Alfred James Parker b. 05 Apr 1880 Trevethin, Pontypool. Monmouthshire d. 04 Jun 1946 Cross Keys Inn, Cranfield, Bedfordshire: Lucies Family History Site

1880 - 1946 (66 years)

Name	Alfred James Parker
Birth	05 Apr 1880	Trevethin, Pontypool. Monmouthshire [1]
Christening	02 May 1880	Trevethin, Pontypool. Monmouthshire [1]
Gender	Male
Occupation	02 Apr 1911	Hornsey, Middlesex
	Occupation shown on 1911 census report: "assistant buyer and order clerk - wallpaper"
	Address: 82 South View Road (Tottenham) Hornsey, Middlesex N8 United Kingdom
Death	04 Jun 1946	Cross Keys Inn, Cranfield, Bedfordshire
Person ID	I513973357	Walsh - Wilson Family Tree
Last Modified	10 Sep 2009

Father	Clement Parker, b. 10 Oct 1846, Hutton, Somerset d. 25 Dec 1922, Meadow at Longmead, Caterham Military Depot, Surrey (Age 76 years)
Mother	Sarah Ann Morgan, b. 24 Dec 1843, Sowhill, Trevethin, Pontypool. Monmouthshire, Wales d. Between Jul 1902 and Sep 1902, Axbridge district, Somerset, England (Age 58 years)
Marriage	10 Jun 1867	Emmanuel Church, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [2]
Notes	Aunt Min's letter (c1977) says this was a large family, including TWIN SONS WHO DIED IN INFANCY. FOUND (3 Nov 2026, GRO online index, which gives the mother's maiden name): GEORGE CLEMENT PARKER and WILLIAM CHARLES PARKER, both births registered Jan-Mar 1875, Pontypool, vol 11a page 155 (the same page), mother's maiden name MORGAN. So the twins were George Clement (already in the tree, b. Jan 1875) and his brother William Charles. Every other known child of Clement and Sarah (Ann Louisa 1870, Alice 1872, Sarah Ann 1876, Alfred James 1880, Amelia Gertrude 1884) also shows mother MORGAN in the GRO index, which confirms the family. William Charles died young: GRO death index, WILLIAM CHARLES PARKER, age 1, Apr-Jun 1876, Pontypool 11a 92 (best fit; another William Charles Parker died in Pontypool in Jan-Mar 1883 aged 9, which does not fit a Jan-Mar 1875 birth). George Clement survived and died in India in 1906. So Aunt Min's memory is half right: there were twin sons, but only one died as a baby. RULED OUT: Celia Ann and William Parker (both died Jan-Mar 1883, Pontypool 11a 132) are twins of ANOTHER family. Their births (Jan-Mar 1883, 11a 166) show mother's maiden name WILLIAMS. NOTE: another Parker family with a Morgan mother was having children in Pontypool in the 1880s (James Henry 1882, Eleanor Jane 1883, James and Clara Ann 1884, George 1886, Isaac 1887 and others). Do not attach those to Clement and Sarah without more evidence.
Photos		Clement and Sarah Parker Photograph taken at Garrett & Lockyear, Newport, Monmouthshire. Courtesy of Susan Milroy.
Documents » Slide Show		Clement Parker - Sarah Ann Morgan Marriage Certificate - 10 Jun 1867 Married at Church of Emmanuel, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset. Witnesses are George Godby and Rachel Morgan.
		Page 1 - Minnie Frost James 1977 Letter Family letter by Aunt Min, Minnie Alexandra (Frost) James (1902-2004), c1977. Pages 2-5 survive; page 1 and the last page are missing. Summary of this page (2 Nov 2026): Her father's parents (the reader's great-great-grandparents Frost): she was a Somerset country woman; he came from Kent and, according to her father, was a ne'er-do-well whose family paid him to stay away: lazy, good-natured, weak and easily led. His wife brought up the large family. Her father (John Frost) left home early and was apprenticed to a tailoring firm in Bristol. He was treated so badly that at 17 or 18 he ran away to Newport, to a firm whose advertisement he had seen in a newspaper. He asked the way of a pretty girl with golden curls down her back, her mother (Minnie Parker). Minnie's mother pitied the lonely boy; they went to the same church, she invited him to Sunday lunch, and he became one of the family. Records: John's parents were Andrew and Harriet Frost of Taunton. In 1881 John, 16, was an inmate of Kingswood Reformatory near Bristol, very probably the "apprenticeship" (inference).
		Page 2 - Minnie Frost James 1977 Letter Family letter by Aunt Min, Minnie Alexandra (Frost) James (1902-2004), c1977. Pages 2-5 survive; page 1 and the last page are missing. Summary of this page (2 Nov 2026): Minnie Parker's mother's maiden name was MORGAN (Sarah Ann Morgan). She was said to descend from the old Princes of Wales and was proud of it; a forebear served under Nelson on the Victory, so that branch was called "the Victory Morgans". She had friends in landed and titled families but had married beneath her: they called in their carriages but had nothing to do with her husband Clement Parker, and dropped the family when she died in 1902. One of them, "Lady Lyons - or perhaps Lines", was godmother to Minnie. Most of this came from "Auntie Louisa, my mother's sister". Records: Sarah Ann Parker's death is probably the one indexed Jul-Sep 1902, Axbridge (Weston-super-Mare), age 58. The noble connections are unsupported; her father was a collier.
		Page 3 - Minnie Frost James 1977 Letter Family letter by Aunt Min, Minnie Alexandra (Frost) James (1902-2004), c1977. Pages 2-5 survive; page 1 and the last page are missing. Summary of this page (2 Nov 2026): Clement and Sarah had a large family, including twins who died in infancy. Girls: Minnie (the eldest), Louisa, Alice, Sarah and Gertrude. Boys: George and Alfred, and the twin sons. GEORGE was meant to be a teacher but stowed away on a ship to the West Indies, helped the captain in a mutiny and did well. He went to Ceylon and India, was librarian and secretary to a Maharajah, then joined the Indian Civil Service, became an engineer and helped build the Punjab canals. He married, had several children and died young, about 1906; his family went back to her people and contact was lost. ALFRED worked in London and had 9 children (5 boys, 4 girls); the family lost touch when they moved out of London. Records: George married Gertrude Verschoyle Rose at Umballa in 1901, had three children 1902-05, and died at Tonk, Rajputana, on 2 May 1906, State Engineer, aged 31.
		Page 4 - Minnie Frost James 1977 Letter Family letter by Aunt Min, Minnie Alexandra (Frost) James (1902-2004), c1977. Pages 2-5 survive; page 1 and the last page are missing. Summary of this page (2 Nov 2026): Cousin FRANK, now in Adelaide, was Auntie SARAH's only surviving child; she married an Irishman. Auntie LOU never married. Aunt GERTIE died tragically young, a talented musician and artist; the writer was "only about 4 or 5" (really nearly 8: Gertie died in 1910). Aunt ALICE married a schoolmaster, Jack Thomas, and had a son and two daughters. "Your grandfather Bailey... your Mum can tell you all she knows." The reader's grandmother spoke of visits to great-aunts who were Quakers in Weston-super-Mare, probably Clement Parker's aunts. Records: Sarah's other child was probably Horace Parker Wilson, born and died 1912 in Birkenhead.
Family ID	F505778193	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Catherine Rose Bailey, b. 14 Mar 1880, Askam Lodge, Dulwich Wood Park, Southwark, London

Marriage 22 Jun 1904 St Thomas, Telford Park, Streatham, Wandsworth

Children

+	1. Alfred Morgan Parker, b. Apr-May-Jun 1905, Hornsey, Middlesex d. 09 Apr 1942 (Age 37 years)
+	2. Percy James Morgan Parker, b. 09 Sep 1907, Hornsey, Middlesex d. Jan-Feb-Mar 1988, Barnet, Hertfordshire District (Age 80 years)
+	3. Charles Morgan Parker, b. 04 Jul 1909, Wood Green, Middlesex d. 23 Mar 1995 (Age 85 years)
+	4. Clement Morgan Parker, b. 21 Dec 1911 d. Apr-May- Jun 1999, South Cheshire (Age 87 years)
+	5. Will Morgan Parker, b. Jan-Feb-Mar 1913 d. 1997 (Age 83 years)
	6. Joan Morgan Parker, b. Apr-May-Jun 1915 d. 1936 (Age 20 years)
+	7. Norah Morgan Parker, b. 1916 d. 2001 (Age 85 years)
+	8. Kathleen Morgan Parker, b. 01 Apr 1919 d. 1987 (Age 67 years)
+	9. Molly Morgan Parker, b. 10 Jan 1922, 82 South View Road, Hornsey, London d. 06 Apr 2003, Hillside Nursing Home, Goodwick, Pembrokeshire (Age 81 years)

Photos

The Parker Family - 1925
Standing (left to right): Joan Morgan Parker, Will Morgan Parker, Percy James Morgan Parker, Alfred Morgan Parker, Clement Morgan Parker, Charles Morgan Parker, Norah Morgan Parker.

Seated: Alfred James Parker, Cathleen Rose [Bailey] Parker

Seated (front row): Molly Morgan Parker, Kathleen Morgan Parker

Documents

Alfred James Parker and Family - 1911 U.K. Census Report
The 1911 census report shows Alfred James Parker, age 30, born in Pontypool, an assistant buyer and order clerk for a wallpaper manufacturer. He's living with his wife Kathleen Rose Parker, age 31. They have been married for seven years, and have three children (all living). She was born in Camberwell, London. Their children are Alfred Morgan Parker (6), Percy James Morgan Parker (3), and Charles Morgan Parker (1). They live at 82 South View Road, Hornsey (five rooms).

Family ID F601968077 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 12 Sep 2009

Event Map

Birth - 05 Apr 1880 - Trevethin, Pontypool. Monmouthshire

Christening - 02 May 1880 - Trevethin, Pontypool. Monmouthshire

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Documents » Slide Show		1891 Welsh Census - Clement Parker and Family The 1891 census shows Clement Parker (age 44, a gardener) living with his wife Sarah A. Parker (age 47), daughter Sarah A. Parker (age 14), son Alfred J. Parker (age 11), and daughter Amelia G. Parker (age 6). Living at St. Mary's Cottage, St. Woollos, Newport, Monmouthshire. 1891 Welsh Census; Class: RG12; Piece: 4376; Folio: 98; Page 4; GSU Roll: 6099486.
		1881 Welsh Census - Clement Parker and Family The 1881 census shows Clement Parker (age 34, a gardener) living with his wife Sarah Ann (age 37) and his children Minnie (age 12), Ann L. (age 10), Alice (age 8), George C. (age 6), Sarah Ann (age 4), and Alfred J. (just under a year). They are living at Upper George Street, Hill Grove, Trevethin. 1881 Welsh Census; Class: RG11; Piece: 5250; Line: ; GSU Roll 1342263.
		Ros Bowman - Parker family history notes, Sep 2009 - page 1 Email from Ros (Rosalind) Bowman to Craig Walsh, 9 Sep 2009, subject "Alfred Parker": identifies the people in the 1925 Parker family photograph (standing left to right Joan, Will (Bill), Percy, Alfred, Clemence, Charles and Norah; seated Molly in front of Alfred, and Kathleen in front of Catherine (Kathleen)); mentions a Western Mail article on Clement Parker showing his orchids, and finding "Morgan marrying Morgan". Attachments: Parker Family 1925.jpg; Parkerfamilyhist.2009doc.doc (her Parker family history table, the following pages).
		Ros Bowman - Parker family history notes, Sep 2009 - page 2 Page from Ros Bowman's Parker family history table (Sep 2009): Molly Morgan Parker, her marriage to Reginald Morton Douglas Dexter, and their descendants. Secondary research notes; individual facts should be checked against certificates.
		Ros Bowman - Parker family history notes, Sep 2009 - page 3 Page from Ros Bowman's Parker family history table (Sep 2009): Clement Parker's census addresses (1891 St Mary's Cottage, Clytha Park, St Woolos, Newport; 1901 Springfield Lodge, Waterloo Rd, Newport; 1911 7 Foxton Lane, Caterham) and his children. Secondary research notes.
		Ros Bowman - Parker family history notes, Sep 2009 - page 4 Page from Ros Bowman's Parker family history table (Sep 2009): Clement Parker's death at Longmead, Caterham (25 Dec 1922) and Alfred James Parker's family (Hornsey; Sanderson print works; Cross Keys Inn, Cranfield). Secondary research notes.
		Ros Bowman - Parker family history notes, Sep 2009 - page 5 Page from Ros Bowman's Parker family history table (Sep 2009): George Parker (died 1848, blacksmith) and Ann Binning, and their children baptised at Hutton. Secondary research notes; several readings differ from TNG and are unverified.
		Ros Bowman - Parker family history notes, Sep 2009 - page 6 Page from Ros Bowman's Parker family history table (Sep 2009): baptisms and marriages of Clement Parker's siblings at St Mary the Virgin, Hutton. Secondary research notes.
		Page 1 - Minnie Frost James 1977 Letter Family letter by Aunt Min, Minnie Alexandra (Frost) James (1902-2004), c1977. Pages 2-5 survive; page 1 and the last page are missing. Summary of this page (2 Nov 2026): Her father's parents (the reader's great-great-grandparents Frost): she was a Somerset country woman; he came from Kent and, according to her father, was a ne'er-do-well whose family paid him to stay away: lazy, good-natured, weak and easily led. His wife brought up the large family. Her father (John Frost) left home early and was apprenticed to a tailoring firm in Bristol. He was treated so badly that at 17 or 18 he ran away to Newport, to a firm whose advertisement he had seen in a newspaper. He asked the way of a pretty girl with golden curls down her back, her mother (Minnie Parker). Minnie's mother pitied the lonely boy; they went to the same church, she invited him to Sunday lunch, and he became one of the family. Records: John's parents were Andrew and Harriet Frost of Taunton. In 1881 John, 16, was an inmate of Kingswood Reformatory near Bristol, very probably the "apprenticeship" (inference).
		Page 2 - Minnie Frost James 1977 Letter Family letter by Aunt Min, Minnie Alexandra (Frost) James (1902-2004), c1977. Pages 2-5 survive; page 1 and the last page are missing. Summary of this page (2 Nov 2026): Minnie Parker's mother's maiden name was MORGAN (Sarah Ann Morgan). She was said to descend from the old Princes of Wales and was proud of it; a forebear served under Nelson on the Victory, so that branch was called "the Victory Morgans". She had friends in landed and titled families but had married beneath her: they called in their carriages but had nothing to do with her husband Clement Parker, and dropped the family when she died in 1902. One of them, "Lady Lyons - or perhaps Lines", was godmother to Minnie. Most of this came from "Auntie Louisa, my mother's sister". Records: Sarah Ann Parker's death is probably the one indexed Jul-Sep 1902, Axbridge (Weston-super-Mare), age 58. The noble connections are unsupported; her father was a collier.
		Page 3 - Minnie Frost James 1977 Letter Family letter by Aunt Min, Minnie Alexandra (Frost) James (1902-2004), c1977. Pages 2-5 survive; page 1 and the last page are missing. Summary of this page (2 Nov 2026): Clement and Sarah had a large family, including twins who died in infancy. Girls: Minnie (the eldest), Louisa, Alice, Sarah and Gertrude. Boys: George and Alfred, and the twin sons. GEORGE was meant to be a teacher but stowed away on a ship to the West Indies, helped the captain in a mutiny and did well. He went to Ceylon and India, was librarian and secretary to a Maharajah, then joined the Indian Civil Service, became an engineer and helped build the Punjab canals. He married, had several children and died young, about 1906; his family went back to her people and contact was lost. ALFRED worked in London and had 9 children (5 boys, 4 girls); the family lost touch when they moved out of London. Records: George married Gertrude Verschoyle Rose at Umballa in 1901, had three children 1902-05, and died at Tonk, Rajputana, on 2 May 1906, State Engineer, aged 31.
		Page 4 - Minnie Frost James 1977 Letter Family letter by Aunt Min, Minnie Alexandra (Frost) James (1902-2004), c1977. Pages 2-5 survive; page 1 and the last page are missing. Summary of this page (2 Nov 2026): Cousin FRANK, now in Adelaide, was Auntie SARAH's only surviving child; she married an Irishman. Auntie LOU never married. Aunt GERTIE died tragically young, a talented musician and artist; the writer was "only about 4 or 5" (really nearly 8: Gertie died in 1910). Aunt ALICE married a schoolmaster, Jack Thomas, and had a son and two daughters. "Your grandfather Bailey... your Mum can tell you all she knows." The reader's grandmother spoke of visits to great-aunts who were Quakers in Weston-super-Mare, probably Clement Parker's aunts. Records: Sarah's other child was probably Horace Parker Wilson, born and died 1912 in Birkenhead.

Sources
[S4932] Trevethin Parish Record Transcripts (Reliability: 3).

[S4901] U.K. General Register Office, Axbridge Registration Office, 1897, J Qtr, Vol 05C, Page 969 (Reliability: 3).