Family Tree of Parken created 2001, Revised 13-05-06, 21-06-06

Parken family's home had been at Homer Park, Brentor, Nr. Plymouth. The derivation of Parken is Brentor where they lived since 1500's.

                                                                     PARKEN
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   * Wilfred? #             * Tom? #                          * William Daw
                                                                            (Helen Dameral) correction Ellen Damerell married 1883
                                                                            {farmer}
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    * Edwin W. #          * Arthur M. #                    * Edgar William
   {taught pharmacy     {Farmer}                          1885-1969 {Photographer}
     in Brighton}                                                    (Dorothy F. Brailsford)
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  * Edward  * Florence   * Wilfred#     * Dorothy #   * Arthur #   * Tom         * Jean         * Phylis
  1920?         1922?                               1924-1988     1924          1931            Helen          1940
   |                 (John                                 (Roger)                           (Elizabeth    1933           (Gilbert
   |                 Blashack?)                                                               1935)          (John          Anderson)
   |                 |                                                                                 |                 (Lohmann     |
   |                 |___________________                                           |                1929-2002)   |
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   |                * Helen        * Victor        * Eva                                  |                   |                  |______
   |                (Errol)         (Caroline)     (Martin Cutler)                     |                   |                              |
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   |                |                   |                   |_________                         |                   |____________      |
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   |                |                   |                  * Jenny        * Nicky             |                                           |      |
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   |                |                   * Samatha               |                    |                      |                                 |      |
   |                |                                                 * Anne          * Linda           * David                     |      |
   |                |____________                         1955?            1957?             1966                         |      |
   |                |                        |                         ([Jay] John)   (Bob              (Sherry)                    |      |
   |               * Errol               *Veroneque       Alvi)             Stephenson)       |                            |       |
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   |___________________                  _____|____                |           ______|__                        |       |
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   * Phylis        * Alice      * Jean       * Andrea     * John       |          * Amanda  * Matthew         |       |
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                                                                    * Milissia   * Michael         * Andrew   * Avril               |
KEY:                                                                                                       Harold        Imogen           |
* Generation                                                                                            1958 #        1964               |
# no sons                                                                                                                   (Simon             |
() spouse                                                                                                                    Edwards)        |
[] Nickname                                                                                                                                       |
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                                                                             * Phylis         * Susan        * Peter         * Robert

Helen Dameral's father was Archiebold Sidney Damerel from Plymouth. He was a piano tuner with a excelent voice. There name Damerall goes back to a navy captain in the 1500's there may be a record in Plymouth.

Edgar Parken took my granny, who he employed, to cinema and proposed after. As he told it to me he had done it now. When I new him he was a very old victorian gentalman, he enjoyed tinkering with radios. He did not aprove of granny giving me old clocks to repare (take apart) because there were reparable.

Moved to Leven, near St. Andrews, Scotland. Later left Florence with the business and moved to Brighton and granny purchased lots of paintings cheap and a house. My grandfather Edgar was an artist in photography the photograph of St. David's Church, Plymouth in 1908 was a half hour exposure and people walked in and out of the church during the exposure is technically excellent.

He bought in to the first photographic business in Scotland , with Adams in Edinburgh in 1922 or 23, the business moved to Vorth, Berwick, then to Leven, St. Andrews, where there was seven shops. That business started in about 1855. Adams was an excellent photographer the Parken family have photos from 1850's with fantastic detail. This was the first photographic bussiness in Scotland.

Both Edgar and Edwin were brought up by Miss Poole as there mother died young. I don't know who brought up Tom.

Edward Parken immigrated to South Africa in 1950's.

Dorithy Parken her father bought her a house in Gravesend she never moved from because she was the black sheep and should never do photography. Consequently was a WAF photographer with husband Roger.

Roger killed at road junction on bicycle by a car in 1970.

Arthur Parken immigrated to Canada in 1957?.

Wilfred Parken Farm worker before immigrating to Canada in 1955? Drove lorries, and lived under the counter of his photographic shop on baked beans.

Tom Parken immigrating to Canada in 1966.

Phylis Parken immigrated to Canada in 1955?

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