Ancestors of Mandy Willard

William GUILE (1846-?)

and Jane PARSONS (c1846-?)

William Guile and Jane Parsons on 1 December 1867 in Broadwater, Sussex.  (They were not my direct ancestors.)

William Guile was born on 11 December 1846 and baptised on 7 February 1847 in Broadwater, at which time his father was a labourer of Broadwater.  He was the son of James Guile (1803-?) and Harriet Austen (c1806-?).  The baptism register recored his mother's name as Amy, but that was most probably an error.  He was a 4 year old scholar in 1851.  In 1861 he was a 14 year old gardener and he was living at home with his elder siblings.

Jane Parsons was born about 1846 in Worthing, Sussex.  She may have been born on 26 July 1846 and have been baptised on 20 September 1846 in Broadwater as the daughter of Louisa Parsons.  Jane's marriage entry in the IGI records that her father's name was George Parsons.  When the 1851 census was recorded she was 4 years old and living at 22 West Street in Broadwater, which was the home of her 66 year old grandmother, Elizabeth Parsons who was then said to be a fisherman's wife.  In 1861 she was a 16 year old house servant in the home of Olliver Penfold, a lodging house keeper in Broadwater.

When the 1871 census was recorded, the couple and 2 sons were living in Broadwater Street and William was a 24 year old labourer.  Jane was then 25 years old.  In 1881 the couple and 6 children were still living in Broadwater Street and William was a 34 year old carman.  By 1891 the family had moved to 4 The Square in Broadwater.  William was then a 44 year old labourer and Jane was 46.  Five of their children were at home on census night in 1891.

William Guile and Jane Parsons had 9 known children:

1. Samuel Guile was baptised on 5 July 1868 in Boradwater.  He was 2 years old in 1871 and in 1881 he was a 13 year old scholar.

2. William Guile was born in the second quarter of 1870 in Broadwater, and baptised there on 5 June 1870.  At the time of the 1871 census he was a year old.  In 1881 he was an 11 year old scholar.

3. Amy Jane Guile was born in the third quarter of 1872 in Broadwater and baptised there on 6 October 1872.  She was an 8 year old scholar in 1881.

4. Florence Ann Guile was born about 1875 in Broadwater - her birth was register in the first quarter of 1875.  She was baptised as Florence Anne Guile on 6 June 1875 in Broadwater.  She was a 6 year old scholar in 1881.

5. Harry Guile was born in the fourth quarter of 1877 in Broadwater, and baptised there on 7 October 1877.  In 1881 he was a 3 year old scholar.  In 1891, he was the eldest of his siblings at home and he was a 13 year old labourer.

6. Harriet Ade Guile was born in the third quarter of 1879 in Broadwater, and baptised there on 7 September 1879.  She was a year old when the 1881 census was recorded.  The 1891 census records that she was an 11 year old invalide at home.

7. Lily Emily Guile was born in the fourth quarter of 1881 in Broadwater, and baptised there on 6 November 1881.  In 1891 she was a 9 year old scholar.

8. Louisa Guile was born in the fourth quarter of 1883 in Broadwater and baptised there on 6 January 1884.  She was a 7 year old scholar in 1891.

9. George James Guile was born in the second quarter of 1887.  In 1891 he was a 4 year old scholar.

   George married Harriet Charman Grevatt in the second quarter of 1912.

   Harriet was born in the first quarter of 1891 in Worthing and was the daughter of Henry John Grevatt and Alice Charman.  When the 1891 census was recorded she was 3 months old and living with her parents in a cottage in Ham Lane, Broadwater.  Her father was then a bricklayer.

   George and Harriet had 1 son:

   1. William Guile

GEALE/GUILE          PARSONS