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Hi

I am trying to find the parents of Peter Parkins, born in 1831/32 in Cardington, Beds. He was living with his grandparents in 1841 and 1851 and living in the Peterborough area in 1861 with wife and child.
His marriage certificate states his father as Peter Coolington, a shoemaker, but I canfind no Peter Coolington.

Can anyone help?

Regards

Chrissey

What were his grandparents' names, and who were the witnesses on the marriage certificate?

Any other spellings for the Coolington surname from the certificate?

Thanks

Hi Patchem

Grandparents were Thomas and Sarah Parkins, witnesses were Rebecca ?udron and George Wood

Chrissey

Hi Patchem

Grandparents were Thomas and Sarah Parkins, witnesses were Rebecca ?udron and George Wood

Chrissey

No other spelling of surname

No other spelling of surname

I can't see anything for Peter Coolington. Did wonder if this person might be connected in some way, but for the life of me can't find him elsewhere (the name is a bit faint on the image):


1881 England Census
Name: Thos.R. Coolington
Age: 24
Estimated birth year: abt 1857
Relationship to Head: Head
Spouse: Sarah Ann Coolington
Gender: Male
Where born: London Clerkl, London, Middlesex, England
Civil Parish: St James Clerkenwell
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address: 11 Spa Cottages
Marital Status: Married

Occupation: Bootmaker
Registration district: Holborn
Sub-registration district: Goswell Street
ED, institution, or vessel: 5a

Piece: 357
Folio: 30
Page Number: 54

Thos.R. Coolington 24
Sarah Ann Coolington 23
Elizh.S. Coolington

brummiejan,

Could that family be Codrington?

Births Sep 1880
CODRINGTON Elizabeth Sarah Holborn 1b 755

Added:
Marriages Jun 1880
CODRINGTON Thomas Richard Holborn 1b 877
Colebrooke Sarah Ann Holborn 1b 877
Colebrooks Sarah Ann Holborn 1b 877
THORPE Julia Anna Holborn 1b 877
Waller William Holborn 1b 877

There is this entry on the 1851 census. Not sure if the initials might be surname first and then forename (at least the occupation would be right and if he was ill it would be a reason for Peter to be with grandparents):-

First Name C P
Last Name -
Relationship Patient
Condition Married
Gender Male
Age 51
Year Of Birth 1800
Occupation Shoemaker
Birth Place England
Birth Town -
Birth town as transcribed St Pauls
Birth County Bedfordshire
Birth county as transcribed Bedfordshire
House Number -
House Name -
Street -
Town -
Parish St Mary
City Bedford
County Bedfordshire
Hamlet -
Parliamentary Borough Bedford
Municipal Ward Bedford
Registration District Bedford
Archive Reference HO107
Piece Number 1752
Folio 57
Page 10
Record set 1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census

Kath. x

You're right Patchem, have found him elsewhere.
Curses!
Jan

Why curses?

Peter Parkin's father could be Codrington.

I think Coolington is not a real name.

the Codrington marriage looks just right for the 1881 Thomas ... but he seems to have no connection with Bedfordshire ... and there are few Codringtons in the BMDs in Bedfordshire/Northamptonshire ...

a birth in Wellingboro in 1845, a death in Bedford 1894
and then marriages after 1920 in those two districts and later events elsewhere in Northants
the surname is mostly associated with Gloucestershire/Somerset extending into Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire, and with London


Covington is a possibility ... in 1851 there is a Peter Covington c1813 in Bedford St Paul with wife Maria (probably Smith married 1843 Bedford reg dist) and children,
>> a cordwainer (shoemaker)

Peter Covington 38 > born in Cardington
Maria Covington 28
Stephen Covington 7
Emma Covington 5
Peter Covington 3
Robert Covington 1

Cardington is in the Bedford reg dist

there is also a Petre Covington (as spelled by freebmd) death in Bedford reg dist in 1839, and others in June quarter 1851 and later


I wish we could have all the details known ... living in 1861 with his wife and child, names? where?

children's names can be helpful if they are connected with the parent's family for instance ... possibly named for a parent's mother ...


you say his grandparents were Thomas and Sarah Parkins ... but in 1851 he is living with Thomas and Ann Parkins ...

Thomas Parkin 77
Ann Parkin 72
Peter Parkin 18
Mary Sannan 50

someone has corrected the surname from Parkin in that census at Ancestry, do you know that person?
a different person has more recently corrected the data for their lodger
and a third person has corrected Thomas's place of birth

however in 1841 they appear in Cardington at Ancestry as

Thomas Rackin 67
Sarah Rackin 60
Peter Rackin 9

aha, recently corrected :-)



do you think Peter Parkins could have been Peter Covington, and took his grandparents' name after death or desertion by his father or parents? and he simply didn't know his father's given name and used his own? ... not at all unheard of

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NDH4-DFP

Name: Peter Covington
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 09 Oct 1831
Christening Place: St. Marys, Bedford, Bedford, England
Father's Name: William Covington
Mother's Name: Mary
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03641-3

but no I think that Covington family can be ruled out ... she was probably Mary Ann Hall and that child is likely in the 1841 census as 'Paler Covington' at Ancestry with mother Maryann.


there are Covingtons in Bedford in all censuses


I think I would be interested in the shoemaker Peter in 1851 perhaps ... when he married in 1843 he was already 30 and could have been a widower or had a child when he was young ... I can't spot him in 1841 ...

there are two people at this site with a Peter Covington 1813, no place of birth shown, in their trees

and there are several people with other Covingtons born in Cardington in the 1700s and early 1800s in their trees, one of them being one of the people who has Peter Covington 1813

it's possible they could tell you something about him

I would bet that this is a child of Thomas and Sarah/Ann Parkins

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NYY4-NQP

Name: Denbigh Parkins
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 26 Jan 1806
Christening Place: WESTONING,BEDFORD,ENGLAND
Birth Date: 24 Nov 1805
Father's Name: Thomas Parkins
Mother's Name: Ann

same birth place as Thomas and Ann in 1851, and living in Cardington in 1851 (I searched censuses for Parkins born in Westoning hoping to find a son or unmarried daughter)

other births to that couple in that place:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NPDH-NSS
Sarah Parkins 1802
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J3ZC-DJK
Elizabeth Parkins 1808

one of them is likely Peter Parkins's mother?


there are a lot of people at this site with Thomas Parkins 1770/1775 Westoning in their trees
(just search for Thomas Parkins 1775 +/- 10 years in Bedfordshire, for reasons unknown, the search function will not find him if you specify Westoning)

Posting this so we can check them out later




England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970


Name:Peter Curbington

Birth Date:9 Jun 1834

Birth Place:Riseley, Bedfordshire, England

Gender:Male

Event Type:Baptism

Father:
Peter Ekins

Mother:
Elizath Ekins

Baptism Date:17 Jul 1834

Baptism Place:Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England

Denomination:Wesleyan Methodist

Piece Title:
Piece 1272: Higham Ferrers (Wesleyan Methodist), 1811-1837

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Struggling to read the fathers occupation?



1841 England Census

Name:
Geter Ekins
[Peter Ekins]

Age:55

Estimated birth year:abt 1786

Gender:Male

Where born:Bedfordshire, England

Civil Parish:Riseley

Hundred:Stodden

County/Island:Bedfordshire

Registration district:Bedford

Sub-registration district:Riseley


Piece:7
Book:12
Folio:11
Page Number:16

Household Members:


Geter Ekins 55
Elizabeth Ekins 45
Naomi Ekins 15
Mary Ekins 12
Iabez Ekins 9
Geter Ekins 6
Jane Ekins 5

Peter snr from that above census is a shoe xxx in 1841 and a cordwainer in 1851.

But Peter jnr cannot be with parents and with grandparents on the same censuses??

Burial (Find My Past)
First name(s) THOMAS
Last name PARKINS
Birth year 1774
Death year 1851
Age 77
Burial year 1851
Burial day 14
Burial month 11
Place CARDINGTON
Church description ST MARY
Church denomination ANGLICAN
County Bedfordshire

Chris :)

(below, examples of name Covington, from below link)

http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl

Baptism
County Bedfordshire
Place Cardington
Church St. Mary
RegisterNumber
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 22 Oct 1775
Forename Peter
Sex M
FatherForename Peter
MotherForename Ann
FatherSurname COVINGTON

Burial
County Bedfordshire
Place Cardington
Church St. Mary
RegisterNumber
BurialDate 23 Jun 1809
Forename Peter
Relationship
Rel1MaleForename
Rel1FemaleForename
Rel1Surname
Surname COVINGTON
Notes Sen.; blacksmith

(also another Burial in Cardington, Find My Past, Covington Peter 13/1/1839 age 63)

I don't think that info I posted is the correct Peter, I've followed him through on the censuses and he appears on them

Hi All

Thank you all very much for your time and effort, sorry but I dozed off l.ast night

I have quite a few things to check now and hopefully one of the leads will give me the answer

Kind regards

Chrissey

I cant seem to find Peter on the 1841 census?

Chrissey, could you post it please

Prisoner record from Bedford

Offence details
Name: Peter Parkins Age: 19 Date of Offence: 10th January 1852 Offence: On 5th January 1852 at Cardington unlawfully entering on land in the occupation of John White with a snare for the purpose of taking Game Sentence: 3 Days Hard Labour having found Sureties Type of trial: Summarily Convicted

Personal details
Height: 5 ft 7 inches Hair colour: Brown Eye colour: Blue Visage: Round Complexion: Fresh Identifying marks: Scar on the forehead several moles on the back
Trade or occupation: : Read and Write Imperfectly Marriage status: Single Number of children: Unknown

Residence details
Birth town: Cardington Residence town: Cardington Residence county: Bedfordshire

Chris :)

http://vcp.e2bn.org/search/index.php?cmd=search&searchstring=parkins&searchwithinresultsstring=

(from google search, worth a look round on names!)