Henry Matthew Parsons

  General Notes:

Prior to his marriage to Dorcas Stumbles, Henry Parsons worked in his father's carpentry business. After his marriage, he purchased (for £135) the rights to collect road tolls for southbound traffic at the intersection of the main South Coast
Road and the Bellambi tramline at Russell Vale near Woonona. He and his family lived in a cotttage next to the toll-bar until he sold the lease in January 1880.



In 1875 he bought a block of land in Corrimal St, Wollongong for £85, and lived there from 1880 onwards when he resumed his trade as a carpenter and shingler. In 1893, he purchased the undertaking business of William Hudson in Keira Street,
Wollongong, which he ran until 1918.





At his death, aged 83, in 1933, Henry left an estate valued at £8,939.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Carpenter, Undertaker.

• 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)

Henry married Dorcas Stumbles, daughter of Samuel Stumbles and Annie Byrnes, on 24 Dec 1873 in Fairy Meadow, Wollongong, NSW Australia. (Dorcas Stumbles was born on 1 Mar 1857 in Wollongong, NSW Australia, died on 25 Jun 1928 in 66 Keira St, Wollongong, NSW Australia and was buried in Wollongong Cemetery, NSW Australia.)