Rose Hannah Sparkes
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ca. 1851 — 6 July 1867
Rose Hannah Sparkes (29A)
Headstone
Fragments of Rose Hannah Sparkes' headstone discovered in Toowong Cemetery Archaeological Digs n 2023.
- Erected: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Episcopalian section. After 6 July 1867
- Moved to: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Reserved Area. ca. 1914. Recorded as Rose Hannan Sparkes
- Demolished and disposed of in: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A. ca. 1930
- Discovered: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A near Section 72. ca. May 2023
Inscription
Sacred to the memory
of
W. J. Sparkes
who died January 7th 1851
aged 52 years
Also of
Elizabeth Bowe…
mother-in-law of the above
who died June 30th 1859
aged 70 years
Does any know how soon
they may follow
Also of
Rose Ha…
…
who di…
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Death registration: Rose Hannah Sparkes
Death date: 06/07/1867
Mother's name: Mary Ann Bowers
Father/parent's name: William Jackson Sparkes
Registration details: 1867/B/4048
DEATH.
SPARKES.—On the 6th July, at the residence of her mother, M. A. Rosetta, of Fortitude Valley, Rose Hannah, youngest daughter of the late W. J. Sparkes, and step-daughter of the late H. Rosetta, aged 16 years.
An early settler was W. J. Sparkes, who died on January 7, 1851, aged 52. Beside him is his daughter, Rose Sparkes, who died in July, 1867, aged 16, and his mother-in-law, Elizabeth Bowes, who died on June 30, 1859, aged 70. An old resident who came here in 1853, says that Sparkes died two years before she arrived, that he kept a general store near St. Patrick's Tavern, and next Paddy Maine's shop, in Queen street.