Person talk:John Park (12)

I've made some changes [10 November 2021]

Hello

I was checking John Park and his family and found a few obvious mistakes and wanted to correct them if I could.

If places of birth, death, censuses, etc, don't match WeRelate's database they come up in red. "Cumpton" in Dorset was one of those. I discovered there were six places in Dorset that included Compton, but no Cumptons, so that was where I decided to check Ancestry for which I have a permanent international subscription. I found John Park's full baptism under Nether Compton and this was backed up by censuses.

The other mistake which got me working was the birthyear of one of the younger daughters which was given as 1777 instead of 1877. That is also now corrected--with sources.

When looking for that baptism I discovered that in one register for Crewkerne there were about ten Parks for John's children, his brother Frederick's children, and a illegitimate daughter for one of his sisters. There must be a story around why the daughter had an extra middle name of Foster, but what that story is I'll never know.

Anyway, I hope you don't mind me adding details to your family tree. It was a fun detective exercise on my part.

/cheers --Goldenoldie 10:57, 10 November 2021 (UTC)