Joseph Parkes (1788 - aft. 1841)

Born 26 May 1788 in Stoke Bardolph, Nottinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Nicholls) Parkes — married about 9 Mar 1805 in All Saints Fulham, London [uncertain]

Husband of Cecilia (White) Parkes — married 28 Feb 1821 in St James, Westminster, London

Descendants

Died after 1841 after age 52 in London, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Joseph Parkes was born in 1788 in Stoke Bardolph in the Parish of Gedling in Nottinghamshire, the fourth of nine children of William Parkes and Ann Clayton. Joseph was only 12, when his uncle, Thomas Parkes, died in 1800, but he was left £500 that he would receive when he reached the age of 21. His brother Thomas Parkes received a similar large legacy although he was even younger. Their uncle, who was childless, owned the York Coffee-House in St James' Street, Westminster. The two boys went to London to live with their aunt and uncle, learn the business and have a more secure future.^[1]

It appears that Joseph was 17 when he married Elizabeth Nickells in 1805 and she was 22. They were living in London in 1806 when their first son, Thomas George Parkes, was born. They had two more children, Frederick in 1808 and Charlotte in 1810. Both Charlotte and her mother Elizabeth may have died in 1810. In May 1813 in a nearby parish a Joseph Parkes, a "bachelor", and Elizabeth Durandeau were married. In 1817 Joseph Parkes was born to Joseph and Elizabeth Parkes and died 10 days later. In February 1821 Joseph, a widower, married Cecilia White at St James Westminster. They had 5 children: William D'Arcy, Joseph, Henry Richard, Emma Else, and Agnes Teresa.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ “Joseph Parkes – Coffee-House Master,” by Margaret Parkes of Australia, with the help of research by Steve Bennett, Professional Genealogist, London, provided to John Patrick in 2009.
2. ↑ “Joseph Parkes – Coffee-House Master,” by Margaret Parkes of Australia, with the help of research by Steve Bennett, Professional Genealogist, London, provided to John Patrick in 2009.

• Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England; BTs; 1743 - 1808; Film Number: 503495 Class: HO107; Piece: 1061; Book: 5; Civil Parish: Lambeth; County: Surrey; Enumeration District: 13; Folio: 34; Page: 16; Line: 20; GSU roll: 474655

Occupation

Cook/

Baptism

26 MAY 1788

Residence

1818

St James, England

1841

Age: 50/Lambeth, Surrey, England

1839

St Margaret, England

28 FEB 1821

St James, Westminster, London

09 MAR 1805

Fulham All Saints, England

Electoral roll 1818 for parish of St James: 46 St James' Street; Coffee house kpr

Electoral roll 1839 for westminster St Margaret: Great George Street

There is a death of Joseph William Henry PARKES in Kensington Q1 1842