| Brief Description |
This sepia-toned carte de visite photograph is of Mr Charles Parkinson, the editor of the Wanganui Chronicle, taken by Frank R Huff at the American Photographic Rooms on Victoria Avenue, Whanganui. The head-and-shoulders portrait is of an old man with a balding head and a tidy beard.
The image is mounted in an oval mat and glued onto a backing card. The photographer's mark is printed on the reverse.
Charles Parkinson was born in 1819. He married Jane Eleanor Smith in London and they sailed to New Zealand in 1852 aboard the "Rajah". Charles was a farmer at Marton, a teacher at Turakina and a journalist and, at one point, editor of the Wanganui Chronicle.
Charles and Jane had the following children:
Charles born 1854, married Johan(na) Johnston McDonald in 1892, died 1925 aged 70 years
Emma born 1856, married Alexander Watt Williamson 1878, died 1939 aged 83 years
Edward George born 1858, married Eliza Follett 1887
Alfred Herbert born 1859, married Rhoda Jemima Finlay Bouthorne 1884, died 1890 aged 29 years
Arthur Harding born 1862, married Maria Dunn 1884 (died 1st August 1886 aged 24 years), married Mary Laing 1901, murdered 1941 aged 79 years
No name recorded born 1864
Henry Ainslie born 1865, married Ethel Constance Young 1895, married Bernadette Beatrice Day 1924
Walter Richard born 1867, married Agnes Wilson 1908
Jane Eleanor born 1869, unmarried, died 1914 aged 43 years
Charles died in1881 aged 62 years and Jane died 1896 aged 69 years.
|
