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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Oxfordshire => England => Oxfordshire Lookup Requests => Topic started by: ramsfan on Friday 01 June 07 18:03 BST (UK)
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hello,i'm wondering if anyone could help me,i hope to be visiting leafield in the next week or so and would like to know if any of my ancestors are buried in the churchyard there,my great grandfather,john townsend his wife jane(nee pratley) and his grandparents benjamin and charity pratley(nee townsend).john was born around 1858 and benjamin and charity were married just after he was born.i know it looks wrong but john's mother did marry a pratley and so did john,complicated isn't it hoping to here from someone thankyou josie
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I have parish register for Leafield. Have found John and Janes marriage 13/10/1877 also Benjamin and Charity 19/7/1858.
Found children for John and Jane. Let me know if you need them. Will look for burials.
Regards
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Burials at Leafield started 1812.
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Just one and then none there until 1831.
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hitoby, thankyou very much for reply my grandad was walter townsend,i would be grateful if you could give me the names of his brothers and sisters,because he moved to derbyshire i only knew of 1 sister and 1 brother living in the london area and if possible i would like to know if his parents are buried at the church in leafield thanks again toby best wishes josie
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John and Jane Townsend had the following children.
Clare Louisa bapt 20/10/1878. On the 3rd October 1905 Clare Louisa Townsend aged 27 married William John Moody aged 28 sonof Thomas.
George Townsend bapt 20/3/1881
Charity bapt 25/5/1882
Walter Townsend bapt 20/4/1884
Sarah Jane Townsend bapt 199/9/1886. On the 25/5/1907 Sarah Jane aged 21 married Albert Shayler aged 26
Annie Townsend bapt 16/12/1888. On the 17/1/1911 Annie Townsend married Edwin Smith aged 26 son of William.
Francis Richard Townsend bapt 17/8/1890
Charles Townsend bapt 12/10/1892.
Hope this helps you let me know if I can help you further.
Regards Pauline
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Sorry cannot see his parents burial.
Regards Pauline
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hi pauline thanks for all the info anything else you think may be relevant i would love to know about please,i have been on the one name pratley site which was very interesting thanks again pauline best wishes josie
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hi pauline i forgot to mention that john was alive in 1913 as he was the witness at grandads second marriage to my gran florence edith fletcher thanks again josie
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Good morning.
Have checked the 1871 census and according to that, John Townsend's parents were Benjamin and Charity Pratley. So it seems that CharityTownsend had John before she married?
1871 Census
Benjamin Pratley 43
Charity 36
John Townsend son 14
George Pratley son 11
Bemjamin " " 8
Lancelott " " 5
Lucy daughter 1.
Do you think this is correct?
Pauline
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Found John Towsend's bapt. He was son of Charity bapt 11/7/1856 at Ramsden it was a private bapt. I thinkbecause she was unmarried.
Pauline
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Hi There
I thought I would let you know that there are a lot of Townsend's on the parish registers for Charlbury - I don't know if they are anything to do with yours though
All the very best
Phil
Weston-super-Mare
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hello pauline,toby and phil thanks for the information,i'm afraid i don't know much about oxfordshire so could you tell me how far charlbury is from leafield please,i asked one of my aunts about where grandad came from but she did'nt know anything at all,another aunt said great grandad was a gamekeeper for winston churchill,i think grandad left under a cloud thanks again josie
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Charlbury is not very far from Leafield. But Townsend and Pratley are very common Oxfordshire names.
Regards Pauline