Fanny (Boston) Parkes (1845 - 1904)

Born 2 Jan 1845 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Parks — married 24 Mar 1862 in Whittington, Derbyshire, England

Descendants

Died 27 Feb 1904 at age 59 in Charleroi, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Birth Registration

Name: Fanny Boston

Event Type: Birth Registration

Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun

Registration Year: 1845

Registration District: Bedford

County: Bedfordshire

Event Place: Bedford, Bedfordshire, England^[1]

Census 1851

Event Place: Pavenham, Bedfordshire, England

Registration District: Bedford

James Boston Head Male 25 Pavenham, Bedfordshire

Mary A Boston Wife Female 23 Pavenham, Bedfordshire

Fanny Boston Daughter Female 5 Pavenham, Bedfordshire

Henry Boston Son Male 2 Pavenham, Bedfordshire

Eliza Boston Daughter Female 0 Pavenham, Bedfordshire^[2]

Marriage

Name: Richard Parkes

Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 24 Mar 1862

Event Place: Whittington, Whittington, Derbyshire, England

Gender: Male

Age: 21

Marital Status: Single

Birth Year (Estimated): 1841

Father's Name: William Parkes

Spouse's Name: Fanny Boston

Spouse's Marital Status: Single

Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1845

Spouse's Father's Name: James Boston^[3]

US Census 1870

Event Place: Washingtonville, Salem Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States

Event Place (Original): Salem Township, Washingtonville, Columbiana, Ohio, United States

Richard Parks Male 29 England - Coal Miner

Fannie Parks Female 25 England

Ellen Parks Female 7 England

Louisa Parks Female 5 Pennsylvania

Mary Parks Female 3 Pennsylvania

Emma Parks Female 1 Ohio^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26GH-W37 : 1 October 2014), Fanny Boston, 1845; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGCW-7PC : 12 September 2019), Fanny Boston in household of James Boston, Pavenham, Bedfordshire, England; citing Pavenham, Bedfordshire, England, p. 16, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KBFW-1RZ : 8 November 2017), Richard Parkes and Fanny Boston, 24 Mar 1862; citing 24 Mar 1862; citing Marriage, Whittington, Whittington, Derbyshire, England, Derbyshire Record Office, England; FHL microfilm 2,081,736.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VJ-535 : 8 January 2020), Richard Parks, 1870.