Ernest George & Rose Pask née Pitches

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

Whilst researching the family of Bertie & Ella Kate Pask née Sargent (see previous blog), I looked at all Pask(e) births, marriages, and deaths and 1911 census in the Colchester / Newmarket registration districts. I identified the family of Ernest George & Rose Pask. Initially I could not find their marriage, then realised that Ernest was also known George Ernest. He was in fact duplicated in our database.

We originally included him in 2004, as we visited his grave in the Military Cemetery, in Roclincourt, Pas-de-Calais, France. We were intrigued as although he was 50 years old, he was at that time a Sergeant, in the Army Veterinary Corps, 170th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. We found that he had died in a riding accident during military sports on 5 June 1917. He left a widow and three children.

After his death, his widow Rose married his widowed brother John William Pask.

Descendants of Bertie & Ella Kate Pask née Sargent

This information relates to Bertie Pask who lived in the Colchester / Newmarket area in the early 1900s.

We were contacted by Christopher Pask in December last year inquiring about his Colchester descendants. We were able to trace him back to Bertie Pask, who lived in the Newmarket area. When we acquired the 1911 census images recently we contacted him and provided the census information for Ella Kate Pask née Sargent, and her twins Frederick Bert and Rosa Evelyn. They were inmates in the Newmarket Union Workhouse, Exning Road, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire.

Unfortunately no additional information has been found on Bertie & Ella, however the marriage certificate has now been purchased. In the meantime, based on the information provided by Christopher, Chart 50 has been compiled showing their descendants, who span four generations.

Many thanks to Christopher for providing us with the information. Hopefully in the near future we will be able to link this family to one of the main Suffolk families.

London Metropolitan Archives Records

This week has been extremely busy. I started working on the 1911 census entries, as detailed in a previous blog. However before I had real chance Ancestry announced that the indexed images of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials from the London Metropolitan Archives are now available.

There are:

• PASK: Baptisms 176; Marriages 195; Burials 31 - Total 402
• PASKE: Baptisms 13; Marriages 21; Burials 4 - Total 38
• PASQUE: Baptisms 17; Marriages 14; Burials 10 - Total 41
• PARSK: Baptisms 2; Marriages 1; Burials 0 - Total 3

I have downloaded the index, and will in time include this valuable information into the database.

Website Update 13 September 2009

The website was updated yesterday, Sunday 13 September. This focuses on information, as detailed in the previous blogs:

Laura Irene Morley née Pask of Hargrave
1911 Census - PASK, PASKE, PASQUE, PARSK
Power of DNA

A full list of these recent changes to the narratives is available in the New or Changed Narratives section. There are now 8,093 narratives available on the website. In the database there are 11,661 people in total, including 3568 living people (excluded from the website).

Power of DNA

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

In May, we exchanged information with Raymond Pask of Australia - see the blog titled
Descendants of James & Charlotte Mary Pask née Chaffin. Raymond kindly agreed to do a DNA test. When his results came back they matched exactly with another Pask, also living in Australia. Raymond did not know of his existance.

A fortnight ago Raymond, together with his brother Edward met Colin Pask, and his sister. They established that their grandparents Henry James Pask, and Arthur Pask were brothers. The family had immigrated to Australia in the late 1890s.

If you are a male Pask, and are interested in doing a DNA test, do contact us, and we will explain the technicalities, costs, and outcome. Alternatively look at the webpage Pask DNA Project for more information.

1911 Census - PASK, PASKE, PASQUE, PARSK

Last weekend I completed the downloading of the PASK, PASKE, PASQUE, and PARSK images from the 1911 Census.

We now have over 500 images, covering 1400+ names from the 1911 census. This will keep us busy for some considerable time!

We hope to have them all in the database by the PASK Family Gathering in July.

Laura Irene Morley née Pask of Hargrave

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

Yesterday we had an e-mail from Kai Davey the grandson of Laura Irene Pask. "Nene" as she was always known as, was the daughter of of Frederick William & Ellen Maud Pask née Phillips. She married Frank Morley and they ran Hargrave village Post Office and store. Kai writes:

She lived her whole life in Hargrave pre-retirement at the Village Post Office and adjoining house and post retirement just over the road at Orchard End next to the Methodist Church.

Kai has provided the above photograph, and some corrections to Nene's narrative. These have been included in the database, and will be available in the next website update.

Website Update 27 August 2009

The website was updated today, Thursday 27 August.

This focuses on information, as detailed in the previous blogs:

Philip & Rosetta Pask née Keen
Descendants of Arthur Ernest & Lillian Pask née Church

A full list of these recent changes to the narratives is available in the New or Changed Narratives section. There are now 8,069 narratives available on the website.

Descendants of Arthur Ernest & Lillian Pask née Church

This information relates to Suffolk Chart 26, the descendants of Thomas Pask who was born in 1777 in Brockley, Suffolk.

Some time ago Roger Pask contacted us regarding his ancestors Arthur Ernest & Lillian Pask née Church. At that time we did some research, but did not include the information into our database.

Arthur originated from Rattlesden, Suffolk and was the son of Henry & Anne Sophia Pask née White, who ran the Rising Sun at Rattlesden. Arthur served in the Army before, and during World War I as an Ambulance Driver. However his trade was a Baker.

This information will now be available in the next website update, and includes information on their deceased children, and their families:

Lily Annie L. Pask
Alfred Arthur Pask
Ivy May Pask
Charles William Pask
Ernest H. Pask
Albert Edward Pask
Arthur Jacob Pask

Many thanks to Roger for providing the information on this family. It has helped us to complete many missing links.

Philip & Rosetta Pask née Keen

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

Last week we had an e-mail from Stephen Daglish, a fellow Guild of One-Name Studies (GOONs) member. He noticed a Pask grave in South Ealing Cemetery. It read:

In loving memory of
Thomas Charles
son of Philip & Rosetta Pask
who died June 24th 1892
aged 12 years and 4 months

also of Rosetta Sophia Pask
sister of the above
who died July 6th 1903
in her 38th year

Alfred James Pask
who died May 19th 1907, aged 25 years

Philip & Rosetta Pask née Keen lived in Ealing Middlesex. Philip originated from Hargrave Suffolk, and was the son of Oliver & Sophia Pask née Suttle. He was the 2 x greatgrandson of John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow.

We located them in the census of 2 April 1911 in 10 St. Matthews Road, Ealing, Middlesex. Philip was listed as aged 71 born in Hargrave Suffolk, the Head of Household; a Gardener, living with his wife Rosetta and daughter Melinda. Also listed was his daughter-in-law Lily (his son Joseph Philip's wife), and grandchildren Eric Joseph, and Winifred Lily.

Joseph his son was listed at 37 Caerleon Road, Newport, Monmouthshire, where he was listed as a Machine Foreman in the Printing Industry. His wife Lily May was his cousin, she was the daughter of Nathan Oliver & Susannah Pask née Philipps. Both his children Eric & Winifred were born in Newport.

Many thanks to Stephen Daglish, for providing the cemetery information - this lead us to link together several missing pieces.

Pask DNA Project

There are now nine DNA test results available relating to the following family charts:

Chart 02: Descendants of John Pask of Wickhambrook, Suffolk

Chart 03: Descendants of John Pask of Washingborough

Chart 04: Descendants of Isaac Pask of Monmouthshire

Chart 06: Descendants of Peter Pask of Kedington, Suffolk

Chart 10: Descendants of John Pask of Thundersley, Essex

Chart 30: Descendants of James Pask of Bardney, Lincolnshire

Chart 41: Descendants of James Pask of Finsbury, London

Chart 47: Descendants of Robert Pask (Pass) of Frieston, Lincolnshire

A comparison of all the test results is available in the PASK DNA Project section.

Suprisingly only two people have matched - in Chart 03. However, a recent test of a descendant of Peter Pask (Chart 06) has matched with a Pask not currently in the Pask DNA Project. So we are hoping that another match will be listed in the near future.

We encourage male Pask, Paske, Parsk, and Pasque and the derivatives to take the 37-marker Y DNA test. To achieve maximum benefits we encourage 2-3 males from each family tree detailed on the Charts list to participate.

Website Update 10 August 2009

The website was updated today, Monday 10 August. This focuses on additional information, including the marriage certificates of:

• Walter & Jane Annie Pask née Chester, as provided by Yvonne Sumner from Australia
• William Albert & Charlotte Parsk née Foster, as provided by John Hanson

A full list of these recent changes to the narratives is available in the New or Changed Narratives section. There are now 8,051 narratives available.

Website Update 19 July 2009

The website was updated today, Sunday 19 July. This focuses on information, as detailed in the previous blogs:

• Kate Pask née Avery
• Descendants of William & Grace Isabella Pask née Solomon
• Descendants of James & Charlotte Mary Pask née Chaffin
• Elizabeth Pask b1835 Raglan Monmouthshire
• Descendants of Henry & Mary Pask née Shaw

In addition, information is now available on the descendants of:

• Walter & Jane Annie Pask née Chester, as provided by Yvonne Sumner from Australia
• Thomas Harald & Lilian May Garland Pask née Garland, as provided by Linda O'Brien
• William Albert & Charlotte Parsk née Foster, as provided by John Hanson

A full list of these recent changes to the narratives is available in the New or Changed Narratives section. There are now 8,047 narratives available - an increase of 63.

Apologies to those who have provided information recently, but their information is not included. As detailed in the previous blog Current Activities, it is a busy time for us. Once the renovations have been completed we will be working on the family history in preparation for next year's Pask Family Gathering on July 3.

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.