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William Parsons
(1767-)
Mary Chilton
(Abt 1774-)
Joshua Green
(Abt 1769-Bef 1841)
Mary Longhurst
(Abt 1769-1852)
Thomas Parsons
(Abt 1798-1863)
Elizabeth Green
(1805-1876)
James Thomas Longhurst Parsons
(1840-1922)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ann Gurr

2. Eliza

James Thomas Longhurst Parsons

  • Born: 4 Dec 1840, Bromley, Kent, England 4
  • Christened: 10 Jan 1841, St Peters & St Pauls Church, Bromley, Kent, England 5
  • Marriage (1): Ann Gurr on 2 Aug 1863 in Chapel, Wilmington, Kent, England 1 2
  • Marriage (2): Eliza about Jun 1890 in West Ham, Essex, England 3
  • Died: 6 Nov 1922, 28 Sandford Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, England aged 81 6

bullet   Cause of his death was Senile Decay.

bullet   Other names for James were Parson,7 8 James Parson and Thomas Parsons.9

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bullet  Research Notes:

There was a Matthew Parsons living at 4 Station Road, Plumstead who was 43 and also a Bricklayer at the time of the 1881 census. Could they be related.

bullet  Medical Notes:

C J Ribbens (son-in-law) present at the death 10

bullet  Christening Notes:

Christen details (FHL 1042453 from Vital Records index which says 10 Jan 1841 which would seem correct, however IGI says 10 Jan 1840 batch no. 8911834.

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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Census UK: Aged 6 months, 1841, Widmore, Bromley, Kent, England. 9

• Census UK: Scholar, aged 10, 1851, Tallows Chandlers Yard, Bromley, Kent, England. 11

• Census UK: Labourer, aged 20, Lodger, 1861, Cottage, St. Paul Cray, Kent, England. 12 Living with a Innes Cheshire Ag. Lab.

• Census UK: Brickmaker, aged 30, 1871, 42 Holmesdale Road, Bromley, Kent, England. 13

• Census UK: Bricklayer, aged 40, 1881, 82 Holmsdale Road, Bromley, Kent, England. 14

• Census UK: Bricklayer, aged 50, 1891, 2 Edgar Villas, Beachcroft Road, Leyton, Essex, England. 15

• Census UK: Bricklayer, aged 60, 1901, 39 Cobden Road, Leyton, Essex, England. 16

• Occupation: Bricklayer, 26 Dec 1905, Bromley, Kent, England. Marriage of John

• Census UK: Bricklayer, aged 71, Mar, 1911, 15 Pembroke Road, Bickley, Kent, England. 17 Is boarding with a William Ernest Butcher, aged 42, Labourer, b. Bromley
James claims to have been married 48 years, and b. Widmore


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James married Ann Gurr, daughter of James Gurr and Ann Pocknall, on 2 Aug 1863 in Chapel, Wilmington, Kent, England.1 2 (Ann Gurr was born on 5 May 1843 in Sutton At Hone, Kent, England 4 18, christened about 1843 in Wilmington, Kent, England? and died on 13 Jun 1888 in 111 Devonshire Square, Bromley, Kent, England 10 19.) The cause of her death was Gastro Enteritis Exhaustion.


bullet  Marriage Notes:

States that Ann was 20 at the time. James Gurr and Eliza Gurr witnesses at the wedding. Eliza could be her sister b. Jun 1845, Dartford, vol 5, p.101

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James next married Eliza about Jun 1890 in West Ham, Essex, England.3 (Eliza was born about 1843 in Grays, Essex, England 7 and died about Mar 1916 in West Ham District, Essex, England 20.)


bullet  Marriage Notes:

Eliza was called Howell at the time of the marriage but it looks like she had previously been married.
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Sources

1 Marriage Certificate.

2 FreeBMD, Sep Q 1863, Dartford, vol 2a, p 467.

3 FreeBMD, Jun Q 1890, West Ham District, Vol 4a, p.191.

4 Birth Certificate.

5 BVRI 2, FHL No. 1042453.

6 Death Certificate held by Graham & Sandy Goldsmith, Dartford District, vol 2a, p. 682, Dec Q 1922, Aged 81, Retired Bricklayer.

7 1891 Census - 5/6 Apr 1891.

8 1861 Census - 7 Apr 1861.

9 1841 Census - 6/7 Jun 1841.

10 Death Certificate held by Graham & Sandy Goldsmith.

11 1851 Census - 30 Mar 1851, HO107/1606, fol.34, p.3.

12 1861 Census - 7 Apr 1861, RG9/464 fol.122, p.1.

13 1871 Census - 2/3 Apr 1871, RG10/874, fol.83, p.6.

14 1881 Census - 3/4 Apr 1881, RG11/0854, fol.83, p.4.

15 1891 Census - 5/6 Apr 1891, RG12/1347, fol.93, p.47.

16 1901 Census - 31 Mar/1 Apr 1901, RG13/1614, fol.88, p.9.

17 (On www.findmypast.com).

18 FreeBMD, Jun Q 1843, Dartford, vol 5, p.93.

19 FreeBMD, aged 45, Jun Q 1888, bromley district, vol 2a, p. 230.

20 1837online BMD Indexes, Mar Q 1916, West Ham, vol 4a, p. 67, aged 71.

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