The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Richard Oliver Parnell
Birth29 Nov 1887, Boyton, Cornwall, England
Death29 Nov 1956, Boyton, Cornwall, England
OccupationIn 1911 Traction Engine Driver. In 1939 Thrashing.
FatherRichard Parnell (ca1853-)
MotherMary Grace Walters (<1856-1902)
Misc. Notes
Name and initial of second and third given names, estimated year of birth, from the 1891 England Census taken on the night of 5 April 1891 for the Civil Parish of Boyton in the Rural Sanitary District of Launceston Union, England, found in March 2023:
House: Boyton Village Cottage
Richard Parnell, Head, age 38, Traction Engine Driver, Employed, born Boyton, Cornwall, England [Born circa 1853]
Mary G Parnell, Wife, age 34, born Northcott Devon [Born circa 1857]
Mary A Parnell, Daughter, age 7, Scholar, born Boyton, Cornwall, England [Born circa 1884]
Sophia S Parnell, Daughter, age 5, Scholar, born Boyton, Cornwall, England [Born circa 1886]
William R O Parnell, Son, age 3, born Boyton, Cornwall, England [Born circa 1888]

Entry in the 1901 England Census taken on the night of 31 March 1901 for Boyton Civil Parish in Cornwall, England found in March 2023:
House: Trala Stone
Richard Parnell, Head, Married, age 48, Traction Engine Driver, Own account, born Boyton Cornwall England [Born circa 1853]
Mary Grace Parnell, Wife, Married, age 44, born Northcott Hamlet Devon [Born circa 1857]
Sophia P Parnell, Daughter, age 15, born Boyton Cornwall England [Born circa 1886]
William Parnell, Son, age 13, At School, born Boyton Cornwall,England [Born circa 1888]
Walter Parnell, Son, age 2, born Boyton Cornwall England [Born circa 1899]
John Walters, Brother-in-law, Single, age 48, Living on own means

Second and third given names of “Richard Oliver”, given names of wife, date of death from England and Wales Probate records found in March 2023:
PARNELL, William Richard Oliver of Fair View Boyton Cornwall died 29 November 1956. Probate Bodmin 17 January to Florence Meta Parnell widow and Gerald Peter solicitor. Effects £9,115 18s 9d.

Month/year of birth as "circa Feb 1888", from England and Wales Birth records found in March 2023:
Name: William Richard O Parnell
Registration Date: 1888
Quarter of the Year: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Place: Launceston, Cornwall, England

Estimated year of marriage, from the 1911 England Census taken on the night of Sunday, 2 April 1911 for Holsworthy, Devon, England found in March 2023:
Address: Ex Cottage, Village of Week St Mary, Holsworthy
David Turner, Head, age 61, Married, Married 37 years, 4 children born alive, 4 children still living, Farmer, Employer, born Werrington Cornwall [Born circa 1850, married circa 1874]
Martha Turner, Wife, age 63, Married, Married 37 years, 4 children born alive, 4 children still living, born North Tamerton, Cornwall [Born circa 1848, married circa 1874]
Florence Meta Parnell, Daughter, age 23, Married, Married 1 year, no children, Assisting in house and work on farm, born Menheniot, Cornwall [Born circa 1888, married circa 1910]
William Parnell, Son-in-law, age 23, Married, Married 1 year, no children, Traction Engine Driver, work on own account, born Boyton Cornwall [Born circa 1888, married circa 1910]

Month/year of marriage from the England and Wales Marriage records found in March 2023:
Groom: William Richard O Parnell
Bride: Florence Meta Turner
Registration Year: 1910
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration District: Launceston, Cornwall
Other Names: Robert Stemlake Fry, Mary Jane M Gimblett/Gimnlett

Date of birth from the 1939 England and Wales Register found in March 2023:
House: Trala House, Axminster, Devon, England
Parnell William R O, Male, born 29 Nov 1887, Married, Occupation Thrashing
Parnell Florence M, Female, born 23 Sep 1887, Married, Occupation Unpaid Domestic Duties
Spouses
Birth23 Sep 1887, Menheniot, Cornwall, England
Deathca Feb 1969, Cornwall, England
FatherDavid Turner (ca1850-)
MotherMartha (ca1848-)
Marriageca May 1910, Cornwall, England
ChildrenFlorence G (1913-)
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