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I am seeking information about Stephen Parslow who was baptised in Nov 1819 in Coaley Gloucestershire. He is not in any UK censuses and I have found a possible person in the US census's in 1880 and 1900 in New York. He is about the right age but only gives birth place as England. This Stephen was married to Elizabeth and were married in about 1850.
Can anyone assist me how to find out if this may the person I am seeking.
Frank (in Australia)
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1880 Census Utica, Oneida, New York
Stephen Parslow 62 Born Eng. Works In Cotton Mill
Elizabeth Parslow 49 Born Eng.
Mary Parslow 19 Born NY. Dressmaker
Edmund S. Parslow 15 Born NY. Asst Book Keeper
Elizabeth Parslow 11 Born NY.
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1900 Census Rochester Ward 4, Monroe, New York
Stephen Parslow 81 Marriage Year 1850 Married 50 years. NUmber of years in the US = 60 Naturalized.
Elizabeth Parslow 69 Had 8 Chiclren 5 survive. Immigrated 1854.
Mary Hoyt 39 Daughter. Widow.
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1905 Rocherster Monroe New York
Rochester State Hospital
Stephen Parslow.Born 1818. England
Patient
Occpation:- Machinist
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There is also a 1850 Census Little Falls, Herkimer, New York living with Bielby Family
Stephen Parslow 30 Spelling looks like Passlow. Occuaption Gigger ??? Born England
Ann Parslow 23 Born Ireland.
Could Stephen have been married twice ?
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Don't see any immigration records for him. Cannot see anything between 1850 - 1880 ???
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According to anc.try ree Stephen married Elizabeth Mosdell 11 Jan 1860 New York and died 22 July 1905 Rochester. New York.
Naming the 3 children on the 1880 Census + a son (no name) born 1863
Elizabeth born 27th July 1830 Old Basing. Hants.
Date of death given for Elizabeth Parslow was April 1920 Palmyra, Wayne, New York.
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1910 Census Rochester Ward 12, Monroe, New York Shows Stephen's wife Elizabeth living with her daughter and son-in-law. Also has Mary with them.
Frank L Taylor 51 Born New York. Clerk in Hotel
Elizabeth P Taylor 41 Marriage1. Married 19 yrs.
Louisa B Taylor 18
Edmund B Taylor 16
Elizabeth M Parslow 79 Mother-In-Law. Widowed. Immigrated 1854. Had 8 children and 5 survive
Mary P Hoyt 49 Sister-In-Law. Widowed. Had no children. Dress-Maker at home.
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1920 Census Rochester Ward 12, Monroe, New York
Anna E Saulpaugh 61 Born NY. Widowed. Dressmaker
Mabel F Saulpaugh 30 Born NY Teacher at public school
Elizabeth Parslow 89 Born Eng. Widowed
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1900 Census Rochester Ward 4, Monroe, New York
Frank L Taylor 41 Hotel Clerk
Elizabeth Taylor 31 Married 1890. Had 2 children and 2 survive
Louise Taylor 8
Edmund Taylor 6
Birth 26 June 1868 Utica, Oneida, New York - Elizabeth Parslow/Taylor
Death date for Elizabeth Fanny Parslow/Taylor - 29 Oct 1947 Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire.
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1900 Census Bronx, New York, New York
Edmund Parslow 34 Marriage Year 1889. Physician.
Ida C Parslow 33 Born NY. Had no children.
George O Ashley 24 Brother-In-Law. Book Binder.
Marriage:-
Parslow, Dr. Edmond Palmyra NY Ida Evalyn Ashley 25 Oct 1889
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Directory of Deceased American Physicians:-
Name: Edmund S. Parslow Death Date: 31 Dec 1929 Death Place: New York, NY
Type Practice: Allopath
Practice Specialities: New York, NY, 1888 - Licenses: NY, 1895
Practice Dates Places: New York, NY, 1888
Medical School: University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, 1888, (G)
Comment Given was that the Death Date: Was an approximation of the individual's death date.
N.B. Yet anc.try tree says Edmund died at sea 1914 - 1917 ???
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1910 Census Bronx Assembly District 32, New York.
Edmund Parslow 44 Physician in General Practice.
Evelyn A Parslow 43 Had no children.
Robert A Stout 31 Lodger. Embalmer Undertakers
Daniel Sporlean 44 Lodger
Cora Sporlean 35 Wife
Harry Patrick 36 Lodger
Vrulla Patrick 36 Wife
This would be Ida in 1930 Los Angeles, California
George O Ashley 55
Martha A Ashley 66
I Evalyn Parslow 63 Sister. Widow. Artist. Own Shop
Julia C Bayley 30 Lodger
Frances B Parrish 50 Lodger
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Could this be them in 1870 ??? But where are the children ???
1870 Census Utica Ward 3, Oneida, New York
Stephen Parlow 51 Works in Cotton Mill. Real Estate $15000. Personal Estate $200
Elizabeth Parlow 39
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Wow. Thats a great lot of information for me to study. The 1870 census info is a bit of a mystery. It certainly looks like the right couple.
I found an Elizabeth Mosdell baptised in Hampshire England in July 1830, daugher of Edmund and Elizabeth. It seems to match the birth date from the census info and the name of Stephen's son was also Edmund.
I was wondering if it would be worthwhile hetting Stephen's death certificate.
Do the US death records usually give the actual place of birth or just the country, and do they give names of children?
Thanks very much everyone.
Frank
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I would'nt imagine it would give the names of all the children. It could all be dependant on who reported the death and what information they were aware of.
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I have checked the 1870 census according to the the lead provided by dettori28 and found something interesting. At the bottom of ther page were Stephen Parlow & Elizabeth Parlow (who seemed to be the right people). The visit entry is Alfred Hopbury aged 19 born England, then Anna aged 13 born NY, with a ditto surname. On the next page with the same ditto surnames, were George aged 18, Sarah aged 14, Mary aged 9, Edmund aged 4 & Elizabeth aged 2.
These were all born in NY and of parents from foreign countries.
It is interesting that the last 3 children are identical with Stephen & Elizabeth's children, and it also fits with Elizabeth saying in 1880 that she had 8 children, 5 surviving. I therefore believe that this is probably a census error and that Anna, George & Sarah + the next 3, should have been Parslows.
Further searching shows that an IGI member has recorded that George Eli Parslow, born Sept 1851, is the son of Elizabeth & Stephen.
This fits with my search very well in that George and Eli were brothers of the Stephen I am looking for. The only problem is that the same IGI member has recorded that Stephen is the son of Daniel & Sarah, which doesnt fit at all. There is a name & address of the IGI member, so I will try & contact him, if he still at the same address.
Thanks everyone for all your help.
Frank
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Hello Frank,
According to the 1860 Census George Parslow 1821 England and Elizabeth also had 3 children of the same name, also another called Alfred - see below:-
1860 Census Utica Ward 3, Oneida, New York
George Parslow 39 Occupation:- .... Maker
Elisabeth Parslow 30
Alfred Parslow 9 Born England
George Parslow 7 Born New York
Sarah Parslow 5 Born New York
Annie Parslow 3 Born New York
also George Eli Parslow Born 20 August 1852 was the son of Stephen Parslow and Sarah Ann Hagar Parslow.
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Thanks dettori28
This is getting very confusing. Maybe the 1860 census has Stephen wrongly named as George? The George Eli 1852 birth by Stephen & Sarah also looks promising. Can you tell me please where that information came from? I havnt been able to work out how to access old US B, D & M records.
Frank
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Hello Frank,
If you look at the link on the last reply it shows where the birth details and parents of George Eli came from.
In the earlier reply you talked of a George & Eli being the brothers of the Stephen you were looking for. So that 1860 entry made me think it was the brother you mentioned ???
There are no US BMD records as such, each state varies according to what is available. Reply 1 gives the link I will paste below, it can be very useful to see census and other records and you may find useful.
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start
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Thanks for pointing out the connection to me -always something to learn. I know that the 1860 George wasnt Stephen's brother (at least not the one I was looking for) as his brother was then living in UK. The information from George Eli Parslow's death certificate has however added to my belief that this Stephen is the right person. Also I have now made telephone contact with the person who gave the IGI information and he is a descendant of Stephen from New York. It is all now looking extremely promising.
Thanks again for your leads and thanks to Rootschat for making it possible.
Frank
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Hello Frank,
Pleased to hear you have made contact with a relative. Took another look at George and Elizabeth (1860) but could see no entries for 1870 so your theory is probably correct. Good luck with the rest of your research ;)
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Just to close off on this I thought you might be interested to know that I followed up on the Alfred Hopkins who was in the 1870 census with the Parslows & found his immigartion record in 1853 and thence his family, so that the Hopkins & Parslow family is as follows:
Elizabeth Mosdell married Charles Hopkins 1850 in Sussex
- Alfred C born 1951
- Alice born 1853
Stephen Parslow married Sarah Anne Hagar (about 1850)
- George Eli born 1852
- Sarah born circa 1855
- Anna born circa 1857, married George Saulpaugh
Stephen Parslow married Elizabeth (Hopkins) Mosdell 1860
- Mary born circa 1861, married .. Hoyt
- Edmund S born 1866 married 1889 Ida C Ashley
- Elizabeth born 1868, married Frank Taylor 1890
So all round some great results.
Frank
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That Bielby family with whom Stephen Parslow was living in Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York in the 1850 census were my relatives. I think that they were running a boarding house or hotel operation while at the same time the head the head of the household worked in a woolen mill. Stephen's occupation would also suggest employment in a woolen mill.
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I have since published a book about this Parslow family. There is a copy at the Family Search library, or if anyone really wants one, please contact me.