Parsons family life

[Jo_07]

My father's maternal grandmother was born mary parsons and she was born in Stoke Edith which is in herefordshire. I have found it quite interesting tracing her family back through the censuses. I have also visited Stoke Edith and Ashperton where she spent her childhood. They are really pretty with lovely churches. I have not had much luck finding graves but the family were not well off so probably have'nt got headstones (although i did find one for a William parsons)
Is it possible to find out more information about their lives?
On the censuses, the men were mainly farm labourers but i would love to learn more about them. Mary's family lived at Heywood cottages in Ashperton for quite a few years. Her father was Thomas Parsons who was born about 1836 and her mother was called maria ( which is uncanny as I named my eldest daughter, maria 24 years ago)
It's exciting when you discover names of ancestors, but to also discover the kind of lives they lived is even more exciting.

 

[Sunscreen]

hi

found the following graves listed on the following link:

All Ashperton
Ann Parsons d.1882 age 98
James Parsons d. 1886 age 37
John Parsons d. 1863 age 74
Sarah Parsons d. 1900 age 78
Wm Parsons d. 1860 age 67
Wm Parsons d. 1886 age 68

www.rootsweb.ancestry-com/-ukhfhs/mii.html

sunscreen

 

[Sunscreen]

sorry link should be ancestry.com, it's my Spanish keyboard again!!

 

[Jo_07]

Thanks for the information about parson graves.
My computer isn't working and so i have had to come to the library.
Jo