Frank Reginald Parker (abt. 1891)

Born about 1891 in Richmond, Surrey, England

Ancestors

Biography

1901 census

In the Railway Hotel, Burnham-on-Crouch.^[1]

Alfred Parker: Head; married; male age 39; occupation: Licensed Victualar Pub; Employer; working at home; born in Twickenham Midx.

Abegail J Parker: Wife; married; female age 37; born in Peldon Essex.

James Parker: son; single; male age 17; occupation: Assistant Barman; Worker; working at home; born in Twickenham Midx.

Lenord Parker: son; single; male age 15; born in Richmond Surry.

Stanley R Parker: son; single; male age 12; born in Staines Middlesex.

Frank R Parker: son; single; male age 9; born in Richmond Surry.

Gwendoline R Parker: Daur; single; female age 6; born in Burnham Essex.

Charles Parker: son; single; male age 4; born in Burnham Essex.

Leslie Parker: son; single; male age 2; born in Burnham Essex.

Herbert G Parker: son; single; male age 1; born in Burnham Essex.

Isabella Amos: Serv.; single; female age 20; occupation: Barman Barmaid; worker; born in Rochford Essex.

Mary Gouldsmith: Serv.; single; female age 22; occupation: Nursemaid; born in Burnham Essex.

Eva Simpson: Serv.; single; female age 18; Housemaid; born in Burnham Essex.

William March: Lodger; married; male age 54; occupation: Living on own means; born in Chelsea Midx.

William March: Lodger; single; male age 18; occupation: House Agents Clerk; worker; born in Bow Midx.

Thomas W. March: Lodger; single; male age 9; born in Bow Midx.

WWI

Frank was injured while serving in the First World War. The newspaper reported: "Mrs. A. Parker, of the Railway Hotel, Burnham, has received a letter from her son Frank, a trooper in the Royal Horse Guards, in which he says he is in hospital with both feet smashed by bursting shrapnel."^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ 1901 census of England, Essex, civil parish of Burham, ecclesiastical parish of Burnham St. Marys, urban district of Burnham, ward of Burnham, South Eastern parliamentary borough, town of Burnham, folio 18, page 28, household of Alfred Parker; digital images, Ancestry, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 Apr 2016); citing PRO RG 13/1687.
2. ↑ "Essex Wounded," The Chelmsford Chronicle, 11 Dec 1914, p. 2, col. 3; digital images, British Newspaper Archive (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk : accessed 29 Apr 2018), Image © Trinity Mirror. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

• "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2X18-VZD : 1 October 2014), Frank Reginald Parker, 1891; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Richmond (Surrey), Surrey, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

• England, "Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’," Frank Reginald Parker's Short Service Attestation packet; WO364; Piece: 2827; digital images, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 May 2020).

• "United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVB2-GN72 : 16 March 2018), Frank Reginald Parker, 1909; citing , Essex, England, Royal Horse Guards, regiment #1371, publication WO 364, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 7,269,533.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7LK-JWN : 13 September 2019), Frank Reginald Parker, Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.