Thomas Parker
205 Lower Street
3 Lower Street
Deal Cutter, Beach 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 |
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 |