Mansfield Family

Early History of the Mansfield Family
Robert Mansfield 
Born 13 December 1672, Western Colville, Cambridge, England. Married Ann Simon on 5 September 1694, West Wratting, Cambridge, England. One child from that union – William Mansfield. Robert Mansfield died (date and place).

William Mansfield
The only child of Robert Mansfield and Ann Simon. Born 13 February 1688, Western Colville, Cambridge, England. Married Hannah Bridge on 31 December 1719, Western Colville, Cambridge, England. One child from that union – William Mansfield. William Mansfield Senior died (date and place).

William Mansfield
The only child of William Mansfield and Hannah Bridge. Born 26 October 1720, Western Colville, Cambridge, England. Married Annis Jacob on 12 May 1751 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England. Three children from that union (below). Died 31 December 1802 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England.
1. Mary Mansfield, born 30 June 1751 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England. Died (date, place).
2. Marsey Mansfield, born 29 December 1754 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England. Died (date, place).
3. John Mansfield, born 26 February 1758 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England. Died (date, place).

John Mansfield
The third child of William Mansfield and Annis Jacob. Born 26 February 1758 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England. Married Mary Bisco on 20 March 1783 in Barley, Herts, England. Children from that union (below). John Mansfield died (date, place).

1. Elizabeth Mansfield, born 6 November 1785 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England. Died (date, place).
2. Mary Mansfield, born 8 July 1787 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England. Died 20 February 1809 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England.
3. Sarah Mansfield, born 12 July 1789 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England. Died (date, place).
4. Susannah Mansfield, born 22 April 1791 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England. Died (date, place).
5. Ann Mansfield, born 7 July 1793 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England. Died 31 May 1813 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England.
6. Amey Mansfield, born 6 September 1795 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England. Died (date, place).
7. Thomas Mansfield, born 6 August 1797 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England. Died (date, place).
8. William Mansfield, born 5 October 1800 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England. Died (date, place).
9. James Mansfield, born 3 October 1802 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England. Died 13 June 1827 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England.
10. Kitty Mansfield, born 30 March 1804 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England. Married (name not known, date, place). Died (date, place).
11. John B. Mansfield, born 19 November 1805 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England. Married Maria Barrett on 25 November 1825 in St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch, London, England. One child from that union – James. John B. Mansfield died (date) in India.
12. Jane Mansfield, born 6 March 1808 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England. Died (date, place).
13. Nathaniel Mansfield, born 24 September 1809 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England. Died 26 September 1809 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England.

John B. Mansfield
The eleventh child of John Mansfield and Mary Bisco. Born 19 November 1805 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, England. Married Maria Barrett on 25 November 1825 in St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch, London, England. One child from that union – James. John B. Mansfield died (date) in India.

James Mansfield
Born 1 August 1830, Bangalore India. Served in the 2nd Battalion Artillery and was stationed in Burma, and then in Pallavaram, which was a military station then. Married Anne Blazey (born 18 November 1844 in Moulmein, Burma) on 1 June 1859 at Tonghoos, Burma. Seven children from that union (below). James Mansfield (senior) died 23 May 1901 in Pallavaram, India.

1. Ann M. Mansfield, born 13 October 1861 (place). Died (date, place).
2. Sarah Mansfield, born 14 September 1864 (place). Died (date, place).
3. Elizabeth Mansfield, born 22 July 1866 in Pallavaram, India. Died 4 March 1881 in Pallavaram, India.
4. John R. Mansfield, born 14 November 1867 in Pallavaram, India. Died 28 March 1870 in Pallavaram, India.
5. Alice M. Mansfield, born 25 October 1872 in Pallavaram, India. Died 21 December 1931 in Pallavaram, India.
6. Sophia G. Mansfield, born 30 August 1876 in Pallavaram, India. Died 23 May 1878 in Pallavaram, India.
7. James W. Mansfield, born 27 June 1879 in Pallavaram, India. Married Elizabeth A. Gibbons on 31 May 1901 in Madras, India. That union produced eight children. Died 17 February 1953 in Pallavaram, India.

James William Mansfield
big daddy mansfieldThe seventh child of James Mansfield and Anne Blazey. Born 27 June 1879 in Pallavaram, India. Madras Police Inspector, served in 2nd Battalion Artillery stationed in Burma, and then in military station in Pallavaram. Married Elizabeth A. Gibbons (born 15 July 1879) in Madras, India. This union produced eight children (below). Died 17 February 1953 in Pallavaram, India.

 

blanche mansfield   Blance Alice Mansfield (mother of Elizabeth Bird), born 29 April 1902, Pallavaram, India. Married  Alfred Samuel Baker (b 1903 Secunderabad, India). Died 19 January 1939 at Ootacamund, India (buried in St. Thomas cemetery).
no image   Elizabeth Beatrice Anne Mansfield born 10 September 1904 at Pallavaram, India. Married Percival Webb, first cousin. Died 1 July 1988 at Pallavaram, India.
   May Edna Mansfield, born 11 November 1906, Negapatam, India. Married Samuel Eric Macdonald. Died 14 March 1966 at Pallavaram India.
no image   Lancelot Frederick James Mansfield, (Uncle Bob), born 19 August 1909. Died 29 April 1998 in Pallavaram, India.
no image    Phyllis Maude Mansfield, born 17 May 1911 (94 years old).
sydney mansfield    Sydney Arthur Mansfield, born 10 January 1914 at Villapuram, India. Died 5 October 1963 in Pallavaram, India.
gurrah    Harold William Mansfield, born 19 September 1915. Married Beulah Marion Joseph. Died 11 February 1991 in England.
reg mansfield    Reginald Mansfield, born 9 April 1917. Died 17 May 2003 in England.

Lancelot Frederick James Mansfield (Uncle Bob) 

The fourth child of James William Mansfield and Elizabeth A. Gibbons. Born 19 August 1909, India. Married Avis C. Dall on 30 January 1936 in Yercaud, India. Five children from that union (below). Died 29 April 1998 in Pallavaram, India.

  Holly C. Mansfield, born 24 December 1936 in Madras, India. Married Humayun MD Ebrahim on 11 May 1960 in Madras, India. Three children from that union (below). Died 9 September 2000 in Pallavaram, India.

Sanouba MD Ebrahim, born 6 April 1961 in Madras, India.
Nasreen MD Ebrahim, born 19 September 1962 in Madras, India.
Akbar MD Ebrahim, born 14 December 1963 in Madras, India.

no image   Blanche K. Mansfield, born 23 May 1939 in Pallavaram, India. Married Lou Faries on 11 June 1959 in Madras, India. Three children from that union (below).

Sandra D. Faries, born 25 July 1960 in Pallavaram, India.
Gary A. Faries, born 15 October 1963 in Madras, India.
Karen M. Faries, born 1 May 1971 in Madras, India.

no image   Robin J. Mansfield, born 15 December 1941 in Yercaud, India. Married Diana F. Ingram on 16 February 1974 in Pallavaram, India. Three children from that union (below).

Richard J. Mansfield, born 21 January 1975 in Pallavaram, India.
Thanya I. Mansfield, born 17 October 1976 in Pallavaram, India.
Simone M. Mansfield, born 12 March 1978 in Pallavaram, India.

  Brian A. Mansfield, born 5 September 1945 in Pallavaram, India. Married Julie Platt on 30 March 1974 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Three children from that union (below). Died 5 November 1983 in Perth, Western Australia.

Sarah Mansfield, born 5 July 1975, in Albury Wodonga, Victoria, Australia.
Jessica Mansfield, born 19 February 1977, in Port Hedland, Western Australia.
Jeremy Mansfield, born 22 April 1978, in Port Hedland, Western Australia.

  Oswald B. Mansfield, born 23 January 1947 in Tiruppur, India. Married Kathleen Middleton on 3 January 1969 in Madras, India. Three children from that union (below).

Bradley S. Mansfield, born 29 March 1970 in Perth, Western Australia.
Roger D. Mansfield, born 19 February 1972 in Perth, Western Australia.
Astral T. Mansfield, born 23 June 1977 in Perth, Western Australia.

Mansfield – James William and Elizabeth Beatrice

By Betty Bird (31 August 2013)

My mother, Blanche Anderson died on 19th January 1939, at the age of 36 years,  after an appendixitus operation, which affected her heart, resulting in heart failure and death.  My step-father, Samuel Anderson, had two young children from his marriage to Blanche, Roxan and Samuel James, Jnr, and consequently  felt that he could not accept responsibility for my sister and myself, Dolly and Betty Baker, the children of my mother’s first marriage.  If it were not for our grandparents, James and Elizabeth Mansfield, my sister and myself would have found ourselves in an orphanage.  My grandparents were wonderful, they took us on and looked after us  until we had completed our schooling and were able to go further into education which enabled us to start working and contribute to the family purse.

We lived in Pallavaram, 11 miles from Madras the chief city of South India.  We finished our schooling at the Stanes’ Girls High School, Coonoor, in the hill district of South India.  Dolly (Lilian), went on to do secretarial training which enabled her to get a job, and I, a year or two later, went to Queen Mary’s College and did two years of a BA degree, but decided to quit and start earning, as  my old grandparents were finding it financially difficult.

One must remember, that my grandfather had retired from the Police Dept, and was on a pension, which had to cover all areas.  He had a lovely house which in later years became the family meeting place, regardless of who was alive and dead.  I have much reason to be grateful to my grandparents, who did not hesitate to take over their eldest daughter’s older children after she died.  They gave us a comfortable home and lots of  love.  We had a magic adolescence with the Second World War just being over, and lots of opportunities arising  with regard to job opportunities,social contact and, not least of all, the chance of meeting our future partners.

I feel that it is most important that  that my gratitude should be openly expressed.

They had a very large part to play in Pallavaram, which is the Village in India we are writing about.  Both were very sociable, having positions in the Church and Club,  the Pallavaram Recreation Club, and in other areas where their usefulness was invaluable.  They were  the very essence of the Village in India.  My grandfather died in 1953, and my grandmother in 1964.  My husband, Rex Bird, and I with our children, Kenneth, Andrea and Milton, left for Australia in February 1963, and were followed by a lot of relatives and friends, to have in our minds a Village in Australia.