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Offline louisecass

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John Parker
« on: Sunday 16 August 09 20:37 BST (UK) »
Trying to find details of John Parker born 1822 Woolwich, Kent.  I have located him on the 71 & 81 census but would like to find any earlier details.  I know that his father was called Charles.  John is down as a Naval Pensioner on the later census. He married Charlotte Chew in 1861. I have located Charlotte and her daughter Ellen on the 1861 census.

Any help greatly appreciated

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Re: John Parker
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 16 August 09 21:08 BST (UK) »
Woolwich is on the IGI. Any signs there?

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyKent.htm

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I see the marriage was in Stroud (Gloucs).

What was his occupation at Dec qtr 1861?
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Re: John Parker
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 16 August 09 22:38 BST (UK) »
On the marriage certificate for John and Charlotte in 1861 John's occupation is a pensioner.  On the later census he is described as a naval pensioner.

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Re: John Parker
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 16 August 09 22:55 BST (UK) »
OK so how about an occupation for Charles and the witness names?

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Re: John Parker
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 16 August 09 22:58 BST (UK) »
Charles Parker is described as a pensioner also (is this likely to be military related?) the witnesses are Frederick Parker & Elizabeth Chew.  (Charlottes father John Chew is a Labourer)

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Re: John Parker
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 16 August 09 23:22 BST (UK) »
When one gets Woolwich & Pensioner in the same breath, one thinks of the arsenal (soldiers) and mariners (Dockyard).

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Re: John Parker
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 16 August 09 23:29 BST (UK) »
In 1881 he;s 52y (b1829) & a Painters Labourer (Army Pensioner)

in 1871 : He's either 43y or 48y and NOT b Woolwich. Birthplace is Wouldham
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Re: John Parker
« Reply #7 on: Monday 17 August 09 16:59 BST (UK) »
I wonder if Frederick was his brother - married to a CHEW also ???

1881 - Froombridge, Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire

Frederick PARKER head mar 43 miller b.Painswick Glo.
Martha wife 47 cloth worker b.Painswick Glo.
Charlotte CHEW mother in law wid 71 b.Painswick
Charles WEST nephew 9 b.Painswick

RG11/2540 folio 54 page 9
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1851 - King's Court, Painswick, Gloucestershire

Charles PARKER head mar 56 Chelsea pension & ag lab b.Painswick Glo.
Charlotte PARKER wife 57 b.Tetbury Glo.
Joseph son 18 b.Perth Scotland
Frederick son 13 b.Painswick Glo.

HO107/1964 folio 197 page 5
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There is a baptism for a John PARKER at the Scots Church, Woolwich (son of Charles & Charlotte) 1822 http://www.familysearch.org but whether it is the correct one ???

Army discharge document for Charles PARKER http://www.rootschat.com/links/06x1/

I agree that the 1881 census says army pensioner for John PARKER.  His discharge document should be at the National Archives, Kew, London.

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Re: John Parker
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 29 December 10 18:28 GMT (UK) »
Froombridge (now spelled Fromebridge) is a collection of homes near Fromebridge Mill, formerly a working mill with mention in the Domesday Book. Several inhabitants of Fromebridge were mill workers of one sort or another. It's suggested on the British History Online site that the cottages were built for mill workers, but there are also two farms nearby and farm labourer was the most frequent occupation quoted.
Frederick Parker doesn't appear in the Fromebridge lists in 1871 or 1891.

The cottages were meagre, two up-two down at most, some one up-one down.
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