PARK family of Stirlingshire

[CarolG]

Does anyone have any information on the family of Mungo Park the explorer please?

I am stuck with Gabriel Park whose occupation was given on certificates as Captain of a vessel or Captain in the Navy, but I have been unable to find out his relationship to Mungo Park the explorer.

He was married to Charlotte Louisa Park and his daughter Charlotte Maria Park I have found, but her place of birth is unclear, sometimes given as Scotland or it could have been America.

I would be grateful for any information at all. 

[Gadget]

Here's a link for info on Mungo Park:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mungo_Park_%28explorer%29

It might help 

Gadget

[Gadget]

Mungo Park was baptised 19 September 1771, Selkirk. his parents are listed as Mungo Park and Elspeth Hislop.

Children born to this couple 1765 - 1780:

1765 Jean
1765 Helen
1767 Archibald
1769 Jean
1771 Mungo
1773 Alexander
1775 John
1777 Adam
1779 Isobel

No sign of Gabriel - what were his dates?

Most of the Gabriels were born Glasgow.

Gadget 

[CarolG]

Many thanks for the information.  Thanks for the link too, I will take a look at that tomorrow.

I have Charlotte Louisa Park, widow of the said Gabriel Park, died 11 Jan 1864 at the age of 68, which would mean she was born about 1796.  I assume Gabriel would have been about the same age as her or perhaps a few years older.  He seems very elusive as I haven't been able to find any info on him at all.

I will keep looking, thanks again.

[Clare Fowler]

Hi Carol,

I have searched for Gabriel Park in the Old Parish Registers online, and have not found any with the same parents as Mungo Park (from looking at Gadget's post earlier).  Are you sure the 2 are indeed related?

Cheers,
Clare

[Gadget]

Very strange Clare, mine all came from OPR on SP GRO Ref 778-3.

As I said in my post, there was no sign of a Gabriel except in the Glasgow area.

Gadget

[Clare Fowler]

Hi Gadget,

Yep - all Glasgow or thereabouts.  Very odd indeed if he is a son of Mungo - why no mention...

Cheers,
Clare

[Gadget]

Looking at his wife's dates, he was possibly born 1785-95 - ish. I can't see how all the family would be listed as baptised and leave out Gabriel. However, there was that period when the baptism entry charges were raised for the French Wars and many refused to pay so the child was baptised but not entered in the register - but not sure if it would be the case in this instance 

Alternatively, he might have been the son of a relative or not related at all 

Gadget

[CarolG]

Thank you so much folks for taking the time to look for me.  The rumour was that Gabriel was a child of Mungo, but these things sometimes get garbled as they go along.  It's possible it could have been another of the family and not Mungo at all.  This guy seems very elusive!  Thank you all again.