Dinah (Sutton) Parkes (bef. 1824 - 1898)

Born before 22 Aug 1824 in East Meon, Hampshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of George Parkes — married 8 Dec 1851 in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 18 Apr 1898 after age 73 in Wai-iti, Tasman, New Zealand

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Biography

Dinah (Sutton) Parkes was born in East Meon, Hampshire, England.

Birth

Dinah Sutton was born before the 22nd of August 1824 in East Meon in Hampshire, England.She is the daughter of George Sutton and Jane Hibbard. Her mother Jane died when Dinah was just four years old in 1928. Her father George married again in 1830 or 1831about 21/2 years after her mother's death.

Christening

Dinah Sutton was christened on the 22 Aug 1824 East Meon, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. Both her parents are named in the record^[1][2]

Residences

1841 Census

The census recorded on the 6th June 1841 shows Dinah Sutton as being 15 years of age, no occupation is given. She is living with her father and her stepmother, her half-siblings and a Thomas Beams who is possibly the son from her stepmothers first marriage. They are all living in Frogmore, East Meon, Hampshire, England^[3] There are no occupations listed in the census it could be sumised that the father and stepson were farm labourers, as this is the occupation listed in New Zealand.

First Name	Surname	Gender	Age	Birth Place
George	Sutton	Male	40	Hampshire
Hannah	Sutton	Female	40	Hampshire
Dinah	Sutton	Female	15	Hampshire
John	Sutton	Male	10	Hampshire
William	Sutton	Male	7	Hampshire
Henry	Sutton	Male	5	Hampshire
Harriet	Sutton	Female	3	Hampshire
Thomas	Beames	Male	20	Hampshire

Emigration / Immigration

Dinah grew up with her half-siblings and possibly step-siblings in Hampshire, England and traveled with the family to New Zealand on the 29th October 1841 departing from Gravesend an ancient town in the northwest area of Kent, England, on the ship the Bolton. The record list both the departure port and the arrival port or point of entry as being Canterbury, New Zealand. Dinah is listed as being 17 years old with the birth year of 1824. Dinah's occupation is given as Streamstress which is probably a spelling mistake and she was a Seamstress, meaning she made and mended clothes^[4]

Occupation

1841 Seamstress

Marriage

Dinah married George Parkes in 1851 in New Zealand^[5][6].

Children

They had ten children who all appear to have survived to adulthood.

1. Sarah (Parkes) Archer (abt.1852-1948)
2. Mary Jane Parkes 1854–1947
3. Mary Ann Parkes 1856–1931
4. Phoebe (Parkes) Shone (1857-1937)
5. Eliza Parkes 1859–1937
6. George William Parkes 1860–1898
7. Edmund Dyson Parkes 1861–1933
8. Henry Albert Parkes 1863–1937
9. Harriet Elizabeth Parkes 1864–1949
10. Lucy Parkes 1867–1950

Death and Burial

Dinah (Sutton) Parkes passed away aged 75 years, she died on or before 18 Apr 1898, she was buried in Richmond Cemetery, (old row 4 plot 30)^[7][8]

Probate of father's Will

The probate of Dinah's father's will took place in 1898 in Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand in 1888. Agency: AAOO Court Name: Nelson Item Code R20139860 Box Number 39 Record Number 373 Series Name Numerical probated case files, 1891-1968

Series Number 17072 Container C288801 First Image Number 389 Last Image Number 403 Number of Images 15^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N15P-6L2 : 21 March 2020), Dinah Sutton, 1824.
2. ↑ "England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP5P-QPPJ : 3 June 2020), Dinah Sutton, 22 Aug 1824; citing Christening, East Meon, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Lancashire Record Office and Hampshire Record Office, England; FHL microfilm .
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M79H-W53 : 24 May 2019), Dinah Sutton in household of George Sutton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDV-FRFQ : 6 July 2019), Dinah Sutton, 1841; citing ship, Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm 004508784.
5. ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-JLX9 : 4 October 2016), George Parkes and Dinah Sutton, 1851; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1851/1472, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: New Zealand Marriage Index, 1840–1950. Microfiche
7. ↑ "New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGTD-9Q8W : 8 September 2019), Dinah Parkes, 18 Apr 1898; citing Death, New Zealand, New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Auckland.
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV28-GZ67 : 15 July 2020), Dinah Sutton Parkes, 1898; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find A Grave: Memorial #67997812
9. ↑ "New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGTD-9Q87 : 8 September 2019), Dinah Parkes in entry for George Parkes, 19 Mar 1888; citing Death, New Zealand, New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Auckland.

Acknowledgement

• Profile for Dinah created by Nola Moses, Thursday, May 15, 2014 & [Watson-6842 | Donna Currie]], Sunday, September 14, 2014 based on family knowledge

Dinah profile was updated by Langridge-71 18:07, 9 August 2020 (UTC) Who is connect via her father George through his brother Thomas

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 09 August 2020, 17:29), entry for Dinah Sutton(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KHCL-2VL); contributed by various users.

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