Mary Parks

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[Jason Jase]

Yes, the marriage cert is a good Idea I will be doing that eventually.

I went through all Mary Parks born 1842 plus or minus 2 years in the GRO

location wise only two people are remotely close to the location consistently stated where she was born, Stoke Bardolph, Nottinghamshire, England

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***PARKS, MARY       Name:   Mother's Maiden Surname: WILSON 
GRO Reference: 1840  D Quarter in OF MANSFIELD UNION  Volume 15  Page 501
9.7km away
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   ***PARKS, MARY  ANN     Name:   Mother's Maiden Surname: FARNSWORTH 
GRO Reference: 1842  D Quarter in SOUTHWELL  Volume 15  Page 627
less than 15km away
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people didn't often travel great distances back then

[Jason Jase]

If the last name was put in as Park
then we can add this birth as well

PARK, MARY  ANN     
Mother's Maiden Surname: HOOD 
GRO Reference: 1842  D Quarter in LOUGHBOROUGH UNION  Volume 15  Page 137

[willsy]

I know the birthdate is 1838 but thought best to add in case it helps

1851 Ragdale, Melton Mowbray, Beeby Household

There's a Mary Parkes age 14 Servant born Stoke Bardolph

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01tum/

1841 Stoke Bardolph, just adding a Parkes family

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01tun/

[Jason Jase]

So that would that make her birth year 1836. That is one year before the GRO and explain why it has no matching birth Registration

I merged the two Mary Parks on family search GXNV-G3W

[Annie65115]

I don't know if this is helpful, but the Notts FHS CD has no baptisms for Stoke Bardulph, but there is a transcription from 1836 thus:

18 Sept 1836  Mary PARKER  father James (labourer), mother Jane, abode Stoke, bapt at Gedling All Hallows

Gedling is only 2 miles from Stoke Bardulph.

I think "Parker" is a mistake either on the PR or on the transcription as here are some other baptisms at Gedling, some of which are probably the same family, note the varying surname

1826 08 20      William   James   PARKS   Alice      Labourer   Stoke   GEDLING All Hallows   
1828 12 29      Elizabeth   James   PARKS   Alice      Labourer   Stoke   GEDLING All Hallows   
1830 02 05      George   James   PARKS   Jane      Labourer   Stoke   GEDLING All Hallows   
1831 11 20      Martha   James   PARKS   Jane      Labourer   Stoke   GEDLING All Hallows   
1833 10 29      James   James   PARKES   Jane      Labourer   Stoke   GEDLING All Hallows   
1836 09 18      Mary   James   PARKER   Jane      Labourer   Stoke   GEDLING All Hallows   
1838 05 05      William   James   PARKES   Ann      Labourer   Stoke   GEDLING All Hallows   
1839 05 12      Jane   James   PARKS   Jane      Labourer   Stoke   GEDLING All Hallows   
1841 11 14      Rebecca   James   PARKES   Rebecca      Labourer   Stoke   GEDLING All Hallows   
1845 06 08      Rebecca   James   PARKES   Anne      Labourer   Stoke   GEDLING All Hallows   

I'm confused about how many James there may have been when you look at the mother's names for these children. The only marriage I can find at Gedling that might fit any of these is this one:
1837 09 13   James   PARKES   Ann   LACEY   GEDLING All Hallows
I can't see any marriages for a James Park% to a Jane, Alice or Rebecca!!

I see in 1841, 4 year old Mary Parkes is in Stoke Bardolph with Jane (age 40, charwoman) and 4 other children who match some of those above.

There are a large number of Parkes/Parks burials at Gedling which state that the person lived at Stoke; these include:
1853 06 08   James   PARKS   64   Stoke   
1890 11 21   James   PARKES   76   Stoke   
I'd guess one of these would be Jane's husband.

This is probably Jane's burial:
1865 04 06   Jane   PARKS   75   Stoke   Gedling      - so yob around 1790, so I suppose the older of those two James (died 1853) is probably more likely to have been her spouse.

[Annie65115]

Aha! In 1851, James and Jane are together in the census and James states that he was born in Shelford. Jane was born in Lincolnshire so they may have married in her parish.

But this may be James' baptism:

1791 02 06     James (a twin)   father Edwd. PARKS   mother  Jane            SHELFORD St Peter and St Paul   (James's twin was a sister called Mary, baptised at the same time)

[Jason Jase]

So on family search you can find a Jane (Ann) Wells MQK1-HTF marriage to James Parks in    

Haugham, Lincolnshire, England    

11 November 1829

I haven't yet found Jane's parents or a more exact date of birth for her.

[Jason Jase]

I wonder if James had more than one wife as well