Alice PARKES was born in Tamworth, Staffordshire, but her birth was registered in Ashton-under-Lyne, where her father was working.
In 1891, Alice PARKES was working as a resident domestic servant for Whittle Kay, a potato merchant at 98 Park Road, Blackburn.
She married a soldier in the Royal Scots Guards, Richard RILEY, in Q2 1897, possibly in response to her being pregnant with her daughter Lily, who was born in August 1897.
The couple had another daughter, Mary Alice, in 1899, before Richard was sent to South Africa to fight in the South African War (as known as the Second Boer War). He didn't return until 1902.
In 1901 she was living at 6 Maudsley Street with her father who was suffering from spastic paraplegia.
After Richard's return, in 1902, they had a further five children.
In 1939 she is living with her husband and their son John. Her birth date was given as 14 Oct 1875, however her birth registration confirms that it was Q4 1876.
If this age inaccuracy was honestly believed then there are two death registrations that would fit with this 1875 birth year:
- Alice RILEY died Q2 1943, aged 67, in Darwen
- Alice RILEY died Q4 1955, aged 80, in Blackburn
Other death registrations exist but without any age information.
Personal
Family
World
Date
Age*
Event
Place
14 Oct 1876
0
Tamworth, Staffordshire
3 Apr 1881
5
Caution: Recorded age does not match calculated age (4).
3 Eanam, Blackburn, Lancashire
Q4 1883
7
Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Q3 1888
11
Blackburn, Lancashire
1 Feb 1890
13
Christ Church, Blackburn, Lancashire
3 Apr 1897
20
Christ Church, Blackburn, Lancashire
28 Aug 1897
20
28 Primrose Hill, Blackburn, Lancashire
22 Feb 1899
22
2 Smalley Street, Blackburn, Lancashire
31 Mar 1901
26
Caution: Recorded age does not match calculated age (24).
26 Canning Street, Blackburn, Lancashire
1 Nov 1901
25
6 Maudsley Street, Blackburn, Lancashire
1 Nov 1901
25
6 Maudsley Street, Blackburn, Lancashire
30 Dec 1902
26
6 Maudsley Street, Blackburn, Lancashire
1 Jan 1903
26
Blackburn, Lancashire
Q4 1905
29
Blackburn, Lancashire
30 Nov 1906
30
1 Pitt Street, Blackburn, Lancashire
6 May 1909
32
Blackburn, Lancashire
bef 1911
35
2 Apr 1911
36
Caution: Recorded age does not match calculated age (34).
1 Back Pitt Street, Blackburn, Lancashire
12 Oct 1911
34
Blackburn, Lancashire
1917
41
1 Back Pitt Street, Blackburn, Lancashire
Q2 1918
41
Blackburn, Lancashire
Q3 1918
41
Blackburn, Lancashire
Q3 1923
46
Blackburn, Lancashire
Q2 1925
48
Blackburn, Lancashire
Q3 1933
56
Blackburn, Lancashire
Q2 1939
62
Blackburn, Lancashire
29 Sep 1939
62
1 Back Pitt Street, Blackburn, Lancashire
13 Oct 1944
67
110 Leamington Road, Blackburn, Lancashire
27 Jul 1948
71
25 Rockcliffe Street, Blackburn, , Lancashire, England
Q3 1974
97
Blackburn, Lancashire
Q4 1985
109
Blackburn, Lancashire
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