Additional Notes & Sources
John Parker
Marriage
Groom: John Parker, age 22,
Bachelor, of Wighton
Bride: Ann Porter, age 17,
Spinster, of Wighton
Date: 31 Oct 1815
Place: All Saints,
Wighton, Norfolk
Witnesses: Charles Copland
Mary Lingher
By Bans: Mary Shirling, her mother, gave consent.
NOTE: Groom-Bride-both Witnesses Signed X. Wighton is just up the road from Great Walsingham.
Parish Record for John's wife Ann Porter
Place: All Saints,
Wighton,Norfolk
Baptism date: 12 Apr 1798
Name: Ann
Abode: Wighton
Mother's Name: Mary Porter
Register note: Illegitimate Daughter
NOTE: Ann's mother Mary, single, marries a John Shirling, a widower, on the 30th May 1803, in Wighton. She has at least one other illegitimate daughter, Mary, born 1792, and at least one son, James, with her new husband in 1807.
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Parish Record - Marriage
Ann's mother Mary's marriage to John Shirling
Groom: John Shirling
Bride: Mary Porter
Date: 30 May 1803
Place: Norfolk, England
FHL Film No: 1526885
England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
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Name: Mary Porter
Mother: Mary Porter
Baptism: 28 Oct 1792
Place: Wighton, Norfolk.
FHL Film No: 1526885
Ref ID: Item 8, p40
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Name: James Shirling
Mother: Mary Shirling
Father: John Shirling
Baptism: 13 Dec 1807
Place: Wighton,
Norfolk
FHL Film No: 1526885
Ref ID: Item 8, p51
England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Census - 1841
Great Walsingham
Ann Parker 40 Norfolk
Charles Parker son 20 Norfolk (ag Lab)
Sarah Parker dau 9 Norfolk
John Parker son 14 Norfolk
Piece 772, Book 13, Folio 8, Page number 11
Census - 1851
Anne Parker, 51, Visitor, born: Wighton, Norfolk
Household members...
Charles Parker, 31 yrs
Ann Parker, 29 yrs
Sarah Parker, 10 m
Anne Parker, 51 yrs
Place: Woolwich, Kent
Reg district: Greenwich
Sub-reg district: Woolwich Dockyard
Ed:04 Sch:47 Piece:1588 Folio:93 Page:12
NOTE: Charles Parker is Ann's son. Later Charles and his family are found to be living in Canada.
Census - 1861
Walsingham Union Workhouse
Ann Parker 63 Wighton Norfolk, Nurse, W
Ann Parker 37 Lincolnshire Thurlby, M
Charles Parker son 13 Lincoln
Eliza Parker dau 9 Cambridgeshire Whittersay
Jane Parker dau 7 Norfolk Wells
George Parker son 5 Norfolk Lynn
Walter Parker son 2 Norfolk Wymondham
RG9/1246/5/4 Walsingham Union Workhouse Norfolk. Parish Gt.Snoring
NOTE: Ann is in the same workhouse as her daughter-in-law & grandchildren.
Census - 1871
Walsingham Union Workhouse
Ann Parker - 71 - Wighton, Norfolk - Nurse - Widow
Parish Records - Children
Name: James Parker
Father: John Parker (Labourer)
Mother: Ann
Birth: 10 Jun 1817
Baptism: 31 Jul 1817
Place: St.Peter,
Great Walsingham,
Norfolk
Person abode: Old Walsingham
Reg entry: 63
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Name: Charles Parker
Father: John Parker (Labourer)
Mother: Ann Porter
Birth: 26 Apr 1819
Baptism: 23 May 1819
Place: St.Peter,
Great Walsingham,
Norfolk
Person abode: Old Walsingham
Reg entry: 87
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Name: Sarah Parker
Father: John Parker (Labourer)
Mother: Ann
Baptism: 28 Oct 1821
Place: St.Peter,
Great Walsingham,
Norfolk
Person abode: Old Walsingham
Reg entry: 122
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Name: John Parker
Father: John Parker (Labourer)
Mother: Ann
Christening: 17 Oct 1824
Birth: 20 Sep 1824
Place: Walsingham Old, Norfolk, England
Person abode: Old Walsingham
England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts.
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