Hi Andrew, Thank you for sharing your history knowledge. My Great Grandfather was William Edward Parken son of William Parken ( Harrowbarrow , Cornwall ) William Edward Parken Died at Boksburg South Africa 1917. His wife Elizabeth Jane Parken ( Rogers ) Came to Canada with some of her children in 1908. One of her sons, Joseph Parken ( later spelled Parkyn ) was my Grandfather he good with Electrical equipment, farmed and the ran a power plant for the town of Lashburn, Saskatchewan in Canada. He then worked as a engineer in Lloydminster Alberta, near Lashburn Saskatchewan. Joseph passed away in 1955. Joseph had been born in Calstock, Cornwall.
Hi Andrew, Thank you for sharing your history knowledge. My Great Grandfather was William Edward Parken
ReplyDeleteson of William Parken ( Harrowbarrow , Cornwall ) William Edward Parken Died at Boksburg South Africa 1917.
His wife Elizabeth Jane Parken ( Rogers ) Came to Canada with some of her children in 1908. One of her sons, Joseph Parken ( later spelled Parkyn ) was my Grandfather he good with Electrical equipment, farmed and the ran a power plant for the town of Lashburn, Saskatchewan in Canada. He then worked as a engineer in Lloydminster Alberta, near Lashburn Saskatchewan. Joseph passed away in 1955. Joseph had been born in Calstock, Cornwall.