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SPENCER, Caroline Jane
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Name SPENCER, Caroline Jane Birth 6 Nov 1849 St. James, Westminster, London, England
Christening 30 Dec 1850 St. James Westminster
Gender Female Death 1918 St. Giles Registration District, London
Person ID I5375 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 1 BELGER, James John, b. 1846, West London Registration District, London
d. 1877, Westminster Registration District, London
(Age 31 years) Marriage 3 Jan 1870 London City Registration District, London
Family ID F1174 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 SPARKS, John Edward, b. 1837, Westminster Registration District, Middlesex
d. 1912, London, England
(Age 75 years) Marriage 1880 Lambeth, Greater London, England
Family ID F2185 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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CAROLINE JANE SPARKS formerly BELGER née SPENCER 1849 -1918
The birth of Caroline Jane SPENCER was registered in 1849.
(GRO December Q 1849 [BRICHEN] St. James Westminster 01 99)
Caroline Jane, daughter of William George Spencer, chimney sweep, and his wife Phoebe Ann of 7 Little Pulteney Street, Westminster, was born on 16 November 1849 and baptised at St. James Westminster in the district of St. Luke 30 December 1849.
(PR)
The 1861 census of 5 Great Crown Court, St. James, St. James Westminster, London:
William SPENCER, head, married, aged 44, chimney sweeper, born at St. Martin in the Fields;
Phoebe Ann SPENCER, wife, married, aged 42, born at St. Clement Dane, Westminster;
*Caroline SPENCER, daughter, aged 11, born at St. James, Westminster;
Matilda SPENCER, daughter, aged 6, born at St. James, Westminster;
Benjamin SPENCER, son, aged 3, born at St. Giles, Westminster;
Joseph GOODWIN, boarder, unmarried, aged 36, chimney sweeper, born at St. Pancras, Middlesex.
(RG9/60/66/31)
The marriage between Caroline Jane SPENCER and James John BELGER was registered in 1870.
(GRO March Q 1870 London City 1c 95)
The birth of William James BELGER was registered in 1870.
GRO March Q 1870 [SPENCER] Westminster St. James 01A 451)
The birth of Caroline Phoebe BELGER was registered in 1871.
(GRO September Q 1871 [SPENCER] St. Giles 01B 519)
The birth of Alice BELGER was registered in 1873.
(GRO March Q 1873 [SPENCER] Whitby 09D 448)
The birth of Louise Emily BELGER was registered in 1874.
(GRO March Q 1874 [SPENCER] Whitby 09D 458)
The birth of Clara May BELGER was registered in 1875.
(GRO December Q 1875 [SPENCER] St. Giles 01B 587]
The death of a John James BELGER aged 29 was registered in 1877.
(GRO September Q 1877 Westminster 1a 281)
The birth of John James BELGER was registered in 1878. He died aged 7 [sic] in 1884.
(GRO June Q 1878 Westminster 01A 479)
(GRO December Q 1884 St. Giles 018 402)
John Edward SPARKS aged 42, widower, chimney cleaner, of Vauxhall Walk, son of Edward SPARKS chimney cleaner, married Caroline Jane BELGER a 28 year old widow of Vauxhall Walk and daughter of William George Spencer deceased , chimney cleaner, at the parish church of St. Mary Lambeth on 1 March 1880.
(GRO March Q 1880 Lambeth 1d 568)
(PR)
The birth of Mary Ann Elizabeth SPARKS was registered in 1881. The death of Mary Ann E. SPARKS aged 0 was registered the same month.
(GRO March Q 1881 [SPENCER] Westminster 01A 515)
(GRO March Q 1881 Westminster 01A 359)
The birth of Phoebe Ann SPARKS was registered in 1882. The death of Phoebe Ann SPARKS aged 2 was registered in 1884.
(GRO March Q 1882 [SPENCER] Westminster 01A 520)
(GRO December Q 1884 St. Giles 01B 407)
The birth of Edward Alexander SPARKS was registered in 1884.
(GRO March Q 1884 [SPENCER] St. Giles 01B 652)
The birth of a Rose Agnes SPARKS was registered in 1888.
(GRO March Q 1888 [SPENCER] St. Giles 1b 646)
The 1891 census of Little White Lion Street, St. George in the Fields:
John E. SPARKS, head, aged 51, chimney sweeper, born in London, St. James;
*Caroline SPARKS, wife, aged 41, born in London, St. James;
Edward SPARKS, son, aged 7, born in London, St. James;
Rosa A. SPARKS, daughter, aged 3, born in London, St. James.
(RG12/210/16/26)
The 1901 census of Little White Lion Street, Bloomsbury St. George and St. Giles in the Fields:
John E. SPARKS, head, aged 63, chimney sweep on own account, born in London, St. James;
*Caroline J. SPARKS, wife, aged 50, born in London, St. James;
Rose A. SPARKS, daughter, aged 13, born in London, St. Giles.
(RG13/237/106/12)
The death of a Caroline J. SPARKS aged 68 was registered in 1918.
(GRO March Q 1918 St. Giles 1b 701)
NOTE & QUERIES:
The 1881 census of 7 Temple Bar, Widley,Hampshire, lists:
*Caroline SPARKS, head, aged 32, married, born at Cosham, Hamshire;
John E. SPARKS, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Cosham, Hampshire.
(RG11/1169/19/3
(revised 16.09.2017)

