John Parkes 1807- 1876
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His parents were probably Marmaduke and Sarah Parks as while the name John Park(e)s is common in Derbyshire a John Parks, son of Marmaduke and Sarah (Mee) Parks was born on 8th September 1807 and baptised at St Michael's Lane Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Derby, ( image on Ancestry) on 14th September 1807. _FS . Other children were: Frances 1810; Ann 1812; Mary 1815; Eliza 1817.
Marmaduke Parkes had married Sarah Mee in 1806 Derby All Saints -FMP
He appears in 1851C and 1861C, widower by then, & 1871, in an Alms House in Derby . He was a master whitesmith . Dies, aged 89, in 1873- no probate for this year .
Also Marmaduke Parkes marries Hannah Barker on 8/10/1835- so presumably Sarah had died
John Parkes married Sarah Sowter at St Werburgh, Derby on 13 August 1835 -FS . Note that in 1835 it was not possible to marry in a Methodist church.
They went out to the West Indies by 1836, as son, John Sowter Parkes, was born there in August 1836
John Sowter Parkes was baptised 22/9/1836 to John & Sarah Parkes - FS Nonconformist registers.Paternoster Row Wesleyan Methodist Registry, London, England. Born 16/8/1836 at Sandy Point, St Kitts- this from Partridge-Lefridge Ancestry family tree
Most of the following from http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/answers/answers-2012/ans12-015-parkes.htm
1839. Henry Parkes was born in Antigua to John & Sarah on 9/11/1839 in Antigua.
By 1844 they had obviously been moved to Tortola, and by 1848 to Montserrat
1851C. John and Sarah were living at Mount Pleasant, Castle Donnington, Derbyshire
| PARKES, John | Head | Married | M | 43 | 1808 | Wesleyan Minister | Derby Derbyshire |
| PARKES, Sarah | Wife | Married | F | 42 | 1809 | Brailsford, Derbyshire | |
| PARKES, Sarah | Daughter | Unmarried | F | 7 | 1844 | Scholar | Tortola, West Indies |
| PARKES, James C | Son | Unmarried | M | 3 | 1848 | Montserrat, West Indies | |
| CUNMING, Elizabet | Servant | Unmarried | F | 17 | 1834 | General Servant | Lambeth, Surrey |
Sons Henry ~1840 and John Sowter ~1837 missing from this -away at school? Cannot find them on FMP
William c 1838 , Henry c 1840 attending Rawdon School in Yorkshire whose head William Lord is a Wesleyan Minister.
| Henry | |
| Last name | Parkes |
|---|---|
| Relationship | Pupil |
| Marital status | Unmarried |
| Sex | Male |
| Age | 11 |
| Birth year | 1840 |
| Occupation | Scholar |
| Birth place | West Indies |
| Birth place as transcribed | Antigua West Indies |
| Birth town | - |
| Birth county | - |
| House name | Rawdon School |
| Street | Woodhouse Grove Yorkshire |
1861C. Could be mistranscribed!
1871C. Broadfield Grove Terrace, Castleton, Rochdale
| John | Parkes | Head | - | Male | 63 | 1808 | - | Derby Derbyshire, England | Wesleyan Minister |
| Sarah | Parkes | Wife | - | Female | 62 | 1809 | - | Brailsford Derbyshire, England | |
| Susan | Cooper | Servant | - | Female | 15 | 1856 | - | Lancashire, England |
1876. John Parkes, 69, dies on 9/9/1876 at Castle Donnington, Leicester . Shardlow Sep 1876
Grave in St Edward King & Martyr Church, Castle Donnington. Memorial ID: 159541660 .
No grave seemingly there for his wife - Find A Grave