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John PARKES (b.1792) on BCC

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 5:45 pm
by nugentsmith
It was suggested that John Parkes might have died in 1864,and that the burial was:
30 Mar 1864 John PARKES Waterfall Lane Age 67 years

I now have a PDF from GRO for that death:
1864/Dudley/Rowley Regis/No 470 - reg 20th April 1864
Death on 26th March 1864 at Rowley Regis of John PARKES, Male, 67 years, Nailer.
Cause: Run over by a Horse and Cart.
Information received from Edwin Hooper Coroner for Staffordshire; Inquest held 30th March 1864.

So not much help in identifying John!
Is anyone aware how Inquest records can be accessed, please?

Also, I have now seen that on a marriage certificate in 1866 (for Elizabeth Batty) John is given as Father but no mention of being deceased. Was that normal at that time?

Re: John PARKES (b.1792) on BCC

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 9:55 am
by Northern Lass

Re: John PARKES (b.1792) on BCC

Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 9:31 am
by Northern Lass
I found inquest info at the local archives.
local papers of that time sometimes have info

Re: John PARKES (b.1792) on BCC

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:34 am
by Northern Lass
Does that help if you dont need any more info on this I will move to archived

Re: John PARKES (b.1792) on BCC

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2020 11:12 pm
by nugentsmith
Thanks, and I think that it can be archived.
A search on newspaper archives did not yield any results, so I will have to go to archives when open. There was a suggestion that Lucy Parkes might be John's mother, but I will post separately on that.