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John Prowse 1779 – 1856 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 Oct 1779

Birth Location: Thorverton, Devon, England

Death Date: 3 DEC 1856

Death Location: 4 Harford Place, Liverpool, Lancashire

Father: Turpin Prowse

Mother: Elizabeth Pitts

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Peryer

Children(s): Charlotte Prowse, William Prowse, Henry Prowse, Mary PROWSE, Richard Prowse, John Prowse, Elizabeth PROWSE, Turpin PROWSE, Richard PROWSE

The story of John Prowse began in 1779 in Thorverton, Devon, England. John Prowse married Elizabeth Peryer, and had children including Charlotte Prowse, William Henry Prowse, Henry Prowse, Mary Ann PROWSE, Richard Prowse, John Prowse, Elizabeth PROWSE, Turpin PROWSE, Richard PROWSE. John Prowse passed away in 1856 in 4 Harford Place, Liverpool, Lancashire.

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Biography

  • The story of John Prowse began in 1779 in Thorverton, Devon, England.
  • John Prowse married Elizabeth Peryer, and had children including Charlotte Prowse, William Henry Prowse, Henry Prowse, Mary Ann PROWSE, Richard Prowse, John Prowse, Elizabeth PROWSE, Turpin PROWSE, Richard PROWSE.
  • John Prowse passed away in 1856 in 4 Harford Place, Liverpool, Lancashire.

Immediate Family

Parents

Turpin Prowse
1742 – 1790
Birth Location: Thorverton, Devon, England
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Elizabeth Pitts
1749 – 1814
Birth Location: Thorverton, Devon, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Peryer
1784 – 1860
Birth Location: Albury, Surrey, England
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Children(s)

Charlotte Prowse
1804 – 1827
Birth Location: Middlesex, London, London, England, United Kingdom
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William Prowse
1807 – 1875
Birth Location: Baptised 29 Nov 1807 St. Luke's, LONDON
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Henry Prowse
1810 –
Birth Location: Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
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Mary PROWSE
1812 –
Birth Location: Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
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Richard Prowse
1814 –
Birth Location: Clerkenwell
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John Prowse
1816 – 1874
Birth Location: St. James Church, Clekenwell, Middlesex, England
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Elizabeth PROWSE
1817 –
Birth Location: LONDON (EC) London England
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Turpin PROWSE
1822 – 1822
Birth Location: St. James' Church, Clerkenwell. LONDON
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Richard PROWSE
1823 – 1842
Birth Location: Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom (Percival S
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John Prowse's Ancestors

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John Prowse
1779 – 1856
Birth Place: Thorverton, Devon, England
Parents
Turpin Prowse
1742 – 1790
Thorverton, Devon, England
Elizabeth Pitts
1749 – 1814
Thorverton, Devon, England
Grandparents
Turpin (II) Prowse
1715 – 1787
Thorverton, Devon, England
Sarah Marshall
1718 – 1796
Thorverton, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
Turpin Prowse
1670 – 1744
Grace Prowse
1669 – 1721
Henry MARSHALL
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Turpin Prowse
1645 –
Esther Price
1650 –
Henry MARSHALL
1641 –

John Prowse's Descendants

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John Prowse (31 Oct 1779 – 3 DEC 1856) m. Elizabeth Peryer (21 Mar 1784 – 25 November 1860)
  1. 1. Charlotte Prowse (1804 – 10 June 1827)
  2. 2. William (Henry) Prowse (24 Jul 1807 – 18 Dec 1875) m. Mary (Ann) Fairhead (22 Sep 1811 – 18 Jan 1885)
    1. 1. Mary (Ann) Prowse (21 Jul 1832 – 15 Jun 1835)
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Jane) Prowse (2 Oct 1834 – 4 Nov 1916) m. John SPENCER (1833 – 3 Apr 1896)
      1. 1. John (William) SPENCER (1859 – )
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Martha) SPENCER (5 Apr 1860 – )
      3. 3. Louisa (J) Spencer (1865 – )
      4. 4. Robert (Power) Spencer (1867 – 1941)
        1. 1. Robert (Lloyd) Spencer (1912 – 1998)
      5. 5. William Spencer (1870 – )
      6. 6. Mary Spencer (1872 – )
      7. 7. Samuel (G) Spencer (Oct 1873 – 17 Jul 1927)
      8. 8. Charles Spencer (19 Mar 1874 – 24 Oct 1945)
    3. 3. William (John) Prowse (19 Sep 1836 – 11 Sep 1902) m. Sarah (Jane) Harrison (23 Jun 1851 – 16 Oct 1938)
      1. 1. William (Ralph) PROWSE (1869 – 1942)
      2. 2. Louisa (Ann) PROWSE (15 Jul 1872 – 10 Mar 1959) m. John Salt (1866 – 1949)
        1. 1. Ernest (Talbot) Salt (1893 – 1916)
        2. 2. Adelaide (May) Salt (1895 – 1981)
        3. 3. Jack (Henry) Salt (1897 – 1916)
        4. 4. Olive (Mary) Salt (1901 – 1983)
        5. 5. Geoffrey (John) Salt (1903 – 1978)
        6. 6. Robert (James) Salt (1910 – 1988)
        7. 7. Elsie (Violet Edna) Salt (1913 – 1992)
        8. 8. Hilda (Christina) Salt
        9. 9. Lillian (Mabel) Salt
      3. 3. Elizabeth (Jane) PROWSE (25 Mar 1874 – 7 May 1960)
      4. 4. Henry (Richard) PROWSE (9 Mar 1876 – 16 Oct 1959) m. Gladys (Margaret) Ross (12 Jul 1880 – 5 Feb 1938)
        1. 1. William Prowse (24 Sep 1906 – 17 Dec 1971)
        2. 2. Henry Prowse (26 Jan 1908 – 30 Jun 1988)
        3. 3. Morris PROWSE (19 Jun 1910 – 13 Oct 1988) m. evelyn (gladys) smith (06 Jan 1913 – 2013)
        4. 4. Sarah (Victoria) Prowse (21 Mar 1912 – 9 Jun 1958)
        5. 5. Isabel (Caroline) Prowse (12 Aug 1913 – 8 Dec 1975)
        6. 6. Gladys (Martha) Prowse (03 Oct 1916 – 5 April 1979)
      5. 5. Harriet (Mary) PROWSE (27 May 1878 – 16 Jun 1947)
      6. 6. John (Charles) PROWSE (28 Apr 1881 – 12 Aug 1967)
      7. 7. James (Robert) PROWSE (28 May 1883 – 17 Mar 1952)
      8. 8. Frederick (William) PROWSE (18 May 1885 – 1981)
      9. 9. Marion (Sarah) PROWSE (4 Jun 1887 – 13 Feb 1988) m. John (Lemington) Tucker
        1. 1. Elsie (Mary) Tucker m. George (Leslie) Pownall
      10. 10. Arthur (Talbot) PROWSE (28 Jul 1889 – 13 Feb 1952)
      11. 11. Leslie (George) Prowse (1894 – 1897)
    4. 4. Louisa (Ann) Prowse (31 Dec 1838 – 8 Apr 1844)
    5. 5. Harriet (Elizabeth) PROWSE (Sep 1841 – 25 Oct 1916) m. William Curran (1842 – )
      1. 1. John (William) Curran (1869 – )
      2. 2. George Curran (1871 – 1958)
      3. 3. Mary (Ann) Curran (1873 – )
      4. 4. William (Henry) Curran (1874 – 1953)
      5. 5. John Curran (1878 – )
      6. 6. Louisa (Ann) Curran (1880 – 1966)
    6. 6. Charles (Henry) Prowse (9 June 1843 – 12 February 1927) m. Mary (Ellen) Spencer (13 Oct 1844 – 12 Feb 1899) m. Katherine Robinson (January 1855 – 30 Aug 1939)
      1. 1. Mary (Emily) Prowse (21 Dec 1865 – 1944) m. Charles (Porter) Russell (1865 – 1953)
        1. 1. Charles (Henry) RUSSELL (1888 – 1950)
        2. 2. John (A) RUSSELL (1889 – )
        3. 3. Dorothy (E) RUSSELL (1890 – )
        4. 4. Edith RUSSELL (1896 – )
        5. 5. George RUSSELL (1897 – )
        6. 6. Sydney Russell (abt 1897 – )
        7. 7. Josephine RUSSELL (1899 – )
        8. 8. Josephine Russell (abt 1904 – )
        9. 9. Frank Russell (1908 – )
      2. 2. Martha (Louisa) Prowse (2 Jun 1867 – 26 Mar 1949) m. Charles (William) McKie (1862 – 1931)
        1. 1. Louisa (Ethel) McKIE (1890 – )
        2. 2. Lily McKIE (c1891 – )
        3. 3. Margorie (E) McKIE (1894 – 1983)
      3. 3. Charles (Elias) Prowse (7 Jul 1869 – Jun 1950) m. Nellie Gray (abt 1876 – 1934)
        1. 1. Muriel PROWSE (1903 – )
      4. 4. William (Henry) Prowse (26 Aug 1870 – 18 Mar 1948) m. Sarah (Elizabeth) Lumb (1870 – )
      5. 5. Alice (Maud) Prowse (20 Jul 1872 – 19 Apr 1879)
      6. 6. George (Spencer) Prowse (Dec 1874 – Sep 1939) m. Alice (Maud) Ball (26 Jan 1875 – 8 Nov 1952)
        1. 1. George (Spencer) Prowse (10 Mar 1900 – Dec 1973) m. May
        2. 2. Lawrence (Oswald) Prowse (21 Jan 1902 – Jul 1981) m. Nita Levene (1 Jan 1909 – 14 Apr 1991)
        3. 3. Ernest Prowse (1903 – December 1903)
        4. 4. Ivy (May) Prowse (24 Mar 1908 – Sep 1998) m. Alfred (E Le) Page (21 Oct 1917 – )
        5. 5. Lilian Prowse (29 Jun 1909 – 19/1/1968) m. Charles Downey (25 Jan 1913 – Oct 1988)
        6. 6. Marjorie Prowse (10 Jan 1912 – 23 May 1934)
        7. 7. Ernest Prowse (27 Jun 1914 – 17 Sep 2008) m. Rose Waldman (10 Jan 1919 Holborn, London – 26 Jan 1999 (Southampton Gene)
      7. 7. Elizabeth (Jane) Prowse (October 1876 – October 1877)
      8. 8. James (Bebbington) Prowse (3 Feb 1880 – aft 1921) m. Edith Griffiths (1881 – )
      9. 9. Robert (Ernest) Prowse (23 Nov 1881 – 3 Dec 1922) m. Elizabeth (Gertrude) Noble (December 1884 – 22 Mar 1961)
        1. 1. Norman (Spencer) PROWSE (January 1905 – 12 December 1959)
        2. 2. Perry Prowse (abt 1913 – )
      10. 10. Samuel (Harold) Prowse (28 April1884 – 5 Aug 1884)
      11. 11. John (Alfred) Prowse (10 Dec 1885 – 8 Dec 1954) m. Hannah (Melville) Cochrane (22 May 1883 – 1973)
        1. 1. Harold PROWSE (23 Oct 1910 – 28 Jan 1979) m. Elsie (Margaret) Doward
        2. 2. Leslie PROWSE (11 Mar 1912 – Apr 1990)
        3. 3. Eric PROWSE (1917 – 1917)
        4. 4. Trevor PROWSE (Sep 1918 – 6 Oct 1938)
      12. 12. Frederick (Samuel) Prowse (21 Mar 1887 – 11 Jun 1962) m. Margaret Brown (1890 – )
        1. 1. Ronald Prowse (10 Mar 1912 – )
        2. 2. Emma (G) Prowse (1913 – )
    7. 7. Louisa (Ann) PROWSE (1 Jun 1847 – 1911) m. James Power (c1850 – 1911)
      1. 1. Arthur POWER (1874 – 1911)
      2. 2. William (H) POWER (1879 – 1911)
      3. 3. Frederick (C) POWER (1881 – 1911)
      4. 4. Lillian (Amy) POWER (1883 – 1911)
      5. 5. Florence (M) POWER (1885 – 1911)
      6. 6. Joseph (A) POWER (1888 – 1911)
    8. 8. Mary (Ann) PROWSE (October 1850 – 23 Jun 1897)
    9. 9. Alice (Sarah) PROWSE (1854 – May 1892) m. George (William) Bebbington (1854 – 17 Mar 1931)
      1. 1. Edith (Mary) BEBBINGTON (1880 – 1937)
      2. 2. Margaret (Amy) BEBBINGTON (10 Jan 1882 – 1971)
      3. 3. L-Cpl (George Arthur) Bebbington (July 1883 – 30 Jul 1916)
      4. 4. Lilian (Alice) Bebbington (15 Feb 1885 – 26 Jun 1973)
      5. 5. Bailey Bebbington (1886 – 1942)
      6. 6. Charles Bebbington (20 May 1892 – 16 Jan 1917) m. Mabel (B) Bebbington (17 Oct 1896 – ) m. Beatrice Bebbington
        1. 1. Living Bebbington
        2. 2. Florence. (May) Bebbington (18 Jul 1917 – )
  3. 3. Henry Prowse (6 May 1810 – )
  4. 4. Mary (Ann) PROWSE (12 Mar 1812 – )
  5. 5. Richard Prowse (1814 – )
  6. 6. John Prowse (1816 – 26 Jun 1874) m. Selina (Jane) Woodrow (1820 – Dec 1886)
    1. 1. Mary (Ann) Prowse (1840 – 1843)
    2. 2. Selina (Jane) PROWSE (Mar 1843 – 1870) m. Andrew Buchanan
    3. 3. John PROWSE (Jun 1845 – Dec 1901) m. Catherine McCallister (24 Dec 1845 – Mar 1902)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Prowse (22 Jun 1874 – Sep 1942)
      2. 2. Joseph Prowse (11 Mar 1876 – )
      3. 3. Frances PROWSE (Sep 1878 – )
      4. 4. Richard PROWSE (19 May 1882 – Mar 1883)
      5. 5. Henry Prowse (Oct 1883 – )
      6. 6. Mary Prowse (7 Sep 1885 – 17 Dec 1957)
    4. 4. Richard (Turpin) PROWSE (1849 – ) m. Mary Miller (1849 – 1921)
      1. 1. Isabella Prowse (1872 – )
      2. 2. Richard Prowse (1880 – )
      3. 3. Henry Prowse (1882 – )
      4. 4. Peter Prowse (1882 – )
      5. 5. Thomas Prowse (1887 – )
      6. 6. George Prowse (1890 – )
    5. 5. Emma Prowse (Jun 1852 – ) m. Thomas Smith
    6. 6. Elizabeth PROWSE (1855 – 1914) m. Henry Roscoe (abt 1850 – 1906)
    7. 7. Matilda Prowse (January 1857 – October 1893) m. Henry Hol;den (1853 – 1913)
    8. 8. Frances Prowse (15 Oct 1860 – 1933) m. Hugo Morgan (1860 – 1931)
  7. 7. Elizabeth PROWSE (1817 – ) m. Thomas Howarth
  8. 8. Turpin PROWSE (6 January 1822 – 9 May 1822)
  9. 9. Richard PROWSE (10 Oct 1823 – Oct/Nov/Dec 1842)

John Prowse's Timeline

12 Records

1779
31 Oct 1779
Birth of John Prowse in Thorverton, Devon, England
Thorverton, Devon, England
1779
31 Oct 1779
John Prowse was baptized in (Thorverton, Devon, England)
(Thorverton, Devon, England)
1779
31 Oct 1779
John Prowse was baptized in Thorverton,Devon,England
Thorverton,Devon,England
1802
16 Aug 1802
Age 23
John Prowse resided here in St Lukes Old Street, Middlesex, England
St Lukes Old Street, Middlesex, England
1811
1811
Age 32
John Prowse resided here in London, London, England
London, London, England
1819
24 Sep 1819
Age 40
John Prowse resided here in London, Greater London, England
London, Greater London, England
1841
April 1841
Age 62
John Prowse was married in City of London, London
City of London, London
1841
1841
Age 62
John Prowse resided here in St James Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
St James Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
1845
1845
Age 66
John Prowse resided here in London, England
London, England
1851
1851
Age 72
John Prowse resided here in Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
1856
3 DEC 1856
Age 77
Death of John Prowse in 4 Harford Place, Liverpool, Lancashire
4 Harford Place, Liverpool, Lancashire
1856
8 Dec 1856
Age 77
Burial of John Prowse in Toxteth, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Toxteth, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 Oct 1779
    Event Place: Thorverton, Devon, England
    Record Source:
    [1] 1851 United Kingdom Census Sample
    [2] 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 2182; Folio: 195; Page: 20; GSU roll: 87183-87184
    [3] 1841 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 660; Book: 7; Civil Parish: St James Clerkenwell; County: Middlesex; Enumeration District: 12; Folio: 18; Page: 29; Line: 22; GSU roll: 438777
    [4] England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2016, Liverpool Record Office; Liverpool, Merseyside, England; Liverpool Cemetery Registers; Reference: 352 CEM 9/1/1
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 31 Oct 1779
    Event Place: (Thorverton, Devon, England)

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 31 Oct 1779
    Event Place: Thorverton,Devon,England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: April 1841
    Event Place: City of London, London
    Record Source: England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 16 Aug 1802
    Event Place: St Lukes Old Street, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1811
    Event Place: London, London, England
    Record Source: UK, City and County Directories, 1766 - 1946, London and Country Directory, 1811; Publisher: W. Holden

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 24 Sep 1819
    Event Place: London, Greater London, England
    Record Source: Newspapers.com - The Morning Chronicle - 24 Sep 1819 - 1, John Prowse with reference to musical instrument-makers. The Morning Chronicle 24. 09.1819 24 Sep 1819

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 24 Sep 1819
    Event Place: London, Greater London, England
    Record Source: England, Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's to current, The Morning Chronicle; Publication Date: 24 Sep 1819; Publication Place: London, Greater London, England

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: St James Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: 1841 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 660; Book: 7; Civil Parish: St James Clerkenwell; County: Middlesex; Enumeration District: 12; Folio: 18; Page: 29; Line: 22; GSU roll: 438777

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1845
    Event Place: London, England
    Record Source: London, England, City Directories, 1736-1943, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London City Directories

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 2182; Folio: 195; Page: 20; GSU roll: 87183-87184

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 10 Dec 1856
    Event Place: Toxteth, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England
    Record Source: Findagrave, John Prowse 10 Dec 1856

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Thorverton Tive, Devonshire
    Record Source: 1851 United Kingdom Census Sample

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 DEC 1856
    Event Place: 4 Harford Place, Liverpool, Lancashire
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
    [2] England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2016, Liverpool Record Office; Liverpool, Merseyside, England; Liverpool Cemetery Registers; Reference: 352 CEM 9/1/1
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 8 Dec 1856
    Event Place: Toxteth, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2016, Liverpool Record Office; Liverpool, Merseyside, England; Liverpool Cemetery Registers; Reference: 352 CEM 9/1/1
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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