Henry Pleasants (1819 - 1904)

Born 1819 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Harriet (Coker) Pleasants — married 1851 in Cosford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Died 1904 at about age 85 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Henry Pleasants was born in Suffolk, England.

Henry Pleasance was baptised on 9 September 1819 in Suffolk, Suffolk, England. He was the son of Ambrose Pleasants Mary Unknown.^[1]

He was living with his parents and siblings at Sudbury Road, Lavenham, Suffolk, England in 1841^[2]

He was living with a housekeeper Harriet Coker still at Sudbury Road, Lavenham, Suffolk, England and he was working as a assistant game keeper in 1851^[3]

He married Harriet Coker in 1851 in Cosford, Suffolk, England^[4]

He was living with his wife and children at Bridge Street, Long Melford, Suffolk, England and he was working as a agricultural labourer in 1861^[5]

He was still livig with his wife and children in Melford, Suffolk, England and he was working as a labourer in 1871^[6]

He was still living with his wife and children at BRidge Street, Long Melford, Suffolk, England and he was still working as a agricultural labourer in 1881^[7]

He was living with his wife and grand daughter May Pleasant at Bridge Street, Long Melford, Suffolk, England and he was working as a agricultural labourer in 1891^[8]

He was widowed and he passed away in 1904^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of son Henry Pleasance: "England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980"
   Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition
   Ancestry Record 1351 #152081469 (accessed 21 July 2023)
   Ambrose Pleasance's son Henry Pleasance baptism on 9 Sep 1819 in Suffolk, Suffolk, England. Henry's mother was Mary (late Rogers).
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M734-3XS : 25 May 2019), Henrey Pleasant in household of Ambrose Pleasant, Lavenham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGRP-CTJ : 12 September 2019), Henry Plesents, Lavenham, Suffolk, England; citing Lavenham, Suffolk, England, p. 33, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2D3F-TBB : 13 December 2014), Henry Pleasance, 1851; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1851, quarter 2, vol. 12, p. 465, Cosford, Suffolk, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7CT-6SC : 24 October 2019), Henry Pleasant, Long Melford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFNQ-2P9 : 28 September 2019), Henry Pleasants, 1871.
7. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27D-VVNZ : 12 December 2017), Henery Pleasants, Long Melford, Suffolk, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 12, Piece/Folio 1830/27, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,693.
8. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4NN5-Q2M : 3 May 2019), Henry Pleasant, Long Melford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Suffolk county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
9. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NRV-PC9 : 31 December 2014), Henry Pleasants, 1904; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Sudbury, Suffolk, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.