Little did we know that the Sparlings & Raleighs would have known each Other back then. ( w e choose a different hotel unfortunately) Thanks so much for inspiring me to dig a bit deeper and I will be back in due course With inf o from my family. My wife Jo-Ann is related to Sir Walter Raleigh....but I let her do that investigation

All the best Alan Sparling . On 5 Jul 2016, at 04:41, John Hoyt wrote: Hello Alan, Nice to meet you... Thanks for emailing me on your 'Namesake/Surname' Branch and would be willing to give more information. Sure, I'd love some more information on your Grandfather, John's lineage.. Wow, I didn't know about the Sir Walter Raleigh being a town named after him of Rathkeale, Ireland? And that your wife has her Maiden Name of being a Raleigh from the Limerick, which is near Rathkesle. Yes Petty Neat indeed. Is She Related to Sir Walter, by chance?? And, if you wish too you could add a few family photos from your 3-4 Gen. if you would like, and I'll place them in links from a thumbnail galley of sorts, into his area and down, as soon as, I get them and any records like the WWI Image Record and more, on the empty generations and dates, places etc.. Much Obliged, Alan. Kind Regards, To You & Ireland John E. Hoyt, retired A Simon Hoyt/e Branch Family Historian www.simonhoyt.com/index.html . -----Original Message----- From: Alan Sparling Sent: Monday, July 04, 2016 7:09 PM To: John Hoyt Subject: Sparling - dublin Dear John, How lucky and thrilled am I that I happened upon your site as I did research on my Grandfather John Sparling (ref 875) who served in WW1 and I try to update his records for Same. I notice u have John's children listed (ref 1728 -1737) but it appears that u don't have Info rmation of their lives ? I would be happy to supply as much as I can, including my own siblings. We are the children of William Sparling (ref 1728) Well done on putting such an exhaustive collation together & thrilled that I could Trace us back to the 'original' Peter Sperling from Limerick. Would u believe, I married a girl from Limerick myself and her maiden name is Raleigh, Originally from Rathkeale when Sir Walter Raleigh dropped by centuries ag o

Small world indeed Kind Regards Alan Sparling

Ann Unknown

Samuel Sparling

Jane Sparling

Robert McGilvrae

William Sparling

Margaret Sparling

George Sparling

Joseph Sparling

Elizabeth Switzer

Catherine Sparling

Christopher Sparling

James Sparling

Henry Sparling

John Sparling

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