When Elizabeth Jane "Eliza" Sparks was born on 27 October 1843, in Jefferson, Texas, United States, her father, John Sidney Sparks, was 32 and her mother, Melinda Jones, was 24. She married Samuel Lee on 14 June 1860, in Jefferson, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Justice Precinct 2, Jefferson, Texas, United States in 1880. She died on 10 July 1925, in Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Groves, Jefferson, Texas, United States.
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English:
variant of Spark , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
possibly a nickname from the plural form of Middle English spark ‘fiery particle’, perhaps given to a blacksmith.
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