The Genealogy of one Vermonter, Darrell A. Martin

Laura Sparinek??^1,2

(circa 1836 - )

Laura was born in Vermont circa 1836.³ She was a resident in the household of Edward Lawrence Dutton in the 1850 census taken in Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont, a student age 14.²

That her surname is "Sparinek" is very questionable.
[S176] Dutton, Edward L., 1850 US Census, Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont; www.ancestry.com Apr 2002, Ancestry online image 691 of 711, pg. 354.
[S176] Dutton, Edward L., 1850 Census Rockingham, VT, age 14 b. "Vermont."

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