pratley/townsend

[toby]

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

[toby]

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

[philheeks]

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

[ramsfan]

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

[toby]

Charlbury is not very far from Leafield. But Townsend and Pratley are very common Oxfordshire names.
Regards Pauline