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hi my name is judith i am trying to find my dads family,not having much luck.had my family tree on here for years and found nothing ;/.
got my grandads name Arthur Harold Parker.worked worked in india.married as i think he had two girls and my dad was born 1928 name Charles Dobson Goodman Parker. they moved to here july 1947.
i know when my dad married my mum,they split i used to see him every now and then .he died april 1979.
i know nothing of my nan ,where they lived any names nothing.
even if i got my dads birth cert it would not have any parents names on it .
can any one help x :-(

What about your dad's death cert? Who registered his death?

Have you looked at the overseas births on FindMyPast?

Rose

Lindsey,

It's Arthur Harold Parker.

Rose

For reference
Death of Charles Dobson G Parker born 1 Dec 1928
Death registered Apr May June 1979
Reg District Swindon
Volume 23 Page 2148

Had a look on FMP & The Genealogist & can see no overseas birth for him

Name: Charles Parker
Birth Date: abt 1929
Age: 18
Port of Departure: Bombay, India
Arrival Date: 16 Oct 1947
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ports of Voyage: Bombay
[Karachi]
Ship Name: Empire Windrush
Search Ship Database: Search the 'Empire Windrush' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: The New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd
Official Number: 181561

proposed home address Follett House , Broad Park, Greaton nr Plymouth

occ apprentice

seems to have traveled on his own

Why would the birth cert not give you parents names on it ???

Mary

Wonder if this is connected?

Passenger lists leaving UK 1890-1960

Name: Arthur Harold PARKER
Date of departure: 18 November 1921
Port of departure: London
Destination port: Bombay
Destination country: India

Date of Birth: 1900 (calculated from age)
Age: 21
Marital Status:
Sex: Male
Occupation: Piano Tuner
Notes:
Passenger recorded on: Page 2 of 6
Ship: MASHOBRA
Official Number: 144222
Master's name: J H Galgey
Steamship Line: British India Steam Navigation Co.
Where bound: Bombay, India
Square feet:
Registered tonnage: 5117
Passengers on voyage: 95

His last address in the UK was 24 Hobart Street, Plymouth.

Might be a tenuous link but Plymouth was where Charles was headed when he arrived in England 1947.

EDIT: This is probably the birth of the chap on the shipping record.

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Mar 1900
Parker Arthur Harold Plymouth 5b 183

I googled Follett House, Broad Park (where Charles was headed in 1947) and one entry came up in a 1952 brochure for Crufts Dog Show.

A Mrs F.E. Skilton of Follett House, Broad Park, Oreston, Plymouth entered her long haired Daschund called "Wingjays Dantes Danger" in two classes.

Judith, does that name (Skilton, not the dog!) ring any bells?

Also, found this advert for a house in the Western Morning News, 3 Jan 1947:

"6 rooms & kitch: Torquay: Centl: vac possn. All partics. Letter only - Palk, Follett House, Broad Park, Oreston"

So, was Palk the person who lived at Follett House in 1947 (when Charles arrived there) and were they advertising a property they owned?

If we can find what linked Charles to that address we might be able to find a way back to his family - maybe it was the home of a family member?

The birth is actually in Plympton

Births Mar 1900
Parker Arthur Harold Plympton 5b 183

There's a transcription error.

Rose

Think we have the correct Arthur Harold.

Going from the census records this is his parents' marriage:

Marriages Jun 1894
Goodman Evelina Plympton 5b 443
PARKER Charles James Plympton 5b 443

Notice Evelina's maiden name.

Looks like Charles was named after his paternal grandmother and grandfather.

Rose

Possible brother:

Births Jun 1901
PARKER Ernest Thomas Devonport 5b 303

Rose

Looks to be Evelina's death around the same time Charles returned to England:

Deaths Sep 1947
Parker Evelina J. 77 Plymouth 7a 552

Rose

Probably the Skiltons:

Marriages Sep 1938
Skilton Richard H F Wright Plympton 5b 626
Wright Freda E Skilton Plympton 5b 626

Rose

Found it!


https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FGJH-WK5
Groom's Name: Arthur Harold Parker
Groom's Birth Date: 1900
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age: 28
Bride's Name: Patience Elveira Ross-Milbourne
Bride's Birth Date: 1910
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age: 18
Marriage Date: 16 Apr 1928
Marriage Place: Murree, Bengal, India
Groom's Father's Name: Charles James Parker
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name: St.Clair R. Ross-Milbourne
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status: Single
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status: Single
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M75055-7
System Origin: India-EASy
Source Film Number: 528981
Reference Number:
Collection: India, Marriages, 1792-1948

Rose

For the record, this appears to be the family in 1911:


PARKER, Charles Head Married M 42 1869 Seaman Mail Tender Plympton St Mary Devon
PARKER, Evelina Wife Married F 42 1869 Devon Plympton St Maurice
PARKER, Arthur Son M 11 1900 School Devon Plympton St Maurice
PARKER, Ernest Son M 9 1902 Devon Stoke Devonport

Registration District: Plympton St Mary
Sub District: Plympton
Enumeration District: 7
Parish: Plympton St Maurice

Address: Elm Cottages Plympton St Maurice County: Devonshire

Charles and Evelina married 16 years, only the two children at that time.

Death of Arthur's father in-law:

"India Deaths and Burials, 1719-1948," St. Clair Rondolph Ross-Melbourne (1942)

name: St. Clair Rondolph Ross-Melbourne
gender: Male
burial date: 12 Jul 1942
burial place: Bangalore, Madras, India
death date: 11 Jul 1942
death place:
age: 70
birth date: 1872
birthplace:
occupation:
race:
marital status: Unknown
spouse's name:
father's name:
father's birthplace:
mother's name:
mother's birthplace:
indexing project (batch) number: B00213-3
system origin: India-EASy
source film number: 527428
reference number:

Birth year is different to the death record above but there can't surely be two chaps with the same name?

British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920
Name: Stclair Randolph Ross-milbourne
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Age at enlistment: 38
Document Year: 1918
Regimental Number: 26524
Regiment Name: 2nd Dorset Regiment
Number of images: 14

He enlisted 08 Feb 1918 in Kirkee, India for the duration of the war. He states he is a widower and gives his next of kin as his mother Mrs A L Ross of Poona. He was born in Bangalore and was an electrical engineer. His address is given as East Street, Poona.

There are no marriage details on the record but his two children are listed as:
Winston Felix born 29/09/1908 in Madras
Patience Elvira born 22/10/1909 in Jeypore.

He was 5' 7" tall and wore glasses to correct short sightedness.

All his service was in India and he was discharged 11 Nov 1920 to Poona.

Looks like the baptism of Winston Felix - it gives the mother's first names:

"India, Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947," Winston Felicia Rossmillourne (1908)

name: Winston Felicia Rossmillourne
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 10 Oct 1908
baptism/christening place: Madras, Madras, India
birth date: 27 Sep 1908
birthplace:
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: St. Clair Randolph Rossmillourne
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Honoria Winifred
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C00072-7
system origin: India-EASy
source film number: 527473
reference number:

Death of Arthur Harold Parker's mother in-law, we can see her maiden name from her father being mentioned:

"India Deaths and Burials, 1719-1948," Honoria Winifred Ross Milbourne (1912)

name: Honoria Winifred Ross Milbourne
gender: Female
burial date: 02 Sep 1912
burial place: Gujranwala, Bengal, India
death date: 01 Sep 1912
death place:
age:
birth date:
birthplace:
occupation:
race:
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: Giles Seddons
father's birthplace:
mother's name:
mother's birthplace:
indexing project (batch) number: B75044-8
system origin: India-EASy
source film number: 528146
reference number:
________________________________________________

and her birth details:

"India, Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947," Honoria Winifred Seddon (1890)

name: Honoria Winifred Seddon
gender: Female
baptism/christening date: 07 Sep 1890
baptism/christening place: Madras, Madras, India
birth date: 13 Aug 1890
birthplace:
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: Giles Seddon
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Edith Mercy
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C75025-7
system origin: India-ODM
source film number: 521875
reference number:

hi Marie Celeste
thank you so much for your help.so sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you. skilton no doesnt mean any thing to me. you found out so much, so greatfull to you and so many people on here for what you are doing to help me.
been so long never thought i would find any thing out.
thank you so much
jude x