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Record #11809

Name :: : Harry PARKER (1895 - 1941)
aka : Henry
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 24 Nov 1895
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 16 Mar 1941 Notes : cancer

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Yorkshire, Sheffield

Fir Vale Workhouse

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Middlesex, London

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 10 Jun 1910
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Sicilian
Placement Family: : BARR and GRANT

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Sheffield Union
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesHarry Parker was born 24 Nov 1895 in the Union Workhouses of Sheffield, England. He is the third (known) child to a single pauper named Mary Ann Parker. Harry along with his older brother William Henry Parker and the eldest, a sister named Eliza Parker, were all admitted in and out of the Sheffield Children Home Hospital on numerous occasions. They are all listed as illegitimate upon their admissions. (Archive Record CA41 - 33 and 34 at the Sheffield Archives). Their birth registrations show all were born in the Workhouses and none had a father listed. Actually Harry's birth registration shows he was a year older than any documents of his stated. His brother William Henry celebrated his birthday on Jan 7 each year, when in fact it was Feb 10th - he was 2 years older than he knew himself to be!

In 1901, William Henry was eventually discharged at age 11 to the training ship called Southampton in Hull, and Eliza at age 14 was also discharged in 1901 to the Girls Friendly Society for service in Lincoln. Harry stays on in the Workhouse. It appears their mother may have married as she is next listed as Mary Ann Bramhall (late Parker) on the records in 1903 when Harry was again admitted (alone this time). He remained there for the next 7 years before being discharged to the Barnardo Homes on 01 April 1910. He was placed aboard the SS Sicilian in Liverpool on 28 May 1910, and set sail for the Port of Quebec arriving on 10 June 1910. He was placed with a farming family and also later worked for another relative of that farming family until his indentured time was complete. He enlisted with the C.E.F. of WWI and again for WWII. There is no marriage or known children for Harry. Did he ever find happiness? We can only assume. He lies at rest in the Soldier's Field in Maple Leaf Cemetery, in Chatham, Ontario.

ContributorsCreated : 2010-05-12 13:02:40 / From original database

Last Updated : 2011-09-10 10:35:30 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 37 Entries

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
19496	PARKER, A	1876	ENG,	May 1889 : Nestorian	CAN	Unknown
24208	PARKER, Agnes	1852	ENG,	May 1870 : Ganges	CAN	British Colonial and Emigration Fund
12392	PARKER, Albert	1890	ENG,	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
16545	PARKER, Albert H Cecil	1900	ENG,	Apr 1912 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
17012	PARKER, Arnold	1895	ENG, YKS, Sheffield	Jul 1907 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
6742	PARKER, Bert	1911	ENG, LDN, London	Mar 1927 : Montrose	CAN	National Childrens Home
17965	PARKER, Daisy	1899	ENG,	May 1908 : Tunisian	CAN	Maria Rye
23449	PARKER, Daisy Florence	1894	ENG, LDN, London	May 1903 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
15603	PARKER, Dorothy	1906	ENG,	Oct 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
19249	PARKER, Edward	1902	ENG,	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
4266	PARKER, Elizabeth	1892	ENG,	May 1903 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
3478	PARKER, Frederick	1899	ENG,	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
21455	PARKER, George	1895		Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
3845	PARKER, George Henry	1878	ENG, KEN, Maidstone	Apr 1891 : Parisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
6150	PARKER, Hanna	1887	ENG,	Jun 1894 : Mongolian	CAN	Maria Rye
11809	PARKER, Harry	1895	ENG, YKS, Sheffield	Jun 1910 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
7778	PARKER, Henrietta	1859	ENG,	Jul 1870 : Prussian	CAN	Maria Rye
14648	PARKER, Horace	1892	ENG,	May 1908 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
24183	PARKER, J.C.	1855	ENG,	May 1870 : Scandinavian	CAN	Boy's Home Great Queen Street, London
26513	PARKER, James J	1895	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
8234	PARKER, John	1917	ENG, LDN, London	Sep 1928 : Duchess of Bedford	CAN	Barnardos
8306	PARKER, John	1912	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Apr 1928 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
4477	PARKER, John Henry	1912	ENG, CON, Falmouth	Jun 1929 : Laurentic	CAN	Salvation Army
12122	PARKER, John Joseph	1917	ENG, DUR, Gateshead	May 1928 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
5268	PARKER, Joseph Fred	1915	ENG, , Knaresboro	Mar 1930 : Scythia	CAN	Salvation Army
5953	PARKER, Lily Elizabeth	1897	ENG, LDN, London	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
13799	PARKER, Lionel A	1896	ENG,	Jul 1905 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
25077	PARKER, Nora	1894		Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
26304	PARKER, Peter George	1924	ENG, DEV, Exeter	Aug 1934 : Oronsay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
15116	PARKER, Victor	1885	ENG,	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
24665	PARKER, W.G.	1896		Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3243	PARKER, Walter	1890	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1901 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
5304	PARKER, William	1912	ENG, YKS, Bradford	Aug 1930 : Duchess of York	CAN	British Immigration and Colonisation Association
14752	PARKER, William	1876	SCT,	Apr 1886 : Buenos Ayrean	CAN	Quarriers
25468	PARKER, William	1896	ENG,	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos
25648	PARKER, William	1894	ENG,	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Catholic Emigration Society
19448	PARKER, William Y	1875		Apr 1883 : Sarmatian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 37 Entries

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