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.
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.
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.
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.
The website was updated today, Monday 10 August. This focuses on additional information, including the marriage certificates of:
The website was updated today, Sunday 19 July. This focuses on information, as detailed in the previous blogs:
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.
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:
So unfortunately there are not enough hours in the day. However hopefully normal service will be resumed in the not too distant future.
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.
The PASK publications are now available for sale at http://www.amazon.com/.
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.
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.
This morning Paula Payne informed us that a sampler sewn by Betsy Pask in 1972 is available on eBay.
We believe that this is Betsy Pask who lived in Nettleham, Lincolnshire.
We won't be bidding for the sampler.
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.
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
The website was updated yesterday, Sunday 12 April. This was a comparatively small update, and focuses on information, as detailed in the previous blogs:
A full list of these recent changes to the narratives is available in the New or Changed Narratives section. There are now 7984 narratives available - an increase of 23.
During the Easter we have exchanged information with Leslie Pask, who contacted us initially back in 2003. His grandfather was Amos John & Cecilia Pask née Morgan who lived in Pontypridd, Glamorgan.
Searching through our transcripts of the GRO births, marriages, and deaths we have been able to identify his wife Cecilia, their 8 children, 11 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren.
These have been included in our database, and will be available in the next website update.
Recently Stephen Pask of Australia was searching military records in Find My Past. He found a Pask who fought at Waterloo:
Private Peter Pask fought in Captain Wood's Light Infantry unit of the 1st Battalion 4th (King's Own) Regiment. This regiment has some ties to Yorkshire but does not necessarily mean this man came from there.We searched our records, and found 27 Peter Pasks in the database. However, only 1-2 likely. Based on the battle being on 18 June 1815, it could be:
He was awarded the Waterloo Medal which was awarded to all ranks who fought in the battle.
Peter Pask born 1770 in Stoke by Clare, Suffolk - perhaps too oldOn the other hand it could be neither. Family stories like this would be passed down through the generations. We are in touch with descendants of both of the above families, and they are ardent researchers. They would be aware of this if it was their Peter Pask.
Peter Pask born 1803 in Flempton cum Hargrave, Suffolk - probably too young
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