Birth: 17 October 1857 Deptford, Kent, UK
Father: Thomas Parslow Dancey 1833-1857
Mother: Emma Jewell King 1833-1904
Christening: 21 February 1858 St Philip and St Jacob, Bristol, UK
Marriage: 25 December 1877 Holy Trinity, St Philip, Bristol, UK
Wife: Sarah Ann Harris 1858-1934
Death: July-September 1928 Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales, UK
Henry James Thomas Dancey 1880-1958
Edith Mary Dancey 1882-1885
Katie (Kate) Frances Dancey [Spargo] 1885-1936
Frederick Charles Dancey 1887-1959
Beatrice Dancey [Neete] 1888-1966
Florence Marion Dancey [Heavers] 1890-1979
Emma Dancey 1892-1914
Alfred Harris Dancey 1893-1963
Sarah Dancey [Prosser] 1895-1975
Tom Parsloe Dancey 1897-1902
Edith Genevera (Jenevera, Jenevia) Dancey [Oliver] 1900-1981
Birth of Thomas James Dancey in FreeBMD in October-December 1857 in Greenwich (1D 541).
His father died on 23 November 1857 in Deptford, Kent.
Entry in Ancestry Bristol, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1720-1933 for Thomas James Dancey baptised 21 February 1858 at Bristol, St Philip and Jacob, parents Thomas Parslow and Emma Dancey.
Entry in Ancestry Bristol, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1922 for Thomas James Dancey born 17 October 1858 (sic) baptised 21 February 1858 at St Philip and St Jacob, parents Thomas Parslow and Emma Dancey. "Page 59 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Sts Philip & Jacob in the County of Bristol in the Year 1858 [...] 1858 Feby 21 No. 467 Thomas James born 17 October 1857 [parents] Thomas Parslow [in the] Navy [and] Emma Dancey [of] Pafsage St."
In the 1861 census as Thomas J Dancy (sic - on the original) aged 3, born in Deptford, London, and living with his widowed mother (Emma) at Merchants Court, 2 Tabernacle Row, Bristol St Paul. John Jewell (step grandfather?), Harriet Jewell (grandmother?) and Mary A Jewell (aunt?) were living separately at the same address.
In the 1871 census as Thomas Dancy aged 43 (sic - in the index, 13 on the original), born in Deptford Kent, and living with John Jewell (step) grandfather), grandmother (Harriet Jewell), and widowed mother (Emma) at 13 Kenilworth Terrace, St Philip and St Jacob, Bristol.
Marriage of Thomas James P Dancey and Sarah Ann Harris in FreeBMD in October-December 1877 in Barton R (6A 279).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1988 for Thomas James Parslow Dancey aged 21, father Thomas Parslow Dancey, and Sarah Ann Harris on 25 December 1877 in Bristol.
Entry in Ancestry Bristol, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1720-1933 for the marriage of Thomas James Parslow Dancey, single, father Thomas Parslow Dancey, and Sarah Ann Harris on 25 December 1877 at Bristol, Holy Trinity St Philip.
Entry in Ancestry Bristol, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938 for Thomas James Parslow Dancey aged 21, father Thomas Parslone (sic) Dancey, and Sarah Ann Harris on 25 December 1877 at St Philip, Clifton. "Page 159 [...] 1877 Marriage solemnized at the parish church in the parish of Holy Trinity in the City of Bristol [No.] 318 December 25th 1877 Thomas James Parslow Dancey [aged] 21 [a] Bachelor [and] Cutter [of] Kenilworth Terrace [father] Thomas Parslow Dancey (deceased) [a] Ship Carpenter, [and] Sarah Ann Harris [aged] 20 [a] Spinster [and] Saleswoman [of] Oxford Street [father] James Harris (deceased) [an] Inn Keeper. Married in the parish church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established CHurch after Banns [...] in the Presence of Henry Mundy, Kate Harris [and] Emma Mundy." This church is located at Trinity Road / Clarence Road, BS2 0NW, and no longer consecrated. I think the Clifton reference is wrong.
His son was born on 4 June 1880 and baptised on 29 August 1880 at St Philip and St Jacob, Bristol when he was a Cutter living at 16 Regent Terrace.
In the 1881 census as Thomas J Dancey aged 23, born in Dartford, Kent, a clicker, and living with his wife (Sarah A) and son (Harry J) at 16 Regent TerraceSt Philip and Jacob Out, Bristol.
His daughter was registered in October-December 1882 and baptised on 19 September 1888 at St Philip
His daughter was baptised on 31 May 1885 at Holy Trinity, St Philip, Clifton when he was a boot maker living at 4 1/2 Old Market Street.
His son was born on 8 June 1887 and his daughter registered in July-September 1888 in Barton Regis, and both were baptised on 19 September 1888 at Holy Trinity, St Philip, Clifton when he was a boot-top Cutter living at 13 Kenilwoth Terrace.
His daughter was registered in October-December 1890 in Barton Regis.
In the 1891 census as Thomas J Dancey aged 33, born in Deptford, Kent, secretary of the Seamans Union,and living with his wife (Sarah Ann), two sons (Frederick C and Henry J) and three daughters (Beatrice, Florence M and Kate F) at 13 Kenilworth Terrace, St Philip, St Philip and St Jacob, Bristol.
His daughter was registered in July-September 1892 in Barton Regis.
In the 1901 census as Thomas Jas Dancey aged 43, born in Deptford, London, and living with his wife (Sarah Ann), three sons (Alfred Harris, Fredk Chas and Tom Paralee) and five daughters (Beatrice, Edith J, Emma, Florence M and Sarah) in four rooms at 31 Layard Street, Roath, Glamorgan.
In the 1911 census as Thomas J Dancey aged 54, born in Deptford, Kent, an erector at steel works, and living with his wife (Sarah A), son (Alfred) and five daughters (Beatrice, Edith, Emily, Kate F and Sarah) in five rooms at 11 Cornelia St Cardiff, Glamorgan.
In the 1921 census as Thomas James Dancey born in Deptford, Kent in 1857 and living with Sarah Ann Dancey (wife?), Edith and Emena Dancey (daughters?), Bernard Dancey (grandson?), Gladys May Dancey (granddaughter?), Sarah Prosser (daughter?) and Arthur Ernest Thomas Prosser (grandson?) in Cardiff, Glamorganshire.
Death of Thomas Dancey in FreeBMD in July-September 1928 aged 71 in Cardiff (11A 286).
Thomas James Parslow Dancey was the father of Frederick Charles Dancey, husband of Florence Lilian Heavers, and of Florence Marion Dancey, wife of Thomas James Heavers, both my first cousins once removed.
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