Hi Eric The first thing that jumped out at me was that Samuel was in the 1861 census a seaman mate on the ship at wisbech,  I also found him in 1841 (HO107/158/8) at Gravesend in Kent as a seaman, so it seems to me that his father probably was too, and his sister might not have known where she was born if she was born at sea or born somewhere overseas but she was not sure where. and of course if the family were carted around behind the father her mother might not remember too,  and boston might just have been an overnight stopover, so perhaps that is a line to look at, also see if Charles Parker was in the merchant or royal navy.  it might also be worth looking into the barge people to see if charles ran a barge, which also might explain where Ann was born as they might not even have known where they were at the time.   kind regards Elaine Westaway ________________________________ From: ERIC JOHNSON <eric.johnson.wrg@btinternet.com> To: "eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com" <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, 3 April 2012, 10:38 Subject: [LIN] BRICK WALL - Samuel Parker Hi I have been looking for Samuel Parker for the last 15 years and so far have had no success at all. According to every census he was born about 1823/24 in Boston. When he married he gave his fathers name as Charles Parker. One of his daughters married her cousin, the son of Samuels sister Ann (she was born about 1812 but didn't appear to know where) If anyone trips over him can they please let me know. Eric ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message