Descendants of Henry & Mary Pask née Shaw

This information relates to Chart 6 - Peter & Catherine Pask née Frost, born 1739 in Kedington, Suffolk.

Over the weekend we had an e-mail from Helen Freeman, whose husband is a descendant of Henry & Mary Pask née Shaw. Their daughter Elsie Lucy Mary married John Henry Woodward (not John Steer as currently shown on the website).

Helen has provided their marriage certificate, and information from the 1911 census. This will be included in the database and available in the next website update.

Current Activities

To those who regularly look at the Pask website and the blog you may have noticed an absence of updates and blogs. This is two fold:

1. We are renovating the house at the moment. Building & decorating work is being carried out by Stuart until the end of October.
2. The project that I have been managing at work for the last 2+ years is just about to go-live. It will be a phased rollout to 60 countries from June to August. So it is an exceptionally busy period.

So unfortunately there are not enough hours in the day. However hopefully normal service will be resumed in the not too distant future.

Elizabeth Pask b1835 Raglan Monmouthshire

This information relates to Chart 34, the descendants of Philip Pask, (1768-1843), who lived in Bryngwyn, Monmouthshire.

Today we had a new inquiry from Ted Broadhurst, who is researching his 3 x great-grandmother Elizabeth Pask who was born in 1835 in Ragland Monmouthshire. She was the daughter of Phillip & Mary Pask née Morgan.


This family was extensively researched previously by Sylvia Rycroft. However there was no information found on Elizabeth.


Ted has informed us that Elizabeth married William Winyard in 1855 in Birmingham. William was a Saddler. They had seven children. Ted has now definitely filled in the gaps, by providing us with 25 pages of detailed information. He also has photographs and certifications.

PASK Publications in Amazon

The PASK publications are now available for sale at http://www.amazon.com/.

• PASKs of Lincolnshire Volume I - Great Gonerby
• PASKs of Suffolk Volume I - Wickhambrook
• PASKs of Suffolk Volume II - Wickhambrook
• PASKs of Monmouthshire Volume I

Please note that the prices are more expensive than at http://www.lulu.com/. However some people prefer to deal with Amazon instead of creating another account with Lulu.

For more information see the webpage Pask Publications.

Descendants of James & Charlotte Mary Pask née Chaffin

This information relates to Chart 6 - Peter & Catherine Pask née Frost, born 1739 in Kedington, Suffolk.

Last Friday we received an inquiry from Raymond Pask from Australia. He is researching his great-grandparents James & Charlotte Mary Pask née Chaffin. He writes:

"... one of their sons, Henry James Pask, who migrated to Australia in 1896, is my grandfather. He died in Melbourne in 1931. His parents, James and Charlotte, migrated to Australia in 1907. James died in 1914, while Charlotte died in 1911. All four (incl Henry James' wife, Isabella Smith) are buried together in Brighton Cemetery, Melbourne."

Following up on this lead, I searched the migration records on http://www.findmypast.com/. Although James was not correctly indexed, I found them actually departing from London on 14 April 1899 on the ship Oroya. They travelled together with their son Arthur. Also their daughter Mary Ann, and son-in-law James Walter Dean and their two children George, and Edith Mary Dean.

This solved two mysteries as previously we could not find the family in the 1901 census, and also could not establish who Mary Ann married.

Raymond is curious to find out what happened to two other sons William and James, and their families. He knows that they also emigrated to Australia, however currently cannot establish when it was. There is also a family bible with more names mentioned that aren't on our birth list from James and Charlotte.

This information will be included in the next website update. We look forward to exchanging more information with Ray, and hopefully establish a connection between the Suffolk Pask families in charts 04, and 06.

The Family History Event Sunday May 3

I am attending the Family History Event on Sunday May 3 at the Exhibition Hall 2, in the Barbican, London.

I will be on the computer help desk (Table 6) from 12:00 to 13:40, and from 15:20 to 17:00. If you are attending do let me know and we can perhaps arrange to have coffee.

The event looks to be very promising, with 15 lectures throughout the day, and over 90 exhibitors.

Betsy Pask's Sampler on eBay

This information relates to the main Lincolnshire tree - descendants of Johannis [John] & Elizabeth Pask née Archer, who lived in Lincolnshire.

This morning Paula Payne informed us that a sampler sewn by Betsy Pask in 1972 is available on eBay.

ANTIQUE MINIATURE BAND SAMPLER DATED 1872 - BETSEY PASK

We believe that this is Betsy Pask who lived in Nettleham, Lincolnshire.

We won't be bidding for the sampler.

Descendants of William & Grace Isabella Pask née Solomon

This information relates to Chart 46: William Pask (1860-1914) born in Southery Lincolnshire #1470.

Chris Bell wrote to us this evening. She is an ardent researcher, but is still looking for the elusive information on the birth/baptism and marriage of her great-grandparents William & Grace Isabella Pask née Solomon.

Chris has provided this picture.

From left to right:
Lucy Annie Sketcher née Pask, Gladys Lampard née Pask, Frank Pask, Ethel Milner née Pask, and Gladys M. Pask, formerly Glover (wife of Frank).

If you recognise any of these people do get in touch. Chris is very keen to find any information on this family.

2009 Guild Publication Awards

This year we entered the Pask, Paske blog, and also the publication PASKs of Lincolnshire Volume I - Great Gonerby into the prestigious Guild of One-Name Studies (GOONS) Publication Awards. There were a record number of 106 entries, and the standard was exceptionally high.

We are very proud to announce this blog won 1st prize, and the book was highly commended. Needless to say, we are delighted with the results.

Thank you everyone for your contributions to winning these awards - the success of the Pask One-Name Study depends entirely on your contributions.

Kate Pask née Avery

This information relates to one of the Lincolnshire main families - John Pask (1760-1826), and Alice Woodcock (Stuart's own ancestors) who lived in Great Gonerby, Lincolnshire.

Today, we had another e-mail from Gordon Beech. This time he provided a delightful photograph of Edith, Maurice, and Kate Avery. Kate later married George Albert Pask, the son of George & Elizabeth Pask née Clark (Stuart's 3 x Great-Grandparents).

Family Gathering in Great Gonerby - August 1981

This information relates to one of the Lincolnshire main families - John Pask (1760-1826), and Alice Woodcock (Stuart's own ancestors) who lived in Great Gonerby, Lincolnshire.

We received an e-mail from Gordon Beech today. He and his wife Betty have been able to identify some of the people on the back cover of the publication PASKs of Lincolnshire Volume I.

Together with additional information provided by Marjorie Horrell née Wood, we have now identified quite a few of the people:

Back Row: 3rd from left Charles Shepherd, Betty Vine, Ken Vine, Dorothy Prior née Pask, Winifred Mary Elmer née Shepherd, Stella, Philip Sidney [Sid] Selby, Alexander Halliday
Front Row 5th from the left: Ida Selby née Pask, Eleanor Mary Halliday née Avery, Eileen Mary Shepherd
Photograph provided by Gerald (Gerry) Prior