Francis Parkes

[Danno]

I am trying to save my Aunt some time with her researching.
We are looking for Francis William Douglas Parkes, Francis came to Australia from Scotland, on his childrens' various birth certificates his birthplace has been noted at Monklen, Lanarkshire, Glasgow and Shetland.
Francis married Emily Bennetts in 1875 in South Australia, we have little more information about Francis, his siblings if any, where & when he was born etc.

Any pointers on where we could begin this search would be a great help.
Cheers
Danno

[joette]

Do you have any age? Date he came to Australia?
I would be looking at Census records when he was still in Scotland to locate siblings,parents& birthplace.
What was his occupation?
I would look at Familysearch,ScotlandsPeople & Freecen all online sites.

[Danno]

Hi joette

I have his marriage to Emily Jane Bennetts in South Australia in 1875.
The first child Mary Catherine born 1876 at Clare in South Australia, although she most likely passed away very young.
We are not sure how long they were in Sth Aust for, his next child Ada Florence was born in 1877 at Menindee. N.S.W Aust, following children were born in the districts of Wilcannia , Wallsend, Singleton. N.S.W
as for his occupation, I recall he may have been a coal miner, but I will check that with Aunt, I have so many ancestors who were miners.
This is the Gov records site we have for some of his children, my Aunt has ordered one or two certificates, but I believe she say's their is an eight week wait for those, I guess we may need to wait for those to search beyond the information we have.
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&SessionID=2645093&sname=Parkes&gname=&fname=Francis&mname=Emily&event=births&frange=1788&trange=1900&place=&x=30&y=11

Thanks again
Danno