« Reply #11 on: Monday 21 August 17 11:32 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the replies - the names Sparham and Sparrow appear to be interchangeable during this fellow's history. So the record in 1900 is Sparham, sorry I should have been more clear. I'll probably need to obtain that death certificate, but its quite possible this is not him at all.
I can't find a death record locally to his last "sighting" in 1858. The only reference is on his daughter's marriage cert in 1878, "father deceased" but this could possibly be wrong if he went AWOL years earlier.
Cornwall:Tremelling,Tyzzer,Furse,Whitford,Bedick,Hawke,Retalick;Derbys:Sparam;Dorset:Ford,Farr,Adams,Crew,Lim,Mullens;IoW:Williams;Norfolk:Burrell,Chester,Hagon,Powles,Jennis,Daines,Gedge,Hood,Pooley,Spalding,Spurrell,Ebbage,Minister,Rushmer;Norfolk/Suffolk:Clarke;Hunts/Cambs:Canwell,Simons,trewen,Childs;Derbys/Burton:Dawson,Thornewill,Dent,Street,Bagnall,Parker,Brearley,Brunt,Dicken,Astle,Boffey/Beaufoy,Grundy,Hardwick,Heap,Ratclife;Suffolk:Phillips,Chilver,Alderton,Blumfield,Pain,Rolfe,Shulver