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I have updated my original post as it may be that John's birth was registered in Worksop, Nottinghamshire instead of Whitewell, Derbyshire.

Thanks for finding those. They seem to have created more questions than they've answered. Looks like Mary was not his mother after all, but his aunt. I shall check her sisters on earlier census returns and see what heppened to them. Maybe one of them died, and that is why John lived with his aunt and grandparents.

Thanks again for your help, Glitter Baby.

1871 think it is Parkin on image

Name: John Parker
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Relation: Nephew
Gender: Male
Where born: Whitwell, Derbyshire, England
Civil parish: Whitwell
County/Island: Derbyshire
Country: England
Registration district: Worksop
Sub-registration district: Carburton
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Household schedule number: 8
Piece: 3463
Folio: 5
Page Number: 2
Household Members: Name Age
Mary Parker 51
John Parker 27
Marcus Apple 50

Occupation of postman

Yes, Glitter baby, that is the one I'm after. Do you have any idea where I can find out about his father?

1881 ?
Name: John Parkin
Age: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Ann Parkin
Gender: Male
Where born: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England

Civil parish: Claylane
County/Island: Derbyshire
Country: England

Street Address: New Street Br
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Postman (...)

Registration district: Chesterfield
Sub-registration district: Ashover
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3427
Folio: 148
Page Number: 44
Household Members: Name Age
John Parkin 37
Mary Ann Parkin 48
Robert Nixon 20

1891 is this him ?
Name: John Parkin
Age: 47
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Fanny Parkin
Gender: Male
Where born: Whitwell, Derbyshire, England

Civil parish: Claylane
Ecclesiastical parish: Clay Cross
Town: Clay Cross
County/Island: Derbyshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Chesterfield
Sub-registration district: Ashover
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 2757
Folio: 87
Page Number: 18
Household Members: Name Age
John Parkin 47
Fanny Parkin 33
Florence Mary Parkin 3
Walter Parkin 1



Occupation of postman

****** Extra info now seems to indicate that he may be listed in Worksop, Nottinghamshire instead of Whitwell, Derbyshire. Does anybody have parish records for there? Thanks, Kim.


ORIGINAL POST:-
I wonder if any of you can help me solve this mystery for a friend. I have found out what I can from ancestry, but have hit a wall.

John Parkin appears to be illegitimate. I have traced him, his mother and his maternal grandparents on the 1841, 51, 61, 91, 1901 & 1911 census returns, but cannot find him on the 1871 & 1881 census returns.

Does anybody have any parish records that may record his baptism, or any poor law records, etc? I am trying to find out who John Parkin's father was. It is a family story that Mary worked as a secretary for him before she fell pregnant, and so then left his employment.

Thanks,
Kim.