Thomas Anthony Parkes (1828 - 1907)

Born 16 Aug 1828 in Pontypool,Wales.

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Moore) Parkes — married 19 Feb 1855 in Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 17 Sep 1907 at age 79 in Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Thomas Anthony Parkes married Annie Moore in 1855 in NSW. ^[1]

Thomas Anthony Parkes was born in Trevethin, Pontypool Wales on 16 Aug 1828. His parents were Thomas Parks of Warwickshire and Ann Hale, daughter of Anthony Hale and Mary Morgan. His father Thomas died the year he was born. Thomas Anthony (named Thomas after his father and Parks grandfather and Anthony after his Hale grandfather) was raised from the age of 3 by his uncle James Hale and his Aunt Mary Bowen nee Hale . This situation was because his mother Ann remarried circa 1830 and the child was not welcomed by her new husband, James Dauberry . Thomas Anthony's mother Ann died before 7 Jul 1835 when her husband James Dauberry remarried in Bristol. On the death of his Aunt Mary and when a letter reached the Hales from Thomas Anthony's family in Birmingham in 1836, a letter was sent by his great aunt Mrs Ann Saunders to his Aunt Sarah Parks in Birmingham requesting she take on the rearing of her brothers child ( at that time called Anthony) as only his uncle James remained to look after him when his Aunt Mary 'followed her sister to the tomb' and 'his Uncle James' circumstances were unsettled.' The elderly Ann Saunders subsequently escorted the child to Birmingham were he lived with his two aunts, Sarah and Marie who were stay makers and his grandfather Thomas Parkes. Here he would frequently have encountered his Uncle Henry who had such an influence on the pathways of his life. In the 1841 census he is still referred to as Anthony. He was apprenticed to J.B. Kenworthy, master carver and guilder from 03.02.1845 until 16.08.1849. His uncle Henry Parkes, (later Sir Henry Parkes) sponsored him to emigrate in 1853 to NSW, were he managed Henry's Emporium in Hunter St Sydney. He also found employment as a teacher and a station master and a clerk in the public service, when the business closed. He married Anne Moore the daughter of Isaac Moore, carriage manufacturer of Sydney and his wife Catherine Woodhouse. The marriage was by license at Christchurch St Lawrence, Sydney on19.02.1855. Thomas and Anne had the following eleven children, Sarah Catherine known as Kate in 1855, Thomas Isaac Woodhouse in 1857, Henrietta Emily in 1860, Charles in 1862, Henry in 1864, Annie Marie in 1866 who died in 1867, George Arthur in 1868, Edward John in 1871,Alfred Herbert in1874, Percy Faulconbridge in 1877 and Annie Marie in 1879. Thomas Anthony Parkes died on the 17th of September 1907 in Ashfield Sydney, NSW Australia.

Sources

1. ↑ NSW Marriage Index. 666/1855 V1855666 43BPARKESTHOMAS A & MOORE ANNIE MF. Accessed at NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Online Marriage Index.

• Private family tree of the Parkes family
• Extant letters between Mrs Ann Saunders of Pontypool Wales and Sarah Parkes of Birmingham, Warwickshire, circa 1836
• Extant letter from Ann Morgan ( Great aunt by marriage to Thomas ) of Pontypool to Miss Parkes in Birmingham replying to her request for knowledge of the circumstances of Thomas Anthony's uncle James Hale belonging to Alison Parkes..
• 1841 Census for Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.
• Church Register for Marriages, St Michaels the Archangel, Bristol, Gloucestershire, 1835.

• 1841 Census: "1841 England Census"
  Class: HO107; Piece: 1147; Book: 8; Civil Parish: St Thomas; County: Warwickshire; Enumeration District: 24; Folio: 44; Page: 10; Line: 24; GSU roll: 464182
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 8978 #11038366 (accessed 15 November 2023)
  Anthony Parkes (12) in St Thomas in Birmingham registration district in Warwickshire, England.
• 1851 Census: "1851 England Census"
  Class: HO107; Piece: 2052; Folio: 706; Page: 11; GSU roll: 87308-87310; ED, institution, or vessel: 28; Household schedule number: 56
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 8860 #9117014 (accessed 15 November 2023)
  Thomas Autt Parkes (25) grandson in household of Thomas Parkes (69) in Birmingham, Birmingham St Martin in Birmingham registration district in Warwickshire, England. Born in Pantipool, Monmouthshire, Wales.

* Immigration: "Australia, Victoria, Outward Passenger Lists, 1852-1924"
citing series VPRS 948, Public Record Office Victoria, North Melbourne; FHL microfilm 284,470
FamilySearch Record: Q2G1-R899 (accessed 15 November 2023)
Name: T Parks; Emigration Date: 1853; Emigration Place: Melbourne; Birth Date: 1824; Move To Place: Sydney; Age: 29; Event Place County: Victoria, Australia; Event Place Sup: 1853 Oct, 1853 Dec, 1853 Oct-Dec; Event Place Type Groups: 27; Event Place Year Range: 1852-1912.

• Marriage: "Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950"
  Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950; Lehi, UT; Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950; Volume Number: V B
  Ancestry au Record 1780 #1942900 (accessed 20 November 2023)
  Thomas A Parkes marriage to Annie Moore in 1855 in Sydney, New South Wales.
• Marriage: "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980"
  citing Digital film/folder number: 007715157; FHL microfilm: 993966; Record number: 666; Packet letter: C
  FamilySearch Record: XTZ8-LZD (accessed 20 November 2023)
  Thomas Anthony Parkes marriage to Annie Moore in 1855 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

• Death: "Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985"
  Nsw Pioneer Index - Federation Series 1889-1918; Registration Number: 7936
  Ancestry au Record 1779 #4141269 (accessed 20 November 2023)
  Thomas A Parkes death 1907, child of Thomas & Anne, in Ashfield, New South Wales

. * Burial: "Sydney, Australia, Cemetery Headstone Transcriptions, 1837-2003"
Original data: Sydney Metropolitan Cemetery Records. Society of Australian Genealogists, Sydney, Australia
Ancestry au Record 61153 #103741 (accessed 15 November 2023)
Thomas Anthony Parkes burial (died on 17 Sep 1907 at age 79) in Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Born on 16 Aug 1828. Pontypool.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Rory Read for creating Parkes-338 on 27 Jul 13 S