When David Henry Sparrow was born on 20 November 1871, in Huntingdon, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada, his father, Robert Sparrow, was 38 and his mother, Mary Ann Hayter, was 32. He lived in Manitoba, Canada in 1916 and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1926. He died on 14 August 1959, at the age of 87, and was buried in Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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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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