See also

Family of Ernest Jacob Parsey and Catherine Ellen Fitzgerald

Husband: Ernest Jacob Parsey

  • Name:

  • Ernest Jacob Parsey3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Joseph Pawsey (1839?- )

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Bannell (1834?- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • telephone clerk, barman, soldier, general and a dock labourer, fireman then a boiler stoker5 6 7 8 9 10

  • Birth:

  • 8 Apr 1874

  • Mile End Old Town, Middlesex, England3 11 4 5 7 8 10

  •  

  • 1911 census says born in Whitechapel

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 8)

  • 8 Bloomfield Road, Mile End Old Town, Middlesex, England11

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Joseph and Elizabeth, sisters Jane and Anne, and brother Albert. Born in Mile End Old Town Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 17 Jun 1885 (age 11)

  • St. Mary Matfelon Church, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England4

  •  

  • son of Joseph Parsey (carpenter) and Elizabeth of 8 Bloomfield Road Bow, born 8th April 1874 and baptised with brother Albert, and sisters Jane and Annie

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 16)

  • 8 Bloomfield Road, Mile End Old Town, Middlesex, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a telephone clerk and living in four rooms with his parents Joseph and Elizabeth, and sisters Jane and Annie. Born in London Middlesex

  • Military Beginning:

  • 5 Feb 1894 (age 19)

  • London, England6

  •  

  • serving in the British Army 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers as no:8551 being a barman born in Whitechapel who was 5' 9¼" tall, weighed 127 lbs, with a chest of 31½", expansion 34", a fair complexion, blue eyes and brown hair, and scars on his left eyebrow and right cheek

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 26)

  • 114, Dunmurry, Malone, County Antrim, Northern Ireland7

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a general labourer and living with his wife Catherine, and daughter Annie. Born in England and was a Roman Catholic who could read and write

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 36)

  • 8 Hancock Road, Bromley by Bow, London, England8

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a casual dock labourer for the Port of London Authority and living in two rooms with his wife Catherine, daughter Annie, and son Ernest. Born in Whitechapel London

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 47 yrs 2 mns)

  • 50 Marner Street, Bromley-by-Bow, London, England10

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a boiler stoker for the Port of London Authority at Victoria and Albert Docks and living in three rooms with his wife Catherine, sons Ernest and Patrick, and daughters Catherine and Doris. Born in Mile End Old Town London

  • Death:

  • 3 Jan 1929 (age 54)

  • 3a Devons Road, Bromley by Bow, London, England12 13 14

  •  

  • Cause: naturally of cachexia and and chronic pulmonary tuberclosis

    a boiler attendant of 50 Marner Street Bromley

  • Burial:

  • Jan 1929

  • St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Langthorne Road, Leyton, Essex, England14

Wife: Catherine Ellen Fitzgerald

  • Name:

  • Catherine Ellen Fitzgerald15 1 2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Kate

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant16

  • Birth:

  • 28 Mar 1892

  • 1 Otis Street, Bromley by Bow, London, England15 17 16 10 18 19 20

  •  

  • daughter of William Fitzgerald (blacksmiths hammer man) and Catherine formerly Collins

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 9)

  • 1 Otis Street, Bromley by Bow, London, England17

  •  

  • daughter as Kate living in three rooms with her parents William and Catherine, brothers Richard, William, John, Edward and Thomas, sisters Emily and Patsey. Born in Bromley London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 20)

  • 20 Ford Square, Mile End Old Town, Middlesex, England16

  •  

  • an unmarried general domestic servant living in eight rooms with Michael and Rachael Swyer and family. Born in Bromley London

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 29 yrs 3 mns)

  • 50 Marner Street, Bromley-by-Bow, London, England10

  •  

  • married wife doing home duties and living in three rooms with her husband Ernest, step-son Ernest, son Patrick, and daughters Catherine and Doris. Born in Bromley London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 47)

  • 154 Arden Crescent, Dagenham, Essex, England18

  •  

  • a widow doing unpaid domestic duty and living with son Patrick, daughters Catherine, Doris and Eileen, and a closed record (presumably son Herbert). Born on 28th March 1892

  • Death:

  • Q3 1983 (age 91)

  • Tower Hamlets "Registration District", Greater London, England19

Child 1: Unnamed Parsey

  • Name:

  • Unnamed Parsey21

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1915

  • West Ham "Registration District", Essex, England21

  • Death:

  • Q2 1915 (age 0)

  • West Ham "Registration District", Essex, England22

Child 2: Patrick Edward Parsey

  • Name:

  • Patrick Edward Parsey23 24

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Nora Candler (1914-2004)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • warehouseman18

  • Birth:

  • 21 Dec 1916

  • West Ham, Essex, England23 10 18 24

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 4 yrs 6 mns)

  • 50 Marner Street, Bromley-by-Bow, London, England10

  •  

  • son living in three rooms with his parents Ernest and Catherine, half-brother Ernest, and sisters Catherine and Doris. Born in Bromley London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 22)

  • 154 Arden Crescent, Dagenham, Essex, England18

  •  

  • an unmarried butchers and provisions shop warehouseman living with his widowed mother Catherine, sisters Catherine, Doris and Eileen, and a closed record (presumably brother Herbert). Born on 21st December 1916

  • Death:

  • Jul 1994 (age 77)

  • North Cleveland "Registration District", Cleveland, England24

Child 3: Catherine Theresa Parsey

  • Name:

  • Catherine Theresa Parsey25

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Patrick Joseph Farrell (1916-1980)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • shorthand typist18

  • Birth:

  • 24 Feb 1919

  • Bromley by Bow, London, England25 10 18 26

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 2 yrs 4 mns)

  • 50 Marner Street, Bromley-by-Bow, London, England10

  •  

  • daughter living in three rooms with her parents Ernest and Catherine, half-brother Ernest, brother Patrick, and sister Doris. Born in Bromley London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 20)

  • 154 Arden Crescent, Dagenham, Essex, England18

  •  

  • an unmarried shorthand typist living with her widowed mother Catherine, brother Patrick, sisters Doris and Eileen, and a closed record (presumably brother Herbert). Born on 24th February 1919 and married a Farrell at a later date

  • Death:

  • Apr 2005 (age 86)

  • Havering "Registration District", Greater London, England26

Child 4: Doris Cecilia Parsey

  • Name:

  • Doris Cecilia Parsey27

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Henry Edward Portwain (1922-2002)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • paper bag machine operator18

  • Birth:

  • 15 Dec 1920

  • Bromley by Bow, London, England27 10 18 28

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 6 mns)

  • 50 Marner Street, Bromley-by-Bow, London, England10

  •  

  • daughter living in three rooms with her parents Ernest and Catherine, half-brother Ernest, brother Patrick, and sister Catherine. Born in Bromley London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 18)

  • 154 Arden Crescent, Dagenham, Essex, England18

  •  

  • an unmarried paper bag machinist living with her widowed mother Catherine, brother Patrick, sisters Catherine and Eileen, and a closed record (presumably brother Herbert). Born on 15th December 1920 and married a Portwain at a later date

  • Death:

  • 26 Dec 2014 (age 94)

  • Slough "Registration District", Buckinghamshire, England29 28

Child 5: Eileen Parsey

  • Name:

  • Eileen Parsey30

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Robert David Shepherd (1923-1990)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • commercial clerk18 31

  • Birth:

  • 30 Jul 1923

  • Poplar "Registration District", London, England30 18 32

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 16)

  • 154 Arden Crescent, Dagenham, Essex, England18

  •  

  • an unmarried publishers junior clerk living with her widowed mother Catherine, brother Patrick, sisters Catherine and Doris, and a closed record (presumably brother Herbert). Born on 30th July 1923 and married a Shepherd at a later date

  • Death:

  • 3 Sep 2007 (age 84)

  • Brentwood "Registration District", Essex, England33 32

Child 6: Herbert Henry Parsey

  • Name:

  • Herbert Henry Parsey34 35

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse (1):

  • Edna Richardson (1924-2000)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Joan May Baker (1930-2020)

  • Birth:

  • 31 Dec 1924

  • Poplar "Registration District", London, England34 36

  • Death:

  • 19 Apr 2009 (age 84)

  • Worthing "Registration District", West Sussex, England35 36 37

  • Probate:

  • 26 Jun 2009

  • Probate Registry, Greater London, England37

  •  

  • grant and will, died 19th April 2009

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