John PRATLEY 1839 - 1904

Summary

Parents

Dates

  • Born: 26 Apr 1839, Hailey, Oxfordshire, England
  • Baptised: 19 May 1839, Leafield, Oxfordshire, England
  • Died: 21 Jul 1904, Crawley, Oxfordshire, England
  • Buried: 25 Jul 1904, Hailey, Oxfordshire, England

Partnerships

Sources

Parish Register Baptisms

19/05/1839 Leafield, Oxfordshire, England John PRATLEY Thomas Mary Anne Hailey Lab  


1841 UK Census

Hailey, Oxfordshire, England
White Oak Green (HO107/872/34 42/15)
Thomas PRATLEY 30   Ag lab y
Maryann PRATLEY   20   y
Geo. PRATLEY 6     y
Elizabeth PRATLEY   4   y
John PRATLEY 2     y


1851 UK Census

Hailey, Oxfordshire, England
White Oak Green (HO107/1731 543/13)
Thomas PRATLEY Head Mar 42 Ag lab Hailey  
Mary A. PRATLEY Wife Mar 35   "  
George PRATLEY Son Unm 16 " "  
John PRATLEY Son Unm 11 Scholar "  
Daniel PRATLEY Son   9 " "  
Sarah E. PRATLEY Dau   6 " "  
Dinah PRATLEY Dau   4   "  
Charles PRATLEY Son   1   "  


1861 UK Census

Hougham, Kent, England
Drop Redoubt Heights Western & South Lines Barracks (RG9/0550 025/43)
John PRATLEY   Unm 26 Gunner Royal Artillery Oxfordshire Witney  


GRO Marriage Index

3Q 1867 PRATLEY John Rhayader   blank


1871 UK Census

Abbeycwmhir, Radnorshire, Wales
Wenalth Cottage (RG10/5599 024/03)
John PRATLEY Head Mar 39[7?] Labourer Oxford, Hailey  
Mary PRATLEY Wife Mar 35   Radnor, Abbey-Cwm-Hir  
Mary A. PRATLEY Dau   3   " " " "  
William G. PRATLEY Son   5mo   " " " "  
Edward DAVIS StpSn   9   " " " "  
Thomas DAVIS StpSn   6   " " " "  


1881 UK Census

Abbeycwmhir, Radnorshire, Wales
Wenalth Cottage (RG11/5475 006/05)
John PRATLEY Head Mar 41 Ag lab Oxon, Hailey  
Mary PRATLEY Wife Mar 45   Radnorshire, Abbey Cwm Hir  
Mary A. PRATLEY Dau   13 Scholar Glamorgan, Llanarm  
Sarah J. PRATLEY Dau   7 " Radnorshire, Abbey Cwm Hir  
Lucy E. PRATLEY Dau   4 Scholar " " " "  


1891 UK Census

Crawley, Oxfordshire, England
New Found Out (RG12/1176 025/07)
Mary A. PRATLEY Head Wid 75 Farm Laborer Employed Hailey  
John PRATLEY Son Wid 50 Market Gardener " "  
Louisa PRATLEY GDau Sin 10 Scholar   "  


Newspaper Articles

Witney Gazette
21 Nov 1891 [p.1, col.b]

FINE UNDERWOOD,

___________

WHITE OAK GREEN, Hailey, Oxon.

___________

TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION BY

MR. WILLIAM SEELY,

At the "Bird in Hand" Inn, White Oak

Green, Hailey, Oxon, on Friday the 27th

November, 1891, at 12 o'clock at Noon,

10 Acres of Excellent

UNDERWOOD

Standing and growing in St. John's Wood,

otherwise known as Singe Wood, in the

Hamlet of Hailey, in the Parish of Witney,

in the County of Oxford, under the usual

conditions.

Catalogues and further particulars can be

had of Mr. John Pratley, of White Oak

Green, near the wood, who will show the lots,

or at the offices of the Auctioneer, West End,

Witney.

John PRATLEY


GRO Marriage Index

1Q 1895 PRATLEY John Headington   blank


Newspaper Articles

Oxford Times
16 Feb 1895 [p.1, col.a]

MARRIAGES.

Pratley-Woolford.- February 13, at the Congregational Church, Cowley-road, Oxford, by the Rev. F. Collyer, John Pratley, to Charlotte, widow of the late George Woolford, of Eynsham.

John PRATLEY, Charlotte WOOLFORD


1901 UK Census

Crawley, Oxfordshire, England
Chase Wood Nursery (RG13/1395 026/07)
Mary Ann PRATLEY Head Wid 85 Living on own means   White Oak Green Hailey  
John PRATLEY Son Mar 61 Florist Market Gardener at home Do  
Charlotte PRATLEY D-i-L Mar 55     Eynsham Oxon  


GRO Death Index

3Q 1904 PRATLEY John Witney 65  


NPR Will Index

PRATLEY John Pratley John of Chase Woods-nursery Crawley Oxfordshire gardener and florist died 21/07/1904 Probate Oxford 06/12/1904 to John Harris farmer. Effects £265 7s 0d.  
Full Will:

I, John Pratley gardener and florist now residing at Chase Woods Nursery in the parish of Crawley in the County of Oxfordshire hereby revoke all Wills heretofore made by me and do declare this to be my last Will and Testament Whereof I appoint John Towersey Green Schoolmaster of the Parish of Hailey in the County of Oxfordshire and John Harris farmer of the Parish of Hailey in the County of Oxfordshire to be my Executors I direct my Executors to pay all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses after that has been done I give and bequeath to my Wife Charlotte Pratley now residing at Chase Woods Nursery in the Parish of Crawley in the County of Oxfordshire all my household goods for her sole use and benefit I also give and bequeath to my Wife Charlotte Pratley for her use and benefit for her life only all the Cottage property I now hold or may acquire whether property or properties The properties I now hold which are for her use and benefit for life only are situate at Delly Hill in the Parish of Hailey in the County of Oxfordshire and consist of Three Cottages with appurtenances thereto and let to James Buckingham Stonemason, Lewis Jennings Stonemason, and Thomas Bolton retired labourer After my Wife Charlotte Pratley is dead I direct my Executors to sell the above Cottages and divide the proceeds of the sale equally among my Three Daughters Mary Ann Pratley Sarah Jane Pratley and Lucy Emily Pratley should either or all of my Daughters marry in the event of their decease their lawful children to take equally their mothers respective shares Should either of my Daughters predecease one another without marrying the surviving Daughter or Daughters are to share equally Should only one survive and there being no lawful issue form either of the other Daughters she is to have possession of the aforesaid Cottages which need not be sold I also give and bequeath To my Wife Charlotte Pratley all monies I possess or what is due to me or standing to my Credit at all banking accounts with the exception of Six pounds which I direct my Executors to pay after my death as follows To my Daughter Mary Ann Pratley Two pounds To my Daughter Sarah Jane Pratley Two pounds To my Daughter Lucy Emily Pratley Two pounds Should my Wife Charlotte Pratley remarry I direct my Executors to take immediate possession of the above property and proceed with the sale and to give each of my Daughters their respective shares as in the case of my Wife's death Witness my hand this 25th day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and ninety six.

Signed by the Testator in our joint presence and signed by us at} John Pratley.
his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other.-}
Witnesses.William Dyer
 William Jordan
 (6 folios)
 On the Sixth day of December 1904. Probate of this Will was
 granted at Oxford to John Harris one of the Executors.
 It is hereby certified that the foregoing is a correct copy.
 Dated this Fifteenth day of December 1904.


Parish Register Burials

25/07/1904 Hailey, Oxfordshire, England John PRATLEY Chasewoods Nurseries 65


Newspaper Articles

Oxfordshire Weekly News
03 Aug 1904 [p.1, col.f]

DEATHS.

Pratley.- July 21, at Chase Wood Nursery, White Oak Green, Witney, John Pratley, aged 65 years.

John PRATLEY