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hi my name is avril and i am researching my family history i believe that i am related to a mary parker born 1854 louisa parker born 1883-1884 and a william parker born 1887 i cna see from records that they were in the bedminster workhouse but there is no further mention regarding these people there is some mention about bishopsworth road but i dont know if this is relevent please can someone help me

When were they in the workhouse?

Ozi.

if you type in bedminster workhouse in the top address bar this will take you to the workhouse website if you then either click on 1881 census or inmates then scroll down then you will find them

Bedminster comes under Bristol there is someone on here doing Bristol Lookups who may be able to help.

Aha! Louisa & William were born in the 1870s. I'll have a look for them.


Ozi.

No luck I'm afraid.

On the 1881 image it looks like Mary is still married.

Ozi.

If this is the William you're connected to, it's probably not the same family in the workhouse.


Births Sep 1886
Parker William Stanley Bedminster 5c 708


Ozi.

1891 England Census
Name: William Stanley Parker
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1887
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Long Ashton, Somerset, England

Civil Parish: Long Ashton
Ecclesiastical parish: Long Ashton
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England

Street address: Station Cottage

Occupation:

Registration district: Bedminster
Sub registration district: Long Ashton
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
William Parker 30 - Railway Station Inspector; St Augustine's, Bristol
Elizabeth Parker 28 - Ravensthorpe, Northampton
William Stanley Parker 4

1901 England Census
Name: William S Parker
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1887
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Long Ashton, Somerset, England

Civil Parish: Long Ashton
Ecclesiastical parish: Long Ashton All Saints
Town: Long Ashton
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England

Street address: Railway Cottages

Occupation:

Registration district: Long Ashton
Sub registration district: Long Ashton
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 118
Household Members: Name Age
William Parker 42 - Railway Station Master; Bristol
Elizabeth Parker 46 - Teeton, Northamptonshire
William S Parker 14

You need to get William Stanley Parker's birth cert to find his mother's name, and then find the marriage.

As Elizabeth wasn't born in Somerset and Parker is a common name it would only be a guess when and where the marriage took place as they usually married in the womans parish.

Christine

ozi bird the mary i am related to definatly was not married i believe that her being an unmarried mother was the reason why she entered the workhouse in the first place i have a cousin yvonne mary whose middle name was named after mary some of my relations arent in my family tree as i havent had the chance to go right through it yet

I'm confused with these details, are you connected to the William Stanley Parker we found with parents William and Elizabeth?

Do you think William Stanley Parker's father is related to Mary in the workhouse from a family story?

You have put the wrong birth years down for Louisa and William in the workhouse, it should be 1873 and 1877.

1881 England Census
about Mary Parker
Name: Mary Parker
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854
Relation: Inmate (Head) (Inmate)
Gender: Female
Where born: Bedminster, Somerset, England

Civil Parish: Long Ashton
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England

Street address: "Bedminster Union Workhouse"
Education:

Employment status: View Image
Occupation: Domestic Servant

Registration district: Bedminster
Sub registration district: Long Ashton
ED, institution, or vessel: Bedminster

Louisa Parker 7
William Parker 4

Christine

i have discounted the william who had a mother called elizabeth i have been in touch with a cousin and williams mother was definatly mary and he definatly had a sister called louisa and they were def in the bedminster workhouse in the 1881 census and i think his dob was 21/10/1877 i know that william stanley parker was married twice the first woman he married a boy was born and then he married doris parker nee walker with this woman (my nan) they had four children they were doris jean,alan,david (my dad) and there was another girl baby but sadly she didnt survive infancy i was once told that she was interred underneath a rose bush but wether this is true i dont know

right i havr just been searching foor birth details for mary louisa and william and guess what ......... nish nought zero absolutely nothing aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhh

????

Births Jun 1876
Parker William Bedminster 5c 774

so you are saying that william was born june 1876

If he WAS born in the June quarter then he would show as 1877 on the 1881 census.

Have you got any certs yet?


Ozi.

no i cant at the moment i have maxed the credit card lol can i ask one question if you are related to william parker how are you related to him

I'm not related at all. Just giving some friendly help. That's what a lot of people do on these boards.

Ozi.

When did William Parker marry Doris Walker?

Do you know when he died?

The William in the workhouse wasn't William Stanley according to the records.

You are going to have to work backwards from facts which you know are correct.

Christine