John PARKES was a labourer from Staffordshire. He married Mary WELLOW in Blithfield, 3 miles from Stoke by Chartley where he baptized four children with his wife Mary.
THey also had a later son Herbert 6 years later, so other children's records may also be missing.
There are several possible death records for 1840-1851 in Stoke On Trent R.D. (none near Stowe by Chartley) which might explain his absence from the 1851 census:
- Q4 1847
- Q1 1848
- Q1 1851