James Thornley Parkinson was a watchmaker/ Watch Jobber, born in Blackburn on 24th March 1863. He was living at 24 Haydock Street Bolton with is wife Rose, and family in 1888.
for a brief period they lived in Heap, Heywood, and were listed there at 1 Fearn St in 1891
He married Rose La Van Der on the 9th September 1885 at St John The Evangelist, in Farnworth moving to live in Farnworth, and later moving back to Tipping Street in Bolton.
it is believed that he died in 1946.
There are no known examples of his work.