Can anyone find a connection between either Miss Emily Parker or her brother Henry Parker with the town of Tunbridge Wells. The owner of a photo album presented by Capt Matthew Webb, the famous English Channel swimmer,in 1876 , to swimming professor John Pearson Luker in Tunbridge Wells, father of famous swimmer Miss Annie Luker,has in it two photos, one of Miss Emily Parker and the other of her brother Henry. Capt Webb and Professor Luker were obviously close friends and since most if not all swimmers in the 19th century knew and in some cases were friends with one another I wondered if there is some newspaper account that makes a connection with the Parkers performing their swimming skills in Tunbridge Wells, where there was a large outdoor baths which John Pearson Luker was the performer/swimming instructor at? I have made an inquiry at the Tunbridge Wells library but they don't have the staff or time to search their newspaper files. Perhaps there is some announcement in a newspaper of London or Devon etc where the Parkers lived.
