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Ann Parker

Female 1855 - Abt 1931  (76 years)

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  • Name Ann Parker  [1, 2]
    Birth 20 Jan 1855  Mount Pleasant, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Birth Certificate: Ann Parker (1855)    		 Birth Certificate: Ann Parker (1855)
    Gender Female
    Census 7 Apr 1861  Pleasant Street, Christ Church, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Age: 6 
    1861 Census: Pleasant Street, Christ Church, West Bromwich, Staffordshire    		 1861 Census: Pleasant Street, Christ Church, West Bromwich, Staffordshire
    Occupation 7 Apr 1861  [4] 
    Scholar 
    Census 2 Apr 1871  31 Newhall Street, Christ Church, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Age: 16 
    1871 Census: 31 Newhall Street, Christ Church, West Bromwich, Staffordshire #1    		 1871 Census: 31 Newhall Street, Christ Church, West Bromwich, Staffordshire #1
    1871 Census: West Bromwich, Staffordshire (1871)    		 1871 Census: West Bromwich, Staffordshire (1871) (2)
    Occupation 2 Apr 1871  [6] 
    Polisher 
    Residence 29 Feb 1876  Handsworth, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 3 Apr 1881  Victoria Street, Smethwick, Harborne, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Age: 26 
    1881 Census: Victoria Street, Smethwick, Harborne, Staffordshire    		 1881 Census: Victoria Street, Smethwick, Harborne, Staffordshire
    Census 5 Apr 1891  Victoria Street, Smethwick, Harborne, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Age: 34 
    1891 Census: Victoria Street, Smethwick, Harborne, Staffordshire    		 1891 Census: Victoria Street, Smethwick, Harborne, Staffordshire
    Census 31 Mar 1901  81 Oak Road, Christ Church, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Age: 46 
    1901 Census: 81 Oak Road, Christ Church, West Bromwich, Staffordshire    		 1901 Census: 81 Oak Road, Christ Church, West Bromwich, Staffordshire
    Census 2 Apr 1911  Royal Oak Hotel, Alcester, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Age: 55 
    1911 Census: Royal Oak Hotel, Alcester, Warwickshire    		 1911 Census: Royal Oak Hotel, Alcester, Warwickshire
    Occupation 2 Apr 1911  [11] 
    Assisting in the Business 
    Census 19 Jun 1921  109 High Street, Harborne, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Age: 64y 8m 
    1921 Census: 109 High Street, Harborne, Staffordshire    		 1921 Census: 109 High Street, Harborne, Staffordshire
    Death Abt Nov 1931  Birmingham South, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Age: 76 
    • Identified as hers, probably: the only Ann Groves of the right age who died in the Midlands 1921-1957; she lived in Harborne (Birmingham South district) in 1921; and an Ann Groves who died in 1931 is commemorated with George at Alcester cemetery. Not yet confirmed by the certificate.
    Burial Old Cemetery, Alcester, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Person ID I1612  Barnes • Whitmore • Cocks • Westlake | Whitmore family
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2026

    Father William Henry Parker,   b. Abt 1832, Tipton, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1871 and 1881 (Age 39 years)
    Mother Ruth Round,   b. 24 Jul 1833, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 6 Jun 1899, Church Bridge, Oldbury, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 65 years)
    Marriage 21 Aug 1854  All Saints Church, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 16] 
    • William Henry Parker, 21, puddler; Ruth Round, 21, daughter of David Round, labourer. Witnesses: Joseph Whitehouse and Millicent Whitehouse. From the FreeREG transcript, which gives no father for the groom; the register image has not been seen.
    Family ID F637  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Groves,   b. Abt 1853, Smethwick, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1916, Royal Oak Hotel, Alcester, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [17, 18, 19]
    Marriage 29 Feb 1876  St Mary’s Church, Handsworth, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21] 
    • George Groves, bachelor; Ann Parker, spinster. Witnesses: Ezekiel Johnson and Elizabeth Hitchman.
    Children 
     1. Eliza Ann Groves,   b. Abt Feb 1877, Smethwick, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. John Groves,   b. Abt May 1878, Smethwick, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. George Henry Groves,   b. Abt 1879, Smethwick, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Caroline Edith Groves,   b. Abt Aug 1885, Smethwick, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Aug 1938, Manchester North, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    Family ID F509  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2026

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 55 - 2 Apr 1911 - Royal Oak Hotel, Alcester, Warwickshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Age: 76 - Abt Nov 1931 - Birmingham South, Warwickshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Old Cemetery, Alcester, Warwickshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S7] GRO Index, 1876 Q1, West Bromwich, Vol 6b, pg 828 (Reliability: 2).
      PARKER, Ann; West Bromwich 6b 828
      Her marriage to George Groves; maiden name also on her children’s births (Parker).

    2. [S1928] Birth Certificate: Ann Parker (1855), 20 Jan 1855, 1855 Q1, West Bromwich, Vol 6b, pg 578; entry no. 483 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S42] 1861 Census, 7 Apr 1861, RG 9/2025, f. 50, p. 24 (Reliability: 3).
      In the household of Mary Round, with her parents Henry and Ruth Parker.

    4. [S42] 1861 Census, 7 Apr 1861, RG 9/2025, f. 50, p. 24 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S46] 1871 Census, 2 Apr 1871, RG 10/2979, f. 73, p. 7 (Reliability: 3).
      In the household of her parents Henry and Ruth Parker.

    6. [S46] 1871 Census, 2 Apr 1871, RG 10/2979, f. 73, p. 7 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S109] Website: Freereg, 29 Feb 1876, link (Reliability: 2).

    8. [S47] 1881 Census, 3 Apr 1881, RG 11/2963, f. 87, p. 39 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S48] 1891 Census, 5 Apr 1891, RG 12/2366, f. 146, p. 36 (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S49] 1901 Census, 31 Mar 1901, RG 13/2720, f. 33, p. 10 (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S200] 1911 Census, 2 Apr 1911, RG 14/18831, schedule 203 (Reliability: 3).

    12. [S450] 1921 Census, 19 Jun 1921, RG 15/13891, ED 39, schedule 247 (Reliability: 3).

    13. [S7] GRO Index, 1931 Q4, Birmingham South, Vol 6d, pg 213 (Reliability: 2).
      GROVES, ANN; 76

    14. [S1386] Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry, Warwickshire Monumental Inscriptions, Findmypast GBPRS/WARKS/MI/00067188 (Reliability: 2).
      Groves, Ann; 1931; Alcester, Cemetery
      Indexed next to George Groves, d. 1916 (00067189), so probably on the same memorial.

    15. [S7] GRO Index, 1854 Q3, West Bromwich, Vol 6b, pg 837 (Reliability: 2).
      PARKER, Henry; ROUND, Ruth; West Bromwich 6b 837
      Henry Parker and Ruth Round are indexed on the same page.

    16. [S109] Website: Freereg, 21 Aug 1854, link (Reliability: 2).
      William Henry PARKER & Ruth ROUND; 21 Aug 1854; West Bromwich, All Saints; entry 403

    17. [S1195] Marriage Record: William Bernard Whitmore and Kathleen Edith Groves (1908), 22 Apr 1908, Arrow marriages 1900-1910 (DR 361/1), p. 124, no. 247, DR 361/1. (Reliability: 3).
      Names Kathleen Edith Groves’s father as George Groves, Licensed Victualler.

    18. [S200] 1911 Census, 2 Apr 1911, RG 14/18831, schedule 203 (Reliability: 3).
      George and Anne Groves, married 35 years; 4 children born alive, all living.

    19. [S1383] Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette, 25 Jul 1916, p. 4 (Reliability: 2).
      Death notice: “George, beloved husband of Ann Groves”.

    20. [S7] GRO Index, 1876 Q1, West Bromwich, Vol 6b, pg 828 (Reliability: 2).
      GROVES, George; PARKER, Ann; West Bromwich 6b 828

    21. [S109] Website: Freereg, 29 Feb 1876, link (Reliability: 2).
      Handsworth, St Mary, Parish Register, entry 38, 29 Feb 1876: George GROVES, 23, bachelor, Moulder, Handsworth, father Samuel GROVES, Glass blower; Ann PARKER, 21, spinster, Handsworth, father Henry PARKER, Puddler; witnesses Ezekiel JOHNSON, Elizabeth HITCHMAN