Henry Parkes GCMG (1815 - 1896)

Born 27 May 1815 in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Clarinda (Varney) Parkes — married 11 Jul 1836 in Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Eleanor (Dixon) Parkes — married 6 Feb 1889 in St Paul's Church of England, Redfern

Descendants

Died 27 Apr 1896 at age 80 in Annandale, Sydney, New South Wales (Australia)

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Biography

Henry Parkes GCMG is Notable.

Henry Parkes was regarded as the "Founder of Australian Federation".

Sir Henry Parkes was baptised at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire on 2 Jul 1815, the son of Thomas Parkes and Martha Faulconbridge. ^[1][2]

He arrived in Australia on the 'Strathfieldsaye' as a Bounty Immigrant with his wife Clarinda in Jul 1839. ^[2]

He moved to the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, New South Wales, in 1877 where he purchased 600 acres (2.4 km²) in the area now part of the town of Faulconbridge. The current town was named after Parkes' home, "Faulconbridge House", Faulconbridge being the maiden name of Parkes' mother. The original railway platform at Faulconbridge was possibly built to serve his residence.

Parkes is buried in Faulconbridge Cemetery, alongside the grave of his first wife, Varney Parkes and other family members.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-07/sir-henry-parkes-museum-closes-as-tenerfield-council-makes-cuts/102691370

DNA

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Research Notes

Marriage to Julia

https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/21756009?h=d42e75&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url

https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/21756003?h=46ce49&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url Daughter Aurora

Name: Aurora Parkes Birth Date: 1888 Birth Place: New South Wales Registration Year: 1888 Registration Place: Redfern, New South Wales, Australia Father: Henry Parkes Mother: Eleanor Registration Number: 11354 Source Information Ancestry.com. Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Name: Aurora Parkes Spouse Name: Emanuel J Evans Marriage Date: 1915 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Randwick, New South Wales Registration Year: 1915 Registration Number: 9301 Source Information Ancestry.com. Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Daughter Lily M(aria)

Name: Lily M Parkes Birth Date: 1896 Birth Place: New South Wales Registration Year: 1896 Registration Place: Ryde, New South Wales, Australia Father: Parkes Mother: Jane Registration Number: 34360 Source Information Ancestry.com. Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Daughter Clarinda Martha

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197089215/clarinda-martha-parkes

Daughter Clarinda Sarah

Name: Clarinda S Parkes Birth Date: 1839 Birth Place: New South Wales Registration Year: 1839 Registration Place: Dungog, Eldon, Stroud, Uffington, New South Wales, Australia Father: Henry Parkes Mother: Clarinda S Volume Number: V18392217 32A Source Information Ancestry.com. Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Marriage https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/21755926?h=85fab3&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url

Name: Kenilworth Parkes Birth Date: 1886 Birth Place: New South Wales Registration Year: 1886 Registration Place: Redfern, New South Wales, Australia Father: Henry Parkes Mother: Eleanor Registration Number: 10966 Source Information Ancestry.com. Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Name: Kenilworth Parkes Spouse Name: Maud L S Howard Marriage Date: 1905 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Newtown, New South Wales Registration Year: 1905 Registration Number: 7459 Source Information Ancestry.com. Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48675088/kenilworth-parkes

Sources

1. ↑ "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHXJ-15J : 13 March 2019), Henry Parks, 02 Jul 1815; from parish registers of the Church of England, database and images, citing Christening, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England, Warwick County Record Office, England.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Australia, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL2Z-96T : 13 June 2019), Henry Parks, 1839.

• "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5V5-H8S : 10 February 2018), Henry Parkes and Clarinda Varney, 11 Jul 1836; citing Edgbaston,Warwick,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1426213 IT 1-2, 502272, 502273, 502274.

• Martin, A. W. “Parkes, Sir Henry (1815–1896).” In Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Accessed August 13, 2019. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/parkes-sir-henry-4366.

• Wikipedia contributors. Henry Parkes [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2019 Aug 13, 03:33 UTC [cited 2019 Aug 13]. Henry Parkes

• Burial of Sir Henry Parkes AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY. (1896, May 9). Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1907), p. 20. Retrieved August 13, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71245263

• Parkes, Henry, and Annie T. Parkes. An Emigrant’s Home Letters. Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1896. Internet Archive

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11957/henry-parkes : accessed 21 January 2021), memorial page for Henry Parkes (27 May 1815–27 Apr 1896), Find a Grave Memorial no. 11957, citing Faulconbridge Cemetery, Faulconbridge, Blue Mountains City, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by Find A Grave .

• Grave record for Sir Henry Parkes (27 May 1815 - 27 Apr 1896), Billion Graves Record 7370683 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. first accessed online on the 21st of January, 2021 at: https://billiongraves.com/grave/Henry-Parkes/7370683