Biography

JAMES DICK SPARROW

Burial register ID: 4916
Surname: SPARROW
First name: JAMES
Middle names: DICK
Gender: Male
Age: 32 Years
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 02-Feb-1887
Date of burial: 05-Feb-1887

Block: 191
Plot: 53
Inscription:

IN MEMORIAM

JOHN,

THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF

ANN SPARROW,

DIED 26th MAY 1904.

AGED 77 YEARS.

JAMES, SON OF ABOVE

DIED 2nd FEB. 1887

AGED 33 YEARS.

ANN,

BELOVED WIFE OF

JOHN SPARROW,

DIED 6th SEPT. 1906.

AGED 77 YEARS.

I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE

HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME

THOUGH HE WERE DEAD, YET SHALL HE LIVE.

Bio contributor: Jill Allport

James Sparrow (1854-1887)

James Dick Sparrow was a son of John and Ann Sparrow, born on 26th March 1854 in Greenock, Scotland.

James died on 2nd February 1887 aged 32 years and is buried here in the Northern Cemetery with his parents and his aunt, Jane Fraser née Sparrow, who was his father’s sister.

There are 4 Interments in this grave:

Surname First names Age Date of death Date of burial
FRASER JANE 77 Years 22-Aug-1908 24-Aug-1908
SPARROW ANN 77 Years 10-Sep-1906 12-Sep-1906
SPARROW JAMES DICK 32 Years 02-Feb-1887 05-Feb-1887
SPARROW JOHN 77 Years 26-May-1904 28-May-1904