Hello Graham. That's fantastic.
Thank you very, very much for all of this information. A fellow PARSONS researcher (down-line from Job & Louisa) is venturing over to Guernsey this month & he offered to do lookups for me on JHP, so now his research will be made a whole lot easier, thanks to your contribution.
It was interesting to read about Anchor Butter - know it well (I'm in Qld, OZ). Back in 1880, my grandmother's father (not a Parsons) imported into Auckland a Cow & Calf, 2 heifers & a Bull named "Melbourne" out of prized import cow "Argus" - all bred from Alderney stock. "Melbourne" won a 1st Class prize, another 2x1st prizes were also won plus 1 x 2nd at the Sydney Show circa 1879. Apparently the "Alderney" breed was renowned for it's rich butter producing qualities. I wonder if your grandfather bred this line of dairy cattle?
You wrote in your 1st reply that- a Mrs Bailey who did work for infant health - was mentioned in John's obit.
Mrs Bailey was daughter Ada, as you also mentioned daughter Margaret Parsons (the children's portrait painter). Was there no mention of son Edward Parsons on John's obituary?
(This sentence is an update to original message: Edward's 1st wife was named Elizabeth BAILEY, but she died in 1895 over in London. A Florence Bailey {21} was a servant in Edward's home in 1911 in Surbiton, Surrey).
I have a little more information on this line if it's of any interest to you.
Thanks once again for sharing - your help is very much appreciated.
Cherlock