Jonathan married Margaret A. Park on 16 Aug 1888 in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois. Margaret (daughter of John Park and Charlotte Hillier) was born on 18 May 1865 in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1). SOURCE: BOOK: PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF ROCK ISLANDCOUNTY, ILLINOIS CONTAINING Full-page Portraits and BiographicalSketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County,Together With PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL THE GOVERNORS OFILLINOIS, AND OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. Also ContainingA History Of The Present Time.; CHICAGO BIOGRAPHICAL PUBLISHING CO.,1885.
"John Park. Among the numerous and respected citizens of Coal ValleyTownship, who are of foreign birth, is Mr. John Park, a farmer onsection 23. He is the son of Andrew and Agnes (Irvin) Park, nativesof Scotland. Early in life they came across the Atlantic and locatedin Nova Scotia, where the mother died 1850, aged 51 years. The elderPark came to Rock Island in 1852, where, on the 30th day of January,1859, he died. He was born in 1797.
John, the subject of this biography, was the second child of a familyof ten children born to his parents. His native place is alsoScotland, where he was born April 13, 1820. When 17 years of age
he came to the Western Hemisphere with his parents, and lived in NovaScotia until 1851, being engaged in mining. During that year he cameto Rock Island County, where he has since been engaged in mining andfarming. He is the owner of 97 acres of land, most of which is undercultivation.
Our subject was married July 27, 1843, in Nova Scotia, to CharlotteHillier. She was born in Gloucestershire, Dec. 23, 1820. To themhave been born the following children: Sarah, born May 24, 1844;Agnes, March 31, 1846; Andrew, Jan. 20, 1848; George, March 22, 1852,died Sept. 12, 1852. John H., born April 23, 1854; George W., April27, 1857; Charlotte E., Nov. 19, 1859; David E., July 18, 1862;Margaret A., May 18, 1865; Sarah married David Grant, and they havenine children: Duncan, Ella and Gertie are deceased. Those living areCharlotte, John P., Thomas, Sally, Agnes and David. Agnes marriedJohn Sommerson. Their union has been blessed with five children,namely: Robert, Charlotte, John H., Burt and David. John H. isdeceased. Andrew married Mary Calahan, and they have had sevenchildren: Ellen, John, Richard, George, Charlotte, Agnes and Andrew.Of these John is deceased.
Mrs. P. is a member of the Primitive Methodist Church. In politics,Mr. Park is a Democrat."
[Transcribed 06 January 2007, SLJuhl, compiler]

2). SOURCE: BOOK: THE PAST AND PRESENT OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY, ILL.,CONTAINING: A History Of The County---Its Cities, Towns, &c., ABiographical Directory Of Its Citizens, War Record Of Its VolunteersIn The Late Rebellion, Portraits Of Early Settlers And Prominent Men,General And Local Statistics, Map Of Rock Island County, History OfIllinois, Constitution Of The United States, Miscellaneous Matters,Etc.. Etc.; CHICAGO: H.F. KETT & CO., COR. 5TH AVE. AND WASHINGTONST., 1877.
"PARK, JOHN, Farmer; Sec. 23; P.O. Coal Valley; born in Bridge ofJohnson, Scotland, April 13, 1820; came to this Co. in 1851; Dem;Presb; owns 200 acres of land, value $9,000.00; son of Andrew andAgnes (Ilven) Park; left Scotland in 1837 for Nova Scotia, lived therethirteen years, one year in Pennsylvania, then came to this Co.; atNova Scotia married Charlotte Hillier, July 27, 1843; she was born inGloucestershire, England, Dec. 23, 1820; have seven children living,Sarah, (now Mrs. David Grant), Agnes (who married John Sommerson, Dec.26, 1864, and died May 29, 1876, leaving five children), Andrew, (whomarried Mary Callihan), John Henry, George William, Lottie E., DavidE. and Margaret A."
[Transcribed 07 January 2007, SLJuhl, compiler]

"1860 United States Federal Census
about John Park; Name: John Park Age in 1860: 40 Birth Year: abt 1820Birthplace: Scotland Home in 1860: Coal Valley, Rock Island, IllinoisGender: Male Post Office: Coal Valley; John Park 40 Charlotte Park 39Sarah Park 16 Agnes Park 14 Andrew Park 12 John H Park 7 George Park3 Charlotte Park 9.12; Year: 1860; Census Place: Coal Valley, RockIsland, Illinois; Roll: M653_222; Page: 0; Image: 730.; Ancestry.com.1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:The Generations Network, Inc., 2004."

John married Charlotte Hillier on 27 Jul 1843 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Charlotte (daughter of Hillier) was born on 23 Dec 1820 in Gloucestershire, England; died in 1892 in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois; was buried in 1892 in Probably With Husband At Coal Valley Cemetery, Coal Valley Township, Rock Island County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Head Stone reads: ANDREW PARK DIED JAN. 30, 1859 AGED 61 years;Glennwood Cemetery, Colona Township, Henry County, Illinois, Octoberc.2006 A.D. [SLJuhl, compiler]
This would make his birth year 1798 since he was already 61 in Januaryof 1859.
Please check this: CONC Descendants of Andrew Park and Agnes Irvin, by Edna Park Waller;
CONC e-mail address: aewaller@bellsouth.net Ms. Waller sites several
CONC resources in Scotland for her information, federal census records in
CONC Illinois, and of course family members who have participated. A copy
CONC of the Internet Register Report is kept in the Wethington Family
CONC Volume, and the Park/Griffin Family records of Penny Sue Park
CONC Wethington. Ms. Edna Waller is a cousin to Duane Harold Park and is
CONC known as, "Babe" to family members. Andrew Park Sr: Emigration: ABT
CONC 1837 Renfrewshire, Scotland Emigration: ABT 1851 Cape Breton, Nova
CONC Scotia Immigration: ABT 1837 Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Immigration:
CONC ABT 1851 Coal Valley, Coal Valley Township, Rock Island County,
CONC Illinois Occupation: Collier AUG 1824 Elderslee, Renfrewshire,
CONC Scotland 4 (2). **Added Resources for this family genealogy project
CONC are direct family members: Marcella Mae Griffin Park, and Penny Sue
CONC Park Wethington. Plus, all other resources cited in the end notes,
CONC ex. census records, marriage records, death records, obituaries,
CONC cemetery photos, etc..., and in the notes of each individual. If
CONC there are questions or mistakes that need to be corrected please
CONC contact the compiler at: sljuhl1234@yahoo.com for further assistance
CONC and information. No personal information of living individuals will
CONC be given out. (3). FIND A GRAVE.COM
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CONC //www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=105837&GRid=8945351&
CONC Contributor to the site was BLW: bgwelch@qconline.com 24 July 2006,
CONC SLJuhl, compiler "Andrew Park Birth: 1797, Scotland Death: Jan. 30,
CONC 1859 Coal Valley Rock Island County Illinois, USA Burial: Glenwood
CONC Cemetery Henry County Illinois, USA Record added: Jun 17 2004 By:
CONC BLW " (4). Andrew Park Sr.'s photo of grave headstone from Glenwood
CONC Cemetery, Colona Township, Henry County, Illinois (5). Internet Site:
CONC http://www.Ancestry.com ; census, birth, death, military, immigration,
CONC marriage, trees, records available on the site. (6). Interviews &
CONC written correspondence with immediate family members; Records kept in
CONC Park & Griffin Volumes of the family. Must contact the compiler or a
CONC family member for further information. sljuhl1234@yahoo.com or
CONC sljuhl1234@msn.com Note: No information on living individuals will
CONC be given out except by permission of that individual. (7). A State of
CONC Illinois web State web site:
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CONC t
CONC tp://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/riprob.html#about
CONC (8). Internet Site://www.RootsWeb.com; Illinois Maps (9). Book
CONC Source: Atlas if Henry County, Illinois, Warner & Beers Publishers,
CONC Chicago, 1875. (10). Internet Site: http:www.houseofnames.com (11).
CONC Atlas of Rock Island County, Illinois; Moline Public Library, Rock
CONC Island County, Illinois; Iowa Publishing Company, Davenport, Iowa,
CONC 1905. Reprint 1976. (12). The Art Of Heraldry, An Encyclopedia Of
CONC Armory, By A.C. Fox-Davies, Bloomsbury Books, London; Moline Public
CONC Library, Rock Island County, Illinois. (13). Funk & Wagnalls
CONC Encyclopedia; Infopedia 2.0 CD; A Complete 29 Volume Encyclopedia Plus
CONC 7 Essential Reference Books-1992-1995 SoftKey Multimedia Inc.,
CONC Cambridge, MA. 02142 USA. (14). Internet Site:
CONC http://en.wikipedia.org (15). Cemetery photos of headstones of
CONC ancestral family members with records kept in Park/Griffin Records
CONC (16). Internet Site: http://www.ednet.co.uk/~jeanmoore/names.html AND
CONC MANY MORE SOURCES.

Andrew married Agnes Irvin about 1816. Agnes was born in 1799 in Scotland Per 1920 Census; died between 1850 and 1851 in 51 Years Old; Unknown; was buried after 1841 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Per Edna Waller; Unable To Locate The Grave. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"E-mail dated: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 10:30 AM
Subject: WorldConnect: Post-em posted
Database: sljuhl1234
Individual: I04632
Link:http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sljuhl1234&id=I04632
Name: Edna Waller
Email: aewaller@bellsouth.net
Note:
Agnes Irvin died in 1850 or 1851 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. She isburied somewhere on the north shore of Cape Breton. We have beenunable to locate her grave."
[SLJuhl, compiler, 07 March 2007]

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Married:
Please check this:
MARR: CONC Illinois State Internet site for marriages index