William Henry SPARLING / Isabella HANLY

William Henry SPARLING / Isabella HANLY


Husband : William Henry SPARLING

Male Born : 11 APR 1842at : Ireland
Baptised : 04 MAY 1842at :
Married : 16 APR 1867at : Blanshard, Perth, Ontario
Died : 27 DEC 1914at : Port Austin, Huron, Michigan
Father : Christopher SPARLING
Mother : Catherine CASWELL
Spouses : Dinah SMYTH , Isabella HANLY

  • OCCUPATION: Farmer, 1880
  • REFERENCE: Ph F 12

Wife : Isabella HANLY

Female Born : NOV 1841[417] at : Ireland
Died : 16 NOV 1927at : Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan
Father : Roger HANLY
Mother : Susannah SPARLING
Spouses : William Henry SPARLING

  • CENSUS: 1920, 135 Stanley, Bad Axe, Huron, Michigan
  • REFERENCE: Ph A 2 d
Notes : [418]

Family :
  • CENSUS: 1880, Port Austin, Huron, Michigan
  • CENSUS: 1900, Port Austin, Huron, Michigan
  • CENSUS: 1910, Port Austin, Huron, Michigan

CHILDREN

Name : Margaret SPARLING
Female Born : 05 MAR 1868at : Canada
Married : 05 APR 1893at : Grindstone City, Huron, Michigan
Died : 11 DEC 1937at : Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Spouses : William URQUHART

  • REFERENCE: Ph F 12 a

Name : Susanah SPARLING
Female Born : 1871at : Vermont
Died : 1969at :
Spouses :

  • CENSUS: 1940, Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan
  • REFERENCE: Ph F 12 b

Name : William Henry SPARLING [533]
Male Born : 29 SEP 1872at : Grindstone, Michigan
Married : 31 DEC 1904at : Huron, Michigan
Died : 23 APR 1953at :
Spouses : Beatrice LANNSBURY

  • OCCUPATION: Teacher, 1910
  • OCCUPATION: Commissioner of Schools, 1920
  • REFERENCE: Ph F 12 c

Name : Annet SPARLING
Female Born : 25 JUL 1874at : Grindstone City, Huron, Michigan
Married : 13 JUN 1900at : Grindstone City, Huron, Michigan
Died : 11 JUL 1951at : Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan
Spouses : Fred W PECK

  • REFERENCE: Ph F 12 d

Name : Alice Isabel SPARLING
Female Born : 08 FEB 1877at : Port Austin, Huron, Michigan
Married : 10 JUN 1908at : Port Austin, Huron, Michigan
Died : 24 NOV 1938at : Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan
Spouses : Otto SCHMUHL

  • REFERENCE: Ph F 12 e

Name : Frederick SPARLING
Male Born : APR 1880at : Michigan
Died : at :
Spouses :

  • REFERENCE: Ph F 12 f

INDEX

[418] In 1900 census, listed as having borne 6 children with 5 still living

[417] 1851 Census lists age as 12 - so born 1839
1920 census lists place of birth as Scotland
Death certificate list DOB as 06 Nov 1837
Marriage registration gives age as 22, so born 1845

[533] William Sparling,
Veteran Huron School Man, Dies
Bad Axe, April 23 - William H Sparling, who spent 58 years in the teaching profession in Huron County before he retired in 1947, died today in his home of heart disease. He was 81 years old. Mr Sparling served 36 years from 1911 to 1947, as Huron County Schol Commissioner, and he taught school 22 years before assuming that office. Born Sept 29, 1872, in Grindstone City, Mr Sparling was a lifelong resident of Huron Co. He was educated in Huron County schools and at Central MI College and Ferris Institute. He began his career in 1889 and taught schools in Grindstone City and Bay Port. Mr Sparling established in 1914 a custom that continues to this day, that of 8th grade commencement services for rural schools. He once estimated that he signed and presented more than 12,000 diplomas during 34 such services. Some graduates in the last years of his service as School Commissioner were grandchildren of graduates of early years. He is survived by his widow, Beatrice; two sons, William J Sparling, Milwaukee, WI; and Robert H Sparling, Jackson, MI; four grandchildren, a great grandchild and a sister, Miss Susie Sparling, Royal Oak. Remains are in Alden A MacAlpine funeral home.

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