Susan Pask born 1820 Llanmartin, Monmouthshire

This information relates to a descendant of the Monmouthshire progenitor Isaac Paske, (c1705 - ) who lived in Llanvihangel-ystern-Llewern, Monmouthshire.

Earlier this month Paula Payne, our ardent Monmouthshire researcher wrote to us. Recently she and her brother Peter saw the original Nebo Independant Chapel, Wolvesnewton records and determined that the Pask baptisms were wrongly transcribed.

In particular it was originally believed that Susan was the daughter of Isaac & Mary Pask née Morgan. Paula confirmed that it should read:

Susan the daughter of Isaac Pask and Elizabeth Pask of the Parish of Llanmartin was born in 28th February 1820 and was baptized 29th March 1820 by David Thomas of Nebo Independent Chapel Wolvesnewton.

This has been amended in our database, and be included in the next website update.

John & Mary Hannah Beard née Pask

This information relates to a descendant of the Monmouthshire progenitor Isaac Paske, (c1705 - ) who lived in Llanvihangel-ystern-Llewern, Monmouthshire.

Last month we received a letter from Christine A. Paisley, who lives in Albany, West Australia. She writes that her husband's grandmother was Mary Hannah Pask, the daughter of John & Elizabeth Pask née Crockett. Mary was born on 15 February 1885 at Barbadoes Green, Tintern, Monmouthshire.

Christine has provided details that has enabled us to identify John & Mary's children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and 2 x great-grandchildren. This information will be included in the next website update in Chart 04.

John Joseph Stephen & Julia Wiber née Pask

This information relates to the descendants of the Essex Main Progenitor - John Pask, (1771-1847) who originated from Thundersley, Essex.

Today we received an e-mail from Mandy Bourdon. She writes:

I live in Australia ... my ggg grandmother was a Elizabeth Louisa Wiber daughter of John Joseph Stephen Wiber and Julia Pask but on your website it only states an Emma Wiber.

The reason for only having Emma was because the information came from the passenger list of the "Parsee". If there were other children they must have been born in Australia.

Mandy is going to provide more information. In the meantime, we will include Elizabeth in the next website update.

Toffee Pask (19 July 1994 - 13 March 2009)

Our beloved burmese cat Toffee sadly died yesterday. His real name was Rascal Robbie, and he lived up to his name. We had to include numerous bells on his collar to warn all the local birds, mice, squirrels, and even rats. Nothing was too big for him.

He was always with me whilst I worked on family history. Frequently I had to move him off the mouse mat as he got closer and closer. We will sorely miss him.

New Chart 48 - George & Mary Pask née Fitzjohn

This information relates to Chart 48: George Pask who was born in 1818, and baptised in Thorney Cambridgeshire. He married Mary Fitzjohn in 1840, and they lived in Northamptonshire.

A new chart will be available in the next website update - chart 48. This will group together over 40 people who descend from George & Mary Pask née Fitzjohn who lived in Northamptonshire in the middle of the 19th century.

George was the illegitimate son of Sarah Pask. He was born on 12 July 1817, and baptised on 7 June 1818 in Thorney, Cambridgeshire. It is currently not known where Sarah came from.

Barbara Pask Painting

Recently I was searching the internet for the name Pask, and came across this delightful painting by Barbara Pask.

Being a cat lover, I thought this was an excellent painting and captured the look of a cat.

So I was delighted when she put it up for sale on e-bay. I snapped it up, and will receive it from Ohio in the next couple of days. It will take pride of place in the lounge.

James Pask b1871 Bury St. Edmunds

This information relates to the main Suffolk tree - descendants of John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow, born c1680 who lived in Wickhambrook, Suffolk.

Yesterday we received an e-mail from Geoff & Pam Gough. Fortunately they solved a long outstanding mystery relating to James Pask, the son of John & Susan Pask née Buckle.

We had found James in the 1881 & 1891 censuses, but not in the 1901 census. There was additional confusion as there was two James born in Bury St. Edmunds - James in 1871 and James Henry in 1872.

Fortunately we found him in the 1911 census living in St. Pancras. This in turn, enabled us to locate him in the 1901 census, where he gave his place of birth incorrectly as London. Together with the information provided by Geoff & Pam, we have been able to piece together that he married Katherine Markell in 1893, and they had five children:

1. Lily Florence Pask born 1894
2. Gladys Ethel Pask born 1896
3. Dorothy Maud Pask born 1903 (Pam's grandmother)
4. Ivy Molly Francis Pask born 1907
5. Katie Maria Pask born in 1910

James' siblings have been well researched by Dorothy Pask, and David Hodge.

Geoff & Pam will be providing more information in due course. In the meantime, the next website update will include the basic information on this latest find.

PASKs of New Zealand

Recently we became aware of a new website that lists the New Zealand Government records for births, deaths and marriages (BDM). The information available includes:

• Births that occurred at least 100 years ago
• Stillbirths that occurred at least 50 years ago
• Marriages and eventually Civil Unions that occurred 80 years ago
• Deaths that occurred at least 50 years ago or the deceased's date of birth was at least 80 years ago.

We found:

Births - 26 Pask, 0 Paske,

Deaths - 55 Pask, 12 Paske

Marriages - Females: 14 Pask, 0 Paske

Marriages - Males: 13 Pask, 4 Paske

There were no BMDs for the name Pasque

These will be included in the database in the near future, and will be available in due course on the website.

John Jabez Daubney Pask

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

This week my brother Kelvin went on a business trip to Alexandria, Egypt. He kindly agreed to visit a war grave there. He took numerous photographs. The cemetery is currently under renovation - they are replacing the grass. The photographs below show other parts of the cemetery, and the Egyptian gardener who lovingly cares for the cemetery. There are several other photographs available in the John Jabez Daubney Pask album, available in Picasa web albums.

J.J.D. Pask, was John Jabez Daubney Pask. He was born in 1879 in North Kyme, Lincolnshire, the son of Edward & Jane Pask née Daubney. He married Sarah Elizabeth Gash on 1 November 1906. They had five children. John was killed in action on 1 November 1917. Information on this family was originally provided in 2004 by Joanne Kirby.

Descendants of Henry & Elizabeth Pask née Asman

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

Yesterday I contacted Becky Pask, through Facebook. I don't really use Facebook, however back in June last year I was notified about the 200 Global Pask Challenge. I was browsing through the list of people who took part in the challenge, and came across Becky's name.

Becky lives in New York state. She was delighted I contacted her, and sent me a link to the Pask Family Web Home. This family had a family reunion on July 27 2008, by sheer coincidence a day after the Pask Family Gathering.

Becky and I intend to exchange information, and bring up-to-date the information on the descendants of Henry & Elizabeth Pask née Asman, who emigrated to America on RMS Abyssinia, arriving 22 April 1872. Henry was born in 1849 in Nocton, Lincolnshire.

George & Maria Simpson née Pask

This information relates to Chart 44: William PASK married Elizabeth c1814, and lived in Timberland, Lincolnshire.

Yesterday Marion Harper Hopkins, an ardent family history researcher, provided us with a transcript of the marriage of George Simpson to Maria Pask. They married in St. Michael's in Louth, Lincolnshire on 30 July 1899.

Marion is a fellow Guild of One-Name Studies member. She has been researching since 1989, and has one-name studies for the names HOPKIN(S), CRAMP(E) and BRAML(E)Y, and their variants. Marion and her husband Mick, frequently undertake marriage challenges. Last December they provided 55 Pask marriage transcripts from the Lincoln registration district (see Blog titled Lincoln Marriages), and previously they did a Lambeth marriage challenge (see Blog titled Lambeth Marriages). We are indebted for their contributions, and amazed at their energy and committment. Although not related to any Pasks, they have volunteered to take part in the next Pask Family Gathering on 3 July 2010.

This marriage and additional information on George & Maria Simpson née Pask will be included in the next website update.

Pask, Paske & Pasque births (1916-2005)

As a follow-on from the recent blog titled England & Wales Births 1911-2005. The dates should read 1915-2005.

A quick search reveals that there are in the period 1916-2005

2,107 births, with the mother’s maiden name of PASK

283 births, with the mother’s maiden name of PASKE

41 births, with the mother’s maiden name of PASQUE

26 births, with the mother's maiden name of PARSK

this compares with

2,228 with the name of PASK

247 with the name of PASKE

67 with the name of PASQUE

29 with the name of PARSK

We are finding that there are a lot of names incorrectly listed as PACK, PARK, and PASH. These are incorrect in the original GRO indexes. We have not so far found a lot of incorrect transcripts of the indexes.

England & Wales Births 1911-2005

We are in for a very busy period!

Ancestry has just released their index of England & Wales births for the period 1911-2005. This database is a searchable, digitized version of the indices of civil registrations in England and Wales, reported quarterly to the General Register Office (GRO) in London. This index spans the years between 1916 and 2005.

You can search for a christian name, surname, year, or even mother's maiden name. This will revolutionize family history! When I think of the hours spent transcribing the births, marriages, and deaths. Now it is all done for you.

Yorkshire PASKs - William Edward & Mary Pask née Cliffe

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

As mentioned in the previous blog, we found two Pask families in the 1911 Census in Sheffield. The second one was the family of William Edward & Mary Pask née Cliffe together with three of their children, who were living at 3 Greystock Street, Sheffield.

William was born in 1871 in Nocton, Lincolnshire. He was the 7th great-grandson of John & Elizabeth Pask née Archer, the main Lincolnshire progenitor.

We have been able to trace William & Mary's descendants through to Sophie Louise Orr, the daughter of Nicola & Nigel Orr née Pask. Sophie is the 11 x great-granddaughter of John & Elizabeth Pask née Archer.

We are sure you would agree that this is pretty impressive tree going back to the 1540s and spans 13 generations. All the credit goes to the many researchers of this tree, in particular Patricia Chown, and Tom & Claudia DuBois.

This information will be included in the next website update.

Yorkshire PASKs - Charles William & Ada Pask née Bee

This information relates to the main Suffolk tree - descendants of John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow, born c1680 who lived in Wickhambrook, Suffolk.

We recently found in the 1911 Census, two Pask families in Yorkshire. One of them was the family of Charles William & Ada Pask née Bee, who married in 1903 in the Sheffield registration district. In the census of 2 April 1911 they were living at 5 Ross Street, Darnall, Sheffield, together with their children Charles, Ada, and Nellie.

Charles was born in Deepcar. His parents were George & Elizabeth Pask, who originated from Suffolk. George was born in Depden in 1858.

We have been able to piece together the family from the 1880s through to current day. Information on Charles & Ada, together with their six children, and their 27 known descendants will be included in the next website update.

Edna Coulson Pask (1920-1934)

This information relates to a currently unidentified main branch of the family with roots in Nottinghamshire.

We had an e-mail via Genes Reunited from Margaret, who is researching Edna Coulson Pask. Margaret writes:

... My grandfather, who was in the army was asked by a dying colleague to care for his daughter after his death. As a consequence Edna was brought to live in the family with my grandparents and their three children, my mother and her two younger brothers. The youngest brother can remember Edna ..... Ron says they nicknamed her Dolly and she died in 1934 from a virus. I have found an Edna Coulson Pask born in Derbyshire and her mother's name was Pask. Presumably the father's name was Coulson. Do you know anything about this family please?

As Margaret mentions, Edna C. Pask was registered in 1920 in the Basford registration district. She died in 1934 in the Leicester registration district, at the age of 13.

We will purchase the birth certificate so that we can identify who her mother was.

Website Update 1 February 2009

The website was updated today, Sunday 1 February. This update includes information, as detailed in the previous blogs:

• Lincoln Marriages
• Henry Gresham Paske
• John Bensley Gresham Page Paske
• William Pask born c1860 in Southery Lincolnshire
• 1911 Census
• Family of Lewis Robert & Annie Humphreys née Pask
• Descendants of John & Anne Pask née Thomas
• Update on Descendants of John & Anne Pask née Thomas
• George William & Elizabeth Martha Pask née Butler
• Frederick & Georgina Esther Pask née Burnard
  

A full list of these recent changes to the narratives is available in the New or Changed Narratives section. There are now 7,867 narratives available.

Frederick & Georgina Esther Pask née Burnard

This information relates to Chart 7, the descendants of Henry Paske, (1765 - 1845), who lived in Kedington, Suffolk.

We have also been researching Frederick & Georgina Esther Pask née Burnard, who was the great-grandson of Henry Pask.

Just before Christmas the 1911 census came out. We purchased all the London census images for the names Pask, and Paske as more and more families were migrating away from the agricultural areas of Lincolnshire & Suffolk. Our main focus was to assign the 400 children born between 1901 and 1911, into family groups. One such family was the family of Frederick & Georgina Esther Pask née Burnard.

We knew they married in 1901, however we could not locate Frederick in the 1901 census. However we believed they had several children, as in the GRO birth indexes there were five children, with the mother's maiden name of Burnard. Fortunately we found the family in the 1911 census and established that they had 11 children in total.

Also we could determine Frederick's age, and where he was born. Subsequently we found him in the 1901 census, indexed under the name of Peck. Although he was born in Deptford, his parents were Charles & Harriett Pask née Surridge. His father Charles was born in 1839 in Kedington, Suffolk.

Frederick & Georgina's eleven children have now been included in the database, together with a further generations, where determined.

This information is included in today's website update.

George William & Elizabeth Martha Pask née Butler

This information relates to Chart 7, the descendants of Henry Paske, (1765 - 1845), who lived in Kedington, Suffolk.

In late December we received an e-mail from Janice (Jan) Ellam, who lives in Balsham Cambridgeshire. She wrote that she was the granddaughter of George William & Elizabeth Martha Pask née Butler. Since then together with Jan we have been gathering information on this family.

George & Elizabeth's eldest son was Sidney was previously detailed in the blog titled Sidney George Pask.

Jan wrote:

After WWII, Sidney stayed in Ostend where he married a Flemish girl called Madelaine. On her death in the mid sixties he returned to England.

Today, Sidney's descendants still reside in Belgium. On Friday, Bernard, Sidney's grandson contact us, and will provide more information on his family.

The information from Jan will be included in today's website update.

Update on Descendants of John & Anne Pask née Thomas

This information relates to Chart 45: William PASK (1808-1893) born in Nantylgo, Monmouthshire #9973.

Further to the recent posting Descendants of John & Anne Pask née Thomas, David Hopkins wrote to us. He said:

Your last blog on Pask.org.uk is most interesting. John's father is listed as James Pask. This could be the same James who was the father of William Pask b Nantylo Aberustruth 1808. William had a daughter Anne and I believe Elvira.

I think that this probably the missing link. We will investigate further this James, and his wife Mary, and their son William and see if there is further evidence to verify this.

William's daughter was infact called Levinia, or Lavinia, however in the 1851 census she was known as Evenia.

Thanks for David for this information. Just goes to show the power of the blog!