Ruth Dorcas Parsons

  General Notes:

"Ruth" means 'kind' in Hebrew (see the Old Testament book of the same name).

  Research Notes:

source: & This is THE Ruth Eslake

  Noted events in her life were:

• 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)

Ruth married Edward John (Ted) Eslake, son of Alfred Playsted (Freddy) Eslake and Grace Annie Josephine McDonald, on 22 May 1952 in All Souls C of E, Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW Australia. (Edward John (Ted) Eslake was born on 23 Dec 1925 in Campsie, Sydney, NSW Australia, died on 9 Jun 1993 in Burnie, Tasmania Australia and was buried in Stanley, Tasmania Australia.)