| Husband : Christopher Philip SPARLING | |||
| Male Born : | 19 FEB 1875 | at : | Toronto, York, Ontario |
| Married : | 12 JAN 1899 | at : | Toronto, York, Ontario |
| Died : | at : | ||
| Father : | Charles Philip SPARLING | ||
| Mother : | Amelia ELLIOT | ||
| Spouses : | Georgia Ardrey NICHOLSON | ||
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| Wife : Georgia Ardrey NICHOLSON | |||
| Female Born : | 1875 | at : | Canada |
| Died : | 21 SEP 1950 | at : | Middlesboro, Kentucky |
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| Spouses : | Christopher Philip SPARLING | ||
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| CHILDREN | |||
| Name : | Gordon Philip Manley SPARLING [940] [941] | ||
| Male Born : | 13 AUG 1900 | at : | Toronto, Ontario |
| Married : | 08 SEP 1926 | at : | Trinity College Chapel, Toronto, York, Ontario |
| Died : | 19 FEB 1994 | at : | Toronto, Ontario |
| Spouses : | Elizabeth Fraser GUNN , Patricia HAYDEN , Elvera HARWOOD , Vye MCPHERSON | ||
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| Name : | Ardrey SPARLING | ||
| Female Born : | 07 MAY 1903 | at : | Toronto, Ontario |
| Married : | JAN 1966 | at : | Dade, Florida |
| Died : | 1987 | at : | Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina |
| Buried : | 01 DEC 1987 | at : | Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina |
| Spouses : | Carl PETERSON | ||
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[940] Gordon Sparling was born on August 13, 1900, at Toronto, Ont. He joined the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau in 1924 after graduating from the University of Toronto. He moved to New York to work in Paramount's Astoria Studios in 1929. In 1931, Sparling returned to Canada to become head of production at Associated Screen News in Montreal. Sparling spent three years in London during the Second World War, where he was in charge of the headquarters section of the Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit, supervising production of propaganda and training films and issues of the Canadian Army newreel. He returned to ASN in 1946 and remained until 1957 when the prodution department closed. He did freelance work for one year and then joined the National Film board in 1958. He officially retired in 1966 but remained active in researching and writing the history of Canadian film. Sparling died in Toronto on February 19, 1994.
[941] Had daughter Caroline (21 jul 1934) who married Anthony Guy Richardson. Not sure of which marriage. ???
[939] Staying with his grandparents, Charles and Amelia.