LUCY M. CROSS of 813 Sixte (the last letter hard to read) Street, New Westminster, British Columbia That would be sixth street Mary. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary O'Brien" <maryob@cqnet.com.au> To: <BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 2:20 AM Subject: Re: [BKHD] SPARK/E/S--MINSHALL/WILLIAMS-Childer Thornton-Neston-Birkenhead > Hello Sandy, > > I am afraid that I can't help you with you request but you came like a gift > from above when you said that you live in Ontario. > > I am in Australia and I don't know whare to start with my problem. I have > just received a copy of a Will probated in 1958 and in the bequests there > are two women from Canada (as well as other people in Australia and New > Zealand). This person died age 98 and was to our knowledge unmarried. My > problem is were these close friends or perhaps daughters or widows of close > friends. If they were related then I am sure he would have described the > relationship in the Will. > > Is it possible to access any records that may help me to solve the problem. > I will list these people because it might give you some ideas about advising > me. > > LUCY M. CROSS of 813 Sixte (the last letter hard to read) Street, New > Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, widow, > > JENNIE BRIGGS of 13 Oneida Avenue, Algonquin Island, Toronto, Canada, Widow. > > Any suggestions will be gratefully received. > > Regards, > > Mary O'Brien > Queensland > Australia > > > > > I am a new subscriber as of today. I live in Ontario, Canada near the > city where my grandparents settled after they married and moved from > Birkenhead in 1909. > > > > > > > > The first name I am researching in Birkenhead is the Spark/e/s surname. > Our origins are in the Great Sutton & Eastham areas of Cheshire. > > > > > > > > What I am now hoping to learn is the whereabouts of more recent family > members as they moved towards Birkenhead. > > > > > > > > My great grandfather was Robert Spark, a tailor, born 1854 in Childer > Thornton, Cheshire, son of John Spark, a gardener and Ann WILLIAMS. His > siblings & their approximate birth dates were: Elizabeth (1849), Thomas > (1850), Sarah (1851), John (1852), Joseph (1855), Sarah (1857), Lowe (1859), > Ann (1861), Margaret (1862), Edward (1866), Frederick (1870), & Arthur > (1872). Most of these children were born in Eastham. > > > > > > > > Robert married Elizabeth MINSHALL in Liverpool in 1878. > > > > > > > > Their children as far as I know at this time were: Arthur (B'head-1878), > Sydney (B'head-1880), William Alfred (B'head-1881), Frederick (my > grandfather) (Neston-1884), & Eulalia (B'head-1891). My grandfather married > Maggie Hoylake FAIRCLOUGH in 1909 & they emigrated from Birkenhead to > Ontario Canada. Wm. Alfred came here in 1913. I have a feeling that Eulalia > may have died at a young age. > > > > > > > > My grandfather was a "ships carpenter" as my aunts described him and I > have recently learned about the Camill Laird shipyard in Birkenhead. Would > there be any further information about it out there somewhere? Would there > be any other shipyards in Birkenhead besides this one at the turn of the > last century? > > > > > > > > I am wondering if anyone has any connection with Robert & Elizabeth's > family and could tell me if there are descendents of Sydney still around > today or any other family members that I may not even know about as there is > such a gap in age between Frederick & Eulalia? I am also hoping to make > connections with descendents of John & Ann's other 12 children > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > Sandy (Spark) Stokes in Canada > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >