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rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 12 Apr 2011 10:19

Her brothers William, Thomas and John all seem to have their births registered in Thorne.

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 12 Apr 2011 10:17

I wonder if Sarah's birth was register as just Sarah?

Births Jun 1853
Pashley Mary Thorne 9c 410
Pashley Sarah Thorne 9c 412
Pashley Sarah Thorne 9c 412

Melanie

Melanie Report 12 Apr 2011 10:16

Some very strange christian names - Jewish?

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 12 Apr 2011 10:14

Claiming to be a widow in 1891!

Name: Elepzibah Pashley
Age: 65
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826
Relation: Visitor
Gender: Female
Where born: Belton, Lincolnshire, England

Civil parish: Thorne
Ecclesiastical parish: Thorne
Town: Thorne
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Thorne
Sub-registration district: Thorne
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Winn 79
Elepzibah Pashley 65

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 12 Apr 2011 10:13

1901

Name: Hepsibate Pashley
Age: 79
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822
Relation: Inmate
Gender: Female
Where born: Morton, Lincolnshire, England

Civil parish: Thorne
Ecclesiastical parish: Thorne St Nicholas
Town: Thorne
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Thorne
Sub-registration district: Thorne
ED, institution, or vessel: 13

Melanie

Melanie Report 12 Apr 2011 10:12

Very strange!
A lot of hard work and time - thank you.

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 12 Apr 2011 10:09

Here she is in 1871 working as a Housekeeper and on the census in Church Lane - same street as her hisband and daughter in 1871.

Name: Hephzibah Pashley
Age: 49
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822
Relation: Housekeeper
Gender: Female
Where born: Belton, Lincolnshire, England
Civil parish: Thorne
Town: Thorne
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Registration district: Thorne
Sub-registration district: Thorne
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Household schedule number: 94
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Winn 59
Hephzibah Pashley 49

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 12 Apr 2011 10:06

Looks like they just didn't live together?

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page

Deaths Mar 1905 Pashley Hephzibah 83 Thorne 9c 516

Deaths Mar 1902 Pashley John 83 Pontefract 9c 78

Melanie

Melanie Report 12 Apr 2011 10:06

What a name to go to bed with! (As they say up north).
Thank you rootgatherer.

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 12 Apr 2011 10:02

Melanie John (who looks to be Sarah's father can be traced easily on the census from can be traced on all the census records from 1841 to 1901. Although he says he is married on them, this is the only one he appears with his wife.

1851

Name: John Pashley
Age: 32
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1819
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Kephribah Pashley
Gender: M (Male)
Where born: Thorne, Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Thorne
Ecclesiastical parish: Lincoln
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View image

Registration district: Thorne
Sub-registration district: Epworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 5f
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 49
Household Members: Name Age
John Pashley 32
Kephribah Pashley 28
William Pashley 7
Thomas Pashley 4
John Pashley 2 MO
John Sampson 65 Lodger
Mary Sampson 68 Lodger


Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Jun 1843 (>99%)
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GERVIS Hephzebah Thorne 23 505
GERVIS Hephzibah Thorne 23 505
Heaton Sarah Thorne 23 505
HOLMES James Thorne 23 505
JARVIS Hephzibah Thorne 23 505
O'CONNOR Hannah Thorne 23 505
PASHLEY John Thorne 23 505
Wilson William Thorne 23 505

Melanie

Melanie Report 12 Apr 2011 09:41

Thank you very much also rootgatherer.
My g.g.grandmother has a lot to answer to!
Marvellous work all of you.

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 12 Apr 2011 09:36

???

Name: Sarah Pashley
Age: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854
Relation: Visitor
Gender: Female
Where born: Thorne, Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Thorne
Town: Thorne
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View image

Registration district: Thorne
Sub-registration district: Thorne
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 45
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth Meggitt 61
Isaac Nicholson 25
Sarah Pashley 7

Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 3525; Folio: 20; Page: 8; GSU roll: 543146.

Gee

Gee Report 12 Apr 2011 09:34

1861 England Census
about Sarah Pashley
Name: Sarah Pashley
Age: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854
Relation: Visitor
Gender: Female
Where born: Thorne, Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Thorne
Town: Thorne
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View image

Registration district: Thorne
Sub-registration district: Thorne
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 45
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth Meggitt 61
Isaac Nicholson 25
Sarah Pashley 7





Yes she had Alf out of wedlock!

Melanie

Melanie Report 12 Apr 2011 09:34

You have been such a marvel. I really wouldn't have found that info - I've been looking for months for his parents!
Thank you so much.

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 12 Apr 2011 09:34

1871 (In 1881 she gives her birthplace as Thorne where she is living in 1871)

Name: Sarah Jane Pashley
Age: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854
Relation: Granddaughter
Father's Name: John Pashley
Gender: Female
Where born: Falfield Levels, Yorkshire, England
Civil parish: Thorne
Town: Thorne
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Registration district: Thorne
Sub-registration district: Thorne
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Household schedule number: 90
Household Members: Name Age
Mary Pashley 78 b. Thorne
John Pashley 52 son, b. Thorne
Sarah Jane Pashley 17 Granddaughter
Charles Pashley 4 Grandson b. Park Lane Falfield, Yorkshire, England

Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 4727; Folio: 56; Page: 15; GSU roll: 847319.





Christine2

Christine2 Report 12 Apr 2011 09:32

Ah she says Thorne. No birth in Thorne but this is close - I wonder if she knocked a couple of years off her age?

Births Jun 1852
Pashley Sarah Jane Wortley 9c 147

Melanie

Melanie Report 12 Apr 2011 09:29

So Alfred took his mother's maiden name because she had him out of wedlock?

Christine2

Christine2 Report 12 Apr 2011 09:28

I was just going to say the same!!
I wonder if this is her birth? Where does she say she was born?

Births Dec 1854
Pashley Sarah Jane Chesterfield 7b 434

Gee

Gee Report 12 Apr 2011 09:25

Heres his mothers marriage


Marriages Jun 1878 (>99%)
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Gooderich Moses Thorne 9c 849
Pashley Sarah Jane Thorne 9c 849


So it looks like Alf was born before her marriage hence the Pashley birth name...oooher!!!

Melanie

Melanie Report 12 Apr 2011 09:22

Hi Ginny,
Goodridge! Make no wonder I couldn't find them.
You're a gem, thank you very much.