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Thomas Parsons
(Abt 1798-1863)
Elizabeth Green
(1805-1876)
James Gurr
(1806-1899)
Ann Pocknall
(1808-1883)
James Thomas Longhurst Parsons
(1840-1922)
Ann Gurr
(1843-1888)

John (Jack) Parsons
(1883-1961)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Florence (Florry) Annie Durling

John (Jack) Parsons

  • Born: 19 Sep 1883, 15 Nelson Road, Bromley, Kent, England 3
  • Marriage: Florence (Florry) Annie Durling on 26 Dec 1905 in Parish Church, Bromley, Kent, England 1 2
  • Died: 24 Sep 1961, 37 Francis Road, Ashford, Kent, England aged 78 4 5
  • Buried: Ashford Cemetary, Ashford, Kent, England 6

bullet   Cause of his death was Broncho Pneumonia.

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bullet  General Notes:

Worked at Chiselhurst Water works.
Bellringer in Bromley & Ashford Parish Church.
Steam Raising engineers for Laundries, Podgers laundry in Holmsdale road.
Was an Engine Driver in Dye Works according to Daughter Constance's Birth certificate

In Royal West Kents (Army) he was a batman, in 1st world war Somme & gassed.

brother Bill (william)
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bullet  Research Notes:

Looks like they moved to Ashford with the family between 1910 and 1911 as Gladys was born in Bromley and Edith was born in Ashford, also a photo of an outing for the locomotive pub was outside Christchurch in Ashford on 6th July 1912.

bullet  Death Notes:

Registered by E R Hoare, daughter living at 125 Canterbury Road, Willesborough

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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Laundry Engineer. 5

• Census UK: Scholar, aged 7, 1891, 2 Edgar Villas, Beachcroft Road, Leyton, Essex, England. 8

• Census UK: Laundress, aged 17, 1901, 46 Addison Road, Bromley, Kent, England. 9 Living with brother James

• Occupation: Engine Driver, 26 Dec 1905, 56 Beckenham Lane, Bromley, Kent, England. 1 Marriage to Florence

• Occupation: Engine Driver in Dye Works, 7 Dec 1907, 15 Tylney Rd, Bromley, Kent, England. 10

• Census UK: Stationery Engineer at Laundry, aged 28, Mar, 1911, 163 Beaver Road, Ashford, Kent, England. 11

• Confirmation: From his Prayer Book, 20 Mar 1926, Ashford Parish Church, Kent, England. 7


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John married Florence (Florry) Annie Durling, daughter of George Thomas Durling and Alice Annie Blundell, on 26 Dec 1905 in Parish Church, Bromley, Kent, England.1 2 (Florence (Florry) Annie Durling was born on 10 Sep 1883 in 72 Martins Road, Bromley, Kent, England 12, christened on 11 Nov 1883 in St Peters & St Pauls Church, Bromley, Kent, England 13 and died on 8 Dec 1948 in 26 Upper Denmark Road, Ashford, Kent, England 5 14.) The cause of her death was Acute Cardiac Failure due to Mycarditis and Arterioctherosis.

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Address: Both were living there, 26 Dec 1905, 56 Beckenham Lane, Bromley, Kent, England. 1

• Marriage Witness/es: George THomas Durling (Florry's father) & George William Durling (Florry's brother), 26 Dec 1905, Parish Church, Bromley, Kent, England. 1


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Sources

1 Marriage Certificate.

2 FreeBMD.

3 Birth Certificate, Sep Q 1883, Vol 2a, Page 405, Bromley.

4 1837online BMD Indexes, Sep Q 1961, Ashford, Vol 5b, page 30.

5 Death Certificate held by Graham & Sandy Goldsmith.

6 Graham Goldsmith, "Jean Wilkinson".

7 "Graham Goldsmith".

8 1891 Census - 5/6 Apr 1891, RG12/1347, fol.93, p.47.

9 1901 Census - 31 Mar/1 Apr 1901, RG13/684, fol.102, p.21.

10 Birth Certificate.

11 (On www.findmypast.com).

12 Birth Certificate, Dec Q 1883, Bromley, vol 2a, p. 402.

13 (Held at Bromley Central Library, Kent
It is currently assumed that all those details relating to people born in West Wickham were either Baptised or Buried in St John the Baptist, West Wickham ans St Peters & St Pauls , Bromley for those dying in Bromley. Further research is needed to establish the exact details).

14 1837online BMD Indexes, Ashford District, Age 65, Vol 5b, Page 28, Dec Q 1948.

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