THE PRIOR FAMILIES of the area around Marksbury in Somerset

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...........J1    Hester Prior, bur 10.2.1811 Marksbury.
                 had child
............I1    William Rushmore Prior, bap 3.7.1808 Marksbury, of
                    Chelwood, of Northend Clutton next to Benjamin
                    Challenger and Samuel Cook, ag lab, coalpit carter,
                    died 1880.
                  married
                  Hannah Bees, born Compton Dando Keynsham or Clutton, died
                    1-3.1876 aged 74.
                  and had children
.............H1    Caroline Prior, born 1830.
.............H2    George Prior, born 1833, ag lab.
.............H3    Eliza Prior, born 14.4.1835.
                   married 12.4.1852 Clutton wit Mary Parfitt and Charles
                     Parfitt
                   George Parfitt, born 23.3.1832, of Clutton and
                     Pontypool, collier.
                   and had children
..............G1    Enoch Parfitt, born 28.8.1852 Clutton.
..............G2    Clarah Parfitt, born 7.9.1856 Clutton.
..............G3    George Parfitt, born 7.11.1858 Pontypool.
..............G4    Tom Parfitt, born 19.4.1861 Pontypool.
..............G5    Harry Parfitt, born 3.8.1862 Pontypool.
..............G6    Eliza Parfitt, born 3.1.1864 Pontypool.
..............G7    Clarah Parfitt, born 25.2.1866 Pontypool.
.............H4    William Prior, born 1836 Clutton.
.............H5    Martha Prior, born 1840 Clutton.
                   married
                   Davies of Reading.
                   and had children
..............G1    Henry Davies.
..............G2    son.
..............G3    dau.
.............H6    Jemima Prior, born 17.4.1843 Clutton, bap 21.5.1843
                     Midsomer Norton Wesleyan Chapel.
.............H7    Henry Prior, born 4.1.1846 Chelwood, bap 2.2.1846
                     Midsomer Norton Wesleyan Chapel, of Abersychan, of
                     Soundwell, collier, manager boot factory, failed owner
                     of boot factory, died 24.1.1937.
                   married 1.1.1870 Pontypool Wesleyan Chapel
                   Emily Tucker born 3.1.1849 d 18.2.1937.
                   and had children
..............G1    Herbert Prior, born 13.11.1870, in boot trade at
                      Portland Square, worked for his brother Oliver, died
                      2.3.1938.
                    married
                    Alice Garland, died 15.8.1957 aged 86.
                    and had children
...............F1    child born blind, died aged 6 months.
...............F2    Lenitia Prior, born c1895, died at birth of daughter
                       10.8.1929.
                     married her cousin
                     Trevor Garland.
                     and had children
..............G2    Walter Henry Prior, born 8.2.1872, died young.
..............G3    Godfrey Prior, born 2.8.1873, died young.
..............G4    Walter Hedley Prior, born 19.8.1875, headmaster of
                      Bristol school, died 196?.
                    married firstly
                    Ada Tad, schoolteacher, died 1934.
                    and had children
...............F1    Ida Prior, born c1897, died c1938.
                     married
                     Howard Monks, later married daughter of Curtis the
                       dentist of Staple Hill and had son.
...............F2    Vivian Prior, born c1901, insurance agent of Bristol
                       and Clevedon.
                     married
                     May Chudley.
                     and had son
..............G4    Walter Hedley Prior, born 19.8.1875, headmaster of
                      Bristol school.
                    married secondly
                    Florence, died 1959.
..............G5    Alfred Oliver Prior, born 8.5.1878, owner of boot
                      factory at Kingswood, died 19.6.1956.
                    married
                    Hester King, died 19.3.1956, aged 79.
                    and had daughter
...............F1    Grace Prior.
                     married
                     Ronald Mackay.
..............G6    Eveline Sophia Prior, born 6.10.1880 Soundwell,
                      milliner, died 1978 Brighton.
                    married 1905 Kingswood Wesleyan
                    Henry Clifford Pratten, born 1877 Staple Hill, tailor,
                      baker, warehouseman, lance corporal in First World
                      War, died 1966 Staple Hill.
                    and had children
..............G7    Stanley Cuthbert Prior, born 20.8.1886, manager of boot
                      factory at Kingswood, of 848 Fishponds Road, died
                       1954.
                    married
                    Jennifer, of Ireland, catholic.
.............H8    Ann Prior, born 1852 Clutton.


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