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John Prentice of Oundle, Northamptonshire, England


John Prentice of Oundle, Northamptonshire, England
By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Summer 2002 and Revised 29 Sep 2011


With the aid of Ian Prentice's email of 22 Mar 2002, and of Jennifer Vouyoukas-Smith's email of 23 Sep 2011,we are helping Albert and Alice McCurdy and Jennifer Vouyoukas-Smith in tracing their Prentice roots. Here is what we have so far:

1. John Prentice was b. c. 1792 in Oundle, Northamptonshire, England.

He m. Mary. We have not yet fully identified Mary, but she might be the Mary Baines shown in the LDS IGI as marrying a John Prentice on 18 Aug 1820, Harringworth, Northamptonshire, which lies about 12 miles NW of Oundle. (We did consider the possibility that William Prentice who is # 6 in our Summer 2000 article about Thomas Prentice of Kings Cliffe, Northampton, England might be the father of Thomas Prentice, #2, below. That William died in Oundle. We have not yet ruled out that possibility.)

Children per Familysearch.org shows the following children:

  1. Thomas Prentice, bap/chr 15 Feb 1829, Oundle, Northamptonshire. . . . . . . [2]
  2. Elizabeth England Prentice, b. 24 Mar 1822, Oundle, and d. 1854, age 32. She m. Joseph Cawthorn Brudenell (1812-1889) 1844 in Oundle. They had 1 or more children, including:
    1. Elizabeth Brudenell, b. c. 1846, Oundle, Northamptonshire. 1861 census staying with her uncle, Thomas Prentice, above.
  3. Samuel Prentice, b. 30 Jan 1825, Oundle, Northamptonshire, and d. 17 May 1881, Oundle, Northamptonshire, age 56. He m. Ann. She was b. c. 1830 in Stanton On Wye, Glamorgan, Wales, and d. Oct 1889 in Oundle, Northamptonshire, age 59. Children, all daughters, per Jennifer Vouyoukas-Smith, email 27 Sep 2011:
    1. Mary Prentice 1856 –
    2. Elizabeth Prentice 1857 –
    3. Ann Prentice 1859 –
    4. Charlotte Prentice 1861 –
    5. Rebecca Prentice 1864 –
    6. Ellen Prentice 1865 –
    7. Sarah Prentice 1868 –
    8. May Prentice 1870 –. Jennifer Vouyoukas-Smith's email of 27 Sep 2011 relates the following:
        Mary Prentice (who for quite a long time was a music teacher in Oundle) took over the hairdressing shop in Leicester which was originally owned by my great great great grandfather Thomas Prentice. – but not before it was taken over by his son (my great great grandfather) John William Prentice [Mary Prentice would have been the niece of my great great great grandfather Thomas Prentice, and the first cousin of my great great grandfather John William Prentice.
    9. Kate Bevan Prentice 1871 – 1932

2. Thomas Prentice, b. 1829, Oundle, Northamptonshire, and d. 30 Aug 1905, Leicestershire., He married in Leicester in June 1854 and died in September 1905 in Leicester. He is probably the Thomas Prentice who was b. 1828-9, Oundle, Northumberland, who appears in the 1861 census in Leicester, St, Martin, Leicestershire,and in the 1881 Leicester Castle View, Leicester, England with his wife and family:

He m Ellen Haddon Markland, b. c. 1831, Leicestershire, and d. Mar 1910, Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Regarding Thomas' wife, Alice McCurdy's email of 21 Mar 2002 relates the following:

    "[She] was originally married to a Captain Stuart, who served in the British Army in Lucknow, India. I believe that when she returned to England as a widow, after surviving the Siege of Lucknow, she married a Prentice, and they then had George. . . . I believe that George had a brother or half brother-named Tom." (For more information about the Siege of Lucknow, see Chapter Eight, The Lucknow Campaign 1857-58 .

Although additional research is needed for confirmation, Thomas and his wife are probably the parents of some or all of the following children:

  1. John William Prentice was born 1856 in Leicester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
  2. Thomas Haddon Prentice, b. Jun 1857, Leicestershire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4]
  3. Ellen Prentice, b. Mar 1859, Leicestershire.
  4. Samuel Walter Prentice, b. Sep 1864, Leicestershire, and d. Dec 1933
  5. Louisa Mary Prentice, b. Sep 1869, Leicestershire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5]
  6. (perhaps) Isaac Prentice, b. Sep 1874 and d. Mar 1875.
  7. (perhaps) Jane Taylor Prentice, b. Sep 1878 and d. that same month.

3. John William Prentice, b. 1856 in Leicestershire, and d. 10 May 1896 in Leicestershire. He appears in the 1891 census in St . John, Leicestershire, with his wife and family.

He m. Alice Harriet Banbury. She was b. 26 Jun 1855, Leicestershire, d. 26 Jun 1935, Middlesex, England, and was the dau. of Richard Banbury and Clara Bryan. Children per 1891 census:

  1. WILLIAM HERBERT3 PRENTICE, b . Sep 1879 in Leicester, Leicestershire. He m. ANNIE HARRIMAN in Jun 1899 in Leicestershire, dau. of Thomas Harriman and Sarah Upton. She was b. c. 1877 in Fosdyke, Lincolnshire.
  2. Thomas Shirley Prentice, b. c. 1881, Leicestershire. 1891 at home. In 1911 he was a Litho and Calico Printer living at 7 Charlton Rd., Southampton. He m. Flora Tailby who was b. c. 1881, Wigston, Magna, Leicestershire. he was the dau. of James and Mary A. Tailby. They had 1 or more children, including a daughter:
    1. Marian Prentice, b. Jun 1909, Leicester.
  3. Frederick A. Prentice, b. c. 1882, Leicestershire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6]
  4. Harry Prentice, b. c. 1884, Leicestershire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [7]
  5. Helen Mabel Prentice, b. Sep 1886 in Leicestershire. She m. Geoffrey Cecil Perebrine, son of Wyrley Peregrine Birch and Caroline Julia Trollope. He was born in Dec 1884 in Cranford, Northamptonshire.

4. Thomas Haddon Prentice, b. Jun 1857, Leicestershire, England, and d. 19 May 1932, Leicester, Leicestershire. In the 1881 census Thomas Haddon Prentice was occupation was listed as Hosier; in 1891 Manager Fancy Hosiery Warehouse; in 1901 Hosiery Manufacturer; in 1911 Fancy Hosiery Manufacturer (Wool).

He married Catherine Elliott on 3 Aug 1882 in Leicester. Leicestershire, England, dau. of John Elliott and Sarah Warden. She was born on 13 Sep 1859 in Shearsby, Leicstershire. She died on 15 May 1929. Children per Jennifer Vouyoukas-Smith, 18 Sep 2011:

  1. Harold William W. Prentice, b. Mar 1886 in Leicestershire.
  2. Thomas Noel R. Prentice, b. Mar 1888 in Leicester.
  3. Dorothy Margaret Prentice, b. 30 Apr 1889 in Leicester and d. 28 Feb 1971. She m. William Appelbee Royce. He was b. 15 Jul 1884 in Leicester and d. 14 Jul 1974. Children:
    1. (son) Royce.
    2. William Barrington Royce, b. 22 Aug 1913 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, and d. 16 Nov 1979 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
  4. Kate Mary Prentice, b. c. 1893 in Leicester.
  5. Frank Douglas Prentice, b. Dec 1898 in Leicestershire. He m. Mis Kettes or Goodacre. She was b. Dec 1898 in Leicestershire.

5. Louisa Mary Prentice, b. Sep 1869, Leicestershire.

She m. Walter Hearth c. Apr 1890, Leicester, Leicestershire. He was b. Mar 1865 in Leicester, Leicestershire, and d. Dec 1910, Blaby, Leicestershire. Children per Jennifer Vouyoukas-Smith, 18 Sep 2011:

  1. Howard Heath was born in 1892 in Hosiers Warehouseman.
  2. Kathleen Heath, b. Sep 1893 in Leicester.
  3. Alison Mary Heath, b. 6 Oct 1895 in Leicestershire and d. there.
  4. Barbara Heath, b. 1903 in Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire.

6. Frederick Arthur Prentice, b. c. 1882, Leicestershire, and d. in Winchester, Hampshire Co., England. 1891 at home. In 1911 he was a Furniture Salesman living at 33 Kir4by Rd., Leicester.

He m. Beatrice Pamela Green in Jun 1910, Leicesterhire. She was the dau. of John Stevens and Pamela Tansley and was b. Dec 1883 in Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire. They had 1 or more children, including, per Jennifer Vouyoukas-Smith, email, 21 Sep 2011:

  1. Frederick G. Prentice, b. Dec 1911, Leicestershire and d. there Dec 1911.
  2. Phillip Arthur Prentice, b. 19 Mar 1913, 33 Kirby Road, Leicester, Leicestershire. He m. Doris Hilda Fuller, daughter of Wilfred Joseph Fuller and Florence Hilda Wheeler. She was born on 11 Jan 1909 in Dodner Cottage, Cement Mills, Northwood, Isle of Wight, Hampshire Co., England, and d. Dec 1979 in Basildon, Essex.
  3. John William Noel Prentice, b. 1 Jun 1915 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and d. Jan 2001 in North Dorset, Dorset Co., England. He m. Millicent Joan Tate. She was b. Dec 1915 in Hampshire County, and d. Jun 1989 in North Dorset, Dorset County..
  4. Frederick Thomas Prentice, b. 17 Mar 1921 in Southampton, Hampshire Co., and d. Mar 1986, Southampton, Hampshire County. He m. Margaret Joan Dumber who was b. in Southampton, Hampshire, Berkshire. Children per Jennifer Vouyoukas-Smith, email, 23 Sep 2011:
    1. Graham N. Prentice, b. Winchester, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight. He m. Beverley A. Meffen. She was b. n Southampton, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight.
    2. Malcolm R. Prentice, b. in Winchester, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight. He d. in Winchester.

7. Harry Prentice, b. Sep 1883, Leicestershire. 1891 at home. In 1911 he was a Commercial Traveller Chemist living at 56 Dulverton Rd., Leicester.

He m. Lillian Mason in Sep 1907, Leicestershire. She was b. c. 1882, Leicester, Formerly St. Mary, Leicestershire. They had 1 or more children, including:

  1. Dorothy Lillian Prentice, b. 1910, Leicester, Formerly St. Mary, Leicestershire.

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