Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Alexander Parks[1, 2]

Male 1819 - 1880  (61 years)


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  • Name Alexander Parks 
    Born 1819  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I81983  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Parks,   b. , Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F34790  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [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

    3. [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
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1819 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Feb 1880 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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