Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Sparrow was born about 1749, in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, her father, James Sparrow, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Fletcher, was 25. She died about 1750, in Gloucestershire, England, at the age of 3, and was buried in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Sparrow - Memory of Someone: death: about 1750; Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
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Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English spark, sperk ‘fiery particle, spark’ (Old English spearca, spærca, sperca). It may have been used of a lively person or ironically of its opposite (such as Willelmus Dulle Sperke, 1293); or it may have been given to someone who created sparks, such as a blacksmith.
English: topographic name for someone who lived by an area of shrubs or brushwood, from Middle English sparke, sperke, Old English spearca. The term appears in placenames across England, including Sparkhayne and Sparkwell in Devon, a county where the surname Spark is well evidenced.
German: nickname either from Middle High German spar ‘sparrow’ (see Sparrow ) or from Middle Low German sparke ‘spark’. Compare 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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