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Esther Sparks 1915–2007 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Jun 1915

Birth Location: Blackhawk, Vigo County, Indiana, USA

Death Date: 20 Apr 2007

Death Location: Lewis, Vigo County, Indiana, United States of America

Father: Albert Sparks

Mother: Mary Lucas

Spouse(s): William Thomas

Children(s): Genevieve Thomas

Esther Sparks was born in 1915 in Blackhawk, Vigo County, Indiana, USA, the child of Albert Winfield Sparks And Mary Alice Lucas. Esther Sparks married William Rufus Thomas, and had children including Genevieve Elizabeth Thomas. Esther Sparks passed away in 2007 in Lewis, Vigo County, Indiana, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Esther Sparks was born in 1915 in Blackhawk, Vigo County, Indiana, USA, the child of Albert Winfield Sparks And Mary Alice Lucas.
  • Esther Sparks married William Rufus Thomas, and had children including Genevieve Elizabeth Thomas.
  • Esther Sparks passed away in 2007 in Lewis, Vigo County, Indiana, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Albert Sparks
1874–1959
Birth Location: Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, USA
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Mary Lucas
1879–1970
Birth Location: Brown, Indiana, United States
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Spouses(s)

William Thomas
1916–1988
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Genevieve Thomas
1934–2022
Birth Location: Patricksbury, Owen County, Indiana, USA
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Esther Sparks's Ancestors

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Esther Sparks
1915–2007
Birth Place: Blackhawk, Vigo County, Indiana, USA
Parents
Albert Winfield Sparks
1874–1959
Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, USA
Mary (Alice) Lucas
1879–1970
Brown, Indiana, United States
Grandparents
Vineyard (Theodore) Sparks
1849–1878
District 2, Spencer, Kentucky, United States
Mary Purcell
1846–1928
Indiana, USA
Great-Grandparents
Asa Sparks
1813–1898
Lucy Coleman
1825–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Mary Duncan
1787–1831

Esther Sparks's Descendants

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Esther Sparks (25 Jun 1915–20 Apr 2007) m. William (Rufus) Thomas (6 July 1916–21 November 1988)
  1. 1. Genevieve (Elizabeth) Thomas 1934–2022 m. Clyde (Allyn) Krackenberger 1923–1998

Esther Sparks's Timeline

2 Records

1915
25 Jun 1915
Birth of Esther Sparks in Blackhawk, Vigo County, Indiana, USA
Blackhawk, Vigo County, Indiana, USA
2007
20 Apr 2007
Age 92
Death of Esther Sparks in Farmersburg, Sullivan, Indiana, USA
Farmersburg, Sullivan, Indiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Jun 1915
    Event Place: Blackhawk, Vigo County, Indiana, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Apr 2007
    Event Place: Farmersburg, Sullivan, Indiana, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lewis, Vigo County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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