Thomas Parker

205 Lower Street
3 Lower Street
Deal Cutter, Beach Street

Approximate positions of numbers 3 and 205 Lower Street.

Occupation: Butcher & Licensed Victualler

Thomas Parker, like his father before him, was a butcher, possibly starting off by working with and for his father, David, at 43 Lower Street. After his marriage to Mary Ann Ralph in 1846, he moved to his own premises on Lower Street first to 205 then later moving almost opposite, to number 3,  where he remained until around 1870 when he took over the license for the Deal Cutter on Beach Street.

Sadly, his fourth son, George Spinner Parker died here in November 1870, then six years later in June 1876 he too died.

The Deal Cutter is to the left of the Albion Inn
image taken c1922

Mary Ann and Their Children

His widow, Mary Ann then moves to Mile End Old Town, Middlesex, with her two youngest children Alfred and Annie. With them, in 1881, is Annie M. A. Parker who was apparently born in Hong Kong in 1871 and the daughter of one of her older sons, though which one we don’t know.

The 1891 and 1901 census tells us that Mary Ann is living with her eldest son, Thomas David Cox Parker, in Hornsey, Middlesex. Mary Ann is living on her ‘own means’ so her husband must have left her reasonably well provided for. Annie, her daughter, is still with her and in 1891 says she is a retired governess. Thomas D.C.  seems to have been good with figures as in 1891 he says he was an accountant he then later becomes a Secretary to a Public Company.

Mary Ann died sometime after 1901 but with a popular name such as she had we can not tell for certain when. In 1911 we find Thomas D. C.  is living in East Ham with his brother John and his wife Kate.  Annie was in the Middlesex Hospital at this time but after that, there is no definite trace of her. As for Annie M.A. Parker, Mary Ann’s Granddaughter, she dies in the Edmonton area in 1896.

Name Born Baptised Married Died Buried
Thomas Parker 1824 24 Oct 1824
St. Leonard’s
Mary Ann Ralph
3 Nov 1846
St. Leonard’s

Born  1823
Buried abt. 1900

1876
Beach Street
3 June 1876
Hamilton Road Cemetery

The Children of Thomas Parker & Mary Ann Ralph

Name Born Baptised Married Died Buried
Thomas Daniel Cox 1847
Lower Street
17 November 1847 Unmarried 1933 Romford
James 1849
Lower Street
7 September 1849
St. Leonard’s
Unknown Unknown
David 1851
Lower Street
Unknown Emily James
3 July 1870
St. Mary’s Lambeth
8 December 1918
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
11 December 1918
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum
George Spinner 1853
Lower Street
17 June 1853
St. Andrew’s
1870
Deal Cutter, Beach Street
4 November 1870
Hamilton Road Cemetery
John 1855
Lower Street
19 August 1855
St. George’s
Katherine Fitch
1880
Mile End Old Town
Unknown
Alfred 1857
Lower Street
16 October 1857
St. George’s
Unknown Unknown
Annie 1859
Lower Street
4 November 1859
St. George’s
Unmarried Unknown

Census

Year Address Name Relationship Occupation
1841  (43) Lower Street David Head Butcher
Thomas
George
Sophia
John
Martha
John Harvey
Elizabeth Harvey Independent

Census

Year Address Name Relationship Occupation
1851 205 Lower Street Thomas Head Butcher
Mary A Wife
Thomas Son
James son
Sophia Daughter
Ann Stokes Servant

Census

Year Address Name Relationship Occupation
1861 3 Lower Street Thomas Head Butcher employing 1 boy
Mary Ann Wife
Thomas Son Scholar
James Son Scholar
David Son Scholar
George Son Scholar
John Son Scholar
Alfred Son Scholar
Annie Daughter
Rebecca Mackie Visitor
Ann Ashbee Servant

Census

Year Address Name Relationship Occupation
1871 Deal Cutter, Beach Street Thomas Head Licensed Victualler
Mary A Wife
John Son Compositor
Alfred Son Scholar
Annie Daughter

Census

Year Address Name Relationship Occupation
1881 36 Lichfield Road, Mile End Old Town, Middlesex Mary Ann Head
Alfred
Annie
Annie M. A. Scholar

Census

Year Address Name Relationship Occupation
1891 59 Stapleton Hall Road, Hornsey, Middlesex Mary Ann Head Living on her own means
Thomas Daniel Cox Parker Son Accountant
Annie Sister Retired Governess

Census

Year Address Name Relationship Occupation
1901 59 Stapleton Hall Road, Hornsey, Middlesex Thomas Daniel Cox Parker Head Secretary to Public Company
Mary Ann Mother Living on her own means
Annie Sister Living on her own means

Trade and Street Directory

Directory and Year Trade or Occupation Address
Bagshaws 1847 Butcher 205 Lower Steet
Melville 1858 Butcher Lower Street
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Image courtesy of Steve Glover & Michael Rogers from The Old Pubs of Deal and Walmer