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     Her married name was Parsonage. Annie Davies was born circa 1888. She married Herbert Harold Parsonage, son of Thomas Parsonage and Frances Elizabeth Blake, in 1940. According to Barbara (#178) Ann was a District Nurse and had helped to look after Herbert's sister Polly who went to live with them as she grew older. Annie Davies died on 4 September 1949 at Prestatyn, Flintshire. She was buried after 4 September 1949 at Coed Bell Cemetary, Gronant, Prestatyn, Flintshire.

     Margaret Morris was born circa 1839 at Parr, St Helens, Lancashire. She appeared on the 1851 Census in Sutton Boundary, Sutton, St Helens, Lancashire, and Thomas Morris, Anne Lowe, James Morris, Thomas Morris, Martha Morris, Joseph Morris, William Morris and Ellen Morris were living in the same household; Thomas, the head, was a blacksmith as was his son James.

     Janette Margaret Hardman was baptised at Lowe House Catholic Church, North Road, St Helens, Lancashire. Her married name was Moulsdale. Her married name was Clarke. She was born in June 1957 at 105 Litherland Crescent, Haresfinch, St Helens, Lancashire. She married Arnold Clarke in December 1980 at St Helens Registry Office, Lancashire. Janette Margaret Hardman married Frederick Moulsdale in September 1989 at St Patricks Church, Clinkham Wood, St Helens, Lancashire.

     William Charles Chaulk was christened on 6 March 1855 at St Peters Church, Great Haseley, Oxfordshire. He appeared on the 1861 Census in Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, and John Chaulk, Harriet Wilks, John Chaulk and Robert Chaulk were living in the same household; John the head was described as an ag. lab. William Charles Chaulk appeared on the 1871 Census in Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, and John Chaulk, Harriet Wilks, John Chaulk, Robert Chaulk, Rhoda Chaulk, Henry Chaulk and Thomas Chaulk were living in the same household; John the head was described as an ag. lab. as are his sons William, John and Robert. William Charles Chaulk married Martha Jane Mathews, daughter of Richard Mathews and Mary Clark, on 6 November 1879 at The Great Virgin, Milton, Oxfordshire.

     John Chaulk was christened on 8 March 1858 at St Peters Church, Great Haseley, Oxfordshire. He appeared on the 1861 Census in Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, and John Chaulk, Harriet Wilks, William Charles Chaulk and Robert Chaulk were living in the same household; John the head was described as an ag. lab. John Chaulk appeared on the 1871 Census in Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, and John Chaulk, Harriet Wilks, William Charles Chaulk, Robert Chaulk, Rhoda Chaulk, Henry Chaulk and Thomas Chaulk were living in the same household; John the head was described as an ag. lab. as are his sons William, John and Robert. John Chaulk appeared on the 1881 Census in Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, and Harriet Wilks, Robert Chaulk, Henry Chaulk, Thomas Chaulk and Maria Chaulk were living in the same household; Harriet the head, and a widow, was described as an agricultural labourer, as were her children John, Robert and Henry.

     Robert Chaulk was born in 1860 at Haseley, Oxfordshire. He appeared on the 1861 Census in Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, and John Chaulk, Harriet Wilks, William Charles Chaulk and John Chaulk were living in the same household; John the head was described as an ag. lab. Robert Chaulk appeared on the 1871 Census in Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, and John Chaulk, Harriet Wilks, William Charles Chaulk, John Chaulk, Rhoda Chaulk, Henry Chaulk and Thomas Chaulk were living in the same household; John the head was described as an ag. lab. as are his sons William, John and Robert. Robert Chaulk appeared on the 1881 Census in Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, and Harriet Wilks, John Chaulk, Henry Chaulk, Thomas Chaulk and Maria Chaulk were living in the same household; Harriet the head, and a widow, was described as an agricultural labourer, as were her children John, Robert and Henry. Robert Chaulk married Alice Maria Sturch on 11 October 1884 at St Peters Church, Great Haseley, Oxfordshire. Robert Chaulk died in 1947. He was buried on 3 December 1947 at St Peters Church, Great Haseley, Oxfordshire.

     Rhoda Chaulk was born in 1864 at Haseley, Oxfordshire. She appeared on the 1871 Census in Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, and John Chaulk, Harriet Wilks, William Charles Chaulk, John Chaulk, Robert Chaulk, Henry Chaulk and Thomas Chaulk were living in the same household; John the head was described as an ag. lab. as are his sons William, John and Robert. Rhoda Chaulk appeared on the 1881 Census in Holton Village, Holton, Oxfordshire; Rhoda was living as a servant in the household of a farmer of 250 acres, Thomas Horwood with his family. As of 2 June 1884,her married name was Selwood. Rhoda Chaulk married John Selwood on 2 June 1884 at St Peters Church, Great Haseley, Oxfordshire.

      Henry Chaulk was also known as Harry. He was born in 1867 at Haseley, Oxfordshire. He appeared on the 1871 Census in Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, and John Chaulk, Harriet Wilks, William Charles Chaulk, John Chaulk, Robert Chaulk, Rhoda Chaulk and Thomas Chaulk were living in the same household; John the head was described as an ag. lab. as are his sons William, John and Robert. Henry Chaulk appeared on the 1881 Census in Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, and Harriet Wilks, John Chaulk, Robert Chaulk, Thomas Chaulk and Maria Chaulk were living in the same household; Harriet the head, and a widow, was described as an agricultural labourer, as were her children John, Robert and Henry.

     Thomas Chaulk was christened on 20 March 1870 at St Peters Church, Great Haseley, Oxfordshire. He appeared on the 1871 Census in Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, and John Chaulk, Harriet Wilks, William Charles Chaulk, John Chaulk, Robert Chaulk, Rhoda Chaulk and Henry Chaulk were living in the same household; John the head was described as an ag. lab. as are his sons William, John and Robert. Thomas Chaulk appeared on the 1881 Census in Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, and Harriet Wilks, John Chaulk, Robert Chaulk, Henry Chaulk and Maria Chaulk were living in the same household; Harriet the head, and a widow, was described as an agricultural labourer, as were her children John, Robert and Henry. Thomas Chaulk married Ellen Deeley, daughter of Thomas Deeley and Jane Tuck, on 17 October 1891 at St Peters Church, Great Haseley, Oxfordshire.

     Maria Chaulk was christened on 4 August 1872 at St Peters Church, Great Haseley, Oxfordshire. She appeared on the 1881 Census in Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, and Harriet Wilks, John Chaulk, Robert Chaulk, Henry Chaulk and Thomas Chaulk were living in the same household; Harriet the head, and a widow, was described as an agricultural labourer, as were her children John, Robert and Henry.

     Her married name was Chaulk. Alice Maria Sturch married Robert Chaulk, son of John Chaulk and Harriet Wilks, on 11 October 1884 at St Peters Church, Great Haseley, Oxfordshire.

     Ethel May Chaulk was born in 1884 at Haseley, Oxfordshire.

     Edith Mary Chaulk was christened on 14 March 1886 at St Peters Church, Great Haseley, Oxfordshire.

     Walter Henry Chaulk was christened on 10 May 1891 at St Peters Church, Great Haseley, Oxfordshire. He married Cissy Elizabeth Stockwell on 9 July 1921.

     Elsie Typhania Chaulk was christened on 12 February 1893 at St Peters Church, Great Haseley, Oxfordshire. As of 19 November 1921,her married name was Fitchett. She married Henry John Fitchett on 19 November 1921 at St Peters Church, Great Haseley, Oxfordshire.

     Ellen May Chaulk was christened on 12 August 1894 at St Peters Church, Great Haseley, Oxfordshire. As of 21 April 1919,her married name was Wakelin. She married Moses Wakelin on 21 April 1919 at St Peters Church, Great Haseley, Oxfordshire.

     Bertram Morris Chaulk was christened on 11 October 1896 at St Peters Church, Great Haseley, Oxfordshire. He died on 7 July 1916 at Somme, France, at age 19; The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that In Memory of
BERTRAM MORIS CHAULK, Private 12701, 2nd Bn., Northamptonshire Regiment died on Friday, 7th July 1916. Age 22. It goes on to explain the history of the conflict in the area where he died. On the 1st July, 1916, Ovillers was attacked by the 8th Division and La Boisselle by the 34th; but the villages were not captured, although both Divisions gained ground. La Boisselle was taken by the 19th (Western) Division on the 3rd and 4th July. Ovillers was attacked again by the 12th (Eastern), 25th and 32nd Divisions, and on the 17th July, it was taken by the 48th (South Midland) Division. The two villages were lost in March, 1918, and retaken in the following August. Plot I of the Cemetery was made by fighting units after the 10th July, 1916, and closed in September. It contained the graves of 95 soldiers, mainly Australian. It was called variously Gordon (or Gordon's) Dump Cemetery or Sausage Valley Cemetery (from the name given to the broad, shallow valley that runs down from it to Becourt). The remainder of the cemetery was formed after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the battlefields immediately surrounding the cemetery. The great majority of the soldiers thus reburied fell in July, 1916. There are now 1676, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 1053 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 33 soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from Australia, known or believed to be buried among them. The wooden memorial of the 10th Lancashire Fusiliers to their officers and men who fell on the 7th July, 1916, in the capture of Quadrangle Trench, was removed to this cemetery. The cemetery covers an area of 4,753 square metres, and it is bounded on two sides by a rubble wall. There are, in the neighbourhood of this cemetery, the following Memorials:- The La Boisselle Crater, 91 metres across and 27 metres deep, which was exploded on the 1st July, 1916, and retaken by the 8th Royal Berks on the 24th August, 1918. It is about 914 metres to the South-West. The 19th Division Memorial, a blue granite cross in the village of La Boisselle. The 34th Division Memorial, at the North-East end of La Boisselle, on the site of Divisional Headquarters in 1916. It is a white stone obelisk surmounted by a bronze figure of Victory. The Tyneside (102nd and 103rd Brigades) Memorial, a granite seat with a bronze-panelled back, at the junction of the roads from Albert to Contalmaison and to Bapaume, in front of the destroyed Communal Cemetery.

     Ethel Winnie Chaulk was christened on 8 January 1899 at St Peters Church, Great Haseley, Oxfordshire. As of 15 September 1923,her married name was Bond. She married William John Bond on 15 September 1923 at St Peters Church, Great Haseley, Oxfordshire.

     (?) (?) married Jonathon Parsonage. Her married name was (?) Parsonage.

     (?) (?) married James Smith. Her married name was (?) Smith.