Birth details for children of EDWARD SPEDDING PARKER

[wildcats13]

Hi Trish & Emma,
My apologies Trish for not replying when you were posting in 2011. At that time I was moving to a new location, and not long after, found out that I had cancer, and I just stopped doing family history for some time. Also, the details I was chasing was for my sister-in-law's Jarman line, and I had passed everything over to her when I got sick.

However, I recently started back doing some follow up's and was presently surprised Emma to receive your request for details now as I was going to bed. I will go over what has been sent over the next few days and reply as soon as I can.

Strange you have Edward as moving to South Australia, although that may have been his first port of call, as I have the following, showing that he was living in Queensland in the town of Dalby. Very Interested in exchanging details of his time in Australia.

1903 Queensland Electoral Roll.
Edward Spedding Parker
Dalby Hospital, Condamine Street.
Wardsman.

1905 Electoral Roll
Queensland, Darling Downs, Dalby.
Parker, Edward Spedding, Dalby Hospital, Condamine Street, wardsman.


1908 Electoral Roll
Queensland, Maranoa, Charleville.
Parker, Edward Spedding, Bunya Street, wardsman.

Regards,
Wildcats13

[wildcats13]

Emma,
Just realised before I fell asleep, that you were referring to Edward Spedding Parker Snr, who indeed went to South Australia, and not Edward Spedding Parker Jnr who went to Queensland. Below is what I found on Snr.
He died on 9 December 1873 in Woolloomooloo, Sydney, NSW, Australia

August 1842, Graham's Town Journal
A large number of claimants were denied titles until further supporting proof, and the following notice was issued.
NOTICE
Whereas certain claims have been presented to Government for TITLE DEEDS to Lands in the Albany Division by Messrs. SMITH and PARKER of Graham's Town, Notice is hereby given that further proofs in support of the undermentioned claims are required. The said claimants are therefore requested to forward all documents in support of above claims to the office of the Undersigned, that he may exhibit the same to the 2nd assistant Surveyor General, now in Graham's Town, in order that their several titles may be issued. Any person having claims for titles to land, by transmitting them to the undersigned, the same will immediately be laid before the 2nd assistant Surveyor General. Edward PARKER, Attorney, Church Street, Graham's Town.
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South Australian Register Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900        Friday 30 March 1860
POLICE COURTS.
Adelaide: Thursday, March 29. I Refnre Mr. S HpHrfnmo PM1
CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST A SOLICITOR - Edward Spedding Parker was charged with unlawfully attempting to obtain £33 under false pretences from Walter Smith, at Port Adelaide, on the 27th instant. Mr. Boucout appeared for the prisoner. His Worship heard Mr Smith's and another witness's unsworn testimonies, when he directed the charge to be altered to one of forgery and uttering an order with intent to defraud. Albert Godden, clerk to Mr. Walter Smith, stated that he overtook the prisoner on the Port road about 8 o'clock on the 27th instant. Asked him for the money which he owed him, and told him if he did not soon pay it he would make him.

Prisoner replied, ' You need not be afraid, here is a cheque for £33. It has a good mark.' He then handed the cheque to witness, who put it in bis pocket and promised to give the prisoner the change on the following morning. The cheque purported to be drawn by Henry Harrison. The amount was £53, payable to E. S. Purler or bearer, at the Bank of Australasia, and dated March 27, 1880. Prisoner was very tipsy at the time he gave the cheque to witness. Presented the cheque at the South Australian Bank, Port Adelaide, as there was no branch of the Australasia Bank. The cheque was dishonoured. Received it back in the afternoon, and saw the prisoner on board the Omeo. Told him the cheque was no good, and he must pay the money at once, or witness would give him in charge. The money witness applied for was £16. Mr, Smith happened to pass at the time they were on the steamer. Mr. Godden showed him the cheque. Parker was then given in charge, and said that he had received the cheque from a drayman. The whole of the writing on the cheque resembled that on on I.O.U. [produced] which witness had received from the prisoner.

But Mr. Boucaut - At the time he asked the prisoner for the money on board the Omeo, he did not know the cheque was forged. Received 25s. from the prisoner on board the steamer. The I.O.U. which the prisoner had given Mr. Smith was a guarantee for the payment of another person's debt. Joseph Harrison, ledger-keeper at the Bank of Australasia, said no person of the name of Henry Harrison was authorized to draw on that Bank. He was the only person of that name who drew upon it. There was a great similarity between the writing on the cheque and that on the I.O.U. Mr. Walter Smith was sworn and corroborated Mr, Godden's evidence. Detective Wright deposed to arresting the prisoner. On being cautioned, he said he received the cheque from a drayman, who was living at Norwood, Saw Mr. Thomas Harrison on board the Omeo. and asked the prisoner if that was the person who signed the cheque. Ho replied in the negative. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. Boucaut reserved his defence, The prisoner had nothing to say, and was committed for trial to the Supreme Court.      .................................................


Regards,
Wildcats13

[wildcats13]

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Couldn't fit it all on the first page.
South Australian Register Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900  Wednesday 16 May 1860
Edward Spedding Parker was charged with forging and uttering a cheque for £33, purporting to be drawn by Henry Harrison on the Bank of Australasia, payable to Mr. Parker, on the 17th of March last ' Mr. Boucaut appeared for the prisoner. Albert Godding, clerk to Mr. Walter Smith, of Port Adelaide, deposed that the prisoner, on the 17th of March, owed Mr. Smith £14 and himself £2. Overtook him on the Port road at 6 in the evening, and asked him for the £2. Prisoner then took the cheque produced out of his pocket, and said it would meet witness's and Mr. Smith's demand. The prisoner said the cheque was a good mark, and witness engaged to give prisoner the balance next morning. Saw the prisoner at 3 o'clock next day on the wharf. The Omeo was about sailing for Melbourne that time. Told the prisoner that the cheque was dishonoured. He said, 'Give me the cheque, and I will find the man.' Accompanied the prisoner over the Omeo, but could not find the man who was alleged to have drawn the cheque. Was impressed that the cheque produced was in the prisoner's handwriting. Did not know any person of the name of Henry Harrison at the Port.

Cross examined by Mr. Boucout - Had several times seen the prisoner write, and believed the figures of the cheque were In his handwriting. The prisoner was vary drunk, not walking very straight. Asked him for Mr. Smith's money and his own. Received 26s. from the prisoner, but had not returned It. Did say. " If I do not get my money I would give prisoner in charge."  By the Crown Solicitor - Prisoner was sober on the wharf the next day.

Mr. Walter Smltb, of Port Adelaide, builder, deposed that on the 27th of Match the prisoner was in his debt £14. Saw him on the wharf next day. Received a cheque from the last witness. It had been presented for payment and had been dishonoured. Showed prisoner the cheque, and told him it had been dishonoured. He said it was given him by a person on board the Omeo, whom he should soon find. Went on board with a constable, but after half an hour's search could not find the person. Gave the cheque to the policeman, who would not give it back either to witness or the prisoner. The prisoner appeared to be very much excited. The police man took the prisoner in charge. Cross-examined - The debt of £14 due from the prisoner to me was a guaranteed debt of a third person; it had been partially worked out. Prisoner said at once that he got the cheque from a Mr. Harrison on board the Omeo. Knew the cheque had been dishonoured, and after that told the prisoner that I would give him in charge if he did not pay me my money. Police-constable Wright proved the arrest of the prisoner, by direction of Mr. Walter Smith, on board the Omeo. Told him that he was charged with obtaining money under false pretences. Prisoner soon after said, 'Godding is a great rascal, I'll do for him.' Prisoner was asked who Harrison was, and replied that he was a carter from Norwood, and offered to go on board the Omeo and point him out.

C. S. Poole, accountant at the Bank of Australasia, said that no person of the name of Henry Harrison had an account at the Bank of Australasia, The writing In the prisoner's signature, to the deposition, upon a note of hand, and on the cheque, although having general features of resemblance, were not so alike as to enable him to affirm their identity. This was the case for the Crown. Mr. Boucaut in his address to the Jury spoke at some length, and exerted himself with considerable ability to show that the prisoner had given up the cheque with the conviction that it was a bona fide cheque. His Honer summed up, and in doing so commented minutely upon the evidence, and especially upon the fact that the prisoner did not produce tho alleged drawer of the cheque. The Jury retired, and after a few minutes' deliberation returned into Court with a verdict of guilty. His Honor remarked that the prisoner, as a legal practitioner, must be aware of the nature of the transaction of which he bad been found guilty. On the other hand, there was the somewhat mitigating circumstance that he was Intoxicated when the cheque was given. Owing to that a sentence Intermediate between severity and lenity would be awarded, vis, that he be imprisoned with hard labour lor 18 calendar months. The prisoner bowed respectfully to the Court and retired.               
Regards,
Wildcats13

[wildcats13]

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The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) (about)  Thursday 11 December 1873.
The Herald of Tuesday 9th, reports that Mr. Edward Parker, sixty-five years of age, at one time an attorney and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, was apprehended in Woolloomooloo on Sunday night on a charge of uttering a forged cheque for M 7s. 6d. on the Bank of New South Wales. Constable Camphin, who arrested Parker, took him to the lockup at Darlinghurst. He was being charged before the sergeant on duty in the station when he staggered against the wall of the apartment and then fell on the floor, and almost immediately afterwards expired. Dr. Nolan, who was at once sent for. arrived in about twenty minutes, and pronounced life to be extinct. To an acquaintance who saw him on the day prior to his death, Parker is understood to have made use of some remark implying that be would take poison. At the inquest held on Tuesday morning, however, it was proved that deceased had been drinking heavily, that he had always complained of his head and his heart, and that he was suffering from enlargement of the heart and lung disease. The cause of death was disease of the heart, and there were no traces of poison in the body.
Regards,
Wildcats13

[EmmaParker]

Hi Wildcats - my main interest comes with John Cowham Parker and his first wife Ann Goodhand, and the eldest son, John Goodhand Parker.

JCP had an interesting life - among other things being a mayor  of Hull.  Here is a potted timeline for him.

JCP TIMELINE from https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/timeline/KFKH-Y65

1772          – Birth Hull

1773 (age 1)      - Christening - Holy Trinity, Hull, Yorkshire

1782 (age 11)   - Death of Parent – Jane Cowham (1751-1782) (I have doubts           whether she was JCP's mother – there are a few possibilities)

1795 (age 23)   - Marriage – 2/11/1795 – Ann Goodhand - Holy Trinity, Hull,                Yorkshire. (In October 1795, JCP & Ann eloped to Gretna Green)

1796 (age 24)   - Birth of JGP – 4/12/1796

1801 Historical Event – Act of Union

1801 (29)      -Birth of William Bilbie Parker 3/9/1801

1803 (31)      - Christening of Robert B Parker 23/1/1803 – North Ferriby, York

1804 (32)      - Christening of Henry Parker (1804-1894) – 29/6/1804 – North Ferriby York

1805 (33)      - Birth Ann Parker (1805-1879) – 5/11/1805 – Kingston upon Hull

1808 (36)      - Birth Jane Parker – Hessle, Yorkshire

1808 (36)      - Death of spouse – Ann Parker – 11/2/1808 - Hull, Yorkshire,

1809 (37)      - Marriage to Eliza Speeding 28/1/1809 – Whitehaven,    Cumberland

1811 (39)      - Birth of Carlisle Spedding Parker (1811-1889) – Hull

1811 (39)      - Christening of James Hamilton Parker 9/8/1811 – Sculcoates, York

1812 (40)       -  Birth Edward Spedding Parker 6/5/1812 – Sculcoates, York

1814 (42)      - Birth Eliza Parker Hull

1815 (43)      - Historical Event – Defeat of Napolean at Waterloo

1815 (43)      - Christening – Mary Catherine Parker – Sculcoates, York

1816 (44)    - Christening George Harrington Parker 23/8/1816  - Sculcoates,    York

1817 (45)      - Christening Lucy Harriet Parker 30/10/1817 – Sculcoates, York

1819 (47)      - Christening Fanny Parker 7/1/1819 – Sculcoates, York

1820 (48)      - Christening Martha Caroline Parker 22/8/1820 – Sculcoates, York

1820 (48)      - Death of Parent  William Parker (1743- 4/12/1820) Yorkshire

1822 (50)     - Christening Harrington Parker 1/3/1822 – Sculcoates, York

1832 (60)      - Death of child – JGP – 19/11/1832

1840 (68)      - Death of child – Martha Caroline (1820- 4/11/1840)

1841 (69)    - Death JCP – 27/1/1841 – Sculcoates, York

[EmmaParker]

Edward Spedding Parker's senior's mother - Eliza Spedding.......... this is her familiy

SPEDDING OF SUMMERGROVE.

SPEDDING, JAMES, Esq. of Summergrove, co. Cumberland, J.P. and DL., late Capt. in the 1st Regt. of Foot Guards, and Major of the Royal Westmoreland Militia, b. 13 Oct. 1779 ; m. 15 Nov. 1808, Mary. Dykes, dau. of Lawson Dykes Ballantine, Esq. of Cockermouth, and Crookdale Hall, in the same shire, and has issue,

I. JAMES, Captain Royal Westmorland Militia, b . 25 Oct. 1810 ; m. Emily, youngest dau. (by his second wife, Julia, Countess Spytecka) of the Hon. William Frederick Wyndham, fourth son of Charles Earl of Egremont, and had issue,

1 James-Wyndham-Harrington -Percy, b. 18 April, 1849.
2 Carlisle-James-Scott, 8. 23 June, 1852.

He died in France, Oct. 6, 1851.

    I. Mary-Jane-Hamilton, m to Mark-Hildesley Quayle, Esq. of Castletown, in the Isle of Man, Clerk of the Rolls of that island.
    II. Sarah-Anne.
    III. Elizabeth.
    IV. Lucy-Isabella-Harrington.
    V. Emily-Frances-Ballantine, as. to Captain Arthur Wyndham, H.E.I.C.S. son of the above Hon. William Frederick Wyndham, son of Charles Earl of Egremont, and his second wife the Countess Spyteyça.

Lineage.—This family, which came originally from Ireland, was afterwards resident for some generations in Scotland. The first, who settled in Cumberland about the year 1685, was EDWARD SPEDDING, who m Sarah Carlisle, a co-heiress and had issue,

    I. John Spedding, High Sheriff of Cumberland, anno 1758, from whom have descended the Speddings of Armathwaite Hall and Mirehouse.
    II. George.
    III. Lancelot.
    IV. CARLISLE.
    And two daus.

The fourth son,

CARLISLE SPEDDING, m, Sarah, dau. of Edward and Jane Towerson, and had issue ;I. John, who d. young ; II. JAMES; III. Thomas, in Holy Orders ; and two daus. The eldest surviving: son,

JAMES SPEDDING, m. 1st, Mary, dau. of Henry Todd, of St. Bees, by whom he had a dau., Elizabeth, m to Peter-John Heywood, of the Nunnery, Isle of Man, one of his Majesty’s deemsters for that island ; and 2ndly, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Lucy Harrington, of Carlisle, a descendant of the ancient family of Harrington,* of Harrington, Cumberland, by whom he had issue, [see Chap 4 of Nessy Heywood Nessy Heywood's comments on her grandfather]

    I. JAMES SPEDDING, present representative of the family.

    He served in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, on the Continent, under General Sir Ralph Abercrombie and his Royal Highness the Duke of York, and in the Mediterranean, under General Sir John Moore, and was severely wounded in the engagement on the 2nd of Oct. 1799, near Egmont-op-Zee, in North Holland.

    II. Carlisle, Lieut. -Col. in the Army, who served as Capt. in the 4tis Regt. of Dragoons, under the Duke of Wellington, in Spain and Portugal, during nearly the whole of the Peninsular war, was present at most of the actions and sieges, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Albuera, in 1811. He m. Sarah, dau. of Hugh Parkin, Esq. of Skirsgill House, Cumberland, and has issue, Carlisle-Harrington, an officer in HM’s 56th Regt. Sarah-Elizabeth.

        I. Sarah, m. to Baldwin Wake, M.D., son of Drury Wake, Esq. formerly of the 17th Dragoons, and nephew to Sir William Wake, Dart. of Courteen Hall, Northampton- shire.
        II. Anne, m. to Charles Wake, M.D., brother of the above Dr. Wake, and d. in 1824.
        III. Elizabeth, m. to John-Cowham Parker, Esq. of Hull.

 

Ams—Gules, on a fesse, engr., between three acorns, slipped, or, a mural crown, between two roses, of the field.

Crest—Out of a mural crown, or, a dexter arm, embowed, in armour, the right hand grasping a scimitar, and the arm charged with three acorns, one and two, and entwined by a branch of oak, all ppr.

Motto—Utile dulci.

Seat—Summergrove, near Whitehaven.

http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/famhist/burke.htm

[EmmaParker]

1841. OBITUARY. Jan. 28. At Hull, aged 67, John Cowham Parker, Esq. He was one of Her Majesty's justices of the peace for the East Riding, and filled the office of mayor of Hull in the year 1836 with distinguished zeal and ability. For many years past he has occupied the chair of the Dock Company, to the important duties of which he devoted a large share of his time and energy. In the establishment of the Leeds and Selby, and subsequently of the Hull and Selby, Railways, he took a lively interest, and was deputy chairman of the latter till within a recent period.

Obituary - The Gentleman's magazine. v.169 1841.

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On the 28th of January, 1841,died at Hull,aged 67, John Cowham Parker,Esq.,an alderman and eminent merchant of that place,chairman of the Dock Company there, and one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the East Riding of Yorkshire, &co. To Mr. Parker,the Hull Botanic Garden,which was opened in 1812,a few years after that of Liverpool, maybe said in great measure to have owed its existence; for, though the idea of such an institution at Hull was suggested to him by Mr. Spence,it was inconsequence of Mr. Parker's influence and exertions in obtaining subscribers that the garden was set on foot; and its subsequent prosperity was mainly attributable to the unwearied attention which,in spite of the other urgent calls on his time, he for a long series of years devoted to its financial and scientific interests. No one could well be a more ardent lover of plants, or a more zealous practical horticulturist, than Mr. Parker, or hold for tha more instructive example of how happily these tastes can assimilate with and soothe the cares of a life engaged in weighty public and private duties: and few things could be more exhilarating to one attached to the same pursuits,than to find him,as did. his now lamenting old friend who pens these lines, when paying a visit to him at his country house at Hornsea in 1834, as busily engaged in his garden,pruning and planting with his own hands, as if gardening had been the sole occupation of his life. Whether as a chief founder of the Botanic Garden, an active and most impartial magistrate, or one of the most warm hearted, generous,and friendly of men, the memory of Mr. Parker will be deservedly cherished in Hull, where his loss to the public will not be easily supplied,and to a numerous deeply grieving family,and a widely extended circle of friends,is irreparable.

Obituary from The Gardener's Magazine

[trish1120]

Ooh my gosh wildcats13 I am so sorry that you have had such a bad time in the last few years.
Its great you are back on here and appear to be well now

[OzETree]

Hi,

The Ada Eliza Wilson Parker you are thinking of is my great, great, grandfather’s wife. She married Andrew Innes Liddell, son of a surgeon whose first name was also Andrew. They had one son who was accidentally shot in the head at work by a colleague. Regarding their other children, they had five girls and one boy (the boy was shot): https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13904241

Kind regards,

Michael