Stark family 1850s Portsmouth, VA
Trying to locate the identity of parents of my great-great grandmother; Mary E Stark,1855 Norfolk, Virginia and her brother William Dangerfield Stark, 1852 Norfolk, Virginia. According to newspaper clipping she married Benjamin Stark 1840 immigrant from England in Dec 1877. A 1890 census lists Mary and Benjamin residing at Fortress Monroe with one child and a birthJune 1855. By 1900 Mary resided in Washington DC giving birth to 6 more children before her death in Feb 1926. Her brother William was a widower and life long resident of Berkley Town (Norfolk). His death is shown as May 28, 1920.He may have married a "Cassie" Sparrows in 1877 who died about 1910. There were no children.Both William and Cassie are buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Norfolk, VA. Newspaper clippings and funeral papers show William as being born in 1852 and refers to deceased parents as Mr. & Mrs. Bolling Stark of Norfolk.I can not find any records to substantiate that fact. Nor have I found any "Bolling", "Boling", "Bowling" Stark(e) that had any 2 named children that fit the dates. Several US census have a Mary E and William D listed as children of several different Stark(e) families with other siblings not recognized and varied birth dates. Date as early as 1841 to 1857 don't compliment the newspaper and funeral records I have.Can anyone shed any information? Thank you.