James Parkin 1813

[CuriousKat]

I will be back shortly, i have left the children with their electronic childminders & i need to put away washing mountain! Which i can assure you holds far less appeal than this! ;-)

[Merry]

Sorry Ckat, I missed yr prev post, so didn't see you mentioned Rebecca already! Am just walking along the road now, so not best placed for searching, but was just wondering about the coverage fir Leeds baps? Perhaps Edwin was bap somewhere we've not seen yet?

[Merry]

Electronic childminders!! lol

[kiterunner]

Originally Posted by CuriousKat

Though i think even that is incorrect as on the 1841 census his "mother" Mary was 50, probaly to old to be his mother making it more likely that he is one of her daughters children. They are transcribed as Turkin on ancestry.

The 1841 census doesn't give relationships. On the 1851 census, John is Mary's son and Edwin is her grandson.

[kiterunner]

Originally Posted by CuriousKat

Hello, yes my Edwin is the chap whom married Mary Ellen Cooper on 7/9/1861 he lists hos father as James Parkin Footman, which actually (blushes as i have not put this together before now) suggests that whom i thought was the grandfather was his father & his father was his uncle??

Illegitimate children quite often gave their grandfather's name as their father on their marriage certificate rather than say they were illegitimate.

The James Parkin on the 1841 census is a labourer, though, not a footman.

[CuriousKat]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

Illegitimate children quite often gave their grandfather's name as their father on their marriage certificate rather than say they were illegitimate.

The James Parkin on the 1841 census is a labourer, though, not a footman.

I don't think he was a footman, gentleman servant or Yeoman much past his 1st daughters baptism after that he is down as a labourer for his other 2 children i wonder if the family were clinging to times gone past?

[Merry]

So, are we saying at the moment we believe Edwin was the grandson of James and Mary but we are not sure who his parents were?

[kiterunner]

Sounds right to me.

[CuriousKat]

Yes i think we are! would you like me to change the original post details to reflect that?
Thank you so much for your help in finding it out. I hate unanswered questions though drives me potty! Who really were his parents? Were Edwin & Charles brothers or cousins?

[kiterunner]

Originally Posted by CuriousKat

Yes i think we are! would you like me to change the original post details to reflect that?

I don't think there's much point doing that until we have a name for one of the parents!