The Sparkman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,607 people carried this name — #4,661 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,800 people counted. That is up 3% from 7,418 in 2000.

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In print

Sparkman in American newspapers,
1911–1924.

Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Sparkman
The San Francisco Call 1913-05-27
Newspaper page from Randolph Enterprise carrying the name Sparkman
Randolph Enterprise 1911-06-22
Newspaper page from The Bismarck Tribune carrying the name Sparkman
The Bismarck Tribune 1924-12-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,675 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Sparkman in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

1,186 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sparkman. The most, 216, date from the 1870s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 3.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 506
Victoria 322
Western Australia 205
New South Wales 107
Queensland 30
ACT (Canberra) 10
Tasmania 3
Northern Territory 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sparkman.

Who carried it

People named Sparkman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Stephen M. Sparkman
    Stephen M. Sparkman 1849–1929 · lawyer
  • John Sparkman
    John Sparkman 1899–1985 · lawyer
  • James Ritchie Sparkman 1815–1897 · physician
  • George B. Sparkman 1855–1898 · politician
  • George B. Sparkman 1855–1896 · politician
  • William Ervin Sparkman 1857–1928 · physician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sparkman,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States359 records

359 records of the Sparkman name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 254
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 65
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 19
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Chester Sparkman

    Born 1915 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1942 at Huntington, West Virginia; miner from Latcher County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Kentucky.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Leonard Peter Sparkman

    Born 1948; from Mercer Island, Washington. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ann Sparkman

    Arrived at New York in 1848 aboard the Columbia from Liverpool, aged 50; laborer. From Great Britain.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 359 records for Sparkman in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia51 records

51 records of the Sparkman name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 25
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 24
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry Sparkman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 aboard the Marco Polo, aged 25; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record George Sparkman

    Gold smelter of Footscray, Victoria; died 1892.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index Fred Sparkman

    Born 1918, died 1993; obituary published in Western Australia.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 51 records for Sparkman in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Sparkman name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Hannah Amy Sparkman

    Buried in 1998 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 99.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Roland Sparkman

    Buried in 1989 at Lundys Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record John Henry Sparkman

    Married 1945 in Rockingham, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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