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John Thomas Parnell

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Ed

Ed Report 26 May 2013 19:17

I am having trouble confirming John's parents. John Thomas married Emily Jane Wilkins 30 Jun 1900 at St Stevens, Shepherds Bush London.John Thomas 29 (1871) and father John - farmer. In 1901 Thomas* and Emily living in Ramsey Hunts with Thomas shown as 1871 Hunts. In 1911 Thomas (widower) shown abt 1871 and living with Mother Mary born abt 1851 St Neotts. Daughter Minnie birth registered as Minnie Squires Parnell 1904. There is a marriage of John Parnell and Mary Ann Squires 1874 Hunts. In 1881 Islington London there is a John Parnell with wife Mary abt 1854 St Neotts but their son John shown as born 1879 Islington.
I can find no John Thomas/John/Thomas birth for abt 1871 Hunts.
Is the 1881 family correct?

alviegal

alviegal Report 26 May 2013 19:38

For ref.

1901 census transcription details for: New Town, Ramsey
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National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG13
Piece: 1470
Folio: 70
Page: 29
Reg. District: Huntingdon
Sub District: Ramsey
Parish: Ramsey
Enum. District: 5
Ecclesiastical District: St Thomas a Beckett
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: New Town, Ramsey
County: Huntingdonshire
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born
PARNELL, Thomas Head Married M 30 1871 Agricultural Laborer
Huntingdon
PARNELL, Emily Wife Married F 23 1878
Kensington, London



1911 census transcription details for: 9 Field Drove Ramsey
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National Archive Reference:

RG14PN8724 RG78PN453 RD171 SD1 ED2 SN133
Reg. District: Huntingdon
Sub District: Ramsey
Parish: Ramsey
Enum. District: 2
Address: 9 Field Drove Ramsey
County: Huntingdonshire
Name Relation Condition/
Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
PARNELL, John Head Married M 60 1851 Carter On Farm Whittsley Cambs
PARNELL, Mary Wife Married
40 years F 60 1851 St Neats Hunts
PARNELL, Thomas Son Widower M 40 1871 Labourer Farm Agriculturer Huntingdon
PARNELL, Thomas Henry Grandson Single M 10 1901 School Ransy Hunts
PARNELL, Minnie Granddaughter F 8 1903 Ramsey Hunts
PARNELL, Mary Granddaughter F 3 1908 Ramsey Hunts


1881 census transcription details for: 57, Rupert Rd, Islington
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National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG11
Piece: 247
Folio: 102
Page: 28
Reg. District: Islington
Sub District: Islington West
Parish: Islington
Enum. District:
Ecclesiastical District:
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: 57, Rupert Rd, Islington
County: London, Middlesex
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born
PARNELL, John Head Married M 27 1854 Laborer
Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire
PARNELL, Mary Wife Married F 27 1854 Laundress
St Neots, Huntingdonshire
PARNELL, Samuel H Son Single M 5 1876 Scholar
Huntington, Huntingdonshire
PARNELL, John Son Single M 2 1879
Islington, Middlesex


1891 census transcription details for: Edwards Yard, Great Whyte, Ramsey
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National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG12
Piece: 1234
Folio: 43
Page: 5
Reg. District: Huntingdon
Sub District: Ramsey
Parish: Ramsey
Enum. District: 4
Ecclesiastical District: St Thomas a Becket
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: Edwards Yard, Great Whyte, Ramsey
County: Huntingdonshire
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born
PARNELL, John Head Married M 38 1853 Agricultural Labourer
Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire
PARNELL, Mary Wife Married F 39 1852
St Neots, Huntingdonshire
PARNELL, John Son Single M 13 1878 Scholar
Holloway, London


1901 census transcription details for: The Field, Ramsey
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National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG13
Piece: 1470
Folio: 31
Page: 22
Reg. District: Huntingdon
Sub District: Ramsey
Parish: Ramsey
Enum. District: 2
Ecclesiastical District: St Thomas a Beckett
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: The Field, Ramsey
County: Huntingdonshire
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born
PARNELL, John Head Married M 48 1853 Higgler
Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire
PARNELL, Mary Wife Married F 50 1851
St Neots, Huntingdonshire
PARNELL, John Son Single M 22 1879 Letter Carrier
Islington, London

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 26 May 2013 19:40

Hello Ed, do you have any idea who Rosa Fanny Dawes was who was a witness to the marriage?

(A married sister?)

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 26 May 2013 19:43

Might he have been Mary Ann's son from a previous marriage/relationship?

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915

Name: John Thomas Squires
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1869
Registration District: Huntingdon
Inferred County: Huntingdonshire
Volume: 3b
Page: 254

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 26 May 2013 19:45

1871 to think about:

SQUIRES, John Head M 50 1821 Huntingdonshire, b Gilling - Ag Lab
SQUIRES, Mary Wife F 53 1818 Huntingdonshire b Warsley
SQUIRES, Mary Daughter F 20 1851 Huntingdonshire b Offard Darcy - Servant
SQUIRES, Thomas Son M 18 1853 Huntingdonshire b Offard Darcy - Ag Lab
SQUIRES, Thomas Grandson M 1 1870 Huntingdonshire b Huntingdon

Piece: 1523 Folio: 158 Page: 16
Registration District: Huntingdon
Civil Parish: Upwood

Address: Cottage White Hall, Upwood County: Huntingdonshire

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 26 May 2013 19:47

An Ancestry tree has this for him:

'John Thomas was born John Thomas Squires 1869 Huntindonshire son of Mary Ann prior to prior to Parnell/Squires marriage.'

Parents 'John Parnell' and Mary Ann Squires.

Jan

Mike *

Mike * Report 26 May 2013 19:47

Someone has this on their tree


John Thomas Parnell
Birth: 1869 - Huntingdonshire, ENG (England)
Death: 1953 - Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, ENG (England)

Marriage: 30 Jun 1900 - Middlesex, ENG (England)

Parents: John Parnell, Mary Ann Squires
Spouse: Emily Jane Wilkins


parents married 1874 therefore John was born Squires


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Births Sep 1869

Squires John Thomas - Huntingdon 3b 254


All info would need checking of course as no sources given

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 26 May 2013 19:52

Still with grandparents in 1881:

SQUIRES, John Head Married M 52 1829 Ag Lab Yelling, Cambridgeshire
SQUIRES, Mary Wife Married F 61 1820 Charwoman Warsley, Cambridgeshire
SQUIRES, Thomas Grand Son Single M 12 1869 Scholar Union, Huntingdonshire

Piece: 1600 Folio: 150 Page: 6
Registration District: Huntingdon
Civil Parish: Upwood

Address: Whitehall Cottage, Upwood County: Huntingdonshire

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 26 May 2013 19:58

It seems very likely that Mary Ann Squires left John Thomas with her parents when she married John Parnell - perhaps he wouldn't take on someone else's child?

When she and John went on to have their own children then the son born 1879 was named John after his father.

Ed

Ed Report 26 May 2013 20:20

Thanks - much appreciated for straightening the parentage out.

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 27 May 2013 16:19

Huntingdon Union Workhouse: entries in register
Title Admission of John Thomas Squires
Date 27 August 1869
Description Upwood parish. Born 1869
ReferenceNo 1820/81 page 129
Repository Huntingdonshire Archives

(above on below link, also Mary Squires)

http://calm.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/ArchiveCatalogue/SearchArchives.htm


(Huntingdon Archives on below, could be a fee for look up)

http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/visiting/HLAC1.htm

Chris :)