Lavinia SPARK aged 5 yrs committed into care at Royal Park
No 11562 Lavinia Spark, Date of Birth: 30 Mar 1874, Native Place: Ascot, Victoria, Religion: Protestant, Read or Write: No, Date of Committment: 10 Jun 1879, Committing Bench: Creswick, Date of Admission: 11 Jun 1879, Term: 7 years, Cause of Committment: Neglected, State of Health on Admission: Good, Condition: clean clothes, poor, Vaccinated Small Pox, Previous History: Father: not known. Mother: Catherine Spark, very poor, Address: Ascot, Victoria, General Remarks: Sisters 11561 (Janett) and 11563 (Christina), Where Stationed: Royal Park 11 Jun 1879, Expiration of Term: 10 Jun 1886. [Children's Registers Old Series Vol 9 Folios 416-474, f 093 p448]

Lavinia Alice GRIFFITHS d 21 Nov 1942 Perth WA aged 68 yrs d/o James SPARK, Hotel Keeper, and Catherine SHOMACK [2783]

Lavinia Alice SPARK bp Ascot m1. 4 Sep 1893 Balranald, NSW, George Thomas HARPER bp Collingwood Vic.
George Thomas HARPER b 1865 Melbourne s/o Michael HARPER/Mary Ann AINSWORTH [Vic 3803] d 21 Nov 1917 aged 53 yrs Yilgarn, WA.

Lavinia Alice HARPER m2. 1919 Southern Cross, WA, Edwin GRIFFITHS [WA 10]

Eight children of George Thomas HARPER and Lavinia Alice SPARK:

1. Melmer HARPER b abt 1894 WA
Melmer M HARPER m 1919 Yilgarn, WA, Alice CARSON [WA 2] d 1990.

2. William Alexander IB HARPER b 1897 Bardoc, WA s/o George Thomas HARPER/Lavinia Alice SPARK [WA 482]
William Alexander IB HARPER d 1898 aged 10M Boulder, WA s/o George Thomas HARPER/Lavinia Alice SPARK [WA 45]

3. Colin Clive HARPER b 1900 Broad Arrow, WA s/o George Thomas HARPER/Lavinia Alice SPARKS [WA 128]
Colin Clive HARPER d 1976 WA m 27 Mar 1926 St Mary's Anglican Church, Perth, WA, Margaret BURNS
Clara Margaret BURNS b 1906 Moora WA d/o Thomas White BURNS, Farmer, and Edith May PURSER [1362, R/N 432]

4. Idreana HARPER b 1902 Bardoc, WA d/o George Thomas HARPER/Lavinia Alice SPARK [WA 136]
Idreanna HARPER m 18 Jun 1921 St Philip's C of E, Cottesloe, WA, Gordon John OSBORN b abt 1890 s/o John Henry OSBORN, Miner, and Elizabeth DUNCAN [1600, R/N 660]

5. Clyde Amos HARPER b abt 1908 WA

6. Stanley Bliss HARPER b abt 1910 WA

7. Catherine HARPER b WA, d bef 1942

8. Lavinia HARPER b abt 1913

Peter Spark has done the WA research on this family.