Richard Parsons and Jane	see Data	see Family Tree	(generation 19)
(04Oct2011 - Information on children updated)

Jane was born around 1810/1811 in Manaccan, Cornwall, the daughter of William and Martha Uglow and granddaughter of John and Ann Smeeth.
When her father was serving as an Excise Officer on the Helston 2nd Ride from January 1807 to January 1812 the family lived at Manaccan which is a lovely village on the Helford River about 8 miles from Helston. Thereafter it is probable that Jane lived with her parents and would have moved to the Scilly Isles and Redruth, both subsequent postings of her father, and then to North Cornwall where he retired in 1820 . Like her sisters, and unusually for the time, she seems to have been taught to read and write.

On the 26th April 1832 when she was 21 and living in Egloskerry parish, probably with her parents, she married Richard Parsons in Egloskerry church. Richard was 24, the son of Richard and Elizabeth Parsons, who were farmers and were living at "Sergents" in Tremaine in 1841 and possibly before then.

After their marriage Richard and Jane ran Pethicks Farm in Whitstone for a while. Subsequently Richard also worked as a shoemaker. After living at Hill Cottage, Richard and Jane moved to Fuges farm, Week St Mary, where they spent the rest of their lives, and Richard divided his time between shoemaking and farming.

Richard and Jane had at least 9 children, two of whom became shoemakers like their father - Richard junior, who worked in Week St Mary, and James, who worked in Minster. All four brothers, Richard junior, James, Joseph Trease Parsons and William Trease Parsons produced similarly large families of 10, 8, 10, and 11 children respectively. Richard and Jane are probably related to and in many cases the ancestors of those named Parsons born since then in that area of Cornwall.

Richard died aged 74 at Fuges, Week St Mary, on 15th November 1882. He had suffered from heart trouble for many years and about 6 months before he died he had anasarca, a form of edema. His death was registered by William Carr (Cann?), his son-in-law, who was living at Fuges at that time. Jane survived Richard for approximately 8 years before she died aged 79 "of old age" on 10th October 1890 also at Fuges. Her death was registered by her son Richard who was living at Head Quarters Whitstone.

• daughter Jane was born sometime during 1834/5 in Tremaine , Cornwall. She appears to have lived with her parents until the 9th November 1858 when she married John Gilbert, a carpenter, in Whitstone church. After her marriage, Jane and her husband remained in Whitstone where they had two children who survived their infancy, a son John who was born in 1859, and a daughter, Hannah Jane, born about 1864. Jane died young in 1872 aged only 37. After her death, daughter Hannah continued to live with her dad and help him with running their home.
  Son John Gilbert junior left home to work in Rotherhithe where he is recorded working as a carpenter in 1881. His Uncle, William Parsons, was at that time running a thriving building business in Rotherhithe and John may have worked with his Uncle - they almost certainly would have been in contact with one another.
  On the 22nd July 1882 daughter Hannah, then aged about 18, married Ephraim Noye at Whitstone. Ephraim was 24 years old, the son of Ephraim Noye, a miner, and was himself a Schoolmaster. After their marriage, Hannah and Ephraim lived with Hannah's dad who would have had the satisfaction of seeing much of his grandchildren. In 1901 Hannah's husband Ephraim was census enumerator for Whitstone Enumeration District 1.
  It is thought that Jane's husband, John Gilbert, may have died in 1917 but the family has not been researched any further.
  
  
• son Richard was born during 1836/7 in Tremaine , Cornwall. He appears to have trained as a Shoemaker with his father. On the 6th August 1857, when he was about 21 years old, he married Ann Coles in Whitstone. She was aged about 18 and the daughter of William Coles, a local farmer, and his wife Lucy. After they married Richard and Ann settled in Whitstone, Cornwall. At the time of the 1861 Census, when he was 24 years old, he is recorded as Shoemaker and 20 years later in 1881, when he was 44, he is recorded as a Master Shoemaker. Richard and Ann had at least ten children, seven sons and three daughters all born at Whitstone. Ann died in Whitstone in 1907 aged 69 and Richard died in Whistone in 1926 aged 90.
  
  
• son Joseph Trease was born during 1838 at Tremaine , Cornwall. In 1851 he was working as a farm servant at his grandparents, William and Martha Trease. He continued working as a farm servant/agricultural labourer/shepherd at various locations before settling first in Tresmeer in about 1867 and later in Week St Mary sometime after 1880. On the 8th June 1861 when he was aged about 22, he married in Week St Mary church Grace Broad who was 3 years his senior. Grace was the daughter of John Broad, a local tailor, and his wife, Thomasine Harry. Joseph and Grace appear to have had at least ten children, five sons and five daughters. Grace died age 80 during 1916 and Joseph died a year later age 79 according to their gravestone in Week St Mary, Non-Conformist Cemetery.
  
  
• son James was born in Tremaine , Cornwall in 1841 and trained as a Shoemaker with his father. On the 9th July 1865 he married in Week St.Mary church Betsy Ann Parsons. Mary was about 4 years older than him and was the daughter of Vaughan Parsons and Mary Sandercock who had been a farmer/shoemaker of St Gennys. After their marriage they appear to have first lived in Tetcott, Devon before settling in Boscastle, Minster, Cornwall where James was a Shoemaker. By 1891 James and Betsy Ann had moved to Well Town Trevalga where they ran a farm. They had at least eight children, four sons and four daughters. It is thought that both James and Betsy Ann may have died in 1908 in Gloucestershire.
  
  
• son William Trease was born on 22nd December 1842 at Pethicks Farm, Tremaine , Cornwall. In the 1851 Census, he is recorded as a scholar, living with his parents at Hill Cottage, Whitstone. 10 years later while still living in Whitstone he had become apprenticed to a carpenter. He then moved to Plymouth where on the 8th May 1866 while living at 7 Westwell Street, he married Ellen Lydia White at the parish church of St Andrew. Ellen had been born on 9th May 1844 at 1 West Hoe, Plymouth. Her parents were James White, a stonemason, and Sarah Hancock. William and Ellen spent the first years of their married life in Plymouth. Sometime before 1873, the family moved to Rotherhithe where William became a Master Builder. In the 1881 census he is recorded as living at 254 Deptford Lower Road, Rotherhithe, Surrey and carrying on the trade of builder employing 4 men and 3 boys. Three of their children were born in Plymouth:-
  • daughter Ellen who was born in 1866 but died the following year.
  • daughter Edith Emma who was born in 1867 and married Albert? William? Crump in 1890 in Southwark and is believed to have died in Dagenham. It is not known if she had children.
  • Alfred Ernest who was born in 1868 and is recorded in the 1891 census as a carpenter.
  Their other children were born in Rotherhithe:
  • Gertrude Jane who was born in 1873 and became a Milliner,
  • Mabel who was born in 1876 and is recorded in the 1891 census as a teacher.
  • (Percy) Vaughan who was born in 1878 and is recorded in the 1901 census as a builder living at 91a Lower Rd, Bermondsey.
  • Edgar Harold who was born in 1882 and became a librarian at Glasgow Public Library. He married and had a daughter Dorothy. His wife is believed to have died about 1960. Harold died about 1981.
  • Albert Ridgman who was born in 1883. Nothing further is known of him until 1918 when he registered the death of his mother and is recorded as living then at Hove.
  • Claude Reginald who was born in 1883. Nothing further is known of him.
  • Cecil Norman who was born in 1885 and started work as an Ironmonger's assistant. He married in 1917 and when the First World War was over worked as a leather cutter. He had 9 children and died in 1963.
  • Clarence George who was born in 1885 and became a clerical officer in the London Docks.
  Ellen died on the 17th June 1918. Her death was registered in Steyning Sussex by her son Albert Ridgman Parsons who lived in Hove. It is not known when William died.
  
  
• daughter Martha was born in Marhamchurch, Cornwall during 1845/6. In 1861 she was working as a general servant to a local farmer in Whitstone. It is thought that she may have married before 1871 but as yet no further definitive information about her has been found.
  
  
• daughter Catherine was born in Marhamchurch, Cornwall sometime during 1847/8. In 1861 she was working as a domestic servant at Bennetts House, Whitstone for a local carpenter, John Nance, and his wife . It is not known whether she married or when and where she is buried.
  
  
• daughter Elizabeth was born in Holsworthy, Devon sometime during 1850. She is recorded in 1851 as living with her parents aged 1, at Hill Cottage, Whitstone but no subsequent trace of her has been found. It is possible she may have died young but conclusive evidence of this is lacking.
  
  
• daughter Mary A was born at Whitstone, Cornwall sometime during 1852/3. Unlike her sisters she appears to have stayed living with her parents until she married William Cann in 1881. William was an agricultural labourer and in 1891 he and Mary were living in Bakesdon, in Week St Mary with their children who by then numbered four - two sons, John and Richard, and two daughters, Jane and Mary.
  
  
• daughter Maria was born at Tremaine , Cornwall sometime during 1854/5. In 1876 when she was about 21 years old she married James Parsons who appears to have been an agricultural labourer born in Tremaine and about a year younger than Maria. After their marriage they lived in Bakeson, Week St Mary, Cornwall and by 1891 had moved to Marhamchurch. They had at least five children, a son and four daughters.
  It is thought that Maria may have died in the area in 1917 aged 64. No further definitive information about them has currently been sought or found.

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SOURCE DATA - Family of Richard Parsons and Jane Trease

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Family members :-

• Jane Trease
• Her husband - Richard Parsons
• Daughter - Jane Parsons
• Son - Richard Parsons
• Son - Joseph Parsons
• Son - James Parsons
• Son - William Parsons
• Daughter - Martha Parsons
• Daughter - Catherine Parsons
• Daughter - Elizabeth Parsons
• Daughter - Mary Parsons
• Daughter - Maria Parsons

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Source data for Jane Trease

Jane TREASE
1832	m. 26Apr1832 Egloskerry. Richard Parsons sojourner otp (signs)
	and Jane Trease otp (signs) By Banns. Witnesses: Richard Uglow, Martha Trease
1841	Census. Pethicks Goracutt. Tremayne (Ho107/134/13 d5 f4 p3)
	Richard Parsons 30 Farmer Jane Parsons 30 Jane Parsons 6 Joseph Parsons 3 Martha Parsons 1
1851	Census. Hill Cottage, Whitstone. (HO107/1897 d1b f227 p7 s24)
	Richard Parsons Head 43 Shoemaker b. Egloskerry Jane Parsons Wife 40 b. Manaccan Jane Parsons Daur U 16 b. Tremaine Richard Parsons Son U 14 Shoemaker b. Tremaine James Parsons Son 9 Scholar b. Tremaine William Parsons Son 8 Scholar b. Tremaine Martha Parsons Daur 6 Scholar b. Marhamchurch Catherine Parsons 3 Scholar b. Marhamchurch Elizabeth Parsons 1 b. Holsworthy
1861	Census. Truges (sic), Week St Mary. (RG9/1514 d8c f65 p10 s51)
	Richard Parsons Head 53 Shoemaker b. Egloskerry Jane Parsons Wife 50 b. Redruth Jane Parsons Daur U 16 b. Tremaine James Parsons Son 19 Shoemaker b. Tremaine William Parsons Son 8 Scholar b. Tremaine Mary A Parsons Daur 8 b. Whitstone Maria Parsons Daur 6 b. Whitstone
1871	Census. Fuges (sic), Week St Mary. (RG10/2217 d8b f72 p9 s44)
	Richard Parsons Head 63 Shoemaker b. Egloskerry Jane Parsons Wife 59 b. Manaccan Mary A Parsons Daur 18 Domestic b. Whitstone Caroline Trease Niece U 36 Visitor b. Stafford, Gloucestershire (sic)
1881	Census. Fuges (sic), Week St Mary. (RG10/2217 d8b f72 p9 s44)
	Richard Parsons Head 73 Shoemaker (master) b. Tremain Jane Parsons Wife 70 b. Helson Mary A Parsons Daur 28 b. Whitestone
1890	d. Jane Parsons age 79 (Oct-Nov-Dec 1890 Stratton 5c 5)
1890	d. 10Oct1890 Fuges, Week St Mary. Jane Parsons. Old age. (per David Bridge's website)

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Source data for husband Richard Parsons

Richard PARSONS
1803	m. 01Nov1803 North Petherwin. Richard Parsons and Elizabeth Bray (COD)
1808	c. 14Feb1808 Egloskerry. Richard Parsons son of Richard and Elizabeth. baptised privately (COD)
1841	Census. Sergents, Tremaine. (HO107/134/13 d5 f5 p4)
	Richard Parsons Head M 60 Farmer Elizabeth Parsons Wife 68 b. Outside Cornwall James Parsons 25 Ag Lab Daniel Parsons 7 Petter Parsons 60 Ag Lab
1851	Census. Trusal, Tremaine. (HO107/1899 f146 p10 s1)
	Richard Parsons Head M 72 Retired Farmer b. Trevalga Elizabeth Parsons Wife 68 b. North Petherwin (which was then in County of Devon)
!1863	i. 13Dec1863 Altarnun. Richard Parsons age 83 of Trevague (COD)
	This man can't be Richard the father as he appears in 1861 census with a wife Harriet!
1882	d. Richard Parsons age 74 (Oct-Nov-Dec 1882 Stratton 5c 5)
1882	d. 15Sep1882 Fuges, Week St Mary. Richard Parsons, shoemaker and farmer. Cardiac Disease many years. Anasarca 6 months
	(a form of generalised edema). (per David Bridge's website)

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Source data for daughter Jane Parsons

Jane PARSONS
1857	Will of John Gilbert, yeoman of Whitstone- possibly related to her husband to be (GRO SO/W/386)
1858	m. 09Nov1858 Whitstone. John Gilbert of full age son of Thomas Vincent Gilbert, farmer (signs)
	and Jane Trease Parsons of full age of Whitstone spinster daughter of Richard, cordwainer (signs) by Banns Witnesses: George Taylor and Daniel? Parsons (COD)
1859	b. John Trease Gilbert (Stratton Jul-Aug-Sep 1859 5c 7)
1861	Census North Moor Cottage (RG9/1514 .... f72 p4)
	John Gilbert Head 25 Carpenter b. Whitstone Jane Gilbert Wife 36 b. Tremaine John Gilbert Son 1 b. Whitstone
1871	Census South Moor Gate (RG10/2217 .... f79 p6)
	John Gilbert Head 35 Carpenter emp 1 man b. Whitstone Jane T Gilbert Wife 36 Carpenter's wife b. Tremaine John P Gilbert Servant 11 Carpenter's son b. Whitstone Ann J Parsons Daur 6 Carpenter's daur b. Whitstone Maria Parsons SisLaw U 17 Servant Domestic b. Whitstone
1872	d. Jane Trease Gilbert age 37 (Stratton Apr-May-Jun 1872 5c 5)
1881	Census Street No 1 (.... d9 f77 p4)
	John Gilbert Head 45 Carpenter b. Whitstone Hannah J Gilbert Dau 16 Housekeeper (crossed out) b. Whitstone
1881	Census 4 Gomm Road, Rotherhithe, Surrey (RG11/578 f55 p37)
	Residence of Charles Boulding age 39, wife Priscilla, and children Florence, Louisa, and Daniel John F Gilbert Lodger Single Carpenter age 21 b. Whitstone, Cornwall
1882	m. 22Jul1882 Whitstone. Ephraim NOYE of full age, Bachelor of Whitstone , Schoolmaster son of Ephraim, miner (signs)
	and Hannah Jane Gilbert, Minor of Whitstone, spinster, daughter of John, Carpenter (signs) Witnesses: John Gilbert, Mary Em? Heard (COD)
1891	Census Hill Cottages, Whitstone (RG12/1798 d2 f11 p1)
	John Gilbert Head W 55 Wheelwright, employer b. Whitstone Ephraim Noye Son in law M 33 Elementary Schoolteacher b. Pendeen Hannah Jane Noye Dau M 26 b. Whitstone Eliza Noye Grddau 7 b. Whitstone Jane Noye Grddau 4 b. Whitstone Walter Noye Grdson 3
?1891	Census. John Gilbert age 32 Servant b. Tremaine living in North Petherwin.
?1901	Census Closest fit found so far is John Gilbert age 44 son-in-law b. Tremaine living in Warbstow but is unlikely to be the correct John
?1917	d. John Gilbert aged 81 (Stratton RD Jan-Feb-Mar 1917 5c 11)

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Source data for son Richard Parsons

Richard PARSONS
1839	c. 22Sep1839 Week St Mary. Ann Coles dau of William and Lucy Coles, farmer (COD)
1857	m. 06Aug1857 Whitstone. Richard Parsons of full age, bachelor of Whitstone, cordwainer, son of Richard, cordwainer (signs)
	and Ann Coles, minor, spinster of Whitstone, daughter of William, farmer. By Banns Witnesses: Joseph Parsons, Thomas May (COD)
1861	Census. Headquarters. (RG9/514 ... f75 p10 s43)
	Richard Parsons Head 24 Shoemaker b. Tremaine Ann Parsons Wife 22 b. Week St Mary William Parsons Son 3 Scholar b. Whitstone Mary J Parsons Dau 2 b. Whitstone Joseph Parsons Son 5m b. Whitstone
1871	Census. "Boot and Shoe", Boot Lane. (RG10/2217 ... f78 p3)
	Richard Parsons Head 35 Cordwinder(sic) b. Trewean(sic) Ann Parsons Wife 38 Cordwinder's wife b. Week St Mary Jane Parsons Dau 12 Cordwinder's daughter b. Whitstone Joseph Parsons Son 10 Scholar b. Whitstone Daniel Parsons Son 8 Cordwinder's son b. Whitstone James Parsons Son 6 Cordwinder's son b. Whitstone Ann Parsons Dau 4 Cordwinder's daughter b. Whitstone Susanna Parsons Dau 2 Cordwinder's daughter b. Whitstone
1881	Census. Headquarters. (RG11/2271 ... d10 f87 p9)
	Richard Parsons Head 44 Cordwainer(master) b. Tremain Ann Parsons Wife 43 b. Week St Mary Joseph Parsons Son 20 Cordwainer (Journeyman) b. Whitstone Daniel Parsons Son 18 Apprentice to cordwainer b. Whitstone James Parsons Son 16 Apprentice to Smith b. Whitstone Ann Parsons Dau 14 b. Whitstone Susan Parsons Dau 12 Scholar b. Whitstone Richard Parsons Son 8 Scholar b. Whitstone Edward Parsons Son 5 Scholar b. Whitstone Charles Parsons Son 2 Scholar b. Whitstone
1889	m. 31Dec1889 Whitstone. James Parsons of full age, bachelor of Whitstone, Blacksmith, son of Richard, shoemaker (signs)
	and Mary Elizabeth Harris of full age of Whitstone, spinster, daur of William, gardener (signs). By Banns Witnesses: William Harris, John James Harris (COD)
1891	Census. Headquarters. ( ... )
	Richard Parsons Head 54 Shoemaker & Cattle Dlr b. Tremain Ann Parsons Wife 52 b. Week St Mary Daniel Parsons Son 27 Shoemaker b. Whitstone James Parsons Son 16 Apprentice to Smith b. Whitstone Annie Parsons Dau 24 Shoemaker b. Whitstone Susan Parsons Dau 22 b. Whitstone
1907	d. Ann Parsons age 68 (Stratton RD Apr-May-Jun 1907 5c 5)
1926	d. Richard Parsons age 90 (Stratton RD Jan-Feb-Mar 1926 5c 9)

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Source data for son Joseph Parsons

Joseph PARSONS
1851	Census. North Tregeare, Tresmeer. (HO107/1899 d3 f145 p9 s34)
	Joseph Parsons Servant 12 b. Tremaine living in the household of William Trease, Superannuated Excise Officer,79, wife Martha, and daughters Martha and Ann and son Daniel.
1861	Census. Bradborough, Whitstone. (RG9/1514 d9a f75 p10 s46)
	Joseph Parsons Servant 22 b. Tremaine living in the household of Thomas Goodman, Farmer 34, wife Eliza, and sons John and Thomas.
1861	m. 27Jun1861 Week St Mary. Joseph PARSONS of full age of Whitstone bachelor, labourer, son of Richard, shoemaker (signs)
	and Grace BRAUND of full age of Week St Mary, spinster daur of John, tailor (signs). By Banns. Witnesses: William Harry, John Gilbert, George Rees
1823	m. 14Aug1823 Week St mary John Broad (signs) and Thomasine Harry (signs) by Banns.
	Witnesses: William Colwill, Mary Uglow, Walter Gee
1835	m. 27Dec1835 Week St Mary. Grace Broad daur of John and Thomasin Broad tailor (COD)
1871	Census. Treburth village, Tresmere. (RG10/2223 d6b f60 p8 s23)
	Joseph Parsons Head M 34 Ag Lab b. Tremayne Grace Parsons Wife 35 b. Week St. Mary Annie Parsons Dau 9 Scholar b. Whitstone Mary Parsons Dau 9 Scholar b. St Teath Samuel Broad Parsons Son 5 Scholar b. Tresmeer Joseph Parsons Son 3 Scholar b. Tresmeer John Parsons Son 1 b. Tresmeer
1881	Census. Buttern Cottage, North Petherwin. (RG11/2275 d2 f17 p8 s35)
	Joseph Parsons Head M 42 Shepherd b. Tremayne Grace Parsons Wife 45 b. Week St. Mary Mary Parsons Dau 16 Scholar b. St Teth Thamson Parsons Dau 9 Scholar b. Tresmeer Jane T Parsons Dau 4 b. Tresmeer Julia Parsons Dau 2 b. Tresmeer Ellen Parsons Dau 2 b. Tresmeer
1916/7	Inscription on Gravestone in Week St Mary Non-Conformist Cemetery (ER)
	In Loving Memory of Joseph Trease Parsons of this parish who died May 9th 1917 Aged 79 years Also Grace The beloved wife of the above who died Sept. 23rd 1916 Aged 80 years

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Source data for son James Parsons

James PARSONS
1830	m. 30Sep1830 Poundstock. Vaughan Parsons of St Gennys (signs) and Mary Sandercock otp (Signs) by Banns
	Witnesses: J Symons, John Sandercock
1837	c. 01May1837 Poundstock. Betsy Anne Parsons dau of Vaughan and Mary of St Gennis, farmer (COD)
?1841	b. James Parsons (Launceston RD Oct-Nov-Dec 1841 9 145)
1865	m. 09Jul1865 Week St Mary. James Parsons of full age of Week St. Mary, bachelor, Butcher, son of Richard, shoemaker (signs)
	and Betsy Ann Parsons of full age of Week St Mary, spinster, daur of Vaughan, shoemaker (signs). By Banns Witnesses: Richard Parsons, John Balhatchet, James Saunders (COD)
1871	Census. Boscastle Street. (RG10/2218 d3 f28 p16 s76)
	James Parsons Head 29 Cordwainer b. Tremain Betsy Ann Parsons Wife 32 b. St. Gennys Lydia Parsons Dau 5 b. Titcott, Devon Mary Jane Parsons Dau 3 b. Boscastle Richard Vaughan Parsons Son 1 b. Boscastle Benjamin Coe Servant 15 Apprentice b. Devonport
1881	Census. Minster, Boscastle. (RG11/2272 d3 f24 p9 s57)
	James Parsons Head 39 Cordwainer emp 1 man b. Tremaine Betsy Ann Parsons Wife 42 b. St. Gennys Lydia Parsons Dau 15 b. Titcott, Devon Mary J Parsons Dau 13 Scholar b. Boscastle Richard V Parsons Son 11 Scholar b. Boscastle James Parsons Son 9 Scholar b. Boscastle Arthur Parsons Son 7 Scholar b. Boscastle Annie Parsons Dau 5 Scholar b. Boscastle Catherine Parsons Dau 4 Scholar b. Boscastle Reginald Parsons Son 1 b. Boscastle
1891	Census. Well Town Trevalga Camelford (RG12/1799 d6 f43 p5 s26)
	James Parsons Head 49 Farmer b. Tremaine Betsy Ann Parsons Wife 53 Farmer's wife b. St. Gennys Mary J Parsons Dau 23 Dressmaker b. Minster Arthur Parsons Son 17 Farmer's son b. Minster Annie Parsons Dau 15 Farmer's daur b. Minster Reginald Parsons Son 12 Scholar b. Minster
1908	d. Betsy Ann Parsons age 70 (Gloucester RD Jan-Feb-Mar 1908)
?1908	d. James Parsons age 62 (Gloucester RD Apr-May-Jun 1908)

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Source data for son William Parsons

William Trease PARSONS
1842	b. 22Dec1842 Tremaine. William Trease Parsons son of Richard Parsons and Jane Trease (David Bridges website)

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Source data for daughter Martha Parsons

Martha PARSONS
1845	b. Martha Trease Parsons (Stratton RD Apr-May-Jun 1845 9 285)
1861	Census. Langston, Whitstone. (RG9/1514 d(a f71 p1 s2)
	John Doble Head W 55 Farmer 110acres b. Whitsone empl 2 men 1 boy William Beal Servt 18 Carter Mary A Sleman Servt 28 Cook Martha Parsons Servt 17 General Servant John Matters Servt 12 Carter
1871	Census. Not found in Cornwall under her maiden name, so probably married
	Possible marriage is Mar 1869 Tavistock RD 5b 583 to either Robert Prout or James Spear

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Source data for daughter Catherine Parsons

Catherine PARSONS
1847	b. Catharine Parsons (Stratton RD Apr-May-Jun 1847 9 285)
1861	Census. Bennetts House, Whitstone. (RG9/1514 d10a f79 p1 s2)
	Catherine Parsons. U 14 Servant b. Marhamchurch in houshold of John Nance aged 63, carpenter, wife Mary also 63, and Eliza G Goodman Grndau age 7 b. Whitstone.
?1865	m. Katherine Parsons and John Beale (Holsworthy RD Apr-May-Jun 1865 5b 963)

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Source data for daughter Elizabeth Parsons

Elizabeth PARSONS
1850	b. Elizabeth Parsons (Holsworthy RD Jul-Aug-Sep 1849 9 316)
1851	d. Elizabeth Parsons (Holsworthy RD Jan-Feb-Mar 1851 9 259)
	NOTE: Elizabeth was recorded on the 1851 UK census taken on 30 March in Whitstone so unlikely but not impossible she died the day after in Holsworthy. NO further trace of her found so far so she may have died.

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Source data for daughter Mary Parsons

Mary PARSONS
1852	?b. Mary Ann Parsons (Stratton RD Oct-Nov-Dec 1852 5c 7)
1881	m. Mary Ann Parsons and William Cann (Stratton RD Apr-May-Jun 1881 5c 8)
1891	Census. Bakesdon, Week St Mary. (RG12/1798 d4 f29 p6 s35)
	William Cann Head 35 Ag. Lab b. Woolfardisworthy, Devon Mary A Cann Wife 32 b. Whitstone Jane Cann 8 Scholar b. Week St Mary John Cann 5 b. Week St Mary Mary Cann 2 b. Week St Mary Richard Cann 7m b. Week St Mary
1925	d. William Cann age 70 (Stratton RD Jul-Aug-Sep 1925 5c 9)
1936	d. Mary A Cann age 84 (Stratton RD Oct-Nov-Dec 1936 5c 6)

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Source data for daughter Maria Parsons

Maria PARSONS
1854	b. Maria Parsons (Stratton RD Apr-May-Jun 1854 5c 8)
1854	c. 11Jun1854 Whitstone. Maria daur of Richard and Jane, cordwainer of Whitstone (COD)
1871	Census. Living with her sister Jane's family
?1876	?m. Maria Parsons and James Parsons (Stratton RD Jan-Feb-Mar 1876 5c 7))
	NOTE: On same Register at same time is marriage of Richard Heard and Charlotte Beer Leech Also in Oct-Nov-Dec 1875 is marriage of John Gilbert to Mary Ann Heard
1881	Census Bakeson, Week St Mary. (RG11/2271 f69 p5 s33)
	James Parsons Head M 25 Ag Laborer b. Tremaine Maria Parsons Wife M 26 b. Whitestone William A Parsons Son 5 b. Week St Mary Elizabeth Parsons Dau 3 b. Whitestone
1891	Census Titson, Marhamchurch. (RG12/1797 f84 p3 s18)
	James Parsons Head M 35 Ag Laborer b. Roche Maria Parsons Wife M 36 b. Whitstone Lydia Parsons Dau 13 Scholar b. Week St Mary Ellen Parsons Dau 10 Scholar b. Week St Mary Martha Parsons Dau 6 b. Scholar b. Week St Mary Mary Parsons Dau 3 b. b. Week St Mary NOTE: Following PARSONS births are recorded at Stratton RD in births register: - Lydia Jane Apr-May-Jun 1878 5c 6 - so this is the same child as Elizabeth in the 1881 census William Alfred Jan-Feb-Mar 1877 5c 5, Ellen Caroline Apr-May-Jun 1881 5c 8, Martha Elizabeth Oct-Nov-Dec 1885 5c 7, Mary Jul-Aug-Sep 1887 5c 5
?1917	d. Maria Parsons aged 64 (Stratton RD Apr-May-Jun 1917 5c 4)
?1927	d. James Parsons aged 71 (Stratton RD Oct-Nov-Dec 1927 5c 9)

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CHANGE HISTORY

Date	Section	Change
20Jan2008	Various	William Parsons update + deaths + locations/photos
04Oct2011	Children	New information about their children added.
04Oct2011	Data Section	Data and data sources added.

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