George Tonks

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence at marriage: Atherstone, Warwickshire, England
• Age at Marriage: 30 (bachelor)
• Occupation: 1858; Plough Boy age 13
• Occupation: Abt 1868; Labourer
• Occupation: Between 1885 and 1895; Parish Constable Ratcliffe Culey
• Residence: 1891, Next to School Cottage, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England
• Residence: 1901, To the Right of Red House Farm, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England
• Last Will and Testemant: 28 May 1914; Letters of Administration Granted

Notes:

Where was George Tonks in the 4 years before the birth of his son and his marriage. It has been suggested he may have been in India as when his daughters died in the house at Ratcliffe, Jasmin Cottage, there were found coins and stamps from India dated the 1860's.

He was the parish constable in 1885 - 1895 at Ratcliffe and his account book has been deposited at the Leicester Records office.
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1871 Census Ratcliffe Culey RG10 - 3166 Folio 22
George Tonks Head 33 Ag Lab b. Ratcliffe Culey
Jane Tonks Wife 29 b. Upton
George Tonks Son 6 b. Upton
Clara Tonks dau 2 b. Ratcliffe Culey
Alice Tonks Dau 5 months b. Ratcliffe Culey
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1881 Census
George TONKS M 41 M Ratcliffe Culey, Leicester, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Agrl Lab
Jane TONKS M 38 F Upton, Leicester, England
Rel: Wife
Occ: Dress Maker
Clara TONKS 12 F Ratcliffe Culey, Leicester, England
Rel: Daur
Occ: Scholar
Alice E. TONKS 10 F Ratcliffe Culey, Leicester, England
Rel: Daur
Occ: Scholar
Lucy J. TONKS 3 F Ratcliffe Culey, Leicester, England
Rel: Daur
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1891 Census Ratcliffe Culey next door to School Cottage
3 roomed cottage
George Tonks Head 54 General Labourer b. Ratcliffe
Jane Tonks Wife 51 Dress Maker b. Upton
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1901 Census to the right of Red House Farm
George Tonks 64 Farm Labourer b. Ratcliffe
Jane " 61 Dress Maker b. Upton
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1911 Census
Ratcliffe Culey Village
George Tonks Head 73 Widower 3 Children Living 2 dead Retired Labourer "b. Market Bosworth Leic" ??
Clara Tonks 40 single dau "b. Market Bosworth Leic" ??
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George married Jane Parsons on 10 Mar 1868 in Saint Mary's, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England. Jane (daughter of Joseph Parsons and Mary Barfield) was born on 12 Aug 1842 in Upton, Leicestershire, England; died on 29 Dec 1903 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 2 Jan 1904 in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NB Jane Parsons had a son George Tonks Parsons by George Tonks 4 years before they were married.
It is suspected that George Tonks had been in India during that period 1864 - 1868

1. George Tonks Parsons was born on 17 Jun 1864 in Upton, Leicestershire, England; died on 3 May 1945 in Finchfield, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England; was buried in May 1945 in Saint Philip's Churchyard, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England.
2. Clara Tonks was born on 4 Feb 1870 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; died on 1 May 1950 in George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England; was buried on 1 May 1950 in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England.
3. Alice Elleanor Tonks was born on 22 Oct 1871 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; died on 2 Dec 1950 in Bosworth Park Infirmary, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 7 Dec 1950 in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England.
4. Lucy Jane Tonks was born in Feb 1878 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; died in Oct 1886 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 9 Oct 1886 in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England.
5. Elizabeth Amy Tonks was born in Jul 1884 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; died in Feb 1885 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 20 Feb 1885 in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Joseph Tunks
• Occupation: Abt 1837; Agricultural Labourer

Notes:

See Notes of John Hough (1750 - 1830) - Ann Tonks
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1841 Census Ratcliffe Culey Folio 5

Tonks Joseph 30 Y
Tonks Elizabeth 30 N
Tonks George 3 Y
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1851 Census, Ratcliffe Culey Atherstone; HO/107/2064Folio:203
Joseph TONKS Head 46 M Ag Lab Ratcliffe Culey-LEC
Elizabeth TONKS Wife 45 F--- Atherstone-WAR
George TONKS SON 13 M Plough Boy Ratcliffe Culey-LEC
Joseph TONKS SON 9 M Scholar Ratcliffe Culey-LEC
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1861 Census Ratcliffe Culey RG9/2192 Folio 67
Joseph Tonks head 54 Labourer b. Ratcliffe
Elizabeth " Wife 55 b. Bentley; WAR
George " Son 23 b. Ratcliffe
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Joseph married Elizabeth Taylor on 2 Nov 1835 in Saint Peter's, Mancetter, Warwickshire, England. Elizabeth was born in 1806 in Bentley, Warwickshire, England; died in 1889 in Atherstone, : Registration District, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1806, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England
• Residence: 1871, Long Street, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England; No 88
• Occupation: 1871; Mangle Woman
• Residence: 1881, Long Street, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England; Pearmans Yard
• GRO Death Index: Sep 1889; Atherstone 6d - 217 Age 82

Notes:

1871 Census Long Street Atherston Folio
Between Ram and Bear Yards
Elizabeth Tonks Head Wid 64 Mangle Woman b. Bentley
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1881 Census Pearmans Yard Atherstone, Warwick, England
RG11 Piece 3058 Folio 13 Page 19
Elizabeth TONKS W 76 F Bentley, Warwick, England
Rel:Head
Occ:Laundress
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Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John Tonks
• Residence at marriage: Orton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England
• Occupation: Labourer

Notes:

1841 Census Ratcliffe Culey

Tunks John 60 Y
Tunks An n60 Y
Tunks Elizabeth 50 Y

John married Frances Chamberlain on 8 Oct 1801 in Saint Mary Magdalane, Peckleton, Leicestershire, England. Frances was born in 1772; died in Jan 1847 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 17 Jan 1847 in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Fanny Tunks
• Residence at marriage: Peckleton, Leicestershire, England

John married Sarah Cheatle on 2 Nov 1769 in All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. Sarah (daughter of Joseph Cheatle and Mary Orme) was born in Jun 1746 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; died in Jul 1828 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 20 Jul 1828 in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 30 Jun 1745, All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England

Notes:

Of interest is the oldest memorial to survive in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey; LEI, lying to the South West of the Chancel, (that ground being considered in pre-reformation times as being the most holy), a small roughly incised slab of Sarah's Brother Joseph Viz:-
Here Lyeth the Body of Joseph Cheatle
Departed this life March ye 15th
the year of our lord 1765 aged 22
Farwell my wife and child most dear
I am not dead but sleeping here
My life is spent my grave you see
my loving wife mourn not for me
. My mother and Sister too
For now I have bid this world a dew
as I am so you must be steay
but awile and follow me

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The Cheatle family were notable farmers at Bodymoor Heath close to the border with Lea Marston in the Parish of Kingsbury. There are numerous family memorials in the churchyard there. Today at Dosthill there is a building called Cheatle's Court and a farm at Bodymoor heath called Cheatle's Farm.

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Mary the widow of Joseph Cheatle of Ratcliffe Culey in her will dated 1 Aug 1767 named her daughter Sarah as executrix and her main beneficiary including her messuage. after her death in Feb 1797 probate was granted 27 April 1797 to her daughter Sarah wife of John Tonks.

Notes:

John Pemberton was the Parish Clerk and William Farmer the Church Warden