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Thomas Mason Pretious

Parents

Biography

• Birth: About 1809; Hull, Yorkshire, England

• Christening: 18 August 1808; Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire

• Marriage: 6 December 1835; Louisa Emberick; Saint Mary Le Bow, London, England
• Marriage: 1845; Jane Osborn; London, Middlesex county, England

• Death: About 1881; Brighton, Sussex, England

• Note: The IGI shows Thomas Mason christened 18 SEP 1808, Saint Mary's, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, son of William and Ann "Pretius."
  Thomas was a "Hatter." In 1851 he lived in "Grove, Woolmer 28 Cottage," Hammersmith, Middlesex county. In 1861 he was living in Kensington. I cannot find either Thomas or Jane in the 1871 census. In 1881 Thomas was 72, a widower living alone in Brighton. He was listed as a "Gentleman." His death was registered in Brighton in the 4th quarter of 1881, age 73.
• Note: Louisa Emberick; Pallot's Marriage Index for England: 1780 - 1837: image of their signatures available on ancestry; precise date from APG
• Note: Jane Osborn; Secon marriage for Thomas. Marriage registered first quarter of 1845 (Vol. 2, p.113)

• Last Edited: 29 December 2008 00:00:00

Jane Osborn

Biography

• Birth: About 1813; London, Middlesex county, England

• Marriage: 1845; Thomas Mason Pretious; London, Middlesex county, England

• Death: 1877; Axbridge, Somerset, Englalnd

• Note: Death registered 2nd quarter, 1877, age 64.
• Note: Thomas Mason Pretious; Secon marriage for Thomas. Marriage registered first quarter of 1845 (Vol. 2, p.113)

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Thomas Pretious

Parents

Biography

• Birth: About 1837; London, Middlesex county, England

• Marriage: 28 March 1863; Anne Mitchell; St John's on Chapman Road, England

• Death: About 1881; Fulham, Greater London, Middlesex county

• Note: Thomas was living with Thomas and Jane Pretious in Hammersmith in 1851. He was the only child listed in the household at that time. Like his father, Thomas Jr. was a Hatter. I have not found him in the 1861 census. In 1871 he and Anne were living in St. James parish, Westminster, with their six eldest children. Death registered 3rd quarter 1881, age 44, but Anne was listed as a widow in the 1881 census, so apparently died before the date on which the census was enumerated.

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Ellen A. Pretious

Parents

Biography

• Birth: About 1838; St. James West, London, Middlesex county, England

• Death: 1862; Kensington, London

• Note: Age 22 in 1861 census, born St James West. Probably the unnamed female child registered St James Westminster Middlesex, 3rd quarter of 1838; also probably the Ellen Anne Pretious whose death was registered in Kensington, Vol. 1a, p. 56.

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Anne Mitchell

Biography

• Birth: 22 March 1840; St. Martins, Westminster, Middlesex county, England

• Marriage: 28 March 1863; Thomas Pretious; St John's on Chapman Road, England

• Note: Birthdate from Pretious family Bible; place of birth from 1871 England Census.

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Anne Pretious

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 19 December 1863; Kensington, Middlesex county, England

• Note: Birth date from Pretious Family Bible.

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Thomas Emberick Pretious

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 10 February 1865; Kensington, Middlesex county, England

• Note: Birth date from Pretious Family Bible.

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Sidney Osborne Pretious

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 9 February 1866; Kensington, Middlesex county, England

• Note: Birth date from Pretious Family Bible.

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Alfred Greenaway Pretious

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 28 February 1867; Kensington, Middlesex county, England

• Christening: 2 May 1867; St. James, Westminster, Middlesex county

• Note: Birth registered 2nd quarter, Kensington; specific dates for birth and baptism from IGI.

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Ellen Pretious

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Biography

• Birth: 14 July 1870; Warpleston, Surrey, England

• Note: Ellen was 8 months old on the 1871 census. Birth date from Pretious Family Bible.

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Walter Hugh Pretious

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 24 August 1879; Hammersmith, London, England

• Note: Living with widowed mother in Streatham, London in 1881; 21 years old.

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Dora Pretious

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 1881; Hammersmith, London, England

• Note: Living with widowed mother in Streatham, London in 1881.

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Edward Otto Pretious

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 1882; Hammersmith, London, England

• Note: Living with widowed mother in Streatham, London in 1881.

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Katherine Pretious

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 1882; Hammersmith, London, England

• Note: Living with widowed mother in Streatham, London in 1881.

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Cecil Gilbert Pretious

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 21 August 1871; Westminster, London, England

• Note: Birth registered 4th quarter 1871, Westminster, London.

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William Pretious

Biography

• Birth: Before 1770; England

• Marriage: 29 June 1789; Ann Siddle; St. Peter's, Leeds, England

• Note: Parents of these men identified as William and Ann Pretious.

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John Pretious

Parents

Biography

• Birth: About 1805; Leeds, Yorkshire

• Marriage: Before 1835; Elizabeth Trippett; England

• Death: 1862; England

• Note: In 1851 John was a Coal Dealer, age 45, living in Kingston on Hull, Yorkshire. In 1861 he was a "Mariner Mer Ser's", age 56, living in Sculcoates, Yorkshire.

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George Pretious

Parents

Biography

• Birth: About 1790; Leeds, Yorkshire

• Christening: 14 June 1790; Saint Peter's, Leeds, Yorkshire, England

• Note: In 1851 George was living with his brother John; occupation said to be "out Pensioner, Chelsean[?]".

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Ann Siddle

Biography

• Birth: Before 1770; England

• Marriage: 29 June 1789; William Pretious; St. Peter's, Leeds, England

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Louisa Emberick

Biography

• Birth: Before 1820; England

• Marriage: 6 December 1835; Thomas Mason Pretious; Saint Mary Le Bow, London, England

• Death: 1842; England

• Burial: St James Westminster, Middlesex county

• Note: Death index on ancestry.ca
• Note: Thomas Mason Pretious; Pallot's Marriage Index for England: 1780 - 1837: image of their signatures available on ancestry; precise date from APG

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Thomas Meredith

Biography

• Birth: Before 1820

• Death: Canada

• Note: Reference is made to a Tom Meredith in reminiscences of a Mrs. Maria Knapp, who died in 1927 at the age of 101:
  With the death of Mrs. Maria Gertrude Knapp, 101, the oldest resident of this city, Tuesday night, the last person to remember the Battle of the Windmill in the Patriot war of 1838 passed away. . . "For several days everyone expected that Prescott would be attacked, as there were rumors that a force from the United States was assembling, and sentries were stationed around all the streets. Mr. Buckley called to the nearest sentry and he blew his horn. In a minute bugle calls were heard in all parts of the village and the town was in an uproar. This caused the boats to pull away from the wharf and they floated down the river.
  "There were no regular soldiers in Prescott, but every property owner was a member of the militia and they were quartered in every available place. My father was sent on a ship to Kingston to bring the regulars back to Prescott. My father was in command of the ship.
  "I was much frightened during the battle as I did not know what might happen to my father. I remember there was a tall clock standing in the room and I was small enough so that I could hide in it. We would, of course, hear the firing very plainly and we did not know what might happen. If the rebels won they would have been in possession of the town.
  "There were two spies who lived in Prescott, Tom Meredith and a man named Dinsdale. They acted as guides to the invaders but when the fighting got hot and it looked as though the rebels were beaten, they made a raft out of some fence rails and paddled across the river, probably going to Ogdensburg. That was the last ever seen of them in Prescott, although both were property owners there."
  (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~theislands/obits/wolfeomain/WIobits21.html)

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Hiram E. Barnhart

Biography

• Birth: About 1816; Upper Canada

• Death: 10 August 1894; Roxborough tp, Stormont, Ontario

• Note: Hiram is listed among the 1891/92 survivors of the war of 1837/38 . At that time he was said to be living in Moose Creek, Stormont county. In 1851 he was 28, born in Canada, and farming in Osnabrook, Stormont county, with his wife and two daughters. In the 1891 census he is listed in Roxborough, Cornwall & Stormont, age 75, born USA, with his wife and daughter "Margrett." His probably death registration (#) says he was 87, born Cornwall, a laborer and painter and died of dropsy. The informant was Mrs. C. Montgomery of Roxborough tp.
  This family has me confused--they don't appear to be listed in the Barnhart Genealogy I have, but the names convince me that this is the same Barnhart family. Where do they fit?

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