Husband : William Henry SPARLING | |||
Male Born : | 11 APR 1842 | at : | Ireland |
Baptised : | 04 MAY 1842 | at : | |
Married : | 16 APR 1867 | at : | Blanshard, Perth, Ontario |
Died : | 27 DEC 1914 | at : | Port Austin, Huron, Michigan |
Father : | Christopher SPARLING | ||
Mother : | Catherine CASWELL | ||
Spouses : | Dinah SMYTH , Isabella HANLY | ||
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Wife : Isabella HANLY | |||
Female Born : | NOV 1841[417] | at : | Ireland |
Died : | 16 NOV 1927 | at : | Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan |
Father : | Roger HANLY | ||
Mother : | Susannah SPARLING | ||
Spouses : | William Henry SPARLING | ||
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Notes : | [418] | ||
Family :
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CHILDREN | |||
Name : | Margaret SPARLING | ||
Female Born : | 05 MAR 1868 | at : | Canada |
Married : | 05 APR 1893 | at : | Grindstone City, Huron, Michigan |
Died : | 11 DEC 1937 | at : | Detroit, Wayne, Michigan |
Spouses : | William URQUHART | ||
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Name : | Susanah SPARLING | ||
Female Born : | 1871 | at : | Vermont |
Died : | 1969 | at : | |
Spouses : | |||
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Name : | William Henry SPARLING [533] | ||
Male Born : | 29 SEP 1872 | at : | Grindstone, Michigan |
Married : | 31 DEC 1904 | at : | Huron, Michigan |
Died : | 23 APR 1953 | at : | |
Spouses : | Beatrice LANNSBURY | ||
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Name : | Annet SPARLING | ||
Female Born : | 25 JUL 1874 | at : | Grindstone City, Huron, Michigan |
Married : | 13 JUN 1900 | at : | Grindstone City, Huron, Michigan |
Died : | 11 JUL 1951 | at : | Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan |
Spouses : | Fred W PECK | ||
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Name : | Alice Isabel SPARLING | ||
Female Born : | 08 FEB 1877 | at : | Port Austin, Huron, Michigan |
Married : | 10 JUN 1908 | at : | Port Austin, Huron, Michigan |
Died : | 24 NOV 1938 | at : | Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan |
Spouses : | Otto SCHMUHL | ||
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Name : | Frederick SPARLING | ||
Male Born : | APR 1880 | at : | Michigan |
Died : | at : | ||
Spouses : | |||
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[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.