Genealogy: Ellis Clair Sparkman Jr. (1921-2007)

@darth-cryptic · 2025-09-09 21:23 · genealogy

I am posting some random bits of my genealogy research here with the goal of eventually creating a linked family tree on Hive. You can see the index here.

Subject: Ellis Clair Sparkman Jr. (1921-2007)

Relationship to me: Sixth cousin three times removed.

Family tree management software: GenoPro

Family tree reporting software: Gramps

Other software used: The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding (TNG), GedSite (evaluating for now)

Updates: Added census records, death records, marriage records, and updated dates.

The chart at the top is an ancestry chart out to four generations as generated by GenoPro. The chart at the bottom is the same chart as generated by TNG. The index of all individuals I have posted so far can be found here.


Sparkman, Ellis Claire ‘Red’ 1

Birth Name Sparkman, Ellis Claire ‘Red’
Gender male
Age at Death 86 years, 14 days

Narrative

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1921-07-09 Quebeck, White Co, TN    
Death 2007-07-23 Kingsport, Sullivan Co, TN    

Age: 86y 14d

Burial 2007-07-26 Anderson Cemetery, Doyle, White Co, TN    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Sparkman, Ellis C.1887-05-27
Mother Keer, Mattie1891-02-081979-09-00
         Sparkman, Ellis Claire ‘Red’ 1921-07-09 2007-07-23
    Brother     Sparkman, Thomas 1925-08-24 1974-01-00

Pedigree

  1. Sparkman, Ellis C.
    1. Keer, Mattie
      1. Sparkman, Ellis Claire 'Red'
        1. Unknown, Jeanette
      2. Sparkman, Thomas

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