Elizabeth (Walsh) Sparks (1826 - 1885)

Born 5 Mar 1826 in Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of David Sparks — married 15 Feb 1852 in Durban, Natal, South Africa

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Died 15 Nov 1885 at age 59 in Durban, Ethekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Biography

Married 1850

She was wrecked with her brothers (and their families) on the ship Minerva.

Elizabeth Walsh was born in Stockport, Cheshire in 1826, the daughter of a surgeon.   The family left from Didsbury, embarking on the ship Unicorn (946 tons), which sailed from Liverpool 13 Jun 1850 with 257 emigrants.  The Unicorn arrived in Durban on the 19 September 1850.  It could not get over the bar into Durban harbour and the passengers were rowed ashore and then carried through the waves.  David Sparks was helping the passengers ashore and hence the romantic story that he carried Elizabeth Walsh ashore through the waves.  Be that as it may they were married two months later by Archdeacon Lloyd, the Anglican chaplain, which means they were probably married at St Paul’s Church.  My Grandmother told me that Elizabeth was reputedly delicate, which was why the family emigrated from the English climate.  However, she must have been tough, because she and David had eleven children, all of who lived into middle age.

If she married in 1850 and had eleven children, she couldn't have died in 1855, as originally entered in the profile.

Dr William John Walsh Deceased • LZNR-DWQ​​

Lucy Deceased • LZNR-D4C​​

Children of Lucy and Dr William John Walsh (5)

John Walsh 1823–Deceased • 93HP-VTT​​

William Walsh 1825–1892 • 93HP-VRC​​

Elizabeth Walsh 1826–1885 • LCPR-Q7D​​

Sarah Walsh 1829–1912 • LCPR-3T5​​

Thomas D Walsh 1834–1909 • LCPR-3B2​​ ^[1]

Marriage record of David Sparks and Elizabeth Welch (should be WALSH)

Date 15 Feb 1852 Place D'Urban, Natal, South Africa:

Age Full

Spouse's Name Elizabeth Welch

Spouse's Age Full ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ (SIC) died 23 Jan 1912 at Kaukapakapa, Auckland, New Zealand https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCPR-Q7D Added on 12 Jun 2019 by Ian McArthur
2. ↑ "South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDCK-CK3 : 10 March 2018), David Sparks and Elizabeth Welch, 15 Feb 1852; citing D'Urban, Natal, South Africa; 00459; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria; 1,259,157. Added on 12 Jun 2019 by Ian McArthur

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