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Ernest Glencoe Parkes
« on: Thursday 02 August 18 17:04 BST (UK) »
I wasn't quite sure where to post this request for help so thought it best to just put it under England. I am trying to find information on my Great Uncle Ernest Glencoe Parks and his birth family. Uncle Glen was born 7/11/1899 in Croyden according to the birth records, but the year is stated as 1900 on his headstone. I found information on the UK WW1 Service Medal & Awards Rolls giving his Reg No as 122191 1st Battalion Notts & Derby R Pte. he then moved to the 10th Battalion.It also states he was a Sherwood Forester. He married my Great Aunty Mary Smith in Conway, Caernarvonshire 1922. I would be so grateful if anyone can find anything else regarding him before his marriage in 1922.

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Re: Ernest Glencoe Parkes
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 02 August 18 17:08 BST (UK) »
Do you not have at least his mother's name from the birth record which gave you his birthdate?

I see that there is no separate mother's maiden name on the GRO index, which often indicates illegitimacy.

Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Ernest Glencoe Parkes
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 02 August 18 17:20 BST (UK) »
Thanks for your reply, I got his DOB from his Headstone but then found it was a year out on the birth index. Perhaps your right and he was illegitimate and that is why I am having trouble finding him before 1922.

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Re: Ernest Glencoe Parkes
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 02 August 18 17:25 BST (UK) »
We can't give out paid-for information from the 1911 census but if you do a free search for him on Familysearch you should be able to find him in an institution in Lambeth then, as Ernest Parkes aged 11.

I think it is the Norwood School of Industry.
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)


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Re: Ernest Glencoe Parkes
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 02 August 18 17:47 BST (UK) »
I have found it and it's quite possibly Uncle Glen and could explain why he was always so smartly dressed with highly polished shoes, thank you for finding that  :)
Does anyone know if there is any information on-line about the Sherwood Foresters?

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Re: Ernest Glencoe Parkes
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 02 August 18 18:17 BST (UK) »
I wonder whether this 1901 census is relevant :

Josiah Collar 55 born Essex, London
Mary Parks dau single 30 born West Norwood, Surrey
Ernest Parks son 1 born Penge, Surrey
Alice Parks dau 2 b Beckenham, Kent ( this is a transcription error - she was 2 months old ).

address : 118 Alexandra Cott, Beckenham , Kent

Alice is also in an Institution in Lambeth in 1911.
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Re: Ernest Glencoe Parkes
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 02 August 18 18:43 BST (UK) »
Looks good.  Suggested birth reg for Alice:

Alice Victoria Parkes (no separate mmn), Mar qtr 1901 Bromley 2a 495.
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Ernest Glencoe Parkes
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 02 August 18 18:45 BST (UK) »
Josiah Collar died in Lambeth, Sep qtr 1905 aged 58.
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Ernest Glencoe Parkes
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 02 August 18 18:49 BST (UK) »
Mary Parkes died in Lambeth, Dec qtr 1907 aged 35.
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)