My Park Family - A dead end so soon!

[GallowayLass]

Have found the family in 1841 census in New Deer. This matches the couple and the first three children on the baptisms in post #39. Shevado is a farm about three miles north of the village of New Deer.

Name: Robert Park
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1806
Gender: Male
Where born: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Civil Parish: New Deer
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: Croft On Shevado, New Deer (transcript says Croft On Sheva On Artamford)
Occupation: Ag Lab (transcript says Aug Lab)
Parish Number: 225
Household Members:
Robert Park 35
Agnes Park 35
Agnes Park 8
Robert Park 7
Mary Park 3
Source Citation: Parish: New Deer; ED: 6; Page: 4; Line: 710; Year: 1841

[GallowayLass]

Here is the same family in 1861, still in New Deer area and with a puzzle of an elderly relative!

Name: Robert Park
Age: 46
Estimated birth year: abt 1805
Relationship: Head
Spouse: Agnes Park
Gender: Male
Where born: New Deer, Aberdeenshire
Parish Number: 225
Civil Parish: New Deer
Town: District of Artamford
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: Pundlercroft
Occupation: Ag Labourer
ED: 4
Page: 18
Household schedule number: 56
Line: 1
Roll: CSSCT1851_49
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Park 46
Agnes Park 46
Agnes Park 18
Mary Park 12
William Park 9
Margt Willox or Park 74 (mother in law) Knitter. Born c.1777 Strichen
Source Citation: Parish: New Deer; ED: 4; Page: 18; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1851_49; Year: 1851


I have found a baptism of a Margaret Willox in Aberdeen 1771
Parents
WILLIAM WILLOX/MARGARET HENDERSON FR2861 (FR2861) Gender
F Date
03/06/1771 Parish Number
168/A Ref
80 662 Parish
Aberdeen

This is the only match for a person of that name in Aberdeenshire.
Not sure why she should be listed as mother in law if she was Margaret PARK or WILLOX, I would have thought she should be “mother”. Unless of course she had been married before or really is Agnes Forman’s mother...?

There is a marriage of Margaret WILLOX to John PARK in Lonmay which is in the Buchan area right enough but it can’t be the right one as the date is 3 January 1841. There are three children to that couple between 1841 and 1854 so definitely not her! Haven't found any other marriages to a PARK or a FOR(E)MAN.

I would try the local family history society next to see if there are any MIs in New Deer to match this family.

[GallowayLass]

Ah! Now this might solve who's mother Margaret was. Cooking on gas now! LOL

PARK, ROBERT 77 1881 225/ 76 New Deer

PARK or FORMAN, AGNES 93 1896 225/ 31 New Deer

[GlenysFlegg]

Hello Galloway Lass,

Just woke up to all these wonderful messages!

I can't thank you enough for all your work!

I will put them all together a bit later today, I am off to have lunch with my Aunt, so I will be able to happily give her all this information, she will be extremely happy as most of this information has not been passed down especially to the ones that moved out of the country.

Great job!

Kind regards
Glenys

[GallowayLass]

An addition to the family. In the image with the baptisms in post #39, I had redacted this one as the mother’s maiden surname was FORBES and not FOR(E)MAN. However there is a 9 year old son William in the 1851 census born New Deer. The baptism below is the only fit. Perhaps poor handwriting in the register? This man died in 1912 in Anderston (Glasgow) if the ancestry hints are correct so you can check his death certificate to see if his mother was actually Agnes Forman.
He appears in ancestry public trees.

Surname PARK
Forename William
Parents/ Other Details ROBERT PARK/AGNES FORBES
Gender M
Date 02/03/1842
Parish Number 225/ Ref 30 112 Parish New Deer

[GlenysFlegg]

Thank you Galloway Lass for your help,

I have been working all day today, so unable to look at this, but will do on my next days off

Kind regards
Glenys

[GallowayLass]

You’re very welcome Glenys. Hope your family can have a get together. They will be fascinated by all you have to tell them.