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Hey Bill,
I’m trying to find info on Fack Parker. He is listed as Henry and Haley Parker’s son who married an Emeline Mitchell, daughter of Rhoda Mitchell and Unknown on Oct. 02, 1979.
I have not seen Fack Parker listed with any of Henry’s other children and I’ve never heard of Emeline Mitchell either. Is it possible that he could be his oldest child or maybe his youngest.
His marriages are listed with John Parker and Junius Parker’s marriages. Junius is my Great-great grandfather.
the info above was found in the Granville Heritage Book published in 2000 of marriages and common law unions.
I “churned” this for several hours and didn’t come up with very much, but here’s the 1880 census listing for Fach Parker:
1880 Granville Co., NC census; ED108- Fishing Creek Twp; 11 June; p.584A, visit 221:
Parker, Fach; M, m, 39, laborer, $0, NC, NC, NC.*******
………., Sallie E.; B, f, 28, wife, NC, NC, NC.*******
………., Addie C.; B, f, 10 dau, NC.
………., John W.; B, m, 3, son, NC.
………., William W.; B, m, 1, son, NC.
You have a record for Emeline Mitchell m’d in 1879, Fach Parker, so this “Sallie E.” should be the same as “Emeline”, but I couldn’t find them in 1900 nor in 1870 with any certainty. If this is Emeline Mitchell, Mitchell may not be her maiden name.
In 1870, there is a 2.5 point match out of a possible 6 – not encouraging, but higher than “chance”. Adding in the geographic correspondence, it’s possible this is the same, but an extended, family. The uncertainty factor is larger than I like, but it’s the closest match I found ….
1870 Granville Co., NC; Fishing Creek; 23 Sept; P.O: Oxford, NC; p.191A; visit 491, 456:
Parker, Briscoe; 25, m, M, Day Laborer; $0, NC.
………., RHODA; 45, f, M, NC. (Rhoda Mitchell??)
………., Elizabeth; 22, f, M, NC.
………., EVELINA; 19, f, M, NC. (census error= Emeline??)
………., Louisa; 16, f, M, NC.
………., ADDIE; 1, f, M, NC. (same as the Addie of 1880??)
I couldn’t find “Briscoe” in 1860 NC but that’s probably a middle name instead of his first given name. I also didn’t find anyone who matched his age with the geography except for a William which couldn’t otherwise be pinned down either. (I haven’t checked Va. yet.)
Fach (probable nickname) doesn’t appear to be Henry’s son based on what little we know about him compared to what we know about Henry’s children, but the census ages in this area at that time never have been very realistic, so it’s also impossible to say that he isn’t Henry’s son, either. Sorry. I’ll see what else I can find.
Bill
Hey Bill,
Thank you very much. I would have never thought to put the names Fack and Fach together.
Something intersesting though. The information that I have is:
Burwell Parker son of Henry and Mahabey married a woman named Rhoda (no last name) and their children are
Elizabeth born abt. 1847
Evelina born abt. 1850
Louisa born abt. 1853
Adehi born between 1868-1869
I thought Adehi was Burwell’s child but could she have been his grandchild living in his houshold at the time the census was taken
So Adehi or Addie would have been Henry and Mahaby Parker’s great-grandchild.
This is really good info becasue we don’t have any on Burwell’s children or grandchildren.
As for Fach Parker I have two questions and they are probably reaching so bare with me.
Could Fack or Fach Parker have been Henry’s cousin and if he is that would mean Henry had siblings wouldn’t it? I looked up the name Fach because when I saw it I thought Irish but I wasn’t sure. I found Irish Fachnan, the name of a saint in Ireland and Fach meaning small in Welsh. We were told that Henry’s mother was Irish but have no proof, we dont even have a name. We were also told that he had the last name of his mother but I don’t know if that is true either. Have no clue who his father is.
Something else that makes me think that he is a cousin is that it was not unusal for cousins to marry each other on my Paker side. Now I wish I could find out who Fach Parker’s parents are.
Any info you find I would apreciate.
Gets more intersting by the minute,
Thanks Bill
PS- Why do you think Burwell’s name was written Briscoe?
I didn’t think Briscoe was Burwell but his family sure looks like Burwell’s and “Burwell” isn’t in evidence that year. It would be a little crazy if Fach, Briscoe and Burwell are one and the same person 🙂 I don’t know.
I’ll take a look for the other possibility you mentioned.
Hey,
Thank You Bill. I know it seems so crazy if Fach, Burwell and Briscoe are the same person but crazy to other’s is normal to us.:D
Thank you for looking in to it. I hope you find something but if you don’t thats okay. You have helped me find so much stuff and it’s great!!
ADillard
Hey,
I woke up this morning and it just dawned on me that Burwell can’t be the father of elizabeth,evelina,louisa because of the years they were born.
Elizabeth brn. about 1847
Evelina born about 1850
Louisa brn. about 1853
Burwell Parker was born between 1839 and 1840. He would have been too young to be their father. The only one he might be the father of is Adehi Parker who was born between 1868-1869. I think Burwell would have been 18 or 19 by then.
My info says Rohda Mitchell(?) was born between 1824 and 1825.
So now I am wondering who are the Parents of Elizabeth, Evelina, and Louisa? Could this get any more confusing?
Thanks,
ADillard
Is all of this ocurring in Granville Co NC? What other counties have you looked in for this Mitchell? I am asking because there are a number of Mitchells in Northampton Co NC (2 counties east during this time frame) from Granville. Mitchell is another name that is heavily concentrated around Fort Christanna and is one of interest to me.
Hello,
For now, I have been looking in Granville County, NC since since I found them in the Granville County Heritage Book. I am not sure that Sallie Emeline Mitchell was born in Granville County, NC. I only know that she was married there to Fack Parker according to the book I mentioned.
ADillard
ADillard:
I have Mitchells in my group who came to Iowa. What is kind of interesting is that I found that one family continues to move west of Iowa and I find them in the 1910 census living on the Rosebud Reservation land in SD with one of my Sinkeys as their work hand.
Techteach
Andrea,
Your comment about Burwell’s children caused me to go back and reexamine that 1870 census listing.
Mea Culpa, I screwed that up.
Using the magnifying tool, it’s NOT “Briscoe”, it is “Burwel”.
But, maybe I can “make up” for that 🙂
“Sallie E.” Parker (nee: Mitchell) is listed as 28 on the 1880 census.
Still working on 1870.
1860 Granville Co., NC census, P.O.: Oxford; 27 July; p.266A;
visit 665:
Henry MITCHELL; 45, m, B, Farm Laborer, $0, $0, NC.
RHODA……………; 30, f, B, NC*******
Nancy……………..; 9, f, B, NC
Mary……………….; 8, f, B, NC
SALLY……………..; 5, f, B, NC*******
Louis(e)…………..; 4, f, B, NC
Caroline…………..; 6, f, B, NC.
In 1850, there are two Henry Mitchell’s with similiar ages and both wives are named Rhoda, AND both families lived 9 houses away from Henry Parker; one in one direction, and one in the other direction, so I’ll have to work on this.
Bill
Hello,
I went back and checked my old post to see if I had missed anything and I came across a marriage that you sent me.
Packaline Parker + Rhoda ANDERSON, bond 8 May 1866. Marr. 9 May 1866 by W. P. White, J.P.
could Packaline+Fack+Phach=Burwell Parker?
On the 1850 census, Burwell is 10 yrs old, so b.abt. 1840.
On the 1880 census, Fack is 39 yrs old, so b.abt. 1841.
Burwell is on the 1850 census and Fack & Packaline aren’t.
Burwell is on the 1870 and Fack isn’t.
Fack is on the 1880 and Burwell isn’t.
Fach/Fack, Packaline and Burwell Parker may very well be the same person. Just don’t know at this point how you could prove that without doing some courthouse digging.
Bill
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