When Thirza Parkin was born in 1851, her father, Joseph Parkin, was 41 and her mother, Mary Ann Hone, was 40. She married Joseph Walker on 22 February 1872, in Belper, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Belper, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.
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The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
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English (mainly Yorkshire): from the Middle English personal name Perkin, Parkin, a pet form of Peres ‘Peter’ (see Pierce ) with the diminutive suffix -kin. (The change from -er- to -ar- was a characteristic phonetic development in Middle English.)
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