My great grandmother, Letitia PARSONS birth shows in the June 1838 free bmd for Kingsclere. The 1881 census shows she was born in Ashford Hill. Her marriage to Edwin CLARKE was registered in 1866 in Kingsclere. Edwin was a Primitive Methodist minister so they moved about every three years. I know they had left the area by 1868. Does anyone have access to the 1841/51/61 census to find some details of her family please? Any other suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks Les Blues West Vancouver, BC Canada

On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:39:56 -0700 Les Blues wrote: > My great grandmother, Letitia PARSONS birth shows in the June > 1838 free bmd for Kingsclere. The 1881 census shows she was > born in Ashford Hill. Her marriage to Edwin CLARKE was > registered in 1866 in Kingsclere. Edwin was a Primitive > Methodist minister so they moved about every three years. I > know they had left the area by 1868. > > Does anyone have access to the 1841/51/61 census to find some > details of her family please? Any other suggestions would be > most welcome. Hello Les I have the following Elmer Parsons, born about 1799, Kingsclere, died in April 1870, Ashford Hill, buried on 14 April 1870, St. Paul, Woodlands (age at death: possibly 71 years old). Married on 30 June 1831, St. Mary, Kingsclere, to Julia Tyler, born about 1806, died in November 1850, Woodlands, buried on 6 November 1850, St. Paul, Woodlands (age at death: possibly 44 years old), with Ann, born on 25 July 1833, Ashford Hill, baptized on 21 August 1833, St. Mary, Kingsclere, died in October 1848, Woodlands, buried on 24 October 1848, St. Paul, Woodlands (age at death: 15 years old). John, born about 1835, Kingsclere, Farm Bailiff (1881). Married about 1865 to Keturah ?, born about 1837, Kingsclere, with William, born about 1868, Kingsclere. Neal, born about 1869, Kingsclere. George, born about 1871, Kingsclere. Elizabeth, born about 1873, Kingsclere. Edwin, born about 1875, Kingsclere. Kathleen, born about 1877, Kingsclere. Eunice, born about 1879, Kingsclere. Mary, born about 1837, Kingsclere. Louisa, born about 1838, Kingsclere. Letitia, born about 1839, Kingsclere. Elizabeth, born about 1840, Kingsclere, died in January 1868, Ashford Hill, buried on 25 January 1868, St. Paul, Woodlands (age at death: possibly 28 years old). Sarah, born about 1842, Kingsclere. Married on 20 June 1868, St. Paul, Woodlands, to Charles Lewington, born before 1847, Engineer. Eliza, born about April 1842, died in October 1842, Ashford Hill, buried on 21 October 1842, St. Mary, Kingsclere (age at death: possibly 6 months old). Martha, born about 1845, Kingsclere. The Letitia born about 1839 looks like a good match for your Letitia. I have not been able to find parents for Elmer in Kingsclere and I haven't tried tracing Julia Tyler's parents as yet. I have a family interest in the Parsons surname with two of the Sarah Fosters (aunt and niece) in my tree marrying a Peter Parsons, one in 1796 and the other in 1813. Tracing descendants of both Peter's has proved difficult and I suspect they may have emigrated. -- John Lewis <jayellatntlworlddotcom> from Bournemouth, Dorset, UK. using Debian GNU/Linux and GeneWeb genealogy software