Facebook post #003 (Jan 2020)
Doing a bit of family tree. I have Fred Parrott, son of Fred Parrott, and Ernie Parrott, son of Ernie Parrott. Different parents, same grandparents. Then we have brother Major Parrott who married a Frankie. The there is Frank Parrott, son of Frank Parrott, son of Frank Parrott, and a Frank Parrott son of George Parrott, and a Dick Parrott, son of Harry Parrott and all three have different parents but the same grandparents – but (obviously)(partially) different from Fred and Ernie’s. It turns out that the middle Frank, has a brother-in-law called Frank Collier. He also has a nephew called James Parrott, and a brother called James Parrott, and a brother-in-law called James Collier. This James Collier is the son of James Collier who married first Ann Astbury, and then Alice Mary Astbury. James Collier Jr married a different Alice Mary. Their son Sid only had three grandparents as James and Alice were half first cousins. One of these was my 4th great aunt, Martha Barnes, since you ask. And they were all farmers in C19 Staffordshire.
Update (Jan 2020): Even better – one of the Parrots could fly. Third cousin x2 James Edward Parrott got his Royal Aero cert in 1948 in a Miles Hawk at Wolverhampton Aero Club. Here’s one I snapped last summer (a Hawk, not a Parrott).
