Mary Selina Sparkman (1859 - abt. 1914)

Born 1859 in Holloway, Middlesex, England

Ancestors

Wife of George Walter Jacobs — married 2 Mar 1887 in Sparkman residence, King WIlliam Street, Kent Town, Norwood, South Australia

Descendants

Died about 1914 at about age 55 in Merang Street, East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Biographical Timeline

1859: Mary Selina Sparkman was born to Frederick Sparkman and Mary Wyffen Aylen in Islington, London, England.^[1][2]

2 Mar 1812: Residence: Glenelg, Colony of South Australia.

2 Mar 1887: Mary married George Walter Jacobs at King William St, Kent Town, Colony of South Australia.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}

25 Nov 1887: Birth of son George Kenneth Jacobs in Adelaide, Colony of South Australia.^[9]

1889: Birth of daughter Mary Margurite Sparkman-Jacobs in Adelaide, Colony of South Australia,^[10]

13 Sep 1894: Birth of daughter Winifred Muriel Sparkman-Jacobs in Adelaide, Colony of South Australia.^[11]

1903: Residence: 65 King William St Kent Town, South Australia, Australia^[12]

1914: Residence: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

11 Dec 1914: Died at Merang Street, East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, the home of her daughter [Note: this would be Mary Margurite Jacobs] and son-in-law[James Leonard Rossiter]^{[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]} She was interred at Cundletown, New South Wales, Australia and memorialised on her family's gravestone at North Road Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia.^[21]

Sources

1. ↑ England and Wales Civil Registration Birth Index
2. ↑ : Family Search1 October 2014 England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch, Mary Selina Sparkman, 1859; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Islington, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ Genealogy SA online index
   Groom Surname: Jacobs
   Groom Given Names: George Walter
   Bride Given Names: Mary Selina
   District: Norwood
   Book/Page: 150/795
   Marriage Year: 1887
   Accessed: 12 Jan 2023
4. ↑ National Library of Australia - Trove The Express and Daily Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922) 27 Apr 1887 p4; accessed 10 Jan 2023
5. ↑ National Library of Australia - Trove South Australian Weekly Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1881 - 1889) 30 Apr 1887: Notice of marriage; accessed 10 Jan 2023
6. ↑ National Library of Australia - Trove Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) 9 Mar 1912 p34; accessed 20 Mar 2024
7. ↑ National Library of Australia - Trove Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA : 1910 - 1924) 4 Mar 1912 Page 4; accessed 20 Mar 2024
8. ↑ Australia: Marriage Index
9. ↑ Genealogy SA online index
   Surname: Jacobs
   Given Names: George Kenath Sparkman
   Gender: M
   Father: George Walter Jacobs
   District: Adelaide
   Book/Page: 407/426
   Birth Year: 1887
   Accessed: 12 Jan 2023
10. ↑ Genealogy SA online index
    Surname: Jacobs
    Given Names: Mary Marguerite Sparkman
    Gender: F
    Father: George Walter Jacobs
    District: Norwood
    Book/Page: 445/196
    Birth Year: 1889
    Accessed 12 Jan 2023
11. ↑ Genealogy SA online index: record of birth of Winnifred Muriel Sparkman Jacobs to George Walter Jacobs (no mother named) in Adelaide in 1894, record number 550 / 414. Accessed 10 Nov 2020
12. ↑ Australia: City Directories 1903
13. ↑ National Library of Australia - Trove The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) 24 Dec 1914 p 5; accessed 13 Jan 2023
14. ↑ National Library of Australia - Trove Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) 19 Dec 1914 p 31; accessed 13 Jan 2023
15. ↑ National Library of Australia - Trove The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) 18 Dec 1914 p 8; accessed 12 Jam 2023
16. ↑ National LIbrary of Australia - Trove The Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1923) 18 Dec 1914 p1; accessed 13 Jan 2023
17. ↑ National LIbrary of Australia - Trove The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922) 18 Dec 1914 p 1: notice of death at the home of her daughter and son-in-law; accessed 13 Jan 2023
18. ↑ National Library of Australia - Trove The Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1923) 18 Dec 1914 p 1; accessed 13 Jan 2023
19. ↑ National Library of Australia - Trove The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922) 18 Dec 1914 p 5; accessed 13 Jan 2023
20. ↑ Billion Graves: Gravestones and memorials to Mary, her husband and his father; accessed 13 Jan 2023
21. ↑ Gravestone inscription

• Barbara Beale: Personal oral communication
• Mollie Croll: Personal oral communication
• Ancient Faces
• Billion Graves: Gravestones and memorials to Mary, her husband and his father.
• Tillman J, My Heritage record: Different dates and places of birth and death and spelling of mother's name but clearly the same person.