Family History Archives - CAUSES https://gregrparker.com/category/family-history/ natural causes, personal causes, lost causes, just causes, probable cause Tue, 27 Jan 2026 04:37:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://gregrparker.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/greg.pngFamily History Archives - CAUSEShttps://gregrparker.com/category/family-history/ 32 32 DON’T CALL ME PATSY! Pebbles from the pocket of lifehttps://gregrparker.com/2020/07/02/dont-call-me-patsy-pebbles-from-the-pocket-of-life/ Thu, 02 Jul 2020 04:23:12 +0000 https://gregrparker.com/?p=2212My mother, Pat Parker (nee Platford) very late in life, decided to try and write...

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]]> Ghost Monkey in the Family Treehttps://gregrparker.com/2020/03/01/ghost-monkey-in-the-family-tree/ Sun, 01 Mar 2020 01:59:00 +0000 https://gregrparker.com/?p=2087My Great-Great Grandfather George Parker, named after King George IV, booked a berth for the price of some cloth. As a bonus he was granted a 7-year working holiday in a Sydney glass factory courtesy of George’s successor, King William IV. George was 18 - but would live to be 79 (almost as long as the indolent monarch whose name he was given). At the time, the average lifespan of male convicts was 61.

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