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Title: Molly Parker ne Peters c 1875 and Journalist Henry Parker
Post by: NormanE on Friday 23 October 15 07:33 BST (UK)
Please can you help me resolve a puzzle.
I have a  1903 birth certificate for Guy Patten Parker born at a Teddington address to Henry Parker a journalist and Molly ne Peters.  I can see Molly as Mollie Parker in the 1901 Census at the same address but without Henry present and as a widow in the 1911 census visiting with three of her five children at Kingston on Thames.
Who was Molly Peters and who was Henry Parker, when was there a marriage?.
So far I have been totally without clues
Norman E
Title: Re: Molly Parker ne Peters c 1875 and Journalist Henry Parker
Post by: Flattybasher9 on Friday 23 October 15 08:09 BST (UK)
Duplicate post
Title: Re: Molly Parker ne Peters c 1875 and Journalist Henry Parker
Post by: rosie99 on Friday 23 October 15 12:38 BST (UK)
Duplicate post

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=733585.

Thanks flattybasher  ;D



Title: Re: Molly Parker ne Peters c 1875 and Journalist Henry Parker
Post by: ciderdrinker on Saturday 24 October 15 13:15 BST (UK)
Hello
Looking for Molly Peters seems to suggest that she is the daughter of William Peters and Elizabeth Priscilla Kearley
1881 Sunbury Middlesex Haliford Road
William Peters 39 brickburner Kingston
Elizabeth 42 Brentford
William 16 labourer Haliford
Annie 14 Isleworth
James 11 Shepperton
MARY  ANN 9 Shepperton
Bertha 6 Haliford
Joseph 3
Thomas 3mths

1891 she 's a servant working at Thomas St Hampton

There's no sign of her marriage or a Henry Parker.
I'd be looking at the middle name of Patten.

When son Cyril signs up for the Tank core in 1918 his and his mother's address is Fairview London Road Hackbridge Surrey.

Ciderdrinker
Title: Re: Molly Parker ne Peters c 1875 and Journalist Henry Parker
Post by: rosie99 on Saturday 24 October 15 13:21 BST (UK)
That's the one I found on the other post, Glad we agree  :)
Title: Re: Molly Parker ne Peters c 1875 and Journalist Henry Parker
Post by: Ladyhawk on Saturday 24 October 15 14:49 BST (UK)

There's no sign of her marriage or a Henry Parker.

I'd be looking at the middle name of Patten.


I couldn't find one either  ??? their marriage year should be around 1896

Mollie/Molly PARKER from censuses had five children, the four boys middle name PATTEN

Violet Parker 1898
Henry Patten Parker Mar 1899 Islington
Cyril Patten Parker Sep 1900 Kingston
Bernard Patten Parker Sep 1901 Kingston
Guy Patten Parker Mar 1903 Kingston

Bernard Patten Parker  married age 29 (31/1/1931) , 27 Vale Road Sutton his father named as
Henry PATTEN Parker occ Journalist (does not say deceased)

so it would seem the boys were all given their father's middle name




Title: Re: Molly Parker ne Peters c 1875 and Journalist Henry Parker
Post by: rosie99 on Saturday 24 October 15 15:17 BST (UK)
Transferred from other post so that all the information is together  ;)

Ancestry is suggesting that Molly is Mary Peters born Shepperton, daughter of William & Elizabeth.

Halford mentioned as her place of birth in 1901 could be Halliford which is part of Shepperton. The place given later with an r added into the middle is next to Halliford though the county given is wrong.

1881
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKX9-YC5H

I think this may be worth investigating further  :-\  Molly/ie is a common pet name for Mary
Title: Re: Molly Parker ne Peters c 1875 and Journalist Henry Parker
Post by: NormanE on Saturday 24 October 15 15:20 BST (UK)
Thank you for the latest replies.
I'm sure Henry Parker Snr. Had died before the 1911 census. In the 1911 census Molly was a widow and Henry and Cyril were in The Boys Refuge at Twickenham.
There is a 1907 death of Henry Parker registered at Kingston. The death age of 77 seems to rul him out.
The search goe's on!!
Again Thank You all
Norman E
Title: Re: Molly Parker ne Peters c 1875 and Journalist Henry Parker
Post by: jorose on Sunday 25 October 15 14:05 GMT (UK)
Since no marriage, be cautious about presuming she was indeed a widow by 1911.
It may have been an on-going common-law relationship, which broke down sometime after 1903. In these cases it's extremely common for a woman to represent herself as a widow (more respectable!)

Have you had any luck looking at electoral rolls for any addresses you have for the family?
Which of the birth certificates do you have so far? Is he plain "Henry Parker" or "Henry Patten" on these?
Records for the boys in the home in Twickenham may mention something about the family situation.

May be a red herring, but can anybody spot who "John Paton Parker" b. 1892 Uxbridge belongs to and where he ended up?
Title: Re: Molly Parker ne Peters c 1875 and Journalist Henry Parker
Post by: softly softly on Sunday 25 October 15 16:11 GMT (UK)
Hi, for info only but may be something. Firstly, Jorose it should read James Paton Parker b1892 b Uxbridge. He appears to have died 1974 in Swansea. DOB given as 12.10.1892.

Whilst it has been dismissed the death of a Henry Parker aged 77 in 1907 = c1830 does seem to tie in with the BAPTISM on the 21.12.1831 of a Henry PATON Parker, in Oldbury Worcs, parents George/Louisa Elizabeth Parker. I do not have access to A* OR FindMyPast but he may appear on earlier census as a journalist?

John
Title: Re: Molly Parker ne Peters c 1875 and Journalist Henry Parker
Post by: Ladyhawk on Sunday 25 October 15 20:16 GMT (UK)


Whilst it has been dismissed the death of a Henry Parker aged 77 in 1907 = c1830 does seem to tie in with the BAPTISM on the 21.12.1831 of a Henry PATON Parker, in Oldbury Worcs, parents George/Louisa Elizabeth Parker.

 I do not have access to A* OR FindMyPast but he may appear on earlier census as a journalist?


I can't place the Parker family on the 1841 census  ???

1831 baptisms on same day parents George & Louisa Elizabeth
Henry Paton Parker,
Joseph Halford Parker (he married 1857 Kings Norton) &
Louisa Sarah Parker
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7TB-RPY
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7TB-R5M
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV6M-J9S

Marian Bennett Parker same parents
1834 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYXK-3WB

This might be George's wife Louisa Elizabeth Parker
& their married daughter Louisa
BUT her dob 1841 I think the initial should be Louisa S (D) C Alley
perhaps the Louisa baptized 1831 may have died and they named another dau by the same name
1881c https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKXH-6SDQ

and Louisa Snr.

1871c https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5RG-63Z

and her death

1882 Cheltenham Glouc Louisa Elizabeth Parker https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JXB-JRG

Sep 1872 St Geo H Sq.
John Peter D ALLEY name on same page Louisa Sarah Parker
He died 1874 Pancras John Peter De C Alley age 49

His 1874/75 probate, address Temple Cloud same as 1871 census
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ5W-H87
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K628-RKN

1875 London Gazette mentions wife Louisa Sarah Alley
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24200/page/2164/data.pdf

1871 c John Peter De Courcy Alley born 1824 Ireland, Rector in Divinity Vicar of S? https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFJY-6K4

1891c Fulham London
Louisa De C Alley widow 49 Worcestershire
Catherine A Parker niece 23 St Martins Guernsey CI
Plus servant

1901c Louisa born 1836 Oldbury Worcester plus nephew & niece
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSXT-2BY

1871 c Guernsey shows Catherine A to be the daughter of
Joseph H Parker  born 1831 occ. Civil Engineer & Elizabeth
their first son is named George F, so maybe a connection

1881c Guernsey shows George Frederick & Catherine Alice to be nephew & niece of
Alice Muntz widow born 1831 her sister Helen Parker born 1829 is visiting

bapt 1828 Alice Parker parents George & Louisa Elizabeth
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWH3-2ZR

bapt 1827 Helen Parker parents George & Louisa Elizabeth
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NY2L-QZF

Confirms Catherine's father as Joseph Halford Parker

Catherine Alice Parker
Father   Joseph Halford Parker
Mother   Elizabeth Jones
1867 Place St Martin Island Guernsey

Sorry have had no luck tracing Henry PATON Parker to see if he is a Journalist  ???





Title: Re: Molly Parker ne Peters c 1875 and Journalist Henry Parker
Post by: ciderdrinker on Tuesday 27 October 15 10:36 GMT (UK)
hi
This looks like Henry and his brother (Joseph) Halford Parker in 1841.
Charlemont Hall West Browmwich
Joseph Halford 60 farmer y
Lydia 60 y
Anne 20 y
Alice 15 y
William 20 y
Henry Parker 11 y
Halford 9 y
and then a range of servants.

George Parker married Louisa Elizabeth Halford at West Bromwich All Saints 28.5.1823 so they're living with Grandad and Grandma.
Louisa  was baptised there 18.3.1801

Ciderdrinker
Title: Re: Molly Parker ne Peters c 1875 and Journalist Henry Parker
Post by: softly softly on Tuesday 27 October 15 15:58 GMT (UK)
Good find ciderdrinker. Can anyone with more resources than me take this info further.

1. There's a marriage of a Henry HALFORD Parker sept q 1895 St George Hanover Sq 1a 1045. Who is his father, his age if shown  and what occupation does he give. There does not appear to be a birth/ death of this man that I can find. He may possibly be the son of Joseph Halford Parker, Henry's brother. Joseph married 1857 Kings Norton.

2. 1891 census ref rg12 763 80 13. It's for a Henry P Perfect Banauch -a journalist. Cannot find anything else about him either -no births , marriages or deaths or census--is it our Henry continuing his mystery life?

3. The James Paton Parker mentioned by jorose needs some strong research as well ie a birth certificate.

John
Title: Re: Molly Parker ne Peters c 1875 and Journalist Henry Parker
Post by: NormanE on Tuesday 27 October 15 16:12 GMT (UK)
To the many who have replied.
Thank you all for your interest and suggestions.
At this stage I feel nothing new has come so far. At the moment I'm trying to identify any living descendants of Henry and Molly hoping for some family memory or documents.
Plan to keep this route open for a while just in case.
Sincere thanks
NormanE
Title: Re: Molly Parker ne Peters c 1875 and Journalist Henry Parker
Post by: APattenParker on Saturday 02 April 16 08:21 BST (UK)
I am Andrea Parker, Guy Patten Parker's granddaughter I'm sorry but I posted information about my father and grandfather on the previous thread? I hope you can pick up my post there! I have an uncle, Guy's youngest son who may have more information for you
Title: Re: Molly Parker ne Peters c 1875 and Journalist Henry Parker
Post by: G Mlx on Tuesday 06 June 17 16:12 BST (UK)




The photo shows Church Hill House which was the home of the Parkers  and then William and Alice Muntz



Alice Parker was the widow of William Henry Muntz born 28th June 1824, (son of G.F.Muntz,  the famous political reformer and Birmingham M.P.) and died in 1871 from a fall over a cliff in Guernsey, at that time he was living at Glenmore St. Martyns and according to an entry on my Muntz Pedigree, his wife "lost her reason after her husband's corpse was brought into the house by some fishermen without warning, recovered in part after six years and died in 1897 at Tooting Bec, buried at Handsworth".




1881c Guernsey shows George Frederick & Catherine Alice to be nephew & niece of
Alice Muntz widow born 1831 her sister Helen Parker born 1829 is visiting

Title: Re: Molly Parker ne Peters c 1875 and Journalist Henry Parker
Post by: Howard Parker on Thursday 15 February 18 16:10 GMT (UK)
Hello All,

My father was John Edwin Patten Parker, Henry Patten Parker's son. I am similarly confused about Henry's parents. I'm not totally convinced that when Mollie moved in with the Noakes family (1911 census) she was a widow. She was also registered as being without a partner as early as 1901 but then had another child in 1903 (Guy).  There was always some sort of hint in the family that these children had different fathers but I've never sorted that one out to my satisfaction.  I have also heard that Henry senior was a journalist so if you believe what they say about journalists being a bit 'fly-by-night'......! 

I can remember Violet very dimly from my childhood - red hair. There was also a bit of a 'moment' when Cyril died. My dad inherited some money from him and was told by some members of Cyril's family that he should give it back because he hadn't been in contact with him!  He didn't and was cross about this.

I also assume that 'Mollie' was Mary Peters from Halliford but there is no conclusive evidence of that so a lot of this is still one big mystery but it's nice to know there are other people out there digging around.   

Keep in touch!

regards

Howard