Rev Leland Percy Parsons

  General Notes:

Rector at Austinmer (near Wollongong), 1922-32; Rector of All Souls' Anglican Church, 126 Norton Street, Leichhardt (Sydney), from 1932 to 1968. (Church website: http://www.allsouls.net.au/home.htm)

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Anglican Minister.

• Education: Th L; Licentiate from London College of Music.

• connection. The connection between Ruth Eslake & myself is as follows:

Ruth Eslake (nee Parsons) (1929) married Edward Eslake (1925)
Her father was Leland Parsons (1892) & he also had Lois Parsons (1937) who married Kevin Nelson (1939)
His father was Laurence Nelson (1918) who married Doris Brannigan (1919)
Her father was William Brannigan (1897) who married Thomasina Emery (1899)
Her father was John Emery (1867) who married Phoebe Davies (1876)
Her father was Joseph Davies (1852) & he also had George Arthur Davies (1894)
He had Colin Davies (1925)
He had me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

& Ruth Eslake 's link to Robert through Dawes line is as follows:

Ruth Eslake (nee Parsons) (1929) married Edward Eslake (1925)
Her father was Leland Parsons (1892)
His father was Henry Parsons (1849)
His father was Matthew Parsons (1809)
His father was John Parsons (1777) & he also had Reuben Parsons (1805)
He had Enos Parsons (1847) who married Emma Dawes (1847)
Her father was George Dawes (1802)
His father was Aaron Daw (1779) & he also had Edward Bannister Dawes (1813)
He had James H. Dawes (1843)
He had Annie Florence Dawes (1873) who married Arthur Augustus Bray (1869)
He had Albert Alan Bray (1896)
He had Robert Alfred Bray (1920)
He had Robert Arthur Bray (1947) who married me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Leland married Olive Reay, daughter of George Francis Woodward Reay and Florence (Minnie) Bluett, on 20 May 1922 in St Andrews, Summer Hill, Sydney, NSW Australia. (Olive Reay was born on 11 Dec 1902 in 78 Alma St, Darlington, NSW Australia and died on 10 Jul 1974 in Epping, Sydney, NSW Australia.)