Ann Parsonage (F)
b. 24 July 1768
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     Ann Parsonage was baptised at Gresford, Denbighshire. She was born on 24 July 1768. She was the daughter of Timothy Parsonage and Elizabeth Parsonage.

Ann Parsonage (F)
b. 13 July 1778, d. 23 March 1779
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     Ann Parsonage was baptised at Gresford, Denbighshire. She was born on 13 July 1778. She was the daughter of Timothy Parsonage and Elizabeth Parsonage. She died on 23 March 1779 at Gresford, Denbighshire, at age 0. She was buried after 23 March 1779 at , Gresford, Denbighshire, ; There is a box tomb next to the south facing wall of the church which is amongst other Parsonage graves. The inscription on the tomb reads, "In Hope of a Blessed Resurrection. Underneath lies interred the remains of Timothy Parsonage of Allington who departed this life the 22 day of April 1780 aged 54. Also Ann the daughter of Timothy Parsonage. Also Elizabeth wife of Timothy."

Brenda Parsonage (F)
b. 19 September 1935, d. 19 September 1935
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     Brenda Parsonage died on 19 September 1935 at Bolton, Lancashire, at age 0; She was stillborn. She was born on 19 September 1935 at Bolton, Lancashire. She was the daughter of Eric Parsonage and Lillian Dean.

Catherine Parsonage (F)
b. 29 February 1832
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     Catherine Parsonage was born on 29 February 1832 at Gresford, Denbighshire. She was the daughter of Timothy Parsonage and Mary Parsonage. She was baptised on 25 March 1832 at Gresford, Denbighshire. She appeared on the 1851 Census in Trevalyn Farm, Allington, Denbighshire, and Mary Parsonage, Mary Parsonage, Timothy Parsonage, Eliza Parsonage, John Parsonage, Adelaide Parsonage and Frederick Parsonage were living in the same household; Mary, a widow, the head of household, described herself as farmer of 198 acres employing 4 labourers. Elizabeth was a milliner and John a draper. Also in the household was a servant, Martha Mercer aged 14 years. She witnessed the marriage of Thomas Parsonage and Frances Elizabeth Blake on 17 November 1853 at Malpas Parish Church, Malpas, Cheshire; On his marriage certificate Thomas gave his occupation as surgeon. This was probably an embellishment of the truth, as he had been an assistant to a surgeon just two years earlier on the census. As of 1858,her married name was Gibson. She married John Gibson, son of James Gibson, in 1858 at , Gresford, Denbighshire, . She appeared on the 1881 Census in 11 Garden Street, Wigan, Lancashire, and Kate Gibson, George F. Gibson, Caroline W. Gibson and John S. Gibson were living in the same household; Katherine (Gibson) the head was described as a widow and a seamstress, Kate her daughter was a milliner, George was a joiner, Caroline was a mantle maker and John a scholar.

Catherine Parsonage (F)
b. 8 October 1770, d. 8 July 1839
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     Catherine Parsonage was baptised at Gresford, Denbighshire. Her married name was Wainwright. She was born on 8 October 1770. She was the daughter of Timothy Parsonage and Elizabeth Parsonage. She married Samuel Wainwright in 1795 at Gresford, Denbighshire. She died on 8 July 1839 at age 68. She was buried after 8 July 1839 at , Gresford, Denbighshire, ; Catherine is buried in a large box tomb next to the pathway leading to the North entrance to the church. There are eleven other Parsonage relatives mentioned on this tomb.

David H Parsonage (M)
b. 1929
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     David H Parsonage was born in 1929 at Lancashire. He is the son of Oliver Parsonage and Ellen Parkinson.

Edith Emily Parsonage (F)
b. 9 April 1898, d. 19 November 1953
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     Her married name was Smith. Edith Emily Parsonage was born on 9 April 1898 at Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire. She was the daughter of Herbert Harold Parsonage and Esther Ann Morris. She took her confirmation at St Thomas', St Helens on 11 Dec 1913. Edith worked for a firm called Oxen and Gillybrand before she married. They made clothing of some sort and she once mentioned that she worked 'on the band ', she was a seamstress. She appeared on the 1901 Census in 3 Armstrong Street, Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire, and Herbert Harold Parsonage, Esther Ann Morris and Agnes Ada Parsonage were living in the same household; Herbert was described as a Gasmaker? at an Engine Works. There were two lodgers also living with the family. She married Benjamin Smith, son of Samuel Marsh Smith and Ada Orrell, on 1 March 1927 at Holy Trinity Church, Horwich, Lancashire, and the ceremony was witnessed by Ada Smith and John Henry Forshaw; Ben gave his occupation as a metal turner, and he lived at 100 Brownlow Road, Bolton. Edith gave no occupation and she lived at 9 Oldham Street, Bolton. Ben and Edith's first home was in Bolton at 11 Inverlael Avenue. Daughters Barbara and Pat were born there. Ben was made redundant in the slump about 1930 and came home one day and told Edith he had bought a poultry farm. They moved to Holmfield Poultry Farm, Lytham Road, Warton, near Preston in 1931. It took Edith a long time to settle down in the village and she told her daughter Barbara that she didn't like the people in the village saying "hello Mrs.. Smith", when they didn't know her and hadn't been introduced. They also had an egg collecting round in the local area and a sales round in Manchester and Blackpool. The children really loved the farm with plenty of room to run around and baby chicks to see hatching, etc. In 1934 their third child Betty was born. In about 1938 the farm was sold, the egg rounds and one or two of the buildings were saved and they moved to a rented semi-detached house a few hundred yards up the road. They called the new house Cartref after the Parsonage grandparents' first house in Prestatyn. The girls went to the village school and Edith went to Banbury to train to be a sales lady for Marks and Spencers made to measure corsets. The war came and the egg business became "Egg Packing Station 966" under control of the Ministry of Agriculture. Ben was in a reserved occupation and joined the local Special Constables. Wimpey and Mc Alpines moved into the village and built an airfield which later became an American airbase. Edith took her sister-in-law Lillian's job and Lillian was released for war work. Ben was busy working for the Ministry of Agriculture and the children had to help out by grading and packing the eggs. She died on 19 November 1953 at age 55. She was buried at Warton, Lancashire.

Eleanor Parsonage¹ (F)
b. 20 April 1821
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     Eleanor Parsonage was born on 20 April 1821 at Gresford, Denbighshire. She was the daughter of Timothy Parsonage and Mary Parsonage. She was baptised on 11 November 1822 at Gresford, Denbighshire; The family's first three children (Elizabeth, Eleanor and Mary) were all baptised on the same day. As of 1847,her married name was Price. She married Henry Price, son of James Price, in 1847 at Parish Church, Rossett, Denbighshire. She appeared on the 1881 Census in Darland, Allington, Denbighshire, and Mary Parsonage, Timothy Parsonage and Henry Price were living in the same household; Mary, the head of the household, described herself as a retired farmer. Timothy's occupation was described as farmer's son. There were two other people in the house at the time a Henry Price, son in law aged 60 born Wisconsin, America, and Ellen Price aged 56 daughter born Wisconsin, America. This was most likely Eleanor and the census enumerator may have recorded their current residence as their place of birth.

Eleanor Parsonage (F)
b. 3 January 1774
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     Eleanor Parsonage was baptised at Gresford, Denbighshire. She was born on 3 January 1774. She was the daughter of Timothy Parsonage and Elizabeth Parsonage.

Eliza Parsonage (F)
b. 22 October 1828
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     Eliza Parsonage was born on 22 October 1828 at Gresford, Denbighshire. She was the daughter of Timothy Parsonage and Mary Parsonage. She was baptised on 23 November 1828 at Gresford, Denbighshire. As of 1851,her married name was Evans. She married David Jones Evans in 1851. She appeared on the 1851 Census in Trevalyn Farm, Allington, Denbighshire, and Mary Parsonage, Mary Parsonage, Timothy Parsonage, John Parsonage, Catherine Parsonage, Adelaide Parsonage and Frederick Parsonage were living in the same household; Mary, a widow, the head of household, described herself as farmer of 198 acres employing 4 labourers. Elizabeth was a milliner and John a draper. Also in the household was a servant, Martha Mercer aged 14 years. Possible 1881 census entry - good one bearing in mind occupation of dau's.

Dwelling:     16 Mill Lane
     Census Place:     West Derby, Lancashire, England
     Source:     FHL Film 1341889 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 3716 Folio 21 Page 6
     Marr     Age     Sex     Birthplace
David JONES     M     62      M     Wales
     Rel:     Head
     Occ:     Book Maker
Eliza A. JONES     M     54      F     Wales
     Rel:     Wife
     Occ:     Wife
Jane JONES     U     22      F     Lpool
     Rel:     Daughter
     Occ:     Dressmaker
Margaret JONES     U     17      F     Lpool
     Rel:     Daughter
     Occ:     Daughter
Elizabeth E. HAYES     U     15      F     
     Rel:     Apprentice
     Occ:     Dressmaker (Apprentice).

Eliza Eugenia Parsonage (F)
b. circa 1860
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     Eliza Eugenia Parsonage was born circa 1860 at Broxton, Cheshire. She was the daughter of Thomas Parsonage and Frances Elizabeth Blake. She appeared on the 1861 Census in Broxton, Cheshire, and Thomas Parsonage, Frances Elizabeth Blake, Emma Louisa Parsonage, Thomas Henry Caldecott Parsonage and Ellen Rose Parsonage were living in the same household; The head of the household, Thomas (senior), described himself as a farmer of 20 acres. Also living with the family was Ann Bowker, aged 16 years a house servant. She appeared on the 1871 Census in Ivy Cottage, Broxton, Cheshire, and Ellen Rose Parsonage, Henry Caldicott and Elizabeth (?) were living in the same household; The head of the household, Henry Caldicott, described Elizabeth and Ellen as his grandaughters. It is not clear that Caldicott was really the children's grandfather. Their parents were living in Broxton at the time with their other children.

Elizabeth Parsonage (F)
b. 9 February 1737, d. 16 December 1792
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     Elizabeth Parsonage was born on 9 February 1737 at Holt, Denbighshire. She was the daughter of Jonathon Parsonage and (?) (?). She married Timothy Parsonage, son of Richard Parsonage and (?) (?), on 1 March 1762 at , Gresford, Denbighshire, , and the ceremony was witnessed by Edward Evans and Samuel Bennion. She was an executor to the will of Timothy Parsonage on 19 April 1780; In his will Timothy bequeaths the profits of his farm to his wife Elizabeth & his sons Thomas and Timothy, and to William Parsonage of Lower Hall. He also names these as executors of his will. He leaves his lands, messuages, household goods and stocks to be divided equally amongst his children. The will was witnessed by John Thomas, John Bennion and Thomas Bennion. It was proved at St Asaph on March 8th 1781. The estate was sworn to be valued above £100 and below £300. It is not known if the farm referred to is Trevalyn Farm. She died on 16 December 1792 at Gresford, Denbighshire, at age 55. She was buried after 16 December 1792 at , Gresford, Denbighshire, ; Elizabeth is buried in the same tomb as her husband Timothy.

Elizabeth Parsonage (F)
b. 19 February 1820
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     Elizabeth Parsonage was born on 19 February 1820 at Gresford, Denbighshire. She was the daughter of Timothy Parsonage and Mary Parsonage. She was baptised on 11 November 1822 at Gresford, Denbighshire; The family's first three children (Elizabeth, Eleanor and Mary) were all baptised on the same day. As of 1844,her married name was Evans. She married Thomas Evans in 1844 at , Gresford, Denbighshire, .

Elizabeth Parsonage (F)
b. 30 December 1800
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     Elizabeth Parsonage was born on 30 December 1800. She was the daughter of Timothy Parsonage and Phoebe Lloyd. She was baptised on 18 September 1804 at Wrexham, Denbighshire.

Elizabeth Parsonage (F)
b. 15 July 1776
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     Elizabeth Parsonage was baptised at Gresford, Denbighshire. She was born on 15 July 1776. She was the daughter of Timothy Parsonage and Elizabeth Parsonage.

Ellen Rose Parsonage (F)
b. circa 1857
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     Ellen Rose Parsonage was born circa 1857 at Broxton, Cheshire. She was the daughter of Thomas Parsonage and Frances Elizabeth Blake. She appeared on the 1861 Census in Broxton, Cheshire, and Thomas Parsonage, Frances Elizabeth Blake, Emma Louisa Parsonage, Thomas Henry Caldecott Parsonage and Eliza Eugenia Parsonage were living in the same household; The head of the household, Thomas (senior), described himself as a farmer of 20 acres. Also living with the family was Ann Bowker, aged 16 years a house servant. She appeared on the 1871 Census in Ivy Cottage, Broxton, Cheshire, and Eliza Eugenia Parsonage, Henry Caldicott and Elizabeth (?) were living in the same household; The head of the household, Henry Caldicott, described Elizabeth and Ellen as his grandaughters. It is not clear that Caldicott was really the children's grandfather. Their parents were living in Broxton at the time with their other children. She appeared on the 1881 Census in The Rectory, Higham on the Hill, Leicestershire; Ellen was recorded as Helen R. and was living in the house of Henry Fisher and his family. Ellen was described as a nurse (dom) and Henry Fisher was the rector of Higham. Interestingly there was only one other person in Leicestershire who gave their place of birth as Malpas. That person was a Thomas B. Lowe born 1855, a bank clerk who was a boarder with a family in Wigston. One wonders whether they may have been friends or was it just a coincidence.

Ellinor Parsonage (F)
b. 5 August 1794, d. 26 February 1811
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     Ellinor Parsonage was born on 5 August 1794 at Wrexham?, Denbighshire. She was the daughter of Timothy Parsonage and Phoebe Lloyd. She was baptised on 21 November 1794 at Wrexham, Denbighshire. She died on 26 February 1811 at age 16; Ellinor is buried in a large box tomb next to the pathway leading to the North entrance to the church. There are eleven other Parsonage relatives mentioned on this tomb, including her father Timothy.

Emily Hazel Parsonage (F)
b. 27 December 1987
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     Emily Hazel Parsonage was born on 27 December 1987 at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. She is the daughter of William Harold Parsonage and Martina Mary Brennan. She was baptised on 10 April 1988 at The Church of the Nativity of Our Lady, Ardee, County Louth, Eire.

Emma Louisa Parsonage (F)
b. 1854
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     Emma Louisa Parsonage was born in 1854 at Broxton, Cheshire. She was the daughter of Thomas Parsonage and Frances Elizabeth Blake. She appeared on the 1861 Census in Broxton, Cheshire, and Thomas Parsonage, Frances Elizabeth Blake, Thomas Henry Caldecott Parsonage, Ellen Rose Parsonage and Eliza Eugenia Parsonage were living in the same household; The head of the household, Thomas (senior), described himself as a farmer of 20 acres. Also living with the family was Ann Bowker, aged 16 years a house servant. She appeared on the 1871 Census in Mount Pleasant, Broxton, Cheshire, and Thomas Parsonage, Frances Emily Parsonage, Mary Elizabeth Parsonage, Frederick John Parsonage and Frances Elizabeth Blake were living in the same household; The head of the household, Thomas, described himself as farmer of 18 acres. Possible marriage to George Eaton. She appeared on the 1881 Census in Spurstow, Cheshire; She was living as an unmarried servant in the household of David Bird and gave her occupation as a cheesemaker.

Eric Parsonage (M)
b. 10 June 1908, d. 15 January 1984
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     Eric Parsonage was born on 10 June 1908 at St Peters St., St Helens, Lancashire. He was the son of Herbert Harold Parsonage and Esther Ann Morris. He married Lillian Dean, daughter of John William Dean and Selina Leach, on 31 March 1934 at Bolton, Lancashire. Eric worked in the cotton industry with his wife Lillian when they married. He was a spinner and Lillian was a weaver. They later went to live in Blackpool where he worked for the ICI. He was a chargehand and worked there from 1940-1968. He wrote about his memories of working at ICI. Eric wrote a letter to his grandson Jonathon Brookes for a school project that Jonathon was doing. It explains to the school children what life was like when he was a young lad. The letter written in 1977 was as follows.
"From Jonathon Brookes Grandpa Mr. E. Parsonage, 33 Argosy Avenue, Layton.
I was born 10th June 1908 at St.Helens Lancashire. St.Helens is world famous for glassmaking, by Sir Thomas Pilkington. St.Helens is also famous for Beechams Pills, Powders, cosmetics and perfumery. I started school when I was 4 years old, everybody went to school in those days at 4 years old sometimes 3 1/2 years old. Sir Thomas Pilkington lived at Windle, a little district like Layton is to Blackpool. Sir Thomas built a school in St.Helens and it was about 4 or 5 storeys high and the playground was on top of the roof, it was flat. It was the length and breadth of the school building with big high railings all round it and when you looked through the railings people looked like dwarfs walking about. ' Windle Pilkington School ', everybody thought it was wonderful, it had its own swimming pool and when it was completed our school, St Thomas' closed down and we were transferred to the new school. Schools in those days were different than they are now. The main teaching was reading writing and arithmetic, also P.T. and swimming. There were no playing fields for classes to go to. There were no school buses, everybody had to walk to school, the motor car had not come on the roads then. If you had to ride you caught a tramcar, it was the most popular form of travel in those days. You could go all the way to Liverpool, 12 miles, or Bolton, 18 miles, but you had to change on the outskirts of every town you went through. The first trams had open tops upstairs with no roof on, and when it was raining you had to go downstairs. Later on they put roofs on the trams. Our homes were not like they are now, they had no bungalows, they were all built in rows. There were no bathrooms, there were no hot water pipes, only cold water, and if you wanted to have a bath you had to boil water in big pans on the fire. Everybody seemed to possess a zinc bath about four or five feet long and deep enough and wide enough to sit in. There were no electric lights, only gas. We had a gas pipe in every room downstairs, you had to fit a mantle on to it which was made of a special material. The mantle as it was called was just as big as an egg cup and it gave a very good light. It was an improvement on oil lamps. You did not have mantles on the gas pipes upstairs. When you went to bed you had a candle lit and it stood upright on a metal stick in the centre of a metal saucer, it was called a candlestick. The centrepiece of our homes in those days was the fireplace. It was about 5 feet high and about six feet wide and about 24 inches deep, in the centre was the fire-grate with four or five bars at the front. These were to hold the coal burning it was about 18 inches square. On the left hand side was a flat top which was called the hob and on the right hand side was the oven, this was about 24 inches square with a space underneath. To heat the oven you had to poke the fire underneath so that our mothers could bake in the oven. Our mother often made home made bread and cakes. We had to use the oven in those days as gas cookers were not invented then. Also along the top of the fireplace there was a wooden shelf called a mantelpiece and our mothers always had a six inch deep fringe with lovely tassels. This was fastened on the edge of the shelf with nice round headed brass nails. On top of the mantelpiece it was very handy to put ornaments, very popular ornaments were vases and a pair of candlesticks. When I was born in 1908 Edward VII and Alexandria were King and Queen of England, but I don't remember them. King Edward died in 1910 and King George V and Queen Mary came to the throne. On August 4th 1914 the Great War started, in 1916 my mother and father removed to Bolton. I do remember removing, there were no removal vans then, it was a large van pulled by two horses. They must have been tired pulling a furniture van all the way to Bolton. My mother, brother and I travelled all the way by tram. My father was employed as an engine attendant in a big cotton spinning mill. All the mills were driven by a big engine, the engine room was always spick and span. Bolton was famous for spinning and also weaving. The cotton was imported into England from Egypt and America, it came in bales like cotton wool. The bales from Egypt weighed 750 lbs. and the bales from America weighed 500 lbs. The cotton was not white and clean as we see it today, it was a grey colour. It had to be cleaned, combed, spun and woven to a finished shirt or other garment. The spinning machine was invented by a Bolton man called Samuel Crompton at his home in Hall-ith-Wood in Bolton. People used to spin cotton on small machines in their homes but Samuel Crompton invented a large spinning machine which was why all the big mills were built to house them. The workers used to start work at 6 a.m. in those days and worked till 5.30 p.m. They stopped for breakfast 8 a.m. to 8.30 a.m. and at dinner time 12.15 p.m. to 1.15 p.m. and they worked Saturday till 12 noon. From 1919 they brought in a starting time of 7.45 a.m. which was much better. In those days people did not have alarm clocks to wake them in the morning. A man came round to our homes every morning and he was called a knocker-upper. He had a big long cane with two or three wires on the end and he rattled the wires on the bedroom windows. It always woke you up and you had to shout that you were awake. Some knocker-uppers were very funny they sometimes told you what the weather was like, sometimes they would shout up ' put your clogs on this morning it's snowing '. They came round every Friday evening to collect their money which was three old pence per week. When I was eleven years old I took papers out every morning and evening. I used to knock the newsagent up at 6 a.m. to get the papers ready and take them out. I finished about 7.15 a.m. then went home for breakfast and got ready for school. I went out at 5 pm. till 6.30 p.m. with the evening papers. I did not go on Sundays and I got five shillings a week for all that. When I started school in Bolton In 1916 I was 8 years old and I went to Pikes Lane Council School. We were not in different forms, in those days they were called standards. Standard 1,2,3 and so on up to 7. When I was 12 years old in 1920 I started work in the cotton mill working half time. Mornings one week in the mill and school in the afternoons and then the next week school in the mornings and and afternoons in the mill. I was earning fifteen shillings a week and I used to get spending money equal to a penny in the shilling. When I was thirteen years old I was in standard 5 at school and left to work full time in the mill. Workers then only had one weeks holiday per year, they always started the last Friday in June and we had a three day holiday the first week in September. We never got paid for our holidays like they do now in 1977. When we went to school and work those days we did not wear shoes, everybody wore clogs. There were several cloggers shops where you could go and have new clog irons fitted, we always looked forward to going ot the cloggers to have our clog irons fitted. You had to wait while he did them and it was very interesting . He did not mind if we stayed to watch him making new clogs. There were no school uniforms then, you just wore ordinary clothes. We had a sunday suit and shoes that we had to keep for best, we only wore it on Sundays." He died on 15 January 1984 at Blackpool, Lancashire, at age 75.

Eric Parsonage (M)
b. 24 April 1939, d. 1 May 1939
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     Eric Parsonage was born on 24 April 1939 at Bolton, Lancashire. He was the son of Eric Parsonage and Lillian Dean. He died on 1 May 1939 at Bolton, Lancashire, at age 0. He was buried at Deanne Church, Bolton, Lancashire.

Frances Emily Parsonage (F)
b. circa 1861
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     Her married name was Thomas. Frances Emily Parsonage was born circa 1861 at Broxton, Cheshire. She was the daughter of Thomas Parsonage and Frances Elizabeth Blake. She appeared on the 1871 Census in Mount Pleasant, Broxton, Cheshire, and Thomas Parsonage, Emma Louisa Parsonage, Mary Elizabeth Parsonage, Frederick John Parsonage and Frances Elizabeth Blake were living in the same household; The head of the household, Thomas, described himself as farmer of 18 acres. She appeared on the 1881 Census in 12 Hampshire Street, Cheetham, Lancashire; Frances was living in the household of John Pearce, a mercantile metal clerk. She was recorded as a general servant. Cheshire Marriage Index possible marriage Alfred THOMAS Coppenhall St Michael. She married Alfred Thomas before 1890.

Fred Parsonage (M)
b. circa 1890
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     Fred Parsonage was born circa 1890 at Crewe, Cheshire. He was the son of Thomas Henry Caldecott Parsonage and Mary A. Beck. He appeared on the 1901 Census in 24 Ridgway Street, Monks Coppenhall, Crewe, Cheshire, and Thomas Henry Caldecott Parsonage, Mary A. Beck, Alexander Beck Parsonage and Thomas H Parsonage were living in the same household; Thomas, and his sons Alexander and Thomas where all described as Grocer's Assistants.

Frederick Parsonage (M)
b. 8 February 1836
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     Frederick Parsonage was born on 8 February 1836 at Gresford, Denbighshire. He was the son of Timothy Parsonage and Mary Parsonage. He was baptised on 13 March 1836 at Gresford, Denbighshire. He appeared on the 1851 Census in Trevalyn Farm, Allington, Denbighshire, and Mary Parsonage, Mary Parsonage, Timothy Parsonage, Eliza Parsonage, John Parsonage, Catherine Parsonage and Adelaide Parsonage were living in the same household; Mary, a widow, the head of household, described herself as farmer of 198 acres employing 4 labourers. Elizabeth was a milliner and John a draper. Also in the household was a servant, Martha Mercer aged 14 years. He appeared on the 1861 Census in Trevalyn Farm, Allington, Denbighshire, and Mary Parsonage, Mary Parsonage, Timothy Parsonage, Adelaide Parsonage and Kate Gibson were living in the same household; The head of the household, Mary, describes herself as a farmer of 200 acres employing two labourers. Her daughter Mary was described as a dairy maid, Adelaide and Frederick as helpers, and Timothy as a farmer. Also in the household at that time was a 1 year old visitor named Kate Parsonage Gibson, described as grandaughter to Mary. He appeared on the 1871 Census in Trevalyn Farm, Allington, Denbighshire, and Mary Parsonage, Timothy Parsonage and Adelaide Parsonage were living in the same household; The head of the household, Mary, at the age of 72 still described herself as a farmer. A lodger named William Stoddart was staying at the farm and he gave his occupation as a government surveyor. It is possible that he was involved in the drawing of Ordnance Survey maps which were in their infancy at that time.

Frederick John Parsonage (M)
b. circa 1868
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     Frederick John Parsonage was born circa 1868 at Broxton, Cheshire. He was the son of Thomas Parsonage and Frances Elizabeth Blake. He appeared on the 1871 Census in Mount Pleasant, Broxton, Cheshire, and Thomas Parsonage, Emma Louisa Parsonage, Frances Emily Parsonage, Mary Elizabeth Parsonage and Frances Elizabeth Blake were living in the same household; The head of the household, Thomas, described himself as farmer of 18 acres. He appeared on the 1881 Census in Broxton, Cheshire, and Henry Caldicott, Caroline (?), Samuel Caldicott and Herbert Harold Parsonage were living in the same household; Henry Caldicott was a farmer, aged 75 years at the time, Caroline was his wife and Samuel was his brother. Henry Caldicott described Herbert and Frederick as his grandsons, although this is not likely to be strictly correct. It appears that the boys' mother had died in 1875 and their father was living alone in Yorkshire. He married Alice H (?) before 1901. He appeared on the 1901 Census in 23 Peter Street, Blackpool, Lancashire, and Alice H (?) were living in the same household; Frederick was described as a shopkeeper (grocery & provisions).

Geoffrey Parsonage (M)
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     It is beleived that he died as an infant - no other details are known. Geoffrey Parsonage was born. He is the son of Herbert Harold Parsonage and Esther Ann Morris.

Henry Tomàs Parsonage (M)
b. 14 August 1992
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     Henry Tomàs Parsonage was born on 14 August 1992 at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. As of 14 August 1992, Henry Tomàs Parsonage usually went by the name of Harry. He is the son of William Harold Parsonage and Martina Mary Brennan. He was baptised on 11 October 1992 at The Church of the Nativity of Our Lady, Ardee, County Louth, Eire.

Herbert Harold Parsonage (M)
b. 23 March 1872, d. 8 June 1943
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     Herbert Harold Parsonage was born on 23 March 1872 at Broxton, Cheshire. He was the son of Thomas Parsonage and Frances Elizabeth Blake. He appeared on the 1881 Census in Broxton, Cheshire, and Henry Caldicott, Caroline (?), Samuel Caldicott and Frederick John Parsonage were living in the same household; Henry Caldicott was a farmer, aged 75 years at the time, Caroline was his wife and Samuel was his brother. Henry Caldicott described Herbert and Frederick as his grandsons, although this is not likely to be strictly correct. It appears that the boys' mother had died in 1875 and their father was living alone in Yorkshire. He lived with a Mr & Mrs Ashton at the Manor House, Tarporley, Cheshire and was brought up by them according to Lillian Dean. This may have been after the death of Henry Caldicott. He married Esther Ann Morris, daughter of Oliver Morris and Emily White, on 14 March 1896 at Holy Trinity, Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire, and the ceremony was witnessed by William Buxton Rogers and Fanny Gill; the marriage certificate shows Herbert and Esther were both living at 64 Dale Street, Hulme at the time and that Herbert was a forgeman. He appeared on the 1901 Census in 3 Armstrong Street, Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire, and Esther Ann Morris, Agnes Ada Parsonage and Edith Emily Parsonage were living in the same household; Herbert was described as a Gasmaker? at an Engine Works. There were two lodgers also living with the family. He was living at 65 Peter Street, St Helens at the time of William Henry's birth and his occupation was a gas maker at the Lead Works. On 8 September 1925 at Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire, Herbert Harold Parsonage was a railway pumpman. He lived on 26 October 1925 at 9 Oldham Street, Bolton, Lancashire; and was still living there in 1927 when his daughter Edith was married. He may also have lived at 226 Deane Road, Bolton at some time as this address is on the rear of an old photograph ( in the possession of Barbara Jager). On 1 March 1927 Herbert Harold Parsonage was a labourer. Barbara Jager-Smith recalls Herbert took a light job when he moved from Bolton to Prestatyn about 1935. She believes he worked at the station possibly something to do with the water tower as he took the kids up it when they visited. He used to caddy on the local golf course and liked to pick up bargains at house sales. He had old bibles and bound copies of Victorian magazines that he had bought. Herbert's house was called Cartref, No. 87 Carodoc Rd (the first house they lived at before Albert Terrace). There was no running water except a cold tap outside, there was gas lighting and the toilet was a hole in a piece of wood over a drain. Herbert was a keen gardener, growing vegetables and flowers. He married Annie Davies in 1940. He died on 8 June 1943 at Prestatyn, Flintshire, at age 71. He was buried in June 1943 at Coed Bell Cemetary, Gronant, Prestatyn, Flintshire; His grandson David Parsonage remembers that Herbert died at Prestatyn and David went with his sister Irene to the funeral at Gronnant cemetary. While they were there he recalls the small railway terraces where Herbert lived and that he thought it odd as a child that the back garden was actually across the other side of the back street through a gate. This may have been 7 Albert Terrace, Prestatyn, where Herbert was certainly living in 1939 when his wife Esther died. Herbert was also commemorated on the grave of his wife, Esther and their daughter Edith in Warton Cemetary.

Herbert Harold Parsonage¹ (M)
b. 1901
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     Herbert Harold Parsonage was stillborn in 1901 at Bolton, Lancashire. He was the son of Herbert Harold Parsonage and Esther Ann Morris.

Irene Parsonage (F)
b. 1927
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     Irene Parsonage was born in 1927 at Lancashire. She is the daughter of Oliver Parsonage and Ellen Parkinson.