Help needed re: George PARKIN, Sheffield silversmith, born about 1800

[Ernest]

I'm stuck in my hunt to get information on George Parkin, my great-great grandfather.  His son Edmund George Parkin born in 1831 emigrated to the USA and that's the last we know of George.

My one lead  is an entry in the 1841 Rodgers Directory for Sheffield, which shows a silversmith named George Parkin living at 237 Rockingham St. in Sheffield.

Can anyone please look at the 1841 census for Rockingham St and see if George and his family lived there?

Also, I'd be grateful for ideas on any other places to look.  Thank you, Ernest Parkin

[spendlove]

Hi

Have you found George Parkin on any census?

Where and when was he born?

What are the names and years of birth of his other children?

There is a submitted tree on Ancestry for an Edmund George Parkin born 1831 Heeley sheffield'
Married 01 Aug 1860 (1 Aug 1860) - Taunton, Bristol, MA (Massachusetts).
Died 25 Oct 1880 - Meriden, New Haven, CT (Connecticut)

Spendlove

[keyboard86]

Hi if this helps at all 1841 census :-

Rockingham Street Sheffield

Geo Parkin 40 occ Silver plater
Ann 30
Saml Johnson 10
Mary Johnson 12
Elizh Johnson 40
Eliza Johnson 4
Census ref HO107/1333/ 11/52/ 21
Keyboard86

[Girl Guide]

Not sure if this is relevant but there is a baptism for a George Parkin on 20 January 1805, birth date given as 8 December 1804.  Church was Ecclesfield St. Mary, Sheffield.

Father's name is James, no mother's name given, residence is Lound Side.

[keyboard86]

  What's with all those Johnson "Relatives" if indeed they are associated with this George in 1841?
Keyboard86

[sparrett]

If you know that the name of the father of George Edmund PARKIN was George PARKIN, how do you know that?

Is it from documents of some kind which you could share with the helpers?

Why do you think the George at Rockingham street, silversmith, is the correct man?

Sue

[keyboard86]

  Totally ageee with above, if b 1831 and at present cannot locate an Edmund George Parkin in 1841/51, when and with whom did he emigrate to the USA?
Keyboard86

EDIT. That tree already mentioned above also have a link somehow to a Mary A JOHNSTONE associated with the George possibly in 1841?

[Ernest]

Thank you to all the helpers!

The Ancestry tree is mine, and the 19th century Parkin material was given to me by my uncle, who got the Edmund George Parkin and George Parkin details directly from his grandfather Edmund George.  That uncle, a WWI veteran, was my first genealogy mentor.

George Parkin (with a wife named Mary Ann and a son named Edmund George) appears in no census that I can find.  The Rockingham Street George is just a possibility, nothing more.  My uncle reported George was born in Heeley, but the CoE church there tell me their records burned in the early 20th century.  Are there Bishops' Transcripts somewhere?

I had thought that the census might show who lived at the Rockingham St address.  Does anyone have access to images?

Edmund George went to America as a young single man.  My best guess is 1850-1860.  He apprentices as a silversmith before leaving, so he would have been 18 or so.  He married in 1860, so he must have taken at least a few months to court the girl.  Can anyone tell me which port a Sheffield emigrant would have used?  He is likely to have gone to Boston, because he settled nearby in Massachusets.

Thanks once again.  Ernest Parkin

[spendlove]

Hi,

The only information you have about Edmund George Parkin is from a relative and not from
records, until he gets to USA.  In the USA records in your tree it states that Edmund George
was the son of a George & Ann Parkin.  Assuming this info is correct then this leads to
the George & Ann in Sheffield 1841.

After looking again at your original post, I assume you are in America and know nothing
about the origin of EGP except  from USA records which state he was born in England 1831 with Parents George & Ann  is this correct?

Spendlove