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Ethel LaVada Sparks 1888–1924 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Mar 1888

Birth Location: Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 13 January 1924

Death Location: Plainview, Hale, Texas, USA

Father: James Sparks

Mother: Sarah Bandy*

Spouse(s): Jim Robertson

Children(s): Dollie Robertson, Cecil Robertson, Exie Robertson, Helen Robertson, Thelma Robertson, Ola Robertson

Ethel LaVada Sparks was born in 1888 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA, the child of James Monroe Sparks And Sarah Ann Bandy. Ethel LaVada Sparks married Jim Cecil Robertson, and had children including Cecil Virginia Robertson, Dollie Mae Robertson, Exie Mazie Robertson, Helen Dorothy Robertson, Ola Robertson, Thelma Robertson. Ethel LaVada Sparks passed away in 1924 in Plainview, Hale, Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • Ethel LaVada Sparks was born in 1888 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA, the child of James Monroe Sparks And Sarah Ann Bandy.
  • Ethel LaVada Sparks married Jim Cecil Robertson, and had children including Cecil Virginia Robertson, Dollie Mae Robertson, Exie Mazie Robertson, Helen Dorothy Robertson, Ola Robertson, Thelma Robertson.
  • Ethel LaVada Sparks passed away in 1924 in Plainview, Hale, Texas, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Sparks
1851–1937
Birth Location: Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
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Sarah Bandy*
1848–1918
Birth Location: North Carolina, USA
SB

Spouses(s)

Jim Robertson
1882–1962
Birth Location: Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, United States
JR

Children(s)

Dollie Robertson
1911–1990
Birth Location: Cement, Caddo, Oklahoma, USA
DR
Cecil Robertson
1917–2006
Birth Location: Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, USA
CR
Exie Robertson
1919–1990
Birth Location: Pauls Valley, Garvin, Oklahoma, USA
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Helen Robertson
1915–1996
Birth Location: Cement, Caddo Co., Oklahoma, USA
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Thelma Robertson
1905–1925
Birth Location: Oklahoma
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Ola Robertson
1909–
Birth Location: Cement, Caddo, Oklahoma, United States
OR

Ethel Sparks's Ancestors

Self
Ethel Sparks
1888–1924
Birth Place: Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA
Parents
James Monroe Sparks
1851–1937
Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
Sarah (Ann) Bandy*
1848–1918
North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
James (Monroe) Sparks
1810–1870
Washington County, Virginia, United States
Lurena Price
1807–1879
Kentucky, United States
Great-Grandparents
William Sparks
1781–1869
Rhoda Pennington
1789–1871
William Price
1777–1849
Elizabeth Eaton
1783–1865
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ethel Sparks's Descendants

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Ethel (LaVada) Sparks (25 Mar 1888–13 January 1924) m. Jim (Cecil) Robertson (25 Apr 1882–2 May 1962)
  1. 1. Dollie (Mae) Robertson 1911–1990
  2. 2. Cecil (Virginia) Robertson 1917–2006
  3. 3. Exie (Mazie) Robertson 1919–1990
  4. 4. Helen (Dorothy) Robertson 1915–1996
  5. 5. Thelma Robertson 1905–1925
  6. 6. Ola Robertson 1909–

Ethel Sparks's Timeline

2 Records

1888
25 Mar 1888
Birth of Ethel LaVada Sparks in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA
Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA
1924
13 January 1924
Age 36
Death of Ethel LaVada Sparks in Plainview, Hale, Texas, USA
Plainview, Hale, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Mar 1888
    Event Place: Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Oklahoma, County Marriages

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 January 1924
    Event Place: Plainview, Hale, Texas, USA
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