Our friends, and fellow Guild of One-Name Studies member, Ken Toll and his wife Jean recently visited Australia. During their stay they visited Buninyong, in the state of Victoria. Buninyong is ten minutes' south of Ballarat along the Midland Highway. Gold was discovered there in 1851. They were looking for an elusive Toll grave. Unfortunately they did not find it. However fortunate for us, they found two Pask graves in the cemetery and kindly photographed them, and sent the photographs to us a couple of weeks ago.
The graves belonged to Lambert Pask (1831-1899) and his family, including his wife Charlotte Pask née Walsher (1833-1907), his son George (1856-1913), and George's wife Elizabeth Catherine Pask née Jenkin (1856-1936), and their daughter Hilda Rosamond (1887-1907).
The photographs are included in a web album.
Many thanks to Ken and Jean for providing these photographs.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Pask Graves in Buninyong, Victoria, Australia
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Post 2005 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
As a member of the Guild of One-Name Studies, and also the Editor of their quarterly magazine Journal of One-Name Studies, I was very fortunate to be the first person to benefit from a new project that the Guild is running - GRO Post-2005 BMD Transcription Project.
This project, coordinated by Marilyn Johnson, transcribes the General Register Office (GRO) 2006-2010 births, marriages, and deaths. Prior to 2006 the indexes are now available on numerous pay-to-view websites. However post 2005, the indexes are only available in seven Libraries and Archive Centres. As many of the Guild members, including myself, are unable to get to these seven locations, other Guild volunteers will transcribe requested surnames. I hasten to add that you must be a member of the Guild of One-Name Studies and have registered that surname.
Subsequently in February I received the PASK, PASKE, and PASQUE records, kindly transcribed by Gordon Tuff and Christina Luckings. There were:
119 Births (2006-2010)It was like birthdays, Christmas, marriage challenges, all rolled into one!
78 Marriages (2006-2009)
105 Deaths (2006-2010)
I have been slowly, but surely, including this information into the PASK database. Whilst you will not see the detailed information on the births and marriages on the website, the deaths will be shown in the next website update. However the relevant children, and spouses, will be shown on the appropriate charts.
My sincerest thanks to Gordon, Christina, and Marilyn. I know how laborious a task this is - but oh so very much appreciated.
Henry & Elizabeth Pask née Marshall
This information relates to the main Lincolnshire tree - descendants of Johannis [John] and Elizabeth Pask née Archer, who lived in Lincolnshire.Yesterday we received a booklet containing a presentation created by Shirley Amos, from America. This presentation contains a significant amount of information on the family of Henry and Elizabeth Pask née Marshall who emigrated to America on RMS Abyssinia, arriving on April 22, 1872 into New York.
Henry was born on 11 March 1849 in Nocton, Lincolnshire. His wife Mary (née Marshall) was born on 31 December 1855 in Scothern, Lincolnshire. They had ten children, eight of which are shown in the above photograph.
- Edward Marshall PASK Snr b. 12 Dec 1875, d. 21 Jul 1939
- Frank Asman PASK b. 22 May 1878, d. 31 Jul 1958
- Helen Flora PASK b. 13 Jul 1880, d. 16 Mar 1938
- Bessie Anne PASK b. 3 Nov 1882
- George Henry PASK b. 16 Feb 1885, d. 12 Feb 1964
- Jennie Marshall PASK b. 17 Jan 1887, d. b 1990
- Gailey Smith PASK b. 5 Mar 1889, d. 17 Aug 1970
- Mary PASK b. 18 Aug 1890, d. 12 Dec 1894
- Harry Lloyd PASK b. 18 Sep 1893, d. 31 May 1973
- Howard W. PASK b. 14 Nov 1896, d. 14 Feb 1900
During the course of the next weeks, we will be including the information that Shirley has provided in the PASK database, and updating the website.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Website Updated 13 March 2012
The website was updated today Tuesday 13 March. There are 157 new narratives added since the last update, making a total of 9,229 detailed narratives now available on the website - although there are now 14,112 people in our database, that includes living people.
The updates included relate to the following charts / family groups:
Chart 01: William Paske, (c1695- ) lived in Wellingore, Lincolnshire
Chart 02-1 John Pask, eldest son of Suffolk Main Progenitor - John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow
Chart 02-2: Daniel Pask, second son of John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow #5329
Chart 03: Lincolnshire Main Progenitor - Johannis [John] PASK, (c1545 - ) wife Elizabeth ARCHER lived in Washingborough, Lincolnshire #1597
Chart 04: Monmouthshire Main Progenitor: Isaac PASK, (c1705 - ) lived in Llanvihangel-ystern-Llewern, Monmouthshire #3687
Chart 06: Indented Chart - Unknown PASK lived in Kedington, Suffolk #13655
Chart 09: John PASKE, was a Yeoman of Stradishall, Suffolk (d1577 ) #1600
Chart 10: Essex Main Progenitor - John Pask, (1771-1847) Thundersley, Essex
Chart 11: John PASK, (c1745-1793) married Elizabeth FOUNTAIN and they lived in Gautby, Lincolnshire #7697
Chart 13: James PASK, (1818-1882) lived in Shoreditch #3377
Chart 14: William PASK, (1791-1874) from Caythorpe & Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire #745
Chart 16: --?-- PASKE, (c1755- ) lived in Hackthorne, Lincolnshire #6511
Chart 30: James PASK, (1835- ) Southrow, or Southrey, near Bardney, Lincolnshire #1071
Chart 39: Thomas PASK, (1766-b1851) lived in St. Pancras #7379
Chart 42: William PASK (c1720- ) lived in Cwmcarvan, Monmouthshire #10869
Chart 43: John PASK (1769-1835), lived in Northamptonshire & Cambridgeshire #1964
Chart 48: George PASK (1818-1904), lived in Northamptonshire #2912
Chart 51: Joseph PASK lived in Wisbech Cambridgeshire in 1840-1860 #8861
Chart 54: William PASK, (1662- ) lived in Stambourne, Essex #8545
Chart 57: John PASK, (1814-1858), born in Thorney Cambridgeshire, and lived in Northamptonshire #4046
A full list of the recent changes to the narratives is available in the New or Changed Narratives section.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Mary Elizabeth Brown née Pask
Over the past couple of months, we have been exchanging e-mails with Malcom Brown, whose grandmother was Mary Elizabeth Pask.
Mary was born in 1867 in Lincoln, the daughter of John & Jane Harrison Pask née Brownlow. She married Joseph Brown in Leicester in 1891, and they had four children, two of whom died in infancy. She had two sons, Joseph, and Charles Elmit Brown. Charles during World War I was a Private in the 13th Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment, and was killed in action on 12 April 1918 in Belgium. Charles is commemorated in perpetuity on Panel 8, of the Ploegsteert Memorial.
Mary's eldest son Joseph was Malcolm's father. Malcolm now lives in Vancouver Island. He has provided information on this family, including photographs included in a web album.
Information on this family will be included in the next website update.
American Cousins Obituaries
Sadly, within 20 days of each other, two American cousins Lawrence Hamilton "Chic" Pask, and Marshall Roy Pask died. They were the grandchildren of Charles & Filomela PASK née Gabrielli, who immigrated to New York in 1888. See previous blog dated February 2010, titled Charles & Filomela Pask née Gabrielli.
Lawrence Hamilton "Chic" Pask, age 86, of Ridgewood, died peacefully at his home on Saturday January 21, 2012. His obituary was published in The Record/Herald News on January 23, 2012.
His cousin, Marshall Roy Pask, known to friends and family as Roy, died Friday February 10. His obituary was published in the Stamford Advocate on February 12, 2012.
Our sincere condolences to their families, and friends.
We were notified of these obituaries through ObitMessenger, an excellent, free notification service from www.legacy.com.
More detailed information will be included in the next website update.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Descendant (Indented) Charts
2011 has been a very busy year, and I have somewhat neglected the website, and blogs. This is understandable as I work full-time as the Project Manager of a very innovative, market-leading, global 3-year project that provides the infrastructure that will enable modular, multi-modal content production. In addition, in April I joined the committee of the Guild of One-Name Studies, in the role of the Editor of their quarterly journal. So it has been a challenging year.
Nevertheless, a week ago, I was delighted to see that a new edition was available of The Master Genealogist (TMG), the family history program that we use to record Pa(r)s(k)(e)(que) related information. I welcome this with open arms, as for some time, we have not been able to produce reports due to technical constraints. This has now been resolved. Lots of new features are also available, and over the next couple of months, I hope to include some of these new features.
Additionally, I have updated to the latest version of John Cardinal's Second Site. This marvellous software enables me to generate over 11,000 files and webpages, in less than 5 minutes. This pages make up the bulk of the website - the Detailed Narratives, Charts, Master Place Index, and the Surname Index, to name a few. One of the features available earlier in the year, but not yet included on our website was the Descendant Indented Chart.
The descendant indented chart condenses the very large charts and makes them much more manageable, and easily printed. The chart shows the children indented under the entries for their parents. The charts include plus [+] and minus [-] symbols that allow expanding or collapsing sections of the tree.
In this latest website update, I have included new indented charts for:
Chart 01: Indented Chart - William PASKE, (c1695- ) lived in Wellingore, Lincolnshire #3106
Chart 02: Indented Chart - Suffolk Main Progenitor - John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow #3497
Chart 03: Indented Chart - Lincolnshire Main Progenitor - Johannis [John] PASK, (c1545 - ) wife Elizabeth ARCHER lived in Washingborough, Lincolnshire #1597
Chart 04: Indented Chart - Monmouthshire Main Progenitor: Isaac PASK, (c1705 - ) lived in Llanvihangel-ystern-Llewern, Monmouthshire #3687
Chart 06: Indented Chart - Unknown PASK lived in Kedington, Suffolk #13655
Website Update 26 December 2011
The website has being updated today Monday 26 December 2011. Although there has not been an update for some time, it nevertheless contains a lot of ongoing changes. There are 64 new narratives added since the last update, making a total of 9,072. Altogether this year over 500+ new detailed narratives are now available on the website.
These updates relate to the following charts / family groups:
- Chart 01: William Paske, (c1695- ) lived in Wellingore, Lincolnshire
- Chart 02-1: John Pask, eldest son of Suffolk Main Progenitor - John and Mirabel Pask née Sparrow
- Chart 02-2: Daniel Pask (1711-1763) was the second son of the main progenitor in Suffolk, John Pask
- Chart 03: Johannis [John] PASK, (c1545 - ) wife Elizabeth ARCHER lived in Washingborough
- Chart 04: Monmouthshire Main Progenitor: Isaac PASK, (c1705 - ) lived in Llanvihangel-ystern-Llewern
- Chart 06: Unknown PASK lived in Kedington, Suffolk
- Chart 09: John PASKE, was a Yeoman of Stradishall, Suffolk (d1577 )
- Chart 30: James PASK, (1835- ) Southrow, or Southrey, near Bardney, Lincolnshire
- Chart 38: Thomas PASK, (1820- ) Upminster, Essex
- Chart 41: James PASK, lived in Finsbury, London c1758
A full list of the recent changes to the narratives is available in the New or Changed Narratives section.
Monday, October 24, 2011
9,000+ Narratives Now Available - Website Update 23 October 2011
The website was updated yesterday Sunday 23 October 2011, and a new milestone of 9,000+ narratives are now available.
In addition, a new chart has been created - see blog titled Descendants of Daniel and Sarah Paske née Kendall.
Other updates included relate to the following charts / family groups:
- Chart 01: William Paske, (c1695- ) lived in Wellingore, Lincolnshire
- Chart 02-1: John Pask, eldest son of Suffolk Main Progenitor - John and Mirabel Pask née Sparrow
- Chart 02-2: Daniel Pask (1711-1763) was the second son of the main progenitor in Suffolk, John Pask
- Chart 09: John PASKE, was a Yeoman of Stradishall, Suffolk (d1577 )
- Chart 10: Essex Main Progenitor - John Pask, (1771-1847) Thundersley, Essex
- Chart 30: James PASK, (1835- ) Southrow, or Southrey, near Bardney, Lincolnshire
- Chart 41: James PASK, lived in Finsbury, London c1758
- Chart 48: George Pask (1818-1904), lived in Northamptonshire
A full list of the recent changes to the narratives is available in the New or Changed Narratives section.
Descendants of Daniel and Sarah Paske née Kendall
A new chart has been created:
Daniel Paske married Sarah Kendall (date and place not known) and they lived in Moulton, Suffolk. This is only a very small chart, and includes mainly information on their daughter Maria Paske, who married Samuel Everett, or Evered, and moved to East Harling Norfolk. They had at least seven children, many of whom moved to Yorkshire, and became Post Office workers, and teachers.
A visit to the Suffolk archives, to view the Moulton registers is required to trace Daniel's ancestors, and hopefully link him to John and Mirabel Pask née Sparrow.
Many thanks to Margaret Emms for information on this family.
Monday, October 03, 2011
Website Update 2 October 2011
The website was updated yesterday Sunday 2 October 2011.
As a result of DNA tests (see blog New DNA Test Results), two charts have been combined.
Chart 01: William Paske, (c1695- ) lived in Wellingore, Lincolnshire, and Chart 18. Three descendants of these two charts proved to have the same DNA.
Other updates included relate to the following charts / family groups:
Chart 01: William Paske, (c1695- ) lived in Wellingore, Lincolnshire
Chart 02-1 John Pask, eldest son of Suffolk Main Progenitor - John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow
Chart 06: Unknown Pask lived in Kedington, Suffolk
Chart 06a: John Pask, (1798-1861) wife Sarah Meers, lived in Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
Chart 10: Essex Main Progenitor - John Pask, (1771-1847) Thundersley, Essex
Chart 48: George Pask (1818-1904), lived in Northamptonshire
In addition, there is a new chart now available -
Chart 55: William Paske, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk #3606
William Paske was married Ann Elmer on 27 December 1814 in St. Mary's, Bury St. Edmunds. He was a Boot Maker. The family moved to London. This is only a very small chart, and hopefully in the future, we can link him to John & Mirabel Sparrow. Many thanks to Rod Kerr for his information on this family.
There are 78 new narratives added since the last update, making a total of 8,934 detailed narratives now available on the website - although there are now 13,398 people in our database, that includes living people.
A full list of the recent changes to the narratives is available in the New or Changed Narratives section.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
New DNA Test Results
Great news relating to the DNA Project:
As reported in the previous blog DNA Project in July. We hoped this test would establish whether the Lincolnshire Pasks from Charts 01, 03, and 18 are all related.We are delighted to say that they are. The 278 people from Chart 18 will now be merged with Chart 1, making a total of 1365 in this family tree.
Once we established that there was a connection, it confirmed that Joseph Pask, who lived in Caythorpe was the same Joseph Paske who was baptised on 4 April 1762 in Wellingore, Lincolnshire. He was the son of William and Mary PASKE. These records will be merged in the next website update.
The results can be seen on the Family Tree DNA website in the Pask DNA Project.
Thank you all concerned for taking part in the project. We welcome any male Pa(r)s(k)(e)(que) to participate in the Pask DNA Project - do contact us for further details. This is a major contribution to the Pask One-Name Study.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Website Update 31 July 2011
The website was updated today Sunday 31 July 2011.
As a result of DNA tests (see blog Pask DNA Project), three charts have been combined.
Chart 06: Unknown PASK lived in Kedington, Suffolk #13655, and Chart 07, and Chart 53. Descendants of these three charts proved to have the same DNA.
Other updates included relate to the following charts / family groups:
Chart 01: William Paske, (c1695- ) lived in Wellingore, Lincolnshire
Chart 02-1 John Pask, eldest son of Suffolk Main Progenitor - John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow
Chart 04: Monmouthshire Main Progenitor: Isaac Pask, (c1705 - )
Chart 06a: John Pask, (1798-1861) wife Sarah Meers, lived in Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
Chart 10: Essex Main Progenitor - John Pask, (1771-1847) Thundersley, Essex
Chart 11: John Pask, (c1745-1793) married Elizabeth Fountain and they lived in Gautby, Lincolnshire
Chart 18: Joseph Pask, (1761-1831) Caythorpe, Lincolnshire
Chart 38: Thomas Pask (1820- ) Upminster, Essex
Chart 39: Thomas Pask, (1766-b1851) lived in St. Pancras
Chart 40: Hezekiah Pasque, lived in Cripplegate, London
Chart 42: William Pask (c1720- ) lived in Cwmcarvan, Monmouthshire
A full list of the recent changes to the narratives is available in the New or Changed Narratives section.
Descendants of Frederick & Elizabeth Annie Pask née Warren
This information relates to Chart 6 - Unknown Pask who lived in Kedington, Suffolk.Terence Pask contacted us in early July, and kindly provided photographs of Frederick Pask, the son of Joseph & Caroline Pask née Bowyer, and his son Frederick Thomas & Ann Laughton Pask née Friend (Terry's grandparents).
Also he provided the birth, marriage, and death certificates of his parents, and grandparents.
Descendants of James & Frances Horton née Pask
Peter Ritchie wrote to us in May, and provided additional information on the family of James & Frances Horton née Pask, the daughter of John & Frances Pask née Haffinden from Thundersley, Essex.
James and Frances immigrated from Southampton on the "Parsee", arriving in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 14 May 1858. Peter kindly provided the passenger list that shows they travelled together with their children William, David, Frances, Charles, Ellen, Frank, and Clara.
Descendants of Thomas & Sophia Pask née Willis
Colin Hart, a long standing Pask researcher, contacted us in May, and provided several photographs of the family of Thomas & Sophia Pask née Willis. These are now included in an electronic photograph album.
Descendants of Thomas & Harriet Talbot née Pasque
Mike Talbot contacted us regarding the family of Thomas & Harriet Talbot née Pasque. He kindly provided a photograph of the family.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
DNA Project
Great news relating to the DNA Project:
DNA Test results have just arrived from a descendant of Harry and Norah Pask née Cannon. They match with the DNA from descendants of Peter Pask of Kedington, Suffolk - See Chart 06. We will now focus on trying to find documentary evidence to support this link so that we can merge these two charts.
Fortunately we have recently been in touch with the family of a Nonagenarian who will very shortly be 100 years old. He agreed to do a DNA test. It is now being tested at Family Tree DNA in Houston, Texas. Results are expected in approximately four weeks' time, starting 19 August. We hope this will establish whether the Lincolnshire Pasks from Charts 01, 03, and 18 are all related.
In December 2010, we appealed for someone to do a DNA test, from one of the descendants of Chart 02 - John and Mirabel Pask née Sparrow's son John, who married Catherine Kippen, to establish and confirm that this is the DNA string for the main Suffolk tree. We are delighted to say that someone has completed the test and it is now been sent to Family Tree DNA in Houston, Texas. Results are expected in approximately six weeks' time.
The results can be seen on the Family Tree DNA website in the Pask DNA Project.
Thank you all concerned for taking part in the project. We welcome any male Pa(r)s(k)(e)(que) to participate in the Pask DNA Project - do contact us for further details. This is a major contribution to the Pask One-Name Study.
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Website Update 4 April 2011
The website was updated on Monday 4 April 2011.
There are three new family groups, two in Essex, and one in Suffolk:
Chart 53: Harry PASK, (1867- ) wife Norah CANNON, lived in Buckhurst Hill, Essex Harry was born in 1867, his place of birth is currently not known. He lived in Buckhurst Hill in Essex and was a Gardener. He married Norah CANNON on 8 May 1887, and they had three sons. Very little is known about this family. Harry was not found in any censuses, and no death is found in the GRO Indexes. Similarly only information on his son Albert Ernest has been found.
I have purchased birth, and marriage certificates for this family in order to piece together this family. Unfortunately they had three children who were in Epping Workhouse in the 1911 census, and their two older sons in the 1901 census. I am still trying to establish where Harry originated. Epping registration district is very close to the Essex/Suffolk border, and I believe that he may be part of Chart 06, or Chart 07.
Chart 54: William PASK, (1662- ) lived in Stambourne, Essex
William lived in Stambourne Essex, where his son was born, Very little is known about this family.
Chart 06a: John PASK, (1798-1861) wife Sarah MEERS, lived in Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
John PASK lived in Stoke by Clare. He married Sarah MEERS on 2 January 1820 in Stoke by Clare. John died in April 1861. Their descendants span five generations, and includes over 50 descendants. This family is assumed to be connected to Peter Pask of Chart 6. However, John's baptism has not been found.
Other updates included the following charts:
Chart 01: William PASKE, (c1695- ) lived in Wellingore, Lincolnshire
Chart 02-1 John PASK, eldest son of Suffolk Main Progenitor - John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow
Chart 10: Essex Main Progenitor - John PASK, (1771-1847) Thundersley, Essex
Chart 11: John PASK, (c1745-1793) married Elizabeth FOUNTAIN and they lived in Gautby, Lincolnshire
Chart 23: Edward PASK, (1771-1836) lived in Barholm, Lincolnshire
Chart 29: Thomas PASQUE, (c1700-1754) lived in Theberton, Suffolk
Chart 38: Thomas PASK, (1820- ) Upminster, Essex
A full list of the recent changes to the narratives is available in the New or Changed Narratives section.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Website Update 23 January, 2011
The website was updated today, Sunday 23 January 2011 - a long overdue update. The main focus was updates on the following charts:
