Upper Level: Thomas Eagles 1775-1836 Ann Sparkes 1783-1855

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Thomas Eagles 1775-1836 Ann Sparkes 1783-1855

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4th great grandparents

Thomas Eagles
Parents: William Eagles and Hannah Margrate

Born: 1775 Apperly, Gloucestershire, England

Christened 22 Oct 1775 Deerhurst, Gloucester, England

Thomas's christening record

Occupation: Bricklayer

Married Ann Sparkes 9 Sep 1804 Deerhurst, Gloucester, England

Thomas and Ann's marriage record
(married in church by license; witnesses were James and Nancy Turner)

Died Dec 1836 Deerhurst, Gloucester, England

Buried 19 Dec 1836 Deerhurst, Gloucester, England

Thomas's burial record

Sources
Christening record and IGI Film 6903381 Batch C047621 dated 1564-1842
Marriage record and IGI Film 0425393 Batch M027841 dated 1784-1812 and Marriage record
Burial record

Memorial on findagrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116218715/thomas-eagles

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Ann Sparkes Eagles
(said to be her, but not
100% positive)
Ann Sparkes
Parents: Thomas Sparks and Ann Gurney

Christened 2 Sep 1783 Corse, Gloucester, England

Ann's christening record - naming her parents

Married 2) Samuel Roberts 23 January 1841 Deerhurst, Gloucester, England

Note: her name is given as Ann Eagles or Sparkes

Died January 1855 Deerhurst, Gloucester, England
Buried 30 Jan 1855 St. Mary's Churchyard, Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England

Ann Sparkes Eagles Roberts burial record

Sources

Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Note: Ann attended the Tewkesbury, Cheltenham, England conference. Ann attended the Cheltenham, England branch.

1841 UK Census Deerhurst, Gloucester, England (age 50, with Samuel Roberts and Jane, her daughter)

1851 UK Census Deerhurst, Gloucester, England (age 67, with Samuel who is a pauper basketmaker)

Marriage to Samuel: Civil Registration Marriage Index

Marriage to Thomas: Marriage record and IGI Film 0991281 Batch M027844 dated 1729-1885

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Memorial on findagrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117077094/ann-roberts

CHILDREN

3rd great granduncles and aunts

unless otherwise noted

George Eagles
Born 6 Jul 1805 Apperly Gloucester, England

George's christening

Christened 28 Jul 1805 Deerhurst, Gloucester, England

Occupation: Bricklayer

Married Mary Davis 20 Jun 1827 Gloucester, Gloucester, England

George Eagles and Mary Davis marriage record

Children: George, Thomas, Elias, Edith
Died Feb 1885 Deerhurst, Gloucester, England

Buried 21 Feb 1885 St. Mary's Churchyard, Deerhurst, Gloucester, England

George Eagles burial record

Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0425393 Batch C027841 dated 1780- 1812 also England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
1841 Census for Deerhurst, Gloucester, England (age 35)
1851 Census for Apperly, Gloucester, England (age 45)

Marriage: England Marriages 1538-1973 Batch I02955-8 Film 991285 p 81
1861 British Census for Deerhurst, England ( age 56)
Note: Confirms birthplace as Apperly
1871 UK Deerhurst, Gloucester, England (age 65)

1881 British Census for Deerhurst, England Film 1341622 page 4 (age 76)
Note: he is listed as a 76y old widower and his 50y old single son George is living with him

Burial Record

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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181939399/george-eagles

William Eagles
Christened 26 Apr 1807 Apperly, Gloucester, England

William Christening Record

Death Apr 1808 Deerhurst, Gloucester, England

William Eagles Burial Record

Burial 16 Apr 1808 Deerhurst, Gloucester, England

Sources

Christening and burial records and IGI Film 0425393 Batch C027841 dated 1780- 1812
Family Search

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Editha Eagles
Born 14 Dec 1808 Apperly, Gloucester, England

Edith's Christening record
Note: her given name is Editha on the record

Christened 12 Feb 1809 Deerhurst, Gloucester, England

Edith and Richard marriage record

Married: Richard Ody 2 Nov 1830 St Mary, Cheltenham, Gloucester, England

Children: Henry, Walter, Editha

Died 1835 Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, England

Edith burial record

Burial 4 May 1835 Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, England

Sources
Christening record and IGI Film 0425393 Batch C027841 dated 1780- 1812

Marriage record

Burial record

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William Eagles
Born 26 Mar 1811 Apperly, Gloucester, England
Christened 2 Jun 1811 Deerhurst, Gloucester, England

Occupation: Bricklayer

William and Elizabeth marriage banns record

Married Elizabeth Limerick 10 Apr 1834 Deerhurst, Gloucester, England
Children: Emanuel, William, Samuel, Henry, Eliza, Jane, Annie

Died 1873 West Bromich, Staffordshire, England

Note: this is the registration place, not necessarily the death place

Buried
Sources
1841 Census for Deerhurst Gloucester, England (age 30)

Marriage Record

Death Index

Family Search

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Ann Eagles
Born 2 July 1813 Apperly, Gloucester, England

Ann's christening

Christened 25 July 1813 Deerhurst, Gloucester, England
Married Edwin South 5 Aug 1833 Cheltenham, Gloucester, England

Ann Eagles and Edwin South marriage record

Children: Thomas, William, Henry
Died 1 Mar 1909 Apperly, Gloucester, England

Ann Eagles South - burial record

Buried 5 March 1909 Apperly, Gloucester, England

Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0991281 Batch C027844 dated 1729- 1875

Elizabeth Eagles
Born 7 Jun 1815 Apperly, Gloucester, England
Christened 25 Jun 1815 Deerhurst, Gloucester, England
Married James Robert Brown 5 March 1839 Leckhampton, Gloucester, England
Children: Jane, Eliza, James, Elenor
Died 1867 Cheltenham, Gloucester, England
Buried Priestbury, Gloucester, England
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0991281 Batch C027844 dated 1729- 1875
1881 England and Wales Census for Bristol, Gloucester, England (I am still not sure this is really her)

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*Hannah Maria Eagles
Born 10 Jun 1817 Apperly, Gloucester, England
Christened 17 Aug 1817 Deerhurst, Gloucester, England
Married Robert Harris 18 Mar 1835 St. Mary de Lodes Church, Gloucester, Gloucester, England
Note: Her name is Maria in the record
Died 29 Sep 1888 Portage, Box Elder, Utah
Buried Kaysville Cemetery, Davis, Utah Plot: 11-4-A-22
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0991281 Batch C027844 dated 1729- 1875
Marriage: England Marriages 1538-1973 Batch I03829-8 Film 855621 v5 p 196

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Mary Eagles
Born 12 Sep 1819 Apperly, Gloucester, England
Died 18 Sep 1827
Note: did not find Mary among the online Parish records
.Sources

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Elias Eagles
Born 11 Feb 1822 Apperly, Gloucester, England

Married Mary Crook 23 Feb 1844 England
Children: Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Joseph, Josephine
Life note: did not find this Elias or his marriage among the online Parish records. However, I found the following info:  Elias and Mary lived in Nauvoo (Kimball 1ST: Block 3, Lot 1, 1/8 acre), Illinois and had one child there. They moved to Iowa and had three more children. This much is verifiable.
It gets wishy-washy after that. One history claims that when the Nauvoo Saints were forced to leave Illinois, she went on ahead to Winter Quarters, Nebraska where she waited for Elias to join her and he never came - abandoning her.
Fact: he could not have abandoned her in Winter Quarters because their other 3 children were born in Iowa, so he had to have stayed with her at least until 1850 when their last child was born.  It has even been suggested that he joined the Union army to save enough money to join Mary and the children.   With that said, it is also a fact that she traveled to Utah with the 2 children in 1852 and married Robert Knell in 1855 - years before Elias died in battle, which suggests they were divorced or just parted ways.
Death 6 Apr 1862 Battle of Shiloh, Pittsburgh Landing, Bradford, Tennessee
Possible:  His death was supposedly recorded in a journal kept by a fellow soldier Jessie Jay who was a POW for 3 months (The online version claims he wrote: "...Our Company’s loss, Co. I, in killed known to us is Samuel D. Lockman of Davis Co.; Iowa and Elias Eagles of Mt. Pleasant...). This much gives us a bit more information: he was "of Mt. Pleasant" so he may have remarried...needs more research.
Buried:  David Combe posted that you could look him up on the National Shiloh Cemetery list, but he wasn't there when I searched for him.
Sources
Members, LDS, 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 14, p 913
Early Mormon Records, p 52
Nauvoo Database: 1842 Census, Tax Assessors Record
Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, Vol 2, p 1685 -- Mary Crook Eagles Knell
Picture of Mary: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~schick/knell/marycknell.htm
Online for Jesse Jay's diary that tells of Elias's death:
http://hitt_genealogy.homestead.com/files/jesse_diary.htm
Online info with this and more family groups named: http://www.connectedglobe.com/family/web/hawkerfam/pafg69.htm#3604
More Information about Elias:
http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.eagles/164.2/mb.ashx

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Jane Eagles Crook and Henry Crook's headstone they share
with their daughter, Sabina
Inscription:
THY WILL BE DONE

In Loving Memory
Of
HENRY CROOK
Of Apperley
Who Died April 18, 1879
Aged 65 Years
And Of
JANE His Loving Wife
Who Died November 1875
Aged 51 Years
And Of SABINA,
Their Beloved Daughter
Who Died April 6, 1873
Aged 22 Years

Jane Eagles
Born 14 Mar 1824 Apperly, Gloucester, England
Christened 18 Apr 1824 Deerhurst, Gloucester, England

Jane and Henry's marriage record

Married Henry Crook 24 Feb 1842 St. Mary de Lodes Church, Gloucester, Gloucester, England

Children: Jane, Laura (Louisa), Eliza, Sabina, Rufus, Henry, Charles, Catherine

Died 19 Nov 1875 Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England

Buried 24 Nov 1875 Deerhurst, Gloucester, England

Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0991281 Batch C027844 dated 1729- 1875
Marriage: Marriage: England Marriages 1538-1973 Batch I03829-8 Film 855621 v7 p 239
1841

1851 Census for Apperly, Gloucester, England
1861
1871

Family Search

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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149604929/jane-crook

Thomas Eagles
Born 8 Oct 1826 Apperly, Gloucester, England
Christened Deerhurst, Gloucester, England
Died

Buried
Sources

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Ginny BensonNovember 12, 2016 at 6:48 PM
Hannah Maria Eagles is my grandmother three times removed. We visited Deerhurst a few years ago and loved seeing the Church and looking at the old graves. We went into the Church and a local resident was preparing the flowers for Sunday...I mentioned to her that I am a descendent of Thomas Eagles and she told me that the congregation was very grateful to a Mrs. Eagles who had donated a large amount of money towards the Church organ. I thought that was rather cool! Loved this little village. bensonsoccer@harbornet.com
Ginny...I live in Tacoma, WA...
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From a Funeral Program

When I come to the end of the road

And the sun has set for me

I want no rites in a gloom-filled room

Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little - but not for too long

And not with your head bowed low

Remember the love that we once shared

Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey that we all must take

And each must go alone

It's all part of the Master's plan

A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart

Go to the hills we know

And bury your sorrow among the trees

Miss me, but let me go.

The Line

Every minute someone leaves this world behind.
We are all in “the line” without knowing it.
We never know how many people are before us.
We can not move to the back of the line.
We can not step out of the line.
We can not avoid the line.

So while we wait in line -

Make moments count.
Make priorities.
Make the time.
Make your gifts known.
Make a nobody feel like a somebody.
Make your voice heard.
Make the small things big.
Make someone smile.
Make the change.
Make love.
Make up.
Make peace.
Make sure to tell your people they are loved.
Make sure to have no regrets.
Make sure you are ready.

I'm My Own Grandpa

Many, many years ago when I was 23,
I got married to a widow
who was as pretty as could be.
She had a grown up daughter
who had a hair of red.
My father fell in love with her
and soon the two were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother,
for she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matters worse,
although it brought me joy,
I soon became the father
of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother -in-law to dad
and so became my uncle though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle,
then that also made him brother to the widow's grown-up- daughter,
who of course, was my stepmother.
Father's wife then had a son,
who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandson, for he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother
and it makes me blue.
Because, although she is my wife,
she's my grandma too.
If my wife is my grandmother,
then I am her grandchild.
and every time I think of it,
it simply makes me wild.
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw.
As the husband of my grandmother,
I am my own grandpa!

Quotes from the Prophets

President Gordon B Hinckley: "It is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future. It is good to look upon the virtues of those who have gone before, to gain strength for whatever lies ahead. It is good to reflect upon the work of those who labored so hard and gained so little in this world, but out of whose dreams and early plans so well nurtured, has come a great harvest of which we are the beneficiaries. Their tremendous example can become a compelling motivation for us all, for each of us is a pioneer in his own life."

President Spencer W Kimball: "I hope to see us dissolve the artificial boundary line we so often place between missionary work and temple and genealogical work, because it is the same great redemptive work!"

President Joseph Fielding Smith: " The responsibility on behalf of our kindred dead rests with equal force on all, according to our individual ability and opportunities...the greatest and grandest duty of all is to labor for the dead."

The Passing of the Pot (Chamber Pot)

As far back in childhood
As memory may go
One household vessel greets me
That wasn't made for show
Beneath the bed twas anchored
Where only few could see
But served the entire family
With equal privacy
Some called the critter Peggy
And some the thundermug
And others called it badger
A few called it jug
To bring it in at evening
Was bad enough no doubt
But heaven help the person
Who had to take it out
Our big one was enormous
And would accomodate
A watermelon party
Composed of six or eight
When nights were dark and rainy
It was a useful urn
On icy winter mornings
The cold rim seemed to burn
At times when things were rushing
And business extra good
Each took his turn a waiting
Or did the best he could
Sometimes when in a hurry
To our disgust and shame
We fumbled in the darkness
And slightly missed our aim
The special one for company
Was decorated well
But just the same it rendered
That old familiar smell
Today this modernism
Relieves me a lot
And only in my vision
I see that homely pot.
(author unknown)

Poem about ancestors

Though steep is the path I follow today,
The footprints of time will show me the way.
For many have traveled a smiliar road,
And carried an equal of heavier load.

No troubles I face are new to this earth,
That man has not faced from time of his birth.
The route has been charted and roads have been paved
By legions before me who were stalwart and brave.

Their steps never faltered nor courage grew dim,
For they trusted the Lord and let Him led them.
If my faith and my trust remain steadfast and true,
God will guide and protect me in all that I do.
- Dolores Karides

The Elusive Ancestor

I went searching for an ancestor.
I cannot find him still.
He moved around from place to place
and did not leave a will.
He married where a courthouse burned.
He mended all his fences.
He avoided any man who came to
take the US census

He always kept his luggage packed,
This man who had no fame,
and every 20 years or so,
This rascal changed his name.
No one else inthis world is
searching for this elusive man,
so I play "Gene-solitaire"
To find him, if I can!

I'm told he's buried in a plot,
with tombstone he was blessed;
but the weather took engravings,
and some vandals took the rest.
He died before the county clerks
were appointed to keep records
No family Bible has emerged -
In spite of all my efforts.

To top it off, this elusive ancestor
who has caused me many groans -
left me even one more challenge:
He brothed a lady,
by the name of "Jones"!
(Got this from a publication
put out by the DUP organization
that names the author: Merrell Kenworthy)

Poem: Heaven's Door

If I should go before you,

If life on earth were through;

I'll stop just inside Heaven's door,

and there I'll wait for you.

You've but to look 'cross star filled skies,

Past the moon and then beyond;

To know my leaving could never break,

This heart's undying bond.

And if you should go before me,

If your journey on earth were through;

You know I will be close behind,

I'll never be far from you.

Across the span of time and space,

This love will reach this far;

For you'll always carry a bit of my heart,

No matter where you are.

Allison Chambers Coxsey©1995 ~ All Rights Reserved

Which Shall It Be? by Adelaide Proctor

Which shall it be?

"Which shall it be? Which shall it be?
I looked at John and John looked at me,
And when I found that I must speak,
My voice seemed strangely low and weak:
˜Tell me again what Robert said,"
And then I, listening, bent my head.
This is his letter:˜I will give
A house and land while you shall live,
If, in return, from out your seven,
One child to me for aye is given."

I looked at John's old garments worn;
I thought of all that he had borne
Of poverty, and work, and care,
Which I, though willing, could not share;
I thought of seven young mouths to feed,
Of seven little children's need,
And then of this.

˜Come, John,said I,
We'll choose among them as they lie
Asleep. So, walking hand in hand,
Dear John and I surveyed our band:
First to the cradle lightly stepped,
Where Lilian, the baby, slept.
Softly the father stooped to lay
His rough hand down in a loving way,
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily he said: ˜Not her!"

We stooped beside the trundle bed,
And one long ray of twilight shed
Athwart the boyish faces there,
In sleep so beautiful and fair;
I saw on James rough, red cheek
A tear undried. E'er John could speak,
He's but a baby, too," said I,
And kissed him as we hurried by.

Pale, patient, Robbie's angel face
Still in his sleep bore suffering's trace.
˜No, for a thousand crowns, not him!"
He whispered, while our eyes were dim.
Poor Dick! bad Dick! our wayward son”
Turbulent, restless, idle one”
Could he be spared?
Nay, He who gave
Bade us befriend him to the grave;
Only a mother's heart could be
Patient enough for such as he;
˜And so," said John, ˜I would not dare
To take him from her bedside prayer."

Then stole we softly up above,
And knelt by Mary, child of love;
˜Perhaps for her ˜twould better be,"
I said to John. Quite silently
He lifted up a curl that lay
Across her cheek in a wilful way,
And shook his head: ˜Nay, love, not thee,
The while my heart beat audibly.

Only one more, our eldest lad,
Trusty and truthful, good and glad,
So like his father. ˜No, John, no!
I cannot, will not, let him go."

And so we wrote, in courteous way,
We could not give one child away;
And afterward toil lighter seemed,
Thinking of that of which we dreamed,
Happy in truth that not one face
Was missed from its accustomed place;
Thankful to work for all the seven,
Trusting the rest to One in heaven."