James Thomas PARSONS

Date of Birth: 
c 1861
Date of Death: 
15 Aug 1942

James was born at Romford, Essex, England.

He married Mary Swanson (born at Wainuiomata in 165) at Wellington in 1893.

They had 4 daughters & two sons. The youngest three were born at Shannon & two in Levin.

One son-in-law, Edwin Jackson served in WWW1.

James was one of four brothers who all moved to Levin to work. He started out as a bushman around 1896 and by 1922 he was a farmer in Queen St East, Levin.

James & Mary along with both sons & their wives are all buried in Levin.

Relatives mentioned in profile: 
Parsons James Thomas, Parsons Samuel Thomas, Palmer Rachael, Swanson Mary, Dorothy Victoria Parsons, Edwin Jackson, Mary Ann Ingham, Constance Evelyn Parsons, John Morris (Maurice) Parsons, Rosina Blanche Cottle, Bernard Samuel Parsons, Janet Isabella (Isobell) Horne, Emma Bertha Parsons, Mabel Eunice Parsons, Redvers George Charles Haymes.