On my Mother's side of the family, the Parkers came from Lancashire. Charles (b.1801, PRESTON, Lancs) a shoemaker, married Margaret (Peggy) Yates in 1822. 

Their third son, Charles,(b.1828 Walton-le-Dale, PRESTON, Lancs), initially a cotton carder, became a gardener at Grove House, Abbots Langley, the seat of the Earl of Clarendon.  He married Elizabeth PHYSICK (b.1826) - daughter of Thomas, a blacksmith - in PRESTON in1852.

Their son, Henry (b.1857. CONDOVER, Shropshire) was a seaman. At the age of 13, he sailed in a barque from FLEETWOOD, Lancs as an apprentice, and later claimed to be one of the first men to bring bananas into England. However, after getting married (Elizabeth WILSON (b.1859. FLEETWOOD, Lancs), he settled down and joined Manchester Fire Brigade.

His son Walter was my Grandfather. The WILSONS and related HOLDINGS came from FLEETWOOD and POULTON-LE-FYLDE, Lancashire