Parnaby, John (1832-1879)

Family

John was born on 9 January near Ripon, Yorkshire, to parents George, a farmer (1841), and Elizabeth. He was baptised on 5 February 1832 at Ripon Cathedral.

He married Eliza Pullan (1832-1910) in the summer of 1854 at Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire. Census returns identify eight children.

• Richard Pullan (1855-1885) – a clerk (1881)
• John Murray (1857-1930) – a clerk (1881); Borough accountant (1901)
• Alice Jane (1859-1927) – a nursing matron (1901)
• George Craven (1862-1936)  – a sales manager of jar products (1911)            
• Anne Elizabeth (1865-1932) – a hospital nurse (1901)
• Eliza Louisa (1868-1909)  – a housekeeper (1901)                   
• Frederick Arthur (1869-1942) – an accounts clerk (1891); chartered accountant (1911)
• Emily Martha (1871-1955) – a boarding house keeper (1911)

John died on 28 July 1879 at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.

Circuits

• 1851 Baldock
• 1853 Goudhurst
• 1854 Maidstone
• 1855 Luton
• 1856 disappears
• Airedale Independent College
• 1861 Wilsden, Yorks – Congregational minister
• 1868 Hull, Hope St
• 1872-1878 Middlesbrough, Queen St

References

W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990

Surman Index id:20844

Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers