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Mary Rebecca Sparks Rector Holmes 1776 – 1863 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Dec 1776

Birth Location: River Hébert, 1654149, Nova Scotia, Canada

Death Date: 1863

Death Location: Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Robert Sparks

Mother: Joanna Senior

Spouse(s): George Rector, Daniel Holmes

Children(s): Elizabeth Rector, Robert Rector, George Jr., Thomas Rector, James Rector, Christina Rector, Mary Rector, Reuben Rector, Hannah Rector, John Rector

Mary Rebecca Sparks Rector Holmes was born in 1776 in River Hébert, 1654149, Nova Scotia, Canada, the child of Robert Samuel Sparks and Joanna Senior. Mary Rebecca Sparks Rector Holmes married George Frances Sr. Rector, Daniel Holmes, and had children including Elizabeth Rector, Robert 1795 Rector, George Frances Rector Jr., Thomas Rector, James Rector, Christina Rector, Mary R. Rector, Reuben Sparks Rector, Hannah Rector, John Rector. Mary Rebecca Sparks Rector Holmes passed away in 1863 in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Biography

  • Mary Rebecca Sparks Rector Holmes was born in 1776 in River Hébert, 1654149, Nova Scotia, Canada, the child of Robert Samuel Sparks and Joanna Senior.
  • Mary Rebecca Sparks Rector Holmes married George Frances Sr. Rector, Daniel Holmes, and had children including Elizabeth Rector, Robert 1795 Rector, George Frances Rector Jr., Thomas Rector, James Rector, Christina Rector, Mary R. Rector, Reuben Sparks Rector, Hannah Rector, John Rector.
  • Mary Rebecca Sparks Rector Holmes passed away in 1863 in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Sparks
1751 – 1803
Birth Location: Halifax, NS, Canada
RS
Joanna Senior
1751 – 1820
Birth Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
JS

Spouses(s)

George Rector
1752 – 1842
Birth Location: Germany
GR
Daniel Holmes
1760 – 1847
Birth Location: Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
DH

Children(s)

Elizabeth Rector
1794 – 1871
Birth Location: Parrsboro, 1654149, Nova Scotia, Canada
ER
Robert Rector
1795 – 1892
Birth Location: Lakelands,Cumberland,Nova Scotia,Canada
RR
George Jr.
1800 – 1895
Birth Location: Parrsboro, 1654149, Nova Scotia, Canada
GJ
Thomas Rector
1803 – 1892
Birth Location: Lakelands, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
TR
James Rector
1810 – 1871
Birth Location: Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
JR
Christina Rector
1813 – 1891
Birth Location: Athol, Nova Scotia
CR
Mary Rector
1816 –
Birth Location: –
MR
Reuben Rector
1817 – 1898
Birth Location: West Brook, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
RR
Hannah Rector
1818 – 1872
Birth Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
HR
John Rector
– 1881
Birth Location: –
JR

Mary Holmes's Ancestors

Self
Mary Holmes
1776 – 1863
Birth Place: River Hébert, 1654149, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents
Robert Samuel Sparks
1751 – 1803
Halifax, NS, Canada
Joanna Senior
1751 – 1820
Nova Scotia, Canada
Grandparents
Richard Sparks
1724 – 1762
Drayton, Saint Leonard, Oxford, England
Ann Winslow
1728 –
Drayton, Saint Leonard, Oxford, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Sparks
1675 –
Sarah Dickens
– 1849
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mary Holmes's Descendants

1.
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Mary (Rebecca Sparks Rector) Holmes (19 Dec 1776 – 1863) m. George (Frances Sr.) Rector (1752 – 22 Feb 1842) m. Daniel Holmes (14 June 1760 – 1847)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Rector (Apr 1794 – 12 Jan 1871)
  2. 2. Robert (1795) Rector (1795 – 22 Apr 1892) m. Mary (Ann) Gow (1803 – 16 Jun 1876)
    1. 1. Robert Rector (1817 – 22 Apr 1892) m. Mary (Jane) Dow (14 Jun 1818 – 09 May 1861) m. Sarah (Ann) Dow (abt 1827 – )
      1. 1. Cecelia (Harriet) RECTOR (27 May 1849 – 04 Nov 1928)
      2. 2. Ann (Jane) RECTOR (21 Aug 1851 – )
      3. 3. Rebecca (Coleman) Rector (21 Aug 1851 – 23 May 1928)
      4. 4. Rosanna (Rosamund) Rector (17 Jul 1853 – 30 OCT 1939)
      5. 5. John (William) Rector (17 Feb 1855 – 1937)
      6. 6. James (Edward) Rector (24 Jun 1856 – 02 Jun 1932)
      7. 7. Sarah (Alice) Rector (23 Nov 1857 – 02 Apr 1923)
      8. 8. Robert (Lemuel) Rector (12 Jul 1859 – 03 Jul 1941)
      9. 9. Walter (Delbert) Rector (01 Apr 1860 – 27 Jul 1951)
      10. 10. Bosimah Rector (Abt. 1861 – 1873)
      11. 11. Sarah ("Larender") Rector (25 Mar 1828 – 12 Oct 1911) m. James (Alexander) McAloney (9 Jun 1807 – Sept 14, 1869)
        1. 1. Eleonar ("Ellen" Sarah) McAloney (10 Oct 1844 – 17 Jun 1869)
        2. 2. Ann McAloney (15 Mar 1846 – 1 Feb 1928)
        3. 3. Alexander McAloney (25 Aug 1848 – May 1934)
        4. 4. Edward (Samuel) McAloney (21 Oct 1849 – 24 August 1924) m. Rosalin Hannah (abt 1852 – 15 Jul 1887) m. Sarah (Esther) Boss (3 Aug 1862 – 17 Dec 1935)
        5. 5. Robert (Benjamin) McAloney (29 Jul 1852 – 10 Jun 1937)
        6. 6. James McAloney (20 Oct 1854 – 03 Nov 1858) m. Maria Best (10 Dec 1851 – 12 Jul 1913)
        7. 7. James (Alexander) McAloney (20 Oct 1854 – 20 May 1917) m. Maria Best (10 Dec 1851 – 12 Jul 1913)
        8. 8. James (Irving) McAloney (23 Jul 1859 – 23 Feb 1941)
        9. 9. Mary (Elizabeth "Lizzie") McAloney (30 May 1862 – 18 Sept 1889)
        10. 10. Eleonar"Ellen"Sarah McAloney (10 Oct 1844 – 17 Jun 1869)
      12. 12. Udovilla Rector (1863 – )
      13. 13. Endwella Rector (abt 1865 – )
      14. 14. Hannah (Elizabeth) Rector (1867 – 09 Jan 1878)
      15. 15. Joseph Rector (abt 1867 – 1949)
      16. 16. Samuel (H) Rector (27 Jun 1872 – )
    2. 2. George RECTOR (1821 – 1)
    3. 3. Robert RECTOR (1 Sep 1821 – 22 Apr 1892)
    4. 4. Harriette (Jane) RECTOR (1823 – )
    5. 5. John (William) Rector (1826 – 27 Jan 1890)
  3. 3. George (Frances Rector) Jr. (1800 – 17 Jan 1895)
  4. 4. Thomas Rector (1803 – 24 Feb 1892)
  5. 5. James Rector (1810 – 6 Feb 1871)
  6. 6. Christina Rector (1813 – AFT 1891)
  7. 7. Mary (R.) Rector (23 MAY 1816 – )
  8. 8. Reuben (Sparks) Rector (17 MAR 1817 – 17 MAR 1898)
  9. 9. Hannah Rector (1818 – 2 Jan 1872)
  10. 10. John Rector ( – 1881)

Mary Holmes's Timeline

4 Records

1776
19 Dec 1776
Birth of Mary Rebecca Sparks Rector Holmes in River Hébert, 1654149, Nova Scotia, Canada
River Hébert, 1654149, Nova Scotia, Canada
1798
21 March 1798
Age 22
Mary Rebecca Sparks Rector Holmes was married in Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
1843
30 October 1843
Age 67
Mary Rebecca Sparks Rector Holmes was married in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
1863
1863
Age 87
Death of Mary Rebecca Sparks Rector Holmes in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Dec 1776
    Event Place: River Hébert, 1654149, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 21 March 1798
    Event Place: Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 30 October 1843
    Event Place: Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1863
    Event Place: Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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