William Thomas Waddell ever legally adopted the child. They concluded that the child now known as William Alexander Waddell is not a child of the deceased and is not one of the next of kin and therefore would not be a beneficiary of her estate. (Probate papers for Mary Ann Waddell provided by Jeanette Lee)
William Alexander WADDELL of Nedlands d 25 Dec 1960 aged 61 yrs, bur Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, WA [Area RC, Section HA, Grave 133] (b abt 1899)

3. John SPARK b 1867 Bungaree, Ballarat [Vic 6101]
John SPARK d 1908 aged 41 yrs Charlton s/o William SPARK/Bridget FITZPATRICK [Vic 9134] bur Charlton Cemetery.
John SPARK bp Bungaree m 1889 Bridget Mary DUGGAN bp Ballarat [Vic 744]
Bridget Mary DUGGAN b 1868 Sebastopol Ballarat d/o James DUGGAN/Margaret McMAHON [Vic 12323]
Bridget McPHERSON d 1955 aged 87 yrs Ultima d/o James DUGGAN/Mary McMAHON [Vic 19487]
Bridget Mary SPARK m2 1913 Neil McPHERSON [Vic 7197]

Children of John SPARK and Bridget Mary DUGGAN

4. William Alexander SPARK b 1870 Eglington, Amherst [Vic 6250] d 1918 aged 48 yrs Fitzroy North [Vic 12232] m1. 1899 Collingwood, Sarah Ann CONNELLAN [Vic 1890/746] b 1858 Ballarat d/o John CONNELLAN, Contractor, and Mary QUINN [Vic 14038]
Sarah Ann SPARK d 1905 aged 37 yrs Fremantle WA, bp Ballarat d/o John (CONNELLAN)/Mary QUINN [WA 1227]

Children of William Alexander SPARK and Sarah Ann CONNELLAN

William Alexander SPARK m2. 1908 Bridgetown WA, Elizabeth Alice McNAMARA b 1879 Sandhurst/Bendigo as Elizabeth Ellen McNAMARA d/o Patrick McNAMARA, Dairyman, and Margaret MURRAY [Vic 25554] d 1962 aged 83 yrs Melbourne [Vic 16861]

Children of William Alexander SPARK and Elizabeth Alice McNAMARA

5. Austin Jeremiah SPARK b 1873 Amherst [Vic 6862] d 23 Mar 1919 aged 46 yrs Cobden [Vic 1281] bur Cobden Cemetery [AIGS 148353]
Austin J SPARK m 1907 Fremantle, WA, Pearl C(aroline) SKELTON [WA 145]

Children of Austin Jeremiah SPARK and Pearl Caroline SKELTON

6. Bridget SPARK b 1875 Charlton [Vic 14636]
d 9 Sep 1953 aged 78 yrs Nyah West [Vic 21411] bur Nyah Cemetery [AIGS 142039] m 1900 James SEID [Vic 4941] returned to his home coutry of Syria.
Bridget was the only sibling alive in 1935 when her sister May Ann WADDELL died so Bridget SEID of Pike Street, Camperdown, Victoria, inherited a sixth-share of the estate. (Probate papers of MA Waddell provided by Jeanette Lee)

7. Margaret Jane SPARK b 1878 Charlton [Vic 07765] d 1896 aged 18 yrs 3 mos 20 days Wooroonooke, Charlton [Vic 18109]

8. Thomas George SPARK b 1881 East Charlton [Vic 8058] Thomas George Alfred SPARK d 1881 aged 4 mos Charlton [Vic 3904]

9. Thomas Michael SPARK b 1882 Charlton [Vic 14756] d 1930 aged 49 yrs Cobden [Vic 4814] Occupation: Farmer, Soldier WW1, Thomas SPARK bp Barrakee m 1912 Gladys Irene SMEAD bp St Kilda [Vic 4313] Gladys Irene SMEAD b 1895 St Arnaud d/o Thomas SMEAD/Elizabeth HANNETT [Vic 24623] d 1973 aged 79 yrs Cobden [Vic 29532]