John Parkes

He was listed as being 1 year old in the 1861 census.

He was listed as being 11 years old and a farm day boy in the 1871 census. This census shows him living close to his future wife at this time (they are 2 pages apart in the census).

He was listed as being age ?? (illegible from the census) and a carter agricultural laborer in the 1881 census.

He was listed as being 41 years old and a carter for ?? (illegible from the census) in the 1901 census.

He was listed as being 50 years old and a carting agent in the 1911 census. The census indicates he had been married for 25 years at this time. Address at this time: 28 Dallum Street, Undercliffe, Bradford, England.

His daughter Eveline told her daughter Jacqueline that her (Eveline's) father (John) "never went to school but he taught himself how to read and write and what he didn't know about horses wasn't worth knowing."