Alexander Parks^{[1, 2]}

1819 - 1880  (61 years)

• Name	Alexander Parks
  Born	1819	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208342286
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-81983
  Died	5 Feb 1880	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I81983	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Parks,   b. , Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F34790	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Eagle,   b. 24 Sep 1827, , Norfolk, England ,   d. 4 Feb 1908, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Married	8 Dec 1842
  Children	1. Elizabeth Ann Parks,   b. CALC 29 Oct 1843, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Apr 1892, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 48 years)   2. Mary Ann Parks,   b. 30 May 1845, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Jul 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)   3. Hannah Parks,   b. 16 Nov 1846, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Feb 1918, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)   4. John Wesley Parks,   b. 30 Jun 1855, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Oct 1937, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)   5. Alexandra Parks,   b. 17 May 1867, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Aug 1952, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)   6. William Nathan Parks,   b. Sep 1849, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jul 1927, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F21390	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  PARKS, ALEXANDER It is our painful duty to record the death of another old Puslinch settler, Mr. Parks of Puslinch Lake, at his residence, on Thursday morning, February 5, 1880, quietly, after a short illness, being at the time nearly 62 years old. He was buried in Hespeler Cemetery on Friday afternoon. About 400 people followed the body to the grave, and after the committal, they went to the Methodist Church in Hespeler, where Rev. E. Holmes preached a funeral discourse. He was born in Preston in 1819. His father, a native of Ireland, emigrated at an early period and died a few years ago, aged 99 years, after falling in a creek. When quite a young man, he removed to Beverly where he resided for several years. He came to Puslinch Lake in 1843 from Beverly and lived here thirty-seven years. He was a carpenter, a keen and successful hunter. Speaking of Mr. Parks early life, a Guelph Mercury correspondent says: Puslinch Lake was then surrounded by an almost unbroken forest, with here and there a settler struggling against great difficulties and endeavouring with uplifted axe and hard continuous toil to obtain the necessaries of life and carve out a home in the wilderness. In those days, the woods were full of game, the lake with fish. Bear and deer were numerous. At this period, packs of wolves were often heard in the stillness of the night, howling in dismal chorus on the banks of Puslinch Lake. The successful hunter was then an important member of society. All these things, then so common, are now unknown and nearly forgotten. In a few short years, all the old settlers will be gone, all the living actors in the early history of Canada will have disappeared from the scene and we shall be left with only a traditional knowledge of backwood life and pioneer's difficulties and hardships, which our fathers passed through in the early settlement of our country. He is survived by his widow and six children, four of whom are married and two remaining at home. Mr. Parks was justly respected by his friends and neighbours for his great kindness of heart and for his obliging disposition. He was generous almost to a fault and no one ever applied to him for assistance or help in any shape in vain. A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 2 Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Michael Brown aged 23 res Hespeler, born Ireland son of James and Catherine married 11 Mar 1863 to Hannah Parker aged 16 res Puslinch born Puslinch daughter of Alex and Mary A. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 13062 (1886), William Hortop-Alexandra Parks. William Hortop, cloth finisher in woolen factory, Birth Place: Holland Mills Age: 19 Estimated birth year: abt 1867 Father Name: John Hortop Mother Name: Rebecca Hortop Spouse Name: Alexander Parks, residence Hespeler, Spouse's Age: 18 Spouse Birth Place: Puslinch Township Spouse Father Name: Alex Parks Spouse Mother Name: Mary Parks Marriage Date: 15 Jul 1886 Marriage Location: Wellington, Elora [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. NameAlexander Parks GenderMale Age61 Birth Dateabt 1819 Birth PlaceCanada Death Date5 Feb 1880 Death Place Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada ReligionMethodist Episcopal Church Cause of DeathPleuritis With Walvular Disease of The

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1819 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 5 Feb 1880 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth