Frederick Parker

Role: Second husband of Jean Telfer
Died: 1928 — Wildes Meadow, New South Wales
Buried: Bowral Cemetery, NSW

Frederick Parker, son of George Parker, married Jean (who had by then adopted the name Jane) on Christmas Day 1871 at Kapunda. They lived at Finniss Point before moving to the far north of South Australia around Hawker and Oraparinna.

After Jane died in 1892 from heart disease, Frederick later went to live with his elder daughter Margaret and son-in-law Edward Liebich at Wildes Meadow, New South Wales. He died in 1928 and is buried in Bowral Cemetery.

Source: From the Borders to the Bush — Chapter on Jean/Jane Telfer

Family Stories

After Jean Telfer, by then known as Jane, lost her first husband Richard Paynter to pleurisy in 1869, she remarried on Christmas Day 1871. Her new husband was Frederick Parker, described in the book as an itinerant farm labourer and bullock driver, son of George Parker. They were married at the Wesleyan Church in Kapunda, with Jane's brother-in-law Charles Farrow and niece Jane Farrow as witnesses. The family left Finniss Point and moved to the far north of South Australia, living around Hawker and Oraparinna. Their children — Margaret Eliza, Frederick George, Annie, Martha, Joanna Wittita Cordley, and Ethel May — were born at various places across that remote country. Frederick is believed to have worked as a railway ganger at Finniss during the later years. Jane died of heart disease on 15 July 1892 at Queens Own Town and was buried at Strathalbyn Cemetery. After many years, Frederick went to live with his eldest daughter Margaret and her husband Edward Liebich at Wildes Meadow, New South Wales. He died in Berrima Hospital on 12 August 1928 and is buried in Bowral Cemetery. At the time of his death, only three of his children — Margaret, Frederick (known as George), and Joanna — survived him.

(From the Borders to the Bush, p.93)