George Tonks

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence at marriage: Atherstone, Warwickshire, England
• Age at Marriage: 30 (bachelor)
• Occupation: 1858; Plough Boy age 13
• Occupation: Abt 1868; Labourer
• Occupation: Between 1885 and 1895; Parish Constable Ratcliffe Culey
• Residence: 1891, Next to School Cottage, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England
• Residence: 1901, To the Right of Red House Farm, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England
• Last Will and Testemant: 28 May 1914; Letters of Administration Granted

Notes:

Where was George Tonks in the 4 years before the birth of his son and his marriage. It has been suggested he may have been in India as when his daughters died in the house at Ratcliffe, Jasmin Cottage, there were found coins and stamps from India dated the 1860's.

He was the parish constable in 1885 - 1895 at Ratcliffe and his account book has been deposited at the Leicester Records office.
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1871 Census Ratcliffe Culey RG10 - 3166 Folio 22
George Tonks Head 33 Ag Lab b. Ratcliffe Culey
Jane Tonks Wife 29 b. Upton
George Tonks Son 6 b. Upton
Clara Tonks dau 2 b. Ratcliffe Culey
Alice Tonks Dau 5 months b. Ratcliffe Culey
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1881 Census
George TONKS M 41 M Ratcliffe Culey, Leicester, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Agrl Lab
Jane TONKS M 38 F Upton, Leicester, England
Rel: Wife
Occ: Dress Maker
Clara TONKS 12 F Ratcliffe Culey, Leicester, England
Rel: Daur
Occ: Scholar
Alice E. TONKS 10 F Ratcliffe Culey, Leicester, England
Rel: Daur
Occ: Scholar
Lucy J. TONKS 3 F Ratcliffe Culey, Leicester, England
Rel: Daur
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1891 Census Ratcliffe Culey next door to School Cottage
3 roomed cottage
George Tonks Head 54 General Labourer b. Ratcliffe
Jane Tonks Wife 51 Dress Maker b. Upton
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1901 Census to the right of Red House Farm
George Tonks 64 Farm Labourer b. Ratcliffe
Jane " 61 Dress Maker b. Upton
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1911 Census
Ratcliffe Culey Village
George Tonks Head 73 Widower 3 Children Living 2 dead Retired Labourer "b. Market Bosworth Leic" ??
Clara Tonks 40 single dau "b. Market Bosworth Leic" ??
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George married Jane Parsons on 10 Mar 1868 in Saint Mary's, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England. Jane (daughter of Joseph Parsons and Mary Barfield) was born on 12 Aug 1842 in Upton, Leicestershire, England; died on 29 Dec 1903 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 2 Jan 1904 in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: George Tonks
• Residence at marriage: Atherstone, Warwickshire, England
• Age at Marriage: 21 (Bachelor)
• Baptism: 5 Dec 1864, Saint Botolph's, Sibson, Leicestershire, England
• Occupation: 1881; Farm Servant The Mythe (see Notes)
• Residence: 1886, Coleshill Street, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: 1886; Gardener
• Residence: 1891, Long Street, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England; No 95
• Residence: 1892, Long Street, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: 1892; Shopkeeper
• Residence: Between 1901 and 1921, 42, Victoria Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
• Occupation: Between 1901 and 1921, 42, Victoria Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England; Manufacturing Confectioner
• Occupation: Between 1901 and 1921; Wholesale and Retail Confectioner
• Residence: Between 1939 and 1945, Trysull Road, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England; No 160
• Probate: 26 Jul 1945, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Notes:

Birth Certificate and Marriage Certificate Omits Father's Name
Second Name of Tonks almost certainly is his father's Surname as his sisters birth certificates named George Tonks as their father (i.e. Clara and Alice Tonks who died in Ratcliffe Culey in the 1950's). Also his mother Jane Parsons married George Tonks 4 years after he was born.

In 1881 census age 16 he was listed as George Tonks, an indoor farm servant to John Henry Farmer of the Mythe.

When George James Parsons was born he was living at Coleshill Street Atherstone.

In the 1891 Census he was living at 92 Long Street Atherstone, Next to Swan and Two Necks Yard and Pub. This premise was listed as a shop in the 1851 Census Ann Payne viz 49 U Grocer and Confectioner born Atherstone.
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1891 Census Long Street Atherstone RG12 - 2443 Folio 41
George Tonks Parsons Head 26 Gardener b. Upton LEI
Mary Parsons Wife 27 b. Ratcliffe Culey
George J Parsons 4 b. Atherstone
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Although his confectionery business was advertised as established in 1886 he was listed as a Gardener in the 1891 census at Atherstone.

George Tonks Parsons was listed as Shopkeeper of Long Street Atherstone in Kelly's 1892 Warwickshire Directory.

The first mention of him in Wolverhampton; STS is in Kelly's 1896 Directory
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1901 Census 42 Victoria Street Wolverhampton
RG13 - 2673 page 30
George Tonks Parsons Head 36 Manufacturing Confectioner (own Account) b. Leicester Upton
Mary Parsons Wife 37 Confectioner's Assistant (worker) b. Leicester Ratcliffe Culey
George J Parsons Son 14 b. Warwick Atherstone
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1911 Census 42 Victoria Street Wolverhampton (4 Rooms )
Married 26 years 1 Child none dead
George Tonks Parsons Head 47 Manufacturing Confectioner (Sugar Boiler) b. Upton Leicestershire
Mary Parsons Wife 48 Assisting in Business b. Ratcliffe Culey Leicestershire
George James Parsons Son 25 Manufacturing Confectioner (Sugar Boiler) b. Atherstone
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1921 Census 42 Victoria Street.3 Rooms
George Tonks Parsons Head 57 b. Upton Leic Wholesaleand Retail Confectioner
Mary Parsons 58 b. Ratcliffe Culey
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Kelly's 1896 and 1904 Directories :-
George Parsons Confectioner 42 Victoria Street Wolverhampton; STS and Market Hall

Kelly's 1908 and 1912 Directories :-
George Parsons Confectioner 42 Victoria Street and Market Hall
George James Parsons Confectioner 29 Stafford Street

Kelly's 1916 Directory
GH Parsons Confectioners 41 Princess Street
George James Parsons Manufacturing Confectioner 29 Stafford Street
George Parsons Confectioner 42 Victoria Street
George James Parsons Manufacturing Confectioner 62 Worcester Street

Kelly's 1924 Directory
GH Parsons Confectioners 41 Princess Street
George Parsons Confectioner 42 Victoria Street
George James Parsons Manufacturing Confectioner 62 Worcester Street

By 1930 the family also had a manufacturing outlet in Piper's Row

In 1937 George Harold Parsons had a Confectioners Shop in High Street Dudley; WOR

Shortly after the outbreak of war in 1939 sugar was rationed for commercial use and all the shops closed.
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George married Mary Bolstridge on 30 Jun 1885 in Independent Chapel, North Street, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England. Mary (daughter of James Bolstridge and Elizabeth Tredwell) was born on 13 Jan 1863 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; died on 9 Mar 1960 in Windmill Lane, Castlecroft, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England; was buried on 16 Mar 1960 in Saint Philip's Churchyard, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1891; Cook to William Sale, Merchant, 111, Long Street, Atherstone; WAR
• Residence: 1911, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; Living with Father
• Residence: 1939, Jasmine Cottage, Ormes Lane, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England
• Probate: 28 Apr 1951, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Notes:

1921 Census
REtired
Can't find Eleanor at this time
Just Listed as Ratcliffe Culey but was Resident in Jasmine Cottage

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1891; Housemaid to William Sale, Merchant, 111, Long Street, Atherstone; WAR
• Residence: 1911, 20, Welland Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; Lodging with Uncle John Parsons
• Occupation: 1911; Domestic Servant
• Residence: 1939, Jasmine Cottage, Ormes Lane, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England
• Residence: 1939, Ormes Lane, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England
• Probate: 28 Mar 1951, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; Granted to George James Parsons

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Mar 1878, All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 Aug 1884, All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence at marriage: 42, Victoria Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
• Age at Marriage: 25 (Bachelor)
• GRO Birth Index: Jun 1886; Atherstone 6d - 458
• Residence: Between 1911 and 1916, 29, Stafford Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
• Occupation: 1911, 42, Victoria Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England; Manufacturing Confectioner
• Occupation: 1912; Master Confectioner
• Residence: Between 1916 and 1936, 62, Worcester Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
• Office: Between 1921 and 1936, Saint Mary's, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England; Churchwarden
• Residence: Between 1936 and 1956, Windmill Lane, Castlecroft, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England; Bradgate (No 72)
• Probate: 27 Jul 1956, London, England

Notes:

1921 Census
18 Water Street Rhyl (On Holiday)

George James Parsons Visitor Male 1886 35 Atherstone, Warwickshire, England Wholesale & Retail, Sugar Confectioner Employer
Of 62 Worcester Street and 41 Priness Street Wolverhampton
Margaret Parsons Visitor Female 1887 34 Hoby, Leicestershire, England Home Duties -
George Harold Parsons Visitor Male 1912 8 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England - -
Margaret Ida Parsons Visitor Female 1914 7 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England - -
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1939 Register
Bradgate, Windmill Lane, Castlecroft

George J Parsons 12 May 1886 Male Confectioner - Sugar Confectionery Married 271 1
Margaret Parsons 27 Apr 1887 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 271 2
Nancie M Bouchier (Parsons) 10 Jun 1923 Female Apprentice To Ladies Outfitter Single 271 3


Died:
Bradgate (No 72)

George married Margaret Parsons on 5 Jun 1911 in Holy Trinity, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. Margaret (daughter of Joseph Parsons and Maria Huddlestone) was born on 27 Apr 1887 in Hoby, Leicestershire, England; died on 3 May 1945 in Windmill Lane, Castlecroft, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England; was buried in May 1945 in Saint Philip's Churchyard, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Bessie Dodd on 16 Apr 1949 in All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. Bessie (daughter of Richard Dodd and Ann Bolstridge) was born on 10 Jul 1889 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; died in 1975. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence at marriage: Windmill Lane, Castlecroft, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England; Bradgate (No 72)
• Age at Marriage: 23 (Bachelor)
• Education: Between 1922 and 1928, Grammar School, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
• Occupation: Abt 1936, High Street, Dudley, Worcestershire, England; Confectioner
• Residence: Between 1938 and 1991, Rosemary Crescent, Woodsetton, Sedgley, Staffordshire, England; No 78
• Occupation: Between 1938 and 1992; Semi Pro Musician and Bandleader
• Occupation: 1939; Engineer Cotrol Machinery Milling annd Shaping
• Office: 1939; Auxilary Fire Service
• Occupation: 1942; Machine Tool Fitter
• Occupation: Between 1948 and 1977; Engineering Buyer
• Degree/Qualification: 1961; Member of the Institute of Purchasing Officers

George married Caroline Hill on 1 Aug 1936 in Saint Mary's, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. Caroline (daughter of John Henry Rhoden and Harriet Hill) was born on 12 Jan 1910 in 15, Wyrley Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England; died on 1 Apr 1992 in West Park Hospital, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England; was buried on 13 Apr 1992 in Saint Mark's Churchyard, Tipton, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Kenneth Charles Callow on 10 Jul 1939 in Saint Mary's, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. Kenneth (son of Frank Harry Callow and Lizzie Marion Aldis) was born in 1913 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England; died on 27 Dec 1968 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy married Fred Herbert Courtney Bouchier on 20 Sep 1945 in Saint Mary's, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. Fred (son of Herbert Thomas Bouchier and Rhoda Isabel Agnes Corti Hughes) was born on 13 Dec 1920 in Axbridge, : Registration District, England; died on 23 Mar 2001 in Penn, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England; was buried on 4 Apr 2001 in Municiple Cemetery, Lower Penn, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]