Children of William Parchment 1831

No baptisms, for any of William's 6 children 1857-1869 , found in all Bethnal Green/London C.of E. records- excludes George born Braintree.

George. 'Dec' 1852 -1883 . . Born Braintree .1871C. aged 18, broad silk weaver, still living with his parents at 7, East Street. . Married 30/03/1872, aged 19, to Mary Stebbing, 18, in St.Judes, B.G. His father, William a weaver, hers, Edward Stebbing ,a ship builder. Witnesses were Samuel Parchment, his uncle? & Ester Bennett [she a niece of William's wife, Charlotte].Address was 28 Moss Street. Mary is in 1871C, aged 17 ,a seamstress, born Mile End Old Town

From the baptism records, on 22/12/1872 , Emma Elizabeth was baptised , at All Saints, Mile End Road, born 17/11/1872, father given as a weaver of 12, Elmer Road, Old Ford, [Mile End, which was Mary Stebbing's home] mother Mary Ann. . Emma Elizabeth of 38 Moss Street, aged 10mth, is buried on 13/10/1873 in V.Park cemetery, death recorded in Dec 1873 on BMD. There is also a BMD death for a Mary Parchment in Sep 1873.[GL : but this a 1yr old this not a mistake as a Mary Parchment is born B.G. Sep 1872] so not George's wife. She, Mary, nee Stebbing, had sisters Elizabeth , 2 yrs older,& Emma, 3 yrs younger ![ neither of these seems to marry 1872-1880, but cannot find the family on 1881C : her mother, Sarah, dies in 1875, but none of the rest of the family seem to, so have they all emigrated?].

In 1881C, he, 28, silk weaver, living 20 Moss Street, is 'married' to a Louisa, 25, b. Blackfriars[ this is very odd; no death of a Mary Parchment 1872-1881 ?? & no remarriage of a George 1872-1881, so thought Mary must have decided to call herself Louisa, although Mary was born Mile End!, and cannot find her birth in BMD!]]. They also seem to have 3 sons, George William 27/9/1876, Thomas Jesse W. 24/7/1879 and Albert 'Dec' 1880. None of these births on BMD as Parchments, but, all 3 exist, B.G., with the surname Gillard!!!!! . So suspect that these were just sons of Louisa Gillard, and that she had only moved in with George after Albert's birth late 1880. Curious fact is that a Louisa Gillard ,17, had married in Feb 1874 - to Edward Henry Harrington: he could have died Whitechapel in Sep 1874. Cannot find her on any Ancestry Public tree. But Louisa Gillard not a unique name.

So, then the 1876,1879 and 1880 births could have been out of wedlock and just registered in her maiden name. But, what happened to George's first wife, Mary Ann before April 1881, census day??[ no death with 'similar' name/surname in BMD 1872-1881??] . The first two sons were baptised in St. Mary's Rotherhithe 11/5/1888, after their father's death: mother given as Louisa[ these 1888 baptisms from Ancestry.com.au shown below]

1881C.

Albert probably died Sep 1881, aged 0.

August 1881, still living at 20 Moss Street when his father dies and he is the informant.

George died, aged 31, Dec 1883 Bethnal Green 1c 176.

1888 baptisms .

But, meanwhile Louisa Parchment, widow, 30, father William Gillard, has married John Haines in Sep 1885,

and is pregnant with Eliza Haines, born Dec 1888, when she baptises her first 2 sons. Eliza Haines is also baptised in St, Mary’s Rotherhithe in 1889. This family is in 1891C, mistranscibed as Kanis!   I am still convinced  that Louisa Gillard had never actually married George Parchment 1852, but she still used the Parchment name to marry John Haines .                                       Then marriages of these two sons appear!!

. . . . . . George William Parchment 1876-1960, married Jane Stevens 25/12/1899 , ChristChurch, Rotherhithe, Southwark. He a Deal-porter.

They had 5 girls 1900-1909,[Jessie 1900, Florence 1902, Jenny 1906, Lucy 1907 & Dorothy 1909] then Violet 1913 &, finally, George W in 1921, who died in 1923! Couple not found in 1901C, though searched for mistranscriptions . In 1911C, G W Parchment 34, dock labourer, J E Parchment 33, wife, married 11 yrs, 5 children, 5 alive: Jessie 10, Flo 8, Jennie 6, Lucy 3/5, Dorothy 2, all born Rotherhithe, living in 4 rooms, 13 Neston Street Rotherhithe.. He served in WW1. An acting sergeant in the Royal Marines Labour Corps. Volunteered in March 1915 , was in the RASC, served on the Western Front before being transferred to the RML Infantry and engaged in the Docks until the end of hostilities. Appears in the National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 - Findmypast. Think one had to pay to be included in this!? Was living at 29 Clarence St. Rotherhithe SE16 and received the 1914-15 Star & the General Service & Victory Medals

George W.Parchment 1876 died in 1960, aged 84, Lewisham.

.. . . . . . Thomas Jesse 1879 married All Saints, Rotherhithe ,St.Olave, 26/12/1905, Florence Fraser. His brother, George William, was a witness. They had Florence 1906, baptised 21/11/1906 All Saints Rotherhithe, & Jessie R 1916

Thomas not found in 1901C. In 1911C, Thomas 31, dock labourer, b.B.G., Florence 31, b.Wells, married 5 yrs, 1 child, Florrie 4 b.Rotherhithe , in 3 rooms at 34 Westlake Street Bermondsey.

Thomas Jesse Parchment 1879 died, aged 79, Brentwood, in 1959

William J. 1857 - 1880?. . Born Bethnal Green .Aged 14, broad silk weaver, living at 7 East St., with his parents in 1871C. As far as I know he didnot marry.

Probably died Jun 1880 Parchment William aged 23 Mile End 1c 336

Louisa. 1860 - 1953 . Born London City. No BMD entry but from Ancestry Complete births-Parchment Louisa E.London 1c.32 Jun 1860 ???. In 1881C, aged 20, crape weaver, living at 294 Coggeshall Road, Braintree with the Ellingfords, but wrongly given as born Bocking, if this is indeed her: pretty sure it is.

Married Arthur Suckling 6/10/1884 , St.Andrews, Islington. He 20, milkman, of 37 Charlotte St., father John Suckling, labourer, deceased. She 24, of 14 South St., father William Parchment, silk weaver, deceased. One of the witnesses was William Fedden, who had married her sister,Elizabeth, in 1882. She seems to have learnt to write her name between 1882 & 1884!

They had Edward Arthur 1887-c1963,d.Scotland,could have married Braintree 1931, Florence 1888, Emily Louisa b.1890 Islington, Albert 1894-1916, Clarence 1896-1916, &, Sydney 1902.

In 1901C, aged 40, living in 38 Lancaster Rd Walthamstow, with Arthur,36, labourer, Edward 15, Florence 15, Emily 10, Albert 7& Clarence 5.

. . In 1911C, Arthur 45, labourer at home, b.Braintree, Louisa 51, married 25 years, 6 children, 6 alive,, b. London City, Edward Arthur, 23, hairdresser, Emily Louisa 20, housemaid, Clarence William 15, learning at hairdressers, Sydney Harold 8, all children b. Islington except Sydney b. Walthamstow. Family living in Westhill Road, South Wonston, Mirkeldewer, Hants [Winchester district] in 4 rooms. An Albert Suckling, 19, servant, hairdresser b.Barnsbury?, London, living at a hairdressers[Taylor] at 80, High St.,Horsey, London. ....Two of their sons were killed 1916, within a month of each other, on the Somme In 1916 Arthur & Louisa were living at 2, Moss Villas, Elmhurst Rd., Langley, Bucks. Louisa herself died 1953 at 'Maldon' age 92. In 1950, she was living at 298 Coggelshall Rd, Braintree[have photo of this from Lauren].. Her husband, Arthur, died 1950, Braintree.

Name: SUCKLING, CLARENCE WILLIAM
Initials: C W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: London Regiment
Unit Text: 1st/24th Bn.
Date of Death: 14/09/1916
Service No: 3297
Awards: D C M
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 9 D 9 C 13 C and 12 C.[ Actually found on Pier 12C]
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Name: SUCKLING, ALBERT WALTER
Initials: A W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Essex Regiment
Unit Text: 9th Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 18/10/1916
Service No: 43614
Additional information: Son of Arthur and Louisa Suckling, of 2, Moss Villas, Elmhurst Rd., Langley, Bucks.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. AA. 18.[ Gravestone needed re-engraved July 2009]
Cemetery: GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

. . . . .Florence M. 1888, married Joseph E. Ware in Poplar, Dec 1919, and had Clifford,1925 and Joan 1928.

.. . . . .Emily L.,1890, married H.Butterworth 1923.

. . . . . Sydney,1902, married Marg. Fisher, 1930, and they had John, 1931,b. London who married,1954, Eve Small, b. Bowen, in Australia, and had Cary 1955, John Damian1956 & Lauren,1960, b.Brisbane. John was evacuated to Canada for the war years[Sydney stayed in Canada after the war and remarried Daisy,having divorced Margery,who went to Australia]. He was in Iraq in 1923,' will confirm off a cup Dad has. Sydney was in the one mile running club and won a cup. Dad also has the medals for the 2 uncles from WW1' - quote from Lauren, Dad' being John.. Sydney died in Kingston Ontario~1977]. . Dad remembers 298 Coggleshall Rd , as the address where Arthur and Louisa lived before he left[ for Australia ,after the war].
'Dads' parents [Sydney & Margery] separated during WW2 and he never lived with them after the age of 8. Dad was sent to Canada during the war, with a fleet of ships. They had an air raid while doing the crossing. He was billetted out in Canada. Lived a lot of his life in England with his mothers family.". The son, Adrian Elford, of a childhood friend of John Suckling contacted me March 2010, but by this time Lauren was still no longer contactable by email or via Genes, and she has never seen the above grave pictures, which I tried to send in August 2009. .

Louisa Suckling[ nee Parchment] 1860-.... with husband Arthur and son Sid, probably c 1950.

. . . . . .Florence 1888- . . . . . . . . .Sydney 1902 - . . . . . . . .Clarence 1896 - 1916.

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Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. C.W. Suckling appears near the bottom of Pier 12. Face C.

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Grevilliers Cemetery where Albert Suckling is buried; his row of graves and his individual tombstone.

Elizabeth. 1862 - 1935. Born Bethnal Green, no baptism record.. .Married, aged 20, William James Fedden, aged 36, railway porter, on 9/10/1882 in St.Judes, Bethnal Green. He was living at 58 Warley St., she at 19 Pollards Rd. His father, Henry was a cooper, hers, William, deceased, a weaver. Her sister Louisa, her mark, was one of the witnesses. A Fedden Family Tree exists on Ancestry.

They had 5 children who survived infancy: Charlotte Louise[Lottie] b. Dec 1883, William Albert b. Dec 1884, Maud Elizabeth b.Dec 1885, Lucy Alice b. 14/09/1890, & Florence[Florrie] b.18/3/1902 .

1890. 14/9/1890 Lucy Alice was born at 31, Bonner Street, B.G. Father a railway checker. B.c. in Lynne's book which I have.

1891C. At 30 Bourne Street, Bethnal Green, all born B.G.

1901C. In 4 rooms at 23 Hamilton Road,

Husband ,William James, died in 'Mar' 1903, aged 56: how did Elizabeth cope? She remarried, aged 45, 3/10/1904 St.Johns, Bethnal Green Thomas Samuel Causton, aged 58[actually ~67]. Her address 21 Bruely/Brierly?? Street, B.G.. He was an engine driver, who seemingly could not sign his name. .[born 1837, one of 13 siblings, to William Causton 1806-1862 & Elizabeth Lane 1813-1865]. One of the witnesses was William Fedden, presumably her 20 yr old son. She might have known this Engine Driver through her dead husband's work.

William & Elizabeth also had 5 other children who died: Albert George b.Dec 1886, died Jun 1887; Jessie b. Mar 1894, died Jun 1894; Alice Violet b. Mar 1895, died Dec 1895; Florence Maud b. Sep 1896, died Jun 1897; and Henry George b. Mar 1900, died Dec 1903, just after her husband had died! He was a Railway Porter in 1901C , Charlotte[Lottie] 17 and Maud 15 were Gum Sorters, and William A. was a Hatter. The 5 infant deaths reflect how unhealthy a place Bethnal Green was at the turn of the century. In the 1911C, Elizabeth Causton, 48, married 7 years, 1 child, 1died, is living in 3 rooms at 53 Median Road Lower Clapton Hackney with husband Thomas Samuel Causton, 73, no occupation,, together with Florance Maud 9, Lucy Alice 20, domestic in Feather Mill, ,& Maud Elizabeth Feddon,25, cook restaurant, her children [I think the 1 child that died was Albert Frederick Causton, b.Sep 1906 West Ham and died there a year later, aged 1]. Thomas S Causton died Jun 1919, aged 82, Whitechapel. Elizabeth was living in Hackney in 'Jun' 1934[see quote below'], and died , as Elizabeth Causton, in Shoreditch, aged 73, in Dec 1935. Elizabeth was in her 70's when she died and had had cancer and had her breast removed; she also had brittle bones and could not be moved much when in hospital.[info. from Queenie[Alice] Brigden, her granddaughter, 2008]

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. . . .Elizabeth Parchment 1862 with daut. Florrie Fedden 1902. Photo taken~1912. . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Parchment, 1920s?

Quote from the great grandson of Samuel,1823-1885, grandson of Alfred 1862-1934 & son of Theodora 1891, Geoffrey Lewis :" my mother and my grandmother[Alfred's widow] took me with them to visit "Cousin Lizzie" who lived in one of those houses in Hackney of which quite a few survive, with stairs up to the front door and other stairs down to the basement. A lot of them were built about the end of the Victorian Era in what was then still surburban Hackney for the professional classes but a lot of them remained unsold and were given over to multiple occupation. I would guess that Elizabeth[1862] rented a couple of rooms. I think it must have been 1934 and we had gone to tell her of cousin Alfred's death"

Elizabeth's granddaughter, Queenie [nee Alice Parker, daughter of Lucy Fedden] Brigden,1924, remembers her gran: who lived with her youngest daughter Florrie at one stage, but as Florrie's family grew[births 1924-1930] she then went to live with her eldest daughter Lottie, who was always moving: lived in Hoxteth[?] at one stage This was presumably after Elizabeth's second husband, Thomas Samuel Causton, had also died , in 1919.Queenie thought Elizabeth died c1931, but she actually died in 1935.

. . . . . The eldest, Lottie[Charlotte Louisa] Fedden,1882, married John Michael Mathias[known as Jack], 31/05/1903, St.John, B.G. He was 29, GW Rly Oiler, she 19, her address illegible. A witness was Florence Maud Suckling. Her father, William Fedden, deceased, was a Checker, LNW Rlwy.

They had several children, Elizabeth Maud[Lizzie] 21/05/1909, Alice V.'Jun' 1913 Hackney,...& Richard Francis 23/10/1916, Shoreditch, & Jack who died early. In 1911C, John Mathias, 37, hydraulic Machinery Oiler, L & NW Rly, b.Hackney, Charlotte ,27, married 8 years, 4 children, 1 dead[ seemingly incorrect!] , John 6, Alfred 5, Albert 4, Elizabeth 1,[first 2 children b. Whitechapel, last 2 b. Walthamstow] living 7 West Street, Hackney in 2 rooms. Jack's info. from Queenie.. But, Nov 20 2008, Queenie & Lynne have sent me: "Lottie & Jack Mathias had 5 living children (Chrissie says 2 also died). Jack was 1st, Bert 2nd, Elizabeth (Lizzie or Betty as she was known) 3rd, Alice & Richard,1916, last. "[ but I know Alfred was in fact the 2nd]. .
. . . . .Alice[Queenie] Parker,1924, Lottie's niece,'' remembered Jack as the 3rd boy born to aunt Lot, he died earlier than the others". Elizabeth, 1909 - 2004 , married Tom Colmutt [who died tragically in 1955] and had Chrissie 1953[married James Stone], living in Romford in 2008 & with whom I am in touch. Alice, 1913, is still alive in 2008 but living in a home and confused. Bert 1906-1975. Elizabeth[Lizzie] died 2004 as did Richard.

. . . . .William Albert Fedden, 1885, married Maud Le Mare Taylor in 'Mar' 1909, Poplar. 1911C, William Albert Feddon,26, meat porter Smithfield, Maud Lemare 27, b.Hoxton, Ivy Maud 1 b.Homerton : they are living in 3 rooms at 13 Coopersale Lane Homerton Hackney, aged 26 & 27, in 1911C. "William Fedden, known as Uncle Bill was married & had 3 girls.Violet[ Ivy] was the eldest , married a Reaveley,& had no issue (died of altzeimer many years ago), then Gladys m.Parsons who has a daughter,Carole, who lives in Clayhall Essex ( Chrissie & Mum keep in distant touch with her) & 3rd girl ,Doris, m. Davies ,who had 2 boys, Jeffry & Ian" - from Queenie . They all lived in the Barkingside/Woodford area. .I have found:Births Dec 1909 Hackney Ivy Maud Fedden 1b 474 Jun 1914 FEDDEN Violet Taylor Hackney 1b 820
Births Jun 1917 Fedden Doris Taylor Hackney 1b 603
Births Dec 1919 Fedden Gladys Taylor Hackney 1b 879 But cannot a death for the first Ivy.

. . . . .Maud E.Fedden , 1885, married Henry J. Stains in 'Dec' 1912, Hackney. They had Henry J. Staines [known as Sonny]Mar 1914 Hackney 1b 820 , who died young 1917 ,and Maud L. [Maudie] Staines in 'Dec' 1922, Hackney.Maudie had Ann who married in 1943 and had 4 children

Maud Fedden 1886 & Maudie 1922, c.1933

. . . Lucy Alice Fedden, [often called Alice]1890-1961, married, aged 22, eiderdown filler, James Parker, 22, motor driver, 10/11/1912, in All Saints Clapton. One of the witnesses was Maud Elizabeth Fedden, an older sister. . Both addresses 75 Median Road Clapton [this was her mother's 1911C address]. His father, Edwin Parker, was a cabinet maker; hers, William James Fedden, a checker, LN Western Railway.

Lucy met Jim at a fair on Wanstead Flats. he was born 22/7/1890. By 12/12/1912 they had moved to 80 Peckham Road, and from there, a year later to 8 lewis Road Welling. They had 2 stillborn boys[no birth record] before they had Alice[Queenie], 26/04/1924, who married Ernest Reginald Brigden [b.8/08/1920] , 21/02/1942, and they had 2 children, Lynne 1947, and Martin James 1950. Queenie & husband are still alive in 2008: sadly Ernie died 10/1/2010. Lynne married David Amis in 1969 and had 2 children - Michael born in 1971 and Nichola born in 1973. Nichola has 2 girls, Megan born in 1996 and Leah born in 1999. Lynne divorced and remarried Chris Cook in 1994. Martin married Jane and they had Sarah, 1980 & Katie ,1984. I am in touch with Lynne[Cook] , as well as with Queenie.The story of Queenie's name: she was with Jim's family/aunts after she was born due to Lucy being so ill after the birth. The little girl in the family had a china baby doll called Queenie which got broken & she was very upset. Her mother told that her that they had a real baby to look after so they called the baby (Alice) Queenie after the doll. Thereafter all of the family called her Queenie.

Info. from Queenie's daughter, Lynne. Mum has some amazing postcards that were written to Lucy, known more as Alice before she married Jim, they range from 1911 through to 1923. It appears as if she, Lucy, was often unwell and suffered depression and loneliness whilst Jim was in the 1st world war. He wrote her frequent cards from the front & mentions letters, which we don't now have. She was often staying with Lottie and Maude & had cards addressed to her at their homes. Mum said she suffered 2 still born boys in 1920 and 1922 before she had her[ no obvious b.cs] in 1924. . She & Mum were also very ill when she was born & Lucy was unable to look after her for 6-8 weeks after birth so family looked after her. Lucy had about 6 addresses on the cards & I will list them out & let you know where she was before she got married in case it ties in with anything you have for Elizabeth.

Mum also has another mystery as she recalls very strongly a family which is not in your tree and she says[wrongly] were not her father's side. She does not recall seeing Lottie, Bill, Maude or her grandmother as often as the ones who looked after her when she was born and I cannot think who they are. She recalls - Aunt Charlotte, Aunt Agnes & Uncle Charlie Haswell ( & son Charlie) , Uncle Jo, a Great Grandad & Mary Ann. We have several photos of them & I'll send you one if I can sort out the scanning. I will have to try & work out some dates as she was only young, 8 ish when she remembers visiting a lot & they were obviously a lot older, aunt to grandparent ages. It was this family who called her Queenie as she did not have a name when they took care of her. I wondered if they were friends, but it would seem unlikely a close friend would take on such a charge don't you think? At one time they lived at 82 Lichfield Road whilst Aunt Agnes & the rest lived at 71 Lichfield Road, Coburn.

Mum was born in St Barts, I'll check the last address on the 1923 postcard to see if I can work out where Lucy & Jim were at the time. Mum said they moved to the new housing in Dagenham when she was a baby.

Postcards 1913 onwards in Queenie's possessions include1. the Haswells and their addresses, 2. Elizabeth Fedden[Parchment] to daughter Lucy[Alice], 3. Husband Jim from France to his wife, Lucy. Queenie could get the war record for her father,Jim.

I did work out, late 2008, the relationship of the Haswells to the Parkers, and informed Queenie of this. Also found a Haswell descendant, John, on Genes whose mother & uncle, Irene & Brian Haswell, remembered Queenie. Charles Haswell, 1896, was a cousin of Queenie's father, Jim Parker

Lynne did a wonderful photobook for Queenie's 85th birthday, recording the story of her life and some of her ancestors; she has sent me photocopies of this.

. .. . . . . . . . Lucy Fedden & sister? Florence? . . . . . . . . . . . Lucy Fedden . . . . . . . . . .Lucy Fedden[on right]and friend in a photographic studio, on holiday in Southend?

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. . . .Wedding of Lucy & Jim Parker 1912 . . . . . . . . .After the wedding - not their baby! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucy & Jim - circa1920? . . .

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8 Lewis Street ; Lucy & Jim lived in 1912 & Lucy during the early days of the WW1-Lucy on left. . ..Lucy Fedden, husband Jim Parker, daughter Alice (Queenie), 1924. Photo taken c.1928

Flo[rence]Fedden/ Mirams, daut.Joan, Lucy & Alice,1942 . Alice as a baby?, Jim , Lucy & friends on holiday . Flo [Fedden]& Bert Mirams & daut. Joan,1942

. . . . . .Alice Parker, 1925 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . Alice Parker . . . circa 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alice Parker - circa 1942 . .

. . . . . . . . .. Alice [centre?] & Lucy[rt.] on an annual holiday . . . Alice, aged 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alice & Ernie Brigden marriage

Queenie centre in 2010, daughter Lynne on the right of photo, Carol Keam on left. Carol & Lynne 3rd cousins

. . . . Florrie Fedden, 18/3/1902- July 1993, married Albert Mirams on 25/12/1924, and they had 4 children, Albert 1925, Louis 1926, Donald 1928 & Joan 1941. Have spoken to Joan ,but she was not interested in the family: but, did guide me to Chrissie and Queenie, for which many thanks. Queenie is Joan's godmother. Photo of wedding - hope to get from Lynne.

. . . . . . . . .Albert,1925, married Marie Dixon and they have 2 children, Marie c1946 & Michelle 1948.

. . . . . . . . . Louis 1926 married Joan? & then Hannah Mulcahy[c1930-2003] and they have Therese c1968. Not sure on this.

. . . . . . . . . Donald 1928 married 1) Jose Goulding, 2) Ita Caunce. He has,probably by the first union, Sherrie.

. . . . . . . . . .Joan,1941, married Victor Lunn and they have 2 children, Andrea & Donna.

L. toR. Elizabeth Mathias 1909, Charlotte Louise-Lottie-Fedden1882, Alice Mathias 1913 & a sister-in-law Rose.

Probably c1993: left to right:
Joan Lunn (nee Mirams), Victor Lunn, no name on the baby, Florence Mirams (nee Fedden), Dorothy Margaret Law, Joan Mirams (wife of Louis), Louis Mirams, Yvonne[nee Law] and in front her children, Victoria & Richard Eggleton.

Albert. 1867 - 1932. . Born Bethnal Green, no baptism found. He worked as a weaver for Warners and Sons for at least 45 year, first in B.Green and then in Braintree. His father died in 1881 when he was just 13, and already a silkweaver, so did he join Warner Bros. then?His elder brother George was married with a family, so he might well have moved in with them. He married , aged 21, Alice Thompson, aged 23, on 5/08/1888 in St. Andrews, B.Gn. He was a silkweaver of 71 Derbyshire St., father deceased. She was 'silk weaving', of Panfield Road, Bocking, father Walter Thompson was a seedsman [ but in previous censuses had been a thatcher, and a gardener & thatcher, and I do not think there is any link to the famous Thompson seed company].. Witnesses were William James Fedden, his brother-in-law, and Emma Thompson, her elder sister by 2 years . He had the opportunity to meet Alice from Bocking as his Bennett grandparents were living in Braintree until 1892, and they might well have taken care of his younger sister, Charlotte, 11 on his father's death in 1881 in Bethnal Green. The Thompsons were also her friends as Emma Thompson was a witness at her wedding in December 1888.

They were still living in Bethnal Green in 1891,[parish of St. Barnabas] in Burgoyne Rd.

They had moved to Braintree, Lower Railway Street, by 1901C. They had no children. In 1911C, aged 43, married, Silk Weaver in Silk Factory, b.Shoreditch, living with wife, Alice ,44, married 22 years, no children, silk winder at home, b. Braintree, living at 117 South Street, Braintree in 6 rooms[ thus quite comfortably off].. He wove the material for Princess Mary [ daughter of Queen Mary] of Teck's wedding dress[ but the marriage never took place as her fiancee ,the Duke of Clarence, died in 1892 and the fabric was never used]: the designer of the fabric was Arthur Silver. He also wove Queen Mary's wedding silk at the factory of Warner & Sons in Hollybush Gardens[ West of B.G.tube station] in 1893. A year later a firm in Braintree called Daniel Waters and Son went into liquidation and was taken over by Warners ,who immediately began transferring their activities to Braintree and subsequently closed down the Bethnal Green Factory, Albert moving to Braintree about this time.Albert was on The Weavers Committee in 1895. He also received an Honorable Mention for a fabric displayed at the International Exhibition in Paris in 1900. In 1902 he wove the cloth of gold for the pallium and supertunica worn by King Edward 7 at his coronation. He also wove Avebury for an exhibition in 1914. Albert died on 29/12/1932 only 3 or 4 weeks after finishing 36 yards of damask. He would have been ~65. Warners closed down in the 1970s and today there is a Warner Archive in Braintree, open 11-4 Wed. - Sat. Alice died in 1951, aged 86.

Article written 2010 by Geoffrey Lewis on Albert Parchment. In this , details on orphan Albert in 1881 not correct: his elder brother George1852 was still alive, married, and would probably have taken him in. Also, none of his siblings had died in infancy, brother William had died aged 23 in 1880, but many of his Parchment cousins and a daughter of brother George had indeed died in infancy.

A postcard from his nephew,Harold Turner, in France, to Edie Turner in 1917 asks for regards to be sent to Uncle Albert.

Theodora ,1891, Parchment/Lewis [G.L's mother] used to tell her son that Albert had an impediment in his speech, and, when Queen Mary, or Princess May as she was known then, came to the factory in Bethnal Green to watch him weaving the silk for her wedding dress she asked him questions and as he struggled to reply a foreman stepped forward to answer for him but the Princess waved him aside and insisted on letting Albert answer for himself.

See link in his father's ,William's, page for articles on weaving 1860-1920s.

Other Grandchildren of William Parchment not shown above. .

Elizabeth Colmutt[nee Mathias]1911 -2002, daughter of Lottie Fedden, granddaughter of Elizabeth,with her daughter, Chrissie Stone,2002..

Richard Mathias, son of Lottie Fedden and grandson of Elizabeth.

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