President of Warren, RI town council from 1948 to at least 1952

Unable to locate birth or baptism record, however, Massachusetts Death Certificate shows born in Canada.

1930 US Census 13 St. James St., Fall River, MA.
Desmaris, Arthur, head, age 52, renter, worked in cotton mill
Elizabeth, wife, age 57
Bertha, dau, age 20
Alice, dau, age 18
Rosaire, son, age 15
Jeffrey, Wilfred, son-in-law, age 28, worked in cotton mill, born in Rhode Island (?)
Alfreda, dau, age 24, worked in cotton mill (daughter of Arthur Desmaris)

1937 Bristol, Warren, Barrington RI City Directory:
Jeffrey, Wilfred C. (Alpheda) mgr 420 Main War h 44 State do

1947 and 1950 Bristol, Warren, Barrington RI City Directory:
Jeffrey, Wilfred C (Alpheda) mgr 420 Main St Warren h 14 Campbell St Warren

Records for Sparks Hardware, managed by Wilfrid.

Charles H. Sparks Records
Hardware dealer, of Warren, R.I.
Records, 1890-1952. Bulk, 1890-1903.
Size: 1.5 linear feet
Catalog number: MSS 1105
Processed by: Rick Stattler, August 2002

©Rhode Island Historical Society
Manuscripts Division

Historical note:

Charles Henry Sparks (1859-1935) was born in Warren, R.I. to Charles F. and Eliza K. (Barney) Sparks. He married Fanny Lewis in 1882 and worked as an engraver in Providence, before opening a hardware store on Main Street in Warren circa 1893. After his death in 1935, the store was operated by his estate bank until being sold circa 1962.

Scope and content:

This collection consists of the business records of the hardware store owned by Charles H. Sparks. It includes mainly ledgers and daybooks from 1890 to 1903. These records are not complete, but the ledgers are well indexed by customer. Other records include a daily cash summary covering 1899 to 1909, a purchase book, and an 1894 inventory. The only records dated after 1909 are a few daybook pages from 1930 to 1933, and a photocopy of a 1952 estate inventory.

Provenance:

These records remained in the possession of Sparks' daughter Dorothy M. (Sparks) Tharpe (1901-1982) after the store was sold in the early 1960s, and were passed on to her daughter Lynda Sparks (Tharpe) Schoonover, who donated them to the R.I.H.S. in 2002.


Godparents to Dolores Pivin

SSDI
first name: Wilfred
middle name: C
last name: Jeffrey
birth date: 6 October 1900
social security number: 038-01-4269
place of issuance: Rhode Island
last residence: Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island
zip code of last residence: 02885
death date: 26 June 1993
estimated age at death: 93

name: Wilfred Jeffrey
event: Death
event date: 26 Jun 1993
event place: Fall River, Massachusetts
death certificate number: 040751
birth date: 06 Oct 1900
birthplace: Canada

Buried in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Providence, RI.