See also

Family of Frank Parish and Ada Eliza Parker

  • Husband:

  • Frank Parish (1898-1969)

  • Wife:

  • Ada Eliza Parker (1898-1983)

  • Marriage:

  • 21 Jun 1924

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Green, Bramford, Suffolk, England1 2

  •  

  • Frank a bachelor serving as a stoker (1st Class) in the Royal Navy and son of Frederick Parrish a deceased railway labourer. Ada a widow and daughter of Robert William Parker a moulder. Both of Bramford, married by banns and witnessed by Percy Robert Newman and William Parrish

Husband: Frank Parish

  • Name:

  • Frank Parish3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Frederick Parish (1859-1923)

  • Mother:

  • Keziah Edwards (1863-1943)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Royal Navy stoker then an assistant engineer and ambulance driver5 6

  • Birth:

  • 8 Sep 1898

  • Combs, Suffolk, England3 7 8 9 6 10

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Mar 1899 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Road, Combs, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son of Frederick Parrish (labourer) and Keziah of Combs

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 2)

  • Needham Road, Combs, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son living in three rooms with his parents Frederick and Kezia (sic), sisters Jane, Gertrude and Florence, and brothers William, Frederick and Alfred. Born in Combs Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 13)

  • 14 Bridge Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • son attending school and living in six rooms with his parents Frederick and Keziah, brothers William, Frederick and Alfred, and sister Florence. Born in Combs Suffolk

  • Witness:

  • 2 Aug 1915 (age 16)

  • Frank Parish witnessed the marriage of Frederick Osborne and Ellen Parish on Monday on 2 August 1915 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Green, Bramford, Suffolk, England

  • Military Service:

  • frm 2 Sep 1920 to 23 Oct 1934 (age 21-36)

  • Royal Navy as stoker no:K590989

  •  

  • a labourer born 8th September 1898 in Combs Suffolk, being 5' 5½" tall with a chest of 37", medium brown hair, blue eyes and a fresh complexion

  • Census absence:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 22)

  •  

  •  

  • Presumably away with the Royal Navy

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 41)

  • 8a Goldsmith Avenue, The Hyde, Hendon, London, England6

  •  

  • a married assistant engineer and ambulance driver as Frank Parrish living with his wife Ada, and a closed record (presumably daughter Joy). Born 8th September 1898

  • Death:

  • Q4 1969 (age 71)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England10

Wife: Ada Eliza Parker

  • Name:

  • Ada Eliza Parker11 12 13

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 21 Dec 1898

  • Woodbridge, Suffolk, England11 12 14 15 16 6 17

  • Baptism:

  • 25 Jun 1899 (age 0)

  • St. John's Church, St. John's Hill, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • daughter of Robert William Parker (moulder) and Mary Ann of Woodbridge, born on 21st December 1898

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 2)

  • 2 Side Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents Robert and Mary, and (half-?)sister Mary Ann Wade. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 12)

  • 1 Side Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in four rooms with her parents Robert and Mary, and (half-?)sister Lizzie Wade. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 22)

  • Yewtree Cottage, Mill Hill, Framsden, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • married wife doing home duties and living in three rooms with her husband Robert, and son Robert. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 40)

  • 8a Goldsmith Avenue, The Hyde, Hendon, London, England6

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties as Ada Parrish and living with her husband Frank, and a closed record (presumably daughter Joy). Born 21st December 1898

  • Death:

  • Q1 1983 (age 84)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England17

Note on Wife: Ada Eliza Parker

(half-?)sister of Mary Ann Elizabeth Wade aka Elizabeth Parker who married Frank's brother Frederick

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Bosmere 1924 quarter:2 volume:4a page:2182. Cit. Date: 14 January 2019.

2.

Ancestry Suffolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1949, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Bramford marriages 1919-1928 page:24 entry:47. Cit. Date: 2 November 2025.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1898 quarter:4 volume:4a page:850. Cit. Date: 1 November 2025.

4.

Suffolk Family History Society All Baptisms Suffolk 1813-1900, (SFK-BPI/P1-1 own copy). Combs St. Mary baptisms entry:200. Cit. Date: 12 November 2025.

5.

Ancestry UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1848-1939, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). National Arhive ref:ADM 188, pieces:979 no:K59098. Cit. Date: 1 November 2025.

6.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:0820A page:8 line:3 letter code:BKCB. Cit. Date: 2 November 2025.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1761 folio:34 page:16 schedule:105. Cit. Date: 1 November 2025.

8.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10691 class:RG78 piece:576 registration district:209 sub-district:3 enumeration district:6 schedule:222. Cit. Date: 1 November 2025.

9.

Ancestry UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1848-1939, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). National Archive ref:ADM 188 pieces:979 no:K59098. Cit. Date: 1 November 2025.

10.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1969 quarter:4 volume:4b page:2753. Cit. Date: 2 November 2025.

11.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1899 quarter:1 volume:4a page:996. Cit. Date: 14 January 2019.

12.

Suffolk Family History Society All Baptisms Suffolk 1813-1900, (SFK-BPI/P1-1 own copy). Woodbridge St. John baptisms entry:247. Cit. Date: 2 November 2025.

13.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1920 quarter:3 volume:4a page:2841. Cit. Date: 14 January 2019.

14.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1776 folio:125 page:17 schedule:142. Cit. Date: 14 January 2019.

15.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10812 class:RG78 piece:584 registration district:213 sub-district:1 enumeration district:14 schedule:203. Cit. Date: 14 January 2019.

16.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9380 registration district:211 sub-district:1 enumeration district:20, 21, 22 schedule:30. Cit. Date: 2 November 2025.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1983 quarter:1 volume:10 page:2946. Cit. Date: 14 January 2019.