Hello Sandra
Many thanks for all of your hard work, it is much appreciated. I did have some of that information from my previous searching over many years but still haven't solved the 2 mysteries that elude me. What happened to Elisabeth Ann Clayton Parker (sorry my 'sed' key doesn't work) after the 1900 census (did she remarry) and what happened to George Parker, their son, who was born in 1894 but then no trace. She obviously didn't have them living with her in 1900 as she was, herself, a boarder with the Harell family, so where were they. They also had a child before George, Ada Marion Parker Hill who went on to marry and have a family in the US.
As she had the surname 'Hill' added to her name, was she adopted or fostered, or did E Ann remarry someone called 'Hill'. I cannot find a marriage as yet. I wonder where Ada Marion was in the censuses 1900 - 1930.
George Parker senior did not always tell the truth. He didn't emigrate when he said he did, and he also said that his second marriage was his first. Which, of course, it wasn't. E Ann emigrated in 1891 and was expecting when she left England. Her daughter, Ada Marion Parker Hill, was born in December 1891 in Brooklyn, NY. They had 5 children in all, 3 died young. Because Ellis Island records do not start until 1892, I cannot find her emigration record or arrival in the US.
As for Elisabeth Hindle. That is her maiden name when she married Francis Gibson in Lancashire in 1899. They were living with relatives where Francis learnt the butcher's trade from his uncle in Accrington, Lancs. She must have remarried after her husband left her with teenage children to raise to a Mr Fielding. However, I can't find their marriage record.
I have found quite a bit on her male children, but nothing on Coral C Gibson after the 1920 US census.
So, I have a few mysteries to pursue still.
Thank you again for your help.
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