Joseph Tonks

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence at marriage: Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire, England
• Age at Marriage: 27
• Residence: 1861, Wathe's Farm, Mancetter, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: 1861; Cowman
• Residence: 1881, Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire, England
• Occupation: 1881; Miller
• Residence: 1891, Atherstone Road, Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire, England
• Occupation: 1891; Stoker at Flour Mill

Notes:

In the 1861 Census Joseph was a Cowman on the farm of Mary Ann Wathes, Widow, at Mancetter
See RG9/2192 Page 10
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1871 Census Sheepy Villas, Sheepy Magna
Joseph Tonks Head 28 Ag Lab b. Ratcliffe Culey
Eliza " Wife 23 b. Upton
Arthur " Son 4 Months b. Sheepy
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1881 Census
Joseph TONKS M 39 M Ratcliff Coley, Leicester, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Farm Labourer
Eliza TONKS M 33 F Upton, Leicester, England
Rel: Wife
Occ: Wife
Arthur Joseph TONKS 10 M Sheepy Magna, Leicester, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
Emma Jane TONKS 6 F Upton, Leicester, England
Rel: Daur
Occ: Scholar
Village Street Sheepy Magna

Joseph married Eliza Parsons on 14 Oct 1868 in All Saints, Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire, England. Eliza (daughter of Joseph Parsons and Mary Barfield) was born in Jan 1848 in Upton, Leicestershire, England; died in Jan 1912 in Royal Infirmary, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 24 Jan 1912 in All Saints Churchyard, Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Arthur Joseph Tonks was born in Dec 1870 in Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire, England; died in Sep 1941 in Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 1 Oct 1941 in New Churchyard, Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire, England.
2. Emma Jane Tonks was born in Jun 1874 in Upton, Leicestershire, England; died in Dec 1900 in Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 3 Jan 1903 in All Saints Churchyard, Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Joseph Tunks
• Occupation: Abt 1837; Agricultural Labourer

Notes:

See Notes of John Hough (1750 - 1830) - Ann Tonks
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1841 Census Ratcliffe Culey Folio 5

Tonks Joseph 30 Y
Tonks Elizabeth 30 N
Tonks George 3 Y
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1851 Census, Ratcliffe Culey Atherstone; HO/107/2064Folio:203
Joseph TONKS Head 46 M Ag Lab Ratcliffe Culey-LEC
Elizabeth TONKS Wife 45 F--- Atherstone-WAR
George TONKS SON 13 M Plough Boy Ratcliffe Culey-LEC
Joseph TONKS SON 9 M Scholar Ratcliffe Culey-LEC
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1861 Census Ratcliffe Culey RG9/2192 Folio 67
Joseph Tonks head 54 Labourer b. Ratcliffe
Elizabeth " Wife 55 b. Bentley; WAR
George " Son 23 b. Ratcliffe
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Joseph married Elizabeth Taylor on 2 Nov 1835 in Saint Peter's, Mancetter, Warwickshire, England. Elizabeth was born in 1806 in Bentley, Warwickshire, England; died in 1889 in Atherstone, : Registration District, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1806, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England
• Residence: 1871, Long Street, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England; No 88
• Occupation: 1871; Mangle Woman
• Residence: 1881, Long Street, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England; Pearmans Yard
• GRO Death Index: Sep 1889; Atherstone 6d - 217 Age 82

Notes:

1871 Census Long Street Atherston Folio
Between Ram and Bear Yards
Elizabeth Tonks Head Wid 64 Mangle Woman b. Bentley
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1881 Census Pearmans Yard Atherstone, Warwick, England
RG11 Piece 3058 Folio 13 Page 19
Elizabeth TONKS W 76 F Bentley, Warwick, England
Rel:Head
Occ:Laundress
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Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John Tonks
• Residence at marriage: Orton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England
• Occupation: Labourer

Notes:

1841 Census Ratcliffe Culey

Tunks John 60 Y
Tunks An n60 Y
Tunks Elizabeth 50 Y

John married Frances Chamberlain on 8 Oct 1801 in Saint Mary Magdalane, Peckleton, Leicestershire, England. Frances was born in 1772; died in Jan 1847 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 17 Jan 1847 in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Fanny Tunks
• Residence at marriage: Peckleton, Leicestershire, England

John married Sarah Cheatle on 2 Nov 1769 in All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. Sarah (daughter of Joseph Cheatle and Mary Orme) was born in Jun 1746 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; died in Jul 1828 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 20 Jul 1828 in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 30 Jun 1745, All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England

Notes:

Of interest is the oldest memorial to survive in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey; LEI, lying to the South West of the Chancel, (that ground being considered in pre-reformation times as being the most holy), a small roughly incised slab of Sarah's Brother Joseph Viz:-
Here Lyeth the Body of Joseph Cheatle
Departed this life March ye 15th
the year of our lord 1765 aged 22
Farwell my wife and child most dear
I am not dead but sleeping here
My life is spent my grave you see
my loving wife mourn not for me
. My mother and Sister too
For now I have bid this world a dew
as I am so you must be steay
but awile and follow me

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The Cheatle family were notable farmers at Bodymoor Heath close to the border with Lea Marston in the Parish of Kingsbury. There are numerous family memorials in the churchyard there. Today at Dosthill there is a building called Cheatle's Court and a farm at Bodymoor heath called Cheatle's Farm.

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Mary the widow of Joseph Cheatle of Ratcliffe Culey in her will dated 1 Aug 1767 named her daughter Sarah as executrix and her main beneficiary including her messuage. after her death in Feb 1797 probate was granted 27 April 1797 to her daughter Sarah wife of John Tonks.

Notes:

John Pemberton was the Parish Clerk and William Farmer the Church Warden