Winifred E. Parsons

  General Notes:

Martin Griffiths notes:
I am trying to trace the history of one of the children of Aquila Parsons, namely Winifred E Parsons. I know that she was born about 1881 to Sarah and Aquila Parsons. She was a cellist who moved permanently to England in 1908, as did her sister Florence Aylward Parsons. The latter married in London in 1911 as you can see from the attached pdf. As part of my post-doctoral research (PhD Cellist: Arnold Trowell 2012, University of Waikato) I hope to establish where and when Winifred was born (Winifred was a student of Arnold Trowell).

  Noted events in her life were:

• connection. The connection between Martin Griffiths & myself is as follows:
Martin Griffiths . . .
Is writing a book on Winifred E Parsons (c1881)
Her father was Aquila Parsons (1846)
His father was Reuben Parsons (1805)
Her father was John Parsons (1777) & he also had Matthew Parsons (1809)
He had Henry Parsons (1849)
He had Leland Parsons (1892)
He 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)

& Martin Griffiths 's link to Robert through Dawes line is as follows:
Reuben Parsons (1805) - the common link between Robert and myself
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)