The first part of the story of Ebenzer Parker is here

Ebenezer had run the family company (Ebenezer Parker and Sons) until his death in 1862. His wife, Mary, lived until 1892. She moved from Storth house and at the time of the 1881 census was living with Henrietta, her youngest daughter, in Whiteley Wood Cottage on the Whitley Wood Hall estate. Ten years later, she was living on Ashgate Road in Broomhill. On both censuses, the enumerator recorded that Alfred was the was Head but by 1881, he had settled in Norway. It was perhaps coincidence that he was staying with his mother on both occasions.

Ebenezer and Mary had a very large family, even by the standards of the time. Amazingly only two, Mary and Clara, died in infancy. I have been able to trace some of these people once they became adults. The summary below gives the details

Lucy The eldest child, she was born in November 1828 and baptised at Chesterfield in May of the following year. She is recorded on the census of both 1841 and 1851 as living in the family home.

She was recorded as living in Birmingham and working as a ‘School Governess’. With her was a cousin, Hannah Hancock. Their mothers were sisters.

Edward was born in 1830 and baptised at the Nether Chapel on Norfolk Street in the same year. He was at a school run by Josiah Singleton on Ecclesall Road in 1841. After his father’s death in 1862, he and his younger brother, Alfred, ran the business. Edward received an inkstand as a ‘token of respect and esteem’ from the employees of the saw department[6]. He died in 1865 and is buried in the family grave at Fulwood.

Alfred Born in Sheffield in 1831, he assumed control of the business, along with Edward, after his father’s death. In 1861 he travelled to Norway on business and was recorded on the census as being onboard the steamship Scandavian [sic] on a passage to Hull and at midnight on the 7th April was 40 Miles east of Flamborough Head.

Alfred made several visits to Norway. He married a Norwegian women, Magna Duus, in Norway in 1864. In 1871, Alfred and Magna were living on Taptonville Road with their young son, Thomas Alfred. Olaf Duus, Magna’s nephew, was living with them. Olaf was ‘Apprentice cutlery trade’.  Also with them was Stephen, Alfred’s younger brother by 20 years.

At the next census Alfred is recorded in the household of his mother who was living in Whiteley Wood Cottage on Cottage Lane near its junction with Common Lane. Neither Thomas Alfred nor Magna is on this census – they were probably back in Norway. In the 1891 census he again with his mother, this time on Ashgate Road in Broomhill. In both censuses, he is recorded as being married so it reasonable to assume he often returned to Sheffield for business and family reasons

Alfred retired in 1883 and moved to Norway. He died there in 1895, leaving £34.8K (£4M at 2025 value)

Thomas remained in Norway. He married Anna Hansen and they had two children: Alfred (born 1897) and Winifred (born 1901). There is a fuller biography of Thomas here.

Sarah Born in 1834, she married William Carr at Fulwood in 1859. They set up home in Pisgah Villa, Crookes. By 1871, she was a widow with 3 daughters and a son. She remained in 17 Westbourne Road for the next fort years.

Mary Mary was born in 1836 and died within the year

Maria Born in 1838, she died in 1864 and is buried in the family grave at Fulwood

Ebenezer Holy Born in 1839, his second name references the Holy family who had a silver plate enterprise. Ebenezer had worked at the company during the 1820s. By 1867, he was living in Birmingham: his name is included in a list of the ‘persons of whom the company consists’, the company being the Birmingham Banking Company Limited[7] He described himself as an export merchant – was this connected with his family’s interests in Birmingham?

Ebenezer Holy married Alice Jackson in 1882 (Kings Norton Registrar’s District) and they had 3 children. He died in 1916.

Thomas was born in 1840, He was drowned at sea whilst travelling between Norway and Britain. The disaster happened off Sandoe, an island in the Oslo Fjord

Frederick was born in 1842. In 1861, still living in the family home at Fulwood, Frederick was a ‘Mechanic Apprentice’ Thereafter, no data on Frederick has been found

Alexander Alexander was born in 1843. In 1861, still living in the family home at Fulwood, Alexander was a ‘Merchant Apprentice’ Thereafter, no data on Alexander has been found.

Philip was born in 1846. As was not at home in 1861, he may have been away at school. There are two entries on the Find a Grave website (https://www.findagrave.com) that refer to Philip. One suggests that he spent some time in New Zealand – his daughter, Clarice, was born there in 1881. The other identifies Philip’s grave as being in Boroondara, Victoria, Australia. This entry also identifies his spouse as Mary Ann Turnbulll who was born in Tasmania.

Stephen was born in 1851. In 1871 he was staying with his brother, Alfred, on Taptonville Road in Broomhill. Thereafter, the next ‘sighting’ is a short entry in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph on 9 May 1887:

The Waterloo referred to a location in the Australian state of Victoria

Vincent Born in 1852, he died at Meriden in Worcestershire in 1870.

Clara Ellen Born in 1854, she died in 1859 and is buried with her parents in Fulwood

Henrietta Born in 1856, she married Arthur James Reily at Ecclesall Church in August 1888. They set up home in Handsworth, West Bromwich after the wedding. Within two years Henrietta had given birth to three daughters: Dorothy and twins Mary and Margaret. Two more children followed: Percy (born 1892) and Henrietta in 1894. By the start of the C20th, Henrietta and Aurthur had moved to Sutton Coldfield

Arthur died in 1922 and Henrietta in 1933.

The first part of the story of Ebenzer Parker is here