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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

Born in 1776 in River Hébert, 1654149, Nova Scotia, Canada, Mary Rebecca Sparks Rector Holmes was the child of Robert Samuel Sparks and Joanna Senior. In time, Mary Rebecca Sparks Rector Holmes married George Frances Sr. Rector and Daniel Holmes, and they raised a family that included Elizabeth Rector, Robert 1795 Rector, George Frances Rector Jr., Thomas Rector, James Rector, Christina Rector, Mary R. Rector, Reuben Sparks Rector, Hannah Rector and John Rector. Mary Rebecca Sparks Rector Holmes died in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1863.

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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

Sources

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

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

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

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