Summary of Information Recently Received

During the past two weeks in the UK, we have seen the temperatures drop and an end to the drought. For the first time in six weeks we have mown the lawns. Subsequently family historians have returned to their research. We have seen a significant increase in e-mails. Not that we are complaining!

Just to reassure everyone that we are working on their information, however it will take quite a few weeks to catch up. So watch this space for more information received from:

• Colin Pask, who is a descendant of Victor Frederick & Ellen Elizabeth Pask née Clements. who married in 1930/Q2 in the West Ham RD. Victor was born in 1903.
• Derrick Watson, researching Arthur J. & Sophia M. A. Pask née Farr. They married in 1925/Q2 in Bethnal Green registration district.
• Hilary McDermott, provided an update on George & Fanny Fortescue née Pask.
• Ian Black, sent photographs of Bertram Lionel Pask, Lilian Gertrude Pask, Florence Emily Pask, and Lilian's son Norman Black.
• Joseph Starbuck, provided a copy from the Ryhall register of the marriage of Mary Pask and Robert Downes.
• Malcolm Scott, researching the descendants of his great great grandmother Ann Pask from East Allington, Lincolnshire. We currently have only two childen listed, however Malcolm has provided details of nine children.
• Melanie Carter, as detailed in the separate blog Descendants of Edgar Richard & Lottie Elizabeth Pask née Taylor.
• Pat Maybury, providing several Pasks baptisms and burials from St Martins Church, Caerphilly (1813-1924).
• Penny Scharning, sent photographs of Michael & Harriett Pask graves at Heckington, Lincolnshire.
• Susan Keefe, information on Bethnal Green Infirmary/Hospital.
• Tracey Bentley, with an update on the descendants of John & Emily Bentley née Pask, who lived in Newington, London.
• Valerie Frances, provided the birth registrations for all eleven children of James Pasque. This was no mean feat, when you consider that this included five variations of the name - Parsk - 2; Parsque - 1; Paske - 2; Pasque - 5, and PEARSQUE!!!!!

Sincere thanks to everyone. We are currently in France to photograph the Pask(e)s on the Thiepval and Arras memorials. However we hope to update the website on our return.

Descendants of Edgar Richard & Lottie Elizabeth Pask née Taylor

Melanie Carter contacted me last weekend, and kindly explained that some of the information we had detailed on her great-grandparents Edgar Richard & Lottie Elizabeth Pask née Taylor was incorrect. We are always indebted to people who take the time to provide us with any corrections.

Edgar Richard Pask was born in 1882 in Stansfield, Suffolk. He was the son of Thomas Pask and Hephzibah M. Tyte. Edgar married Lottie Elizabeth Taylor in 1901 in the Cambridge registration district. His wife, Lottie, died in 4 December 1950 in the Samford registration district. Edgar died on 17 June 1961 and his death was registered in the Ipswich registration district.

They had the following children:

1. Edna Lottie Pask b. 1901, d. 1918
2. Betty Ruth Pask b. 22 Jan 1908, d. 6 Sep 1995
3. Joan Lillian Pask b. 5 Jul 1911, d. 29 Nov 2004
4. Thomas Richard Pask b. 25 Sep 1916, d. 20 Oct 2003
5. Muriel Margaret Pask b. 24 Dec 1920, d. 1924

Melanie has provided information on all of their descendants, including full names, and specific dates of birth, marriages, and deaths. Most of the information is "living", however the names will be included in the family chart of the Suffolk progenitor John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow.

This information will be included in the next website update. Sincere thanks to Melanie for taking the time to provide this information.

Lambert & Newman Pask

There is a Pask line in the Stamford area of Lincolnshire that descends from Edward & Sarah Pask, that has intrigued us for some considerable time. They were one of the first families we started with in the Pask, Paske One-Name Study. The christian names of Lambert and Newman have been passed down for several generations. Slowly but surely we are putting the pieces together, with the help of researchers scattered in England and Australia.

During the last two years we have seen a considerable increase in accessible records, including GRO indexes and indexed census records. Sometimes assumptions made 2-4 years ago prove incorrect. Together with collaboration with other researchers these assumptions can be rectified and often lead to brick walls being leapt. During the last few weeks, such a situation has occurred.

I recently received a marriage transcript for Lambert Pask who married Charlotte Walsher on 4 June 1854 in St. Johns, Waterloo, Lambeth, London. Originally it was thought that Charlotte's name was Walters. Additionally in the marriage transcript it gave Lambert's father as Lambert Pask, not as originally thought as Newman Pask. Newman & Lambert [Senior] were believed to be brothers, the sons of Edward and Sarah Pask née ?

In addition, at the same time independently, Joseph Starbuck contacted me and provided information on Mary Pask who married Robert DOWNS on 20 October 1823 in Ryhall, Rutland, and was born in 6 June 1802 in Barnack, Northamptonshire. It was realised that Mary was also a daughter of Edward and Sarah Pask née ? This provided a new lead that perhaps they also lived in Barnack, and Ryhall. This corner of Lincolnshire adjoins Rutland, and Northamptonshire. Stamford, Barnack and Ryhall are all within a five mile radius of Barholm.

Whilst viewing the National Burial Index for another totally different family, an entry for Barnack jumped out at me. Edward was buried on 12 March 1836 in St. John the Baptist, Barnack, Northamptonshire, and his wife Sarah although living in Stamford in 1841, was buried on 1 August 1842 also in St. John the Baptist, Barnack. Subsequently their approximate dates of births are now known.

We will keep on putting the pieces together, although our first task will be to go back and unravel the mix up with Newman & Lambert [Senior].

Website Update 13 August 2006

The website was updated today. This includes updates, as detailed in the previous blogs:

• Henry & Catherine Frost née Pask from Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
• John & Sarah Jane Pask née Frankling
• Liverpool Marriage Transcripts
• Sedgebrook Pasks
• Sedgebrook Pasks - John & Ann Pask
• Emily Sarah Elizabeth Archer née Pask
• Rosa Crawley née Pask (1868-1935)
• Descendants of John & Mary Maria Pask née Pinder

A full list of these recent changes to the narratives is available in the New or Changed Narratives section. The narratives database now includes 5,796 people. Many thanks to all those who have contributed.

Descendants of John & Mary Maria Pask née Pinder

Pat Pinder wrote to us via Ancestry. She is researching her husband's family who are related to John & Mary Maria Pask née Pinder. Pat provided access to her family tree in Ancestry and I was able to establish additional information relating to the Mary's relations and her descendants. Many thanks to Pat for sharing the information.

Their youngest daughter was Fanny Pask who married George Fortescue c1857. Fanny and George Fortescue had three children:

• George FORTESCUE born 1859
• Lauretta FORTESCUE born 1861
• Arthur FORTESCUE born 1864

I have now located them in the 1861 (transcribed as Fostergen), 1871, and 1881 censuses. George's death was registered in 1891 in the Dewsbury registration district.

Back in February, Hilary McDermott wrote to me about Fanny, as after George's death, Fanny married her cousin John PASK in 1893 in the Dewsbury registration district. I am still trying to establish who John's parents were.

This information will be included in the next website update which is imminent.

Rosa Crawley née Pask (1868-1935)

Pat Maybrey wrote to us on Thursday. We have been in contact with Pat many times over the past two years, Her husband is descended from Morgan and Mary Pask née Light, who came from Newchurch Monmouthshire.

Pat has recently been in contact with a relative of Morgan's neice Rosa PASK, the daughter of Henry & Sarah Ann Pask née Wheeler. Rosa was born on 11 or 14 March 1868 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire and baptized on 12 March 1870 in Devauden, Monmouthshire.

Pat provided some additional information, and on that basis I was able to establish that Rosa married Edwin Crawley on 10 September 1889 in Newchurch, Monmouthshire.

In the census of 5 April 1891 in Kilgwrrwg, Monmouthshire, she was listed as aged 23 born in Merthyr Tidvil [Merthyr Tydfil] Glamorganshire, the wife of Edwin Crawley (an Agricultural Labourer, living with his wife Rosa Mary, and young daughter Agnes Mary).

In the census of 31 March 1901 in Upper Barton Farm, Newchurch, Monmouthshire, she was listed as aged 33 born in Merthyr Tydvil, the wife of Edwin Crawley (a Shepherd, living with his wife Rosa, and children Agnes, Henry D., William E., Gladys J., and Matilda R).

Rosa died in May 1935 in the Neath registration district.

Rosa also had a child Alice Pask who was born on 4 August 1886. In the census of 5 April 1891 in Kilgwrrwg, Monmouthshire she was listed as aged 4 born in Kilgwrrwg, the grand-daughter of Henry Pask. In the 1901 census, she was listed as a Housemaid in the household of Louis Comyns Wrigley, a Land Agent in Trelleck Grange.

Many thanks to Pat for providing these missing links. This information will be included in the next website update which is imminent.

Charles & Hilda Emily Pask née Carter

On Saturday, John Pask of Aldershot provided me with a photograph kindly provided by his aunt Hilda.

The photograph was taken in approximately 1918, and shows John's grandparents Charles & Hilda Emily Pask née Carter, together with Hilda, and her sister Joan Muriel. John's father Godfrey Charles Pask had not yet been born.

In 1918, Charles was a Sargeant in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Emily Sarah Elizabeth Archer née Pask

Raymond Archer wrote yesterday, and kindly provided a copy of the marriage certificate for his grandfather Charles Henry Archer, who married Emily Sarah Elizabeth Pask on 1 August 1904 in All Souls' Church, Hackney.

Family legend says that the marriage did not work out, and subsequently Emily immigrated to Australia with a young child.

Ray wrote:

"... he lived with my Grandmother Alice (Sarah) HARVEY and had three children with her, finally marrying her in 1926. The marriage cert [certificate] says that he was a widower."

Ray is interested in tracing the young child that went with Emily to Australia.

The marriage certificate will be included in the website in the near future. Many thanks to Ray for providing the copy, and the information.

Sedgebrook Pasks - John & Ann Pask

I am continuing with the research on the Sedgebrook Pasks.

In the 1851 (HO107 Piece 2138 Folios 158 Page 8) & 1861 (RG9 Piece 2481 Folio 118 Page 1) census, William & Ann Pask née Whitehead, had two grandchildren living with them.

1. John Pask (b1842) born in Sedgebrook - In the 1861 census, John was listed as a School master.
2. Ann Pask (b1847) born in Sedgebrook.

I cannot find either of them listed in the GRO indexes. Additionally I cannot locate them in subsequent censuses.

Sedgebrook Pasks

There was one main family living in Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire from the period of c1809 to 1870 - William & Mary Pask née Whitehead. They had ten children. William originated from Caythorpe, a village 8 miles south-west of Sedgebrook.

Genuki lists that Sedgebrook village and parish lie 4 miles west of Grantham on the old Bingham Road to Nottingham, and 109 miles north of London by rail. It is bordered on the southeast by Barrowby, with Muston in Leicestershire just to the west. The parish includes about 1,650 acres.

The village itself lies just north of the A52 trunk road, with the Foston Beck just to the east of town, running northerly towards its destination at the River Witham. Also near the village is a chalybeate spring.

Elizabeth Hampson is extensively researching the village of Sedgebook, details can be found on her website Sedgebrook inhabitants of yesteryear. In 2004, Elizabeth kindly provided a transcript of the Pask baptisms listed in the parish records.

Liverpool Marriage Transcripts

Last week I received three marriage certificates, provided by Susan Atkins as part of the Liverpool Registration District Marriage Challenge.

The Marriage Challenge is a Guild of One-Name Studies (GOONS) Project in which volunteers (Challengers) search for marriage entries in the deposited Parish Registers for a particular Registration District for the period 1837 to 1911. Susan has kindly provided the following marriages:

• Thomas Pask and Sarah Partington - 1 May 1845
• John Hopwood and Sarah Pask - 10 February 1849
• John Pask and Elizabeth Price - 10 May 1849

All three were the children of William & Ann Pask née Whitehead. William & Ann lived in Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire.

I located John & Sarah Hopwood in the 1851 census, and Sarah's brother Richard Pask was living with them. Additionally I found Thomas & Sarah Pask née Partington, living with their 3-year old daughter Ann J. I am still searching for John & Elizabeth Pask née Price.

The full details, and copies of the transcripts will be included in the website in the near future.
Many thanks to Susan for her efforts.

John & Sarah Jane Pask née Frankling

Whilst searching in the 1871 censuses on a family in Yorkshire, I came across the entry for John & Sarah Pask in Marske, Yorkshire (RG10 Piece 0852 Folio 33 Page 12).

In 2003 we briefly researched this family as Tim Pask of New Zealand is their great-great-grandson. Although only a short time ago in 2003 census records were not available and therefore it was difficult to determine where John & Sarah were living prior to their immigration on the ship "Edwin Fox", under Captain J. Phease, leaving Plymouth on 8 August 1878, and arriving in Nelson, New Zealand on 17 November 1878.

In the 1871 census, John was an Ironstone Miner, living with his wife Sarah J., and children John T., and Louisa. Also listed was John FRANKLAND, a brother-in-law, and James PRICE a Lodger. It gave his place of birth as Nocton, Lincolnshire. This gives a possible derivative of Sarah's surname as when she was married she was listed under the name of FRANKLING.

I then searched the database and determined that John was the son of John & Charlotte Pask. The records are now merged in the database and will appear in the next website update under John Pask (#685).

Henry & Catherine Frost née Pask from Stoke by Clare, Suffolk

We received an interesting e-mail from Kingsley Ireland, who has interested in genealogy for 41 years. He writes:

"It took me many years to trace some branches of my British ancestry, as all my forbears emigrated direct to South Australia in the period 1840-1860, and the lack of retained Census records in Australia makes ascertaining the places of origin sometimes extremely difficult.

I descend from Catherine PASK who married Henry FROST and resided in Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk. Their son, John FROST, bapt. there in 1798 married Mary Ann KING of Haverhill in Haverhill in 1826. In the 1841 Census they were at "Yew Tree Farm" Steeple Bumpstead. In 1844 they emigrated to South Australia on the
"Taglioni, with 9 children. Mary Ann was pregnant before they departed, and
their last child was born in Adelaide soon after their arrival.

It is probable that John went to the Goldfields in what became Victoria, for he died near Melbourne in 1852. Mary Ann accompanied her pioneering sons to the rugged outback of the Flinders Ranges, South Australia, and died at Melrose in 1871 aged 66."

Kingsley provided me a link to the Flinders Range Research website where additional information on the family is detailed. He has kindly given permission to include any information on the website. So in the near future, we will include any supplementary information we find on the descendants of Henry & Catherine Frost née Pask.

Pask(e)s of Washingborough, LIncolnshire

Yesterday we received an e-mail from Patricia & Bob Chown, who we have been corresponding with for some time regarding the Washingborough Pasks.

Patricia wrote:

At the beginning of June my husband and I spent a week from Monday morning to Friday lunchtime looking at the records at Lincoln Archives. Bob, my husband spent from Monday afternoon to Friday lunchtime reading and transcribing Washingborough CMBs from the original register.

He checked at least twice every Pask entry from the start of the register in about 1562 to 1665 - sometimes beyond.

Our objectives in doing this were threefold.

1. To confirm and check all Pask entries by Mrs [Brenda] Webster and see if there were any others.
2. To follow up on the marriage of a John Pask to a Margaret Cock/Cork in 1570.
3. To check again the Thomas Pask who appeared to marry in 1676 at the age of 55 and died in 1691 a year after William Pask, my ancestor, was born.

Some general points about the Parish Register for this period. It is pigskin parchment that does not photograph well but was usually straightforward to read. Entries were in Latin, sometimes poor Latin, until at least 1665. The christenings register only mentioned the father before 1640. The period 1564 to 1600 was all in one hand so must have been transcribed from loose sheets or skins as guidelines suggest. The year change for some reason was written in the lefthand margin opposite October up until 1600 and the years were not always clear. IGI seems to have been taken from the BT film and has large gaps where this film was hard to read.

We sought advice from the archivists on the names and they felt that, whatever the Curate/Rector/Scribe wrote, the folk used English names, Johannes was John, Maria was Mary, Anna was Ann or Anne, etc. when addressing one another.

The information provided by Patricia & Bob has been included in the database, and will be included in the next website update. Sincere thanks for their dedication to transcribing the parish registers so thoroughly, and for sharing the information.

Twins Index

A new list has been included in the narrative section. This list details all the twins born in the Pask(e) One-Name Study.

This page is in memory of our stillborn twins born on 16 July 1980. They were born at 26 weeks, and with today's technology they may have survived. Unfortunately in those days they did not allow the grieving process, and we were not allowed to name them, or bury them. Thankfully this has all changed nowadays. However they live on in our memories.

As a direct result of our research into why they died, we started researching our family history. We have identified a significant number, although not all "living" twins are listed.

Website Update 16 July 2006

The website was updated today. This is mainly to change the linking of Thomas Pask to John and Frances Pask née Haffinden. In error, I assumed that Thomas' parents were John and Frances Pask née Haffinden. This means that John would have been 16, and Frances 6! Sincere apologies particularly to Ian Black, whose ancestor is Thomas Pask.

In addition, the website update includes information, as detailed in the previous blogs Descendants of Phillip PASK, (1768 - 1843) Bryngwyn, Monmouthshire, and Harry Kinsela Pask (1896 - 1976) B.E.M.

Descendants of Phillip PASK, (1768 - 1843) Bryngwyn, Monmouthshire

Whilst searching for information on Henry Kinsela Pask in the London Gazette, I came across information relating to the death of Barbara Mary Pask on 3 July 2004.

I searched the GRO indexes, and established that she was the daughter of Roland Weed & Edith A. Pask née Arnold. I was intrigued to see the name Weed, and continued to follow this line. As often happens, several hours later and numerous censuses, births, marriages, and deaths provided me with a lot of information on Barbara's ancestors.

Roland was the son of Frank William & Alice Pask née Weed - hence the christian name of Weed. In the 1901 census, Frank was a Solicitor's Clerk living with his wife and family in 50 Bensham Manor Road, Croydon, Surrey. Also listed was five children - Arthur F., Bernard W., Celia M., Alice L. E., and Roland W. Sadly, they had another son Sydney Alan Pask, who died in infancy.

Although Frank had lived in the London area since the 1880s, he infact was born in 1854 in Chepstow, Monmouthshire. He was the son of William & Elizabeth Pask née Wright. Frank had a sister Lucy Elizabeth who was born in 1857 in Kidderminster. Lucy was recently detailed in another blog relating to West Ham Marriage Transcripts, where it details her marriage to Leo Taylor on 7 July1883.

William was baptized on 16 June 1830 in Bryngwyn, Monmouthshire. He was the son of Phillip & Mary Pask née Morgan, the eldest son of Philip & Phoebe Pask née Lewis.

I was able to establish that Barbara was the 3rd great-granddaughter of Philip PASK. A family chart of the descendants of Philip & Phoebe Pask née Lewis, is available on the website and will be updated in the next website update.

Harry Kinsela Pask (1896 - 1976) B.E.M.

Our dear friend, and fellow researcher John Pask from Aldershot has recently visited the grave of Harry Kinsela Pask, who is in Grave No. 50E, Section NN, South Ealing Cemetery, Ealing, London. John has kindly provided several photographs. These will be included on the website in the next update.

It was interesting to note that Harry Kinsela was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM). John is investigating this.

Website Update 11 July 2006

We have just returned from a holiday cruising the Hawaiian islands to celebrate Stuart's 76th birthday on the 4th July, in true American style in Waikiki Bay. However as I am an early riser, and Stuart likes to sleep late, I still had the opportunity to work on family history.

This update focuses on:

• Information gleaned from marriage transcripts from Thingoe Registration District (see separate blog), as kindly provided by Sandra Stevens. I have tried to research each couple as much as possible, and follow through on their descendants.
• Information from the obituary of Grace Isabella Pask née Soloman, who immigrated to Canada, as provided by Chris Bell and Leslie Mancell. This also included births, marriages, and deaths from the Chatham Daily News.
• Information received from Ian Black on the descendants of Thomas & Hannah Pask née Parish. This included their grandson Bertram Lionel Pask, who died in WWI, prior to the birth of his son Gordon Mons Aisne Pask.
• Information received from Samantha Williams née Spinner relating to the descendants of Thomas & Annie Pask née Maskill who lived in Llanvihangel Llantarnamin.

A full list of these recent changes to the narratives is available in the New or Changed Narratives section. The narratives database now includes 5,751 people.

Thingoe Marriage Transcripts Update 6 July

As previously mentioned, I received over 60 marriage transcripts for the Thingoe Registration District. They were as a result of the Guild of One-Name Studies (GOONS) Marriage Challenge.
During the past two weeks I have included the remaining Thingoe marriage transcripts:

John Cutting and Emily Catherine Pask, married in Whepstead, Suffolk on 29 July 1852
James Partridge and Mary Ann Pask, married in Flempton cum Hengrave, Suffolk on 30 October 1852
John Skilton and Sophia Paske, married in Chevington, Suffolk on 29 November 1856
Henry Paske and Martha Newman, married in Chedburgh, Suffolk on 12 June 1858
William Julius Marshall and Fanny Curteis
Paske, married in Creeting St. Peter, Suffolk on 4 Deember 1860
Reuben John Pask and Mary Ann Halls, married in Flempton cum Hengrave, Suffolk on 21 May 1861
Simon Bailey and Mary Ann Pask, married in Chevington, Suffolk on 25 December 1862
Aaron Flack and Eliza Pask, married in Rede, Suffolk on 4 November 1865
James Pask and Jane Sumner Crack, married in Chedburgh, Suffolk on 25 December 1866
George Samuel Goldsmith and Emily Pask, married in Whepstead, Suffolk on 15 September 1867
George Plummer and Melinda Pask, married in Hargrave, Suffolk on 10 November 1870
Nathan Pask and Susannah Phillips, married in Hargrave, Suffolk on 29 May 1871
Henry Pask and Anne Sophia White, married in Gedding, Suffolk on 27 March 1874
Arthur Fuller and Jane Pask, married in Chedburgh, Suffolk on 23 October 1875
Frederick Paske and Jane Boreham, married in Depden, Suffolk on 20 October 1877
Alfred Challis and Sarah Ann Paske, married in Depden, Suffolk on 1 September 1879
George Pask and Ann Garwood, married in Rede, Suffolk on 2 June 1883
Charles Pask and Georgiana Kemp, married in Chedburgh, Suffolk on 24 November 1883
Arthur Pask and Louisa Wells, married in Depden, Suffolk on 4 November 1886
Nathan Pask and Harriet Plummer, married in Hargrave, Suffolk on 10 October 1889
John Pettitt and Kezia Pask, married in Whelnetham Magna, Suffolk on 20 May 1893
Frederick Pask and Mary Ann Pryke, married in Chedburgh, Suffolk on 22 May 1893
Walter Pask and Harriet Diaper, married in Chedburgh, Suffolk on 12 December 1896
Walter Goddard and Elizabeth Pask, married in Chedburgh, Suffolk on 3 August 1897
Harry Pask and Ellen Mary Fenton, married in Chedburgh, Suffolk on 4 June 1900
Joseph Herbert Simpson and Catherine Emma
Pask, married in Newmarket St Mary, Cambridgeshire on 20 June 1901
George Ever Pask and Mary Ann Currey, married in Rattlesden, Suffolk on 19 April 1902
John Simpson and Ruth Minnie Pask, married in St Mary's Church, Woolpit, Suffolk on 29 November 1903
Ernest Thomas Holden and Annie Elizabeth Pask, married in Rattlesden, Suffolk on 14 October 1911

This completes the marriage transcripts for the Thingoe Registration District. Sincere thanks to Sandra for this valuable information.