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St Johns C of E

St John's C of E Creswick
November 2005

John Spark

John SPARK
1838-1917
Brother of James SPARK
Photo provided by
Peter Spark

Kate SHUMACK

Kate SHUMACK
1843-1919

Photo provided by Peter Spark, obtained from Harper family in WA
Children of James SPARK and Catherine SHUMACK SPARK
Nine children of James SPARK and Catherine SHUMACK SPARK:

1. Catherine Ann SPARK b 2 Jul 1863 Ascot, chr 12 Feb 1873 St John's C of E Creswick d/o James SPARK, Hotelkeeper, and Catherine, Residence: Ascot [CRES1/259]
Catherine Ann SPARK bp Learmonth m 1882 John ARMSTRONG bp Sebastopol [Vic 448]
Catherine Ann ARMSTRONG d 25 Jan 1945 aged 81 yrs at Mt Hawthorn, Perth WA, bur Karrakatta Cemetery Perth. [WA Death Index] Catherine ARMSTRONG d 1946 aged 83 yrs Perth [74 F]

John ARMSTRONG m 1882 Catherine Ann SPARK

2. Phoebe Elizabeth SPARK b 25 Feb 1865 Ascot, chr 12 Feb 1873 St John's Anglican Church, Creswick, b 25 Feb 1865, d/o James SPARK, Hotelkeeper (also Farmer, Cattle Dealer and Drover) and Catherine SPARK, Residence: Ascot [CRES1 260]
Phoebe Elizabeth Myrtle LEWIS d 28 Jul 1929 aged 64 yrs, Waihi, NZ [Certificate 97232]
Phoebe Elizabeth SPARK m 23 Aug 1883 Creswick, Thomas (APPS SEDDON) LEWIS [Vic 3753]

Thomas (APPS SEDDON) LEWIS m 1883 Phoebe Elizabeth Myrtle SPARK

3. Mary Jane SPARK b 13 Jul 1866 Ascot, chr 12 Feb 1873 St John's C of E Creswick d/o James SPARK, Hotelkeeper, and Catherine SPARK, Residence: Ascot [CRES1/261]
Mary Jane SPARK bp Charlton m 1883 Alfred TURNER bp Ballarat [Vic 1841]

Alfred TURNER m Mary Jane SPARK

4. (Janet) Jessie Georgina SPARK b 21 May 1868 Ascot, Jessie Georgina SPARK chr 12 Feb 1873 St John's C of E Creswick d/o of James SPARK, Hotelkeeper, and Catherine SPARK, Residence: Ascot [CRES1/262]
Janet Georgina SPARKS d 1888 aged 21 yrs Goorambat d/o James SPARK/Catherine THOMACKER (SHOEMACKER/SHUMACK) [Vic 5661]

Jessie Georgina SPARK 1868-1888

5. James Amos SPARK b 19 Jan 1870 Ascot, chr 12 Feb 1873 St John's C of E Creswick s/o of James SPARK, Hotelkeeper, and Catherine SPARK, Residence: Ascot [CRES1/263]
James Amos SPARK d 18 Oct 1937 aged 67 yrs Flemington, Melbourne [Vic 9216]
James Amos SPARK bp Ascot m 23 Oct 1893 Harriet Amelia LEWIS bp Clunes [Vic 6162]

James Amos SPARK m 1893 Harriet Amelia LEWIS

6. Alexander Edward SPARK b 2 Sep 1871 Ascot, chr 12 Feb 1873 St John's C of E Creswick s/o of James SPARK, Hotelkeeper, and Catherine SPARK, Residence: Ascot [CRES1/264]
A civil registration of his birth has not been found. Not named as a sibling living or deceased on the 1876 birth certificate of Christina Sarah SPARK, youngest child of James and Catherine, so it is presumed that he died in infancy.

7. Margaret SPARK(ES) born 5 Feb 1873 Long Point Road, Ascot, Shire of Creswick d/o James SPARKES/Catherine SHOMACK [Vic 1878] chr 12 Feb 1873 St John's C of E Creswick d/o of James SPARK, Hotelkeeper, and Catherine SPARK, Residence: Ascot [CRES1/265]
Margaret SPARKS d 28 March 1873 aged 7 weeks Long Point Road, Shire of Creswick d/o James SPARKS, Farmer, and Catherine formerly SHOMACK, buried 29 March 1873 Glendaruel Cemetery. [death certificate, Vic 885]
SPARKS Margaret, 2 mos, Residence: Long Point, C of E, buried (should be died) 28 Mar 1873. [Glendaruel Cemetery Register p8 entry no. 200

8. Lavinia Alice SPARK b 30 Mar 1874 Glendonald d/o James SPARK/Catherine SHOMACK [Vic 23099] chr 4 Dec 1874 St John's C of E Creswick d/o of James SPARK, Drover, and Catherine SPARK, Residence: Ascot [CRES1/357]
Lavinia Alice GRIFFITHS d 21 Nov 1942 Perth WA aged 68 yrs d/o James SPARK, Hotel Keeper, and Catherine SHOMACK [2783]
Lavinia Alice SPARK bp Ascot m1. 4 Sep 1893 Balranald NSW, George Thomas HARPER bp Collingwood Vic.
Lavinia Alice HARPER m2. 1919 Southern Cross WA, Edwin GRIFFITHS.
Edwin GRIFFITHS (b abt 1899) d 1936 aged 37 yrs Geraldton [WA 37}

George Thomas HARPER m 1893 Lavinia Alice SPARK

9. Christina Sarah SPARK b 13 Jan 1876 Ascot, chr 4 Feb 1876 St John's C of E Creswick d/o of James SPARK, Drover, and Catherine SPARK, Residence: Ascot [CRES1/449]
Christina Sarah McDONNELL d 28 Apr 1923 aged 45 yrs, Woy Woy, Registered Gosford NSW.
Christina Sarah SPARK bp Ascot m 7 Feb 1895 Clunes, Thomas George McDONNELL bp Bendigo [Source: St John's C of E Creswick R/N F/10] [Vic 135]

Thomas George McDONNELL m 1895 Christina Sarah SPARK
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