Descendants of William Park and Mary Martin
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Park Family History The following pages have a highly speculative attempt to reconstruct the history of the family of William Park, of Bath, Belfast and Quebec, who died in Bath, Somerset, England in 1844. It is known that his daughter Matilda married Richard Vause in Bath in January 1852, and that Matilda's sister married Frederick Hawkins on the same day, and that his wife was Mary Martin, daughter of John Martin, a merchant of Belfast, Antrim, Ireland. Most of the other information is based on circumstantial evidence and “connecting the dots”. Recently several people have helped by giving new dots to connect, but fresh evidence may show that they could be connected in entirely different way, so please do not add this information to your family tree yet. I've been helped a great deal by ShaunJ of the Rootschat website, who found some of the dots. I have compiled this family tree as a research tool only, as a working hypothesis to see where other family members might fit in. I will send this to some other family members who may be interested. If you have any more information on this family, please let me have it. If you would like me to pass on anything else I may find, please let me know. Please note the date on these documents. I am continuing my research and so the information here may be out of date and superseded within a few days, so please get in touch with me for the latest information. Stephen Hayes PO Box 7648 Pretoria 0001 South Africa E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com http://hayesgreene.wikispaces.com Mon 26 September 2011 Family Group Record- 15 Page 1 of 3 Husband William PARK-2231 Born Place Abt 1780 Died-2 Place 23 May 1844Bath, Somerset, England Married Place Husband's father James PARK MRIN: 514 Husband's mother Elizabeth Wife Mary MARTIN-2223 Born-4 Place Abt 1784Belfast, Ulster, Ireland Died Place 19 Aug 1851Bath, Somerset, England Wife's father 5 John MARTIN-221 MRIN: 9 Wife's mother Children List each child in order of birth. 1 M James PARK Born-6 Place <1808>Belfast, Antrim, Ireland Census-7 Place 1881Brighton, Sussex, England Died-8 Place Abt Nov 1887Wandsworth RD, London, England Spouse Laure MRIN: 513 Married Place 2 F Elizabeth PARK Born Place Abt 1810 Spouse James BRUCE MRIN: 526 Married Place 31 Nov 1831St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Quebec 3 F Anne G PARK-4279 Born Place 1820 Died Place 19 Aug 1871New York, New York, USA Spouse BARRETT-4280 MRIN: 101 Married Place 4 F Margaret Martin PARK-11726 Born Place <1821>Ireland Census-9 PlaceDescription 1851Kingston-on-Hull, Yorkshire, England Aged 28, wife, born Ireland Census-10 PlaceDescription 1861Castle Church, Staffordshire, England Aged 34, born Ireland Died Place Abt Nov 1878Warwick, Warwickshire, England Spouse James DRAKE MRIN: 508 Married Place 8 Jun 1848St Saviour, Bath, Somerset, England 5 F Octavia PARK-10569 Born-11 Place 1825Belfast, Ulster, Ireland Died Place Abt Nov 1880Plymouth, Devon, England Spouse Frederick Robert HAWKINS-11358 MRIN: 504 Married-12 Place 6 Jan 1852Bath, Somerset, England 13 6 F Matilda PARK-224 Born-14,15 Place 29 May 1828Bath, Somerset, England Died-16 Place 12 May 1881Durban, Natal, Province, South Africa Spouse 17 Richard VAUSE-220 MRIN: 23 Married-18,19 Place 6 Jan 1852St Saviour's, Bath, Somerset, England Prepared byAddress Steve HayesPO Box 7648 Phone 012-333-6727 Pretoria Date prepared 26 Sep 2011 0001 South Africa Family Group Record- 15 Page 2 of 3 Husband William PARK-223 Wife Mary MARTIN-222 Children List each child in order of birth. 7 M Samuel Martin PARK Born Place <1831> Insolvency-20 PlaceDescription 13 Nov 1855Sydney, New South Wales Trading under style of Park & Strachan Court Proceedings-21 PlaceDescription 13 Mar 1856Sydney, New South Wales embezzlement Died Place 1857Redfern, New South Wales Spouse Charlotte Augusta MCLURE MRIN: 525 Married Place 14 Jun 1853St Pancras Chapel, London, England Notes HUSBAND-William PARK-223 Said to have been "of Bath, Belfast and Quebec" (obituary of dau. Matilda Vause in Natal Mercury 14 May 1881) (Research):ACTION: Was obituary published in Belfast or Bath newspapers? WIFE-Mary MARTIN-222 Independent house and land proprietor living in Bath at 1851 census (Research):1851 CENSUS, Somerset. H.O. 107/1942 BATH, WALCOT (St. Swithins & St. Saviour) CENSUS No. 11 Part of the Parish of Bath, Walcot, St. Saviour, Dover Street, New Half Moon Street, Middle Dover Street, Judd Place,Upper East Hayes, Kensington Cottages, Hanover Street, Piccadilly, Hanover Square, Brunswick Street, Taylors Court,Dover Terrace, Dover Court Pages 42 Persons 334 Male, 461 Female, 795 Total Enumerator P. Stacey Page 21 Hanover Street 102 PARK Mary Widow 65 Independent House & Land Prop. Belfast PARK Octavia 25 Daughter Belfast PARK Matilda 21 Ireland. HARRIS Eliza Servant 28 Lydney CHILD 3-Anne G PARK-4279 Died aged 52 in New York (Research):Death: Natal Mercury 16 Dec 1871. CHILD 6-Matilda PARK-224 Not certain - she may have been born in Bath, or even Quebec. Some sources say she was born in Bath. Youngest daughter of the late Wm Park of Bath, formerly of Belfast and Quebec, Canada, granddaughter of the late John Martin of Messrs John Martin & Co, Belfast. (Natal Mercury, 14 May 1881) (Research):QUESTION: How did they meet, if he lived in Hull and she in Bath? CHILD 7-Samuel Martin PARK In August 1856 was sentenced to three years imprisonment for having disposed of furniture after being declared insolvent the previous year. Said to have gone under the alias of Francis Xavier Vance. 26 Sep 2011 Family Group Record- 15 Page 3 of 3 Husband William PARK-223 Wife Mary MARTIN-222 Sources 1. Ancestral File (R). 2. Natal Mercury. 3. Ancestral File (R). 4. ENG, SOM, Bath - 1851 Census, HO 107/1942, p. 21. 5. Natal Mercury 1881-05-14, Obituary of Matilda Vause. 6. 1881 British Census, FHL Film 1341257 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1093 Folio 6 Page 3. 7. 1881 British Census, FHL Film 1341257 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1093 Folio 6 Page 3. 8. Free BMD England & Wales, Wandsworth Deaths Dec Qtr 1887 Vol 1d p 350, 11 Sep 2011. 9. 1851 England Census (30 March 1851), HO 107/2362 Fol 285 p. 10, 11 Apr 2011. 10. 1861 Census of England & Wales, RG 9/1908 Fol 124 p. 44, 11 Apr 2011. 11. ENG, SOM, Bath - 1851 Census, HO 107/1942, p. 21. 12. Bath Herald, 10 Jan 1852. 13. Ancestral File (R). 14. Vause family Bible, Vause, Matilda. 15. Notes on James Raw, p. 4. 16. Natal Mercury 1881-05-14. 17. Ancestral File (R). 18. Marriage certificate, No 325. 19. Marriage certificate, No 325. 20. Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 17 Nov 1855, 26 Sep 2011. 21. Empire, 14 Mar 1856, 22 Sep 2011. 26 Sep 2011 Family Group Record- 513 Page 1 of 1 Husband James PARK Born-1 Place <1808>Belfast, Antrim, Ireland Census-2 Place 1881Brighton, Sussex, England Died-3 Place Abt Nov 1887Wandsworth RD, London, England Married Place Husband's father 4 William PARK-223 MRIN: 15 Husband's mother Mary MARTIN-2225 Wife Laure Born-6 Place <1812>Mauritius Census-7 Place 1881Brighton, Sussex, England Census-8 PlaceDescription 1891Clapham, London, England Head, widow aged 79, living on own means, born Mauritius Census-9 PlaceDescription 190129 Balham Hill, Streatham, London, England Head, wid aged 89, living on own means, born Mauritius Died-10 Place Abt Feb 1910Wandsworth RD, London, England Wife's father Wife's mother Notes WIFE-Laure Widowed and living on own means in Clapham in 1891 census, William Bruce listed as visitor aged 16. Widowed and living on own means in Streatham in 1901 census with niece Isabella Bruce, gteat niece Isabella Bruce and great nephew William Bruce Sources 1. 1881 British Census, FHL Film 1341257 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1093 Folio 6 Page 3. 2. 1881 British Census, FHL Film 1341257 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1093 Folio 6 Page 3. 3. Free BMD England & Wales, Wandsworth Deaths Dec Qtr 1887 Vol 1d p 350, 11 Sep 2011. 4. Ancestral File (R). 5. Ancestral File (R). 6. 1881 British Census, FHL Film 1341257 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1093 Folio 6 Page 3. 7. 1881 British Census, FHL Film 1341257 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1093 Folio 6 Page 3. 8. 1891 England Census (5 April 1891), RG 12/442 Fol 44 p. 10, 22 Sep 2011. 9. 1901 England Census (31 March 1901), RG 13/474 Fol 123 p. 33, 22 Sep 2011. 10. Free BMD England & Wales, Wandsworth Deaths Mar Qtr 1910 Vol 1d p. 362, 22 Sep 2011. Prepared byAddress Steve HayesPO Box 7648 Phone 012-333-6727 Pretoria Date prepared 26 Sep 2011 0001 South Africa Family Group Record- 526 Page 1 of 1 Husband James BRUCE Died Place Bef 1869 Married Place 31 Nov 1831St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Quebec Husband's father Husband's mother Wife Elizabeth PARK Born Place Abt 1810 Wife's father 1 William PARK-223 MRIN: 15 Wife's mother Mary MARTIN-2222 Children List each child in order of birth. 1 M Robert BRUCE Born Place <1836>Quebec, Lower Canada Died Place Bef 1888 Spouse Sarah Eliza NEWMAN MRIN: 528 Married-3 Place 13 Oct 1869Bathurst, New South wales 2 F Isabella BRUCE Born Place <1839>Canada Census-4 PlaceDescription 190129 Balham Hill, Streatham, London, England Niece of Laura Park, aged 62, single, born Canada 3 M John Behan BRUCE Born Place <1843>New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Employment-5 PlaceDescription 14 Mar 1862Port Louis, Mauritius Clerk in Surveyor-General's Department Spouse Alice MRIN: 527 Married Place 4 M William BRUCE Employment-6 PlaceDescription 6 Jan 1869Port Louis, Mauritius Storekeeper Died-7 Place 3 Jun 1885Port Louis, Mauritius Notes HUSBAND-James BRUCE Of New Orleans, and formerly of Quebec.