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Descendants of John Marsh

Generation No. 3

3. JOSEPH³ MARSH (JONATHAN RAY², JOHN¹) was born January 03, 1862 in 38 Bow Street, Little Bolton, Lancaster County, England, and died 1936 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He married MARY ELLEN WILSON, daughter of HENRY WILSON and ELLEN HAMPSON. She was born September 01, 1863 in 20 Old Acres, Great Bolton Eastern, County of Lancaster, England, and died 1933 in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Notes for JOSEPH MARSH:
A 1935 newspaper article was run about Joseph Marsh's pet bird, Polly, which escaped a house fire. Here is the story in its entirety:

Polly, Unsinged, Broods a Mite As She Reflects on 'Close Shave'
      Except for a slight melancholia which she may shake off any time, Polly, 18-year-old sole pal of Joseph Marsh, 73, seemed like herself today after the fire at 55 Morton Court in which she was imperiled. Joseph Sylvia of 863 South Walter Street, former occupant of the house, got the parrot out unsinged and won the plaudits of firemen and spectators.
      Her green feathers radiant after a morning bath, Polly refused to be interviewed. Her septuagenarian master, recalling the fire, said that his pal "didn't know what it was all about," and that she has since been uncommunicative and depressed.
      "She talks the refined and the unrefined language," Mr. Marsh said. "But I have heard neither since, even though I did expect the latter as a natural aftermath." Inconveniences caused by the blaze have been overcome and the parrot is back in her usual sunny spot in the kitchen.
      Polly has had a pleasant and interesting life since Mr. Marsh received her from a son, Henry, in the Navy a score of years ago. Like most tars, Henry has visited foreign lands and acquired bird pets. He returned with two, give them to his father, but one soon died.
      The parrot had become so attached to home that Mr. Marsh had her trained to leave the house, to flit and flutter from one mill chimney to another, and to return promptly to meals.
      Her tastes in these later years have run to the best, Mr. Marsh said. In fact, she takes everything from soup to nuts, and if the faire is not quite to her satisfaction, she will take a few bites out of the tablecloth. Very rarely is she angry, yet there is one instance on record when she upset the dinner dishes.
      The son, Henry, donor of the bird, is now in civilian life in Boston. Another son and three daughters maintain homes elsewhere.
      Mr. Marsh came here in 1988 and for many years was a mule spinner. His last employment was in the Potomska Mills.

More About JOSEPH MARSH:
Fact 1: Moved from England to Lawrence, Mass.
Fact 2: Cotton Piecer
Fact 3: Mule Spinner
Fact 4: Last employement at Potomska Mills
Fact 5: Acushnet Cemetery, Massachusetts

More About MARY ELLEN WILSON:
Fact 1: 1885, Moved from England to U.S.
Fact 2: Acushnet Cemetery, Massachusetts
Fact 3: Lived at 8 Spring Street, Great Bolton Eastern, County of Lancaster.

Children of JOSEPH MARSH and MARY WILSON are:

4.	i.	HENRY⁴ MARSH, b. March 04, 1893, Lawrence, Massachusetts; d. February 16, 1967, Atloboro, Massachusetts.
5.	ii.	WALTER MARSH, b. May 18, 1902, New Bedford, Massachusetts; d. 1983.
	iii.	JOSEPH MARSH, JR., b. New Bedford, Massachusetts; d. Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. MURDELL.

More About JOSEPH MARSH, JR.:
Fact 1: Boston antique dealer and engineer
Fact 2: In Oak Shadows Cemetery on Main Street

6.	iv.	WILLIAM MARSH, b. August 18, 1904, Rhode Island; d. March 1986, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
7.	v.	MARY ANN MARSH, b. February 20, 1885, 8 Spring Street, Great Bolton Eastern, County of Lancaster, England; d. June 17, 1965, Bristol Nursing Home, New Bedford.
8.	vi.	SNOWIE ELLEN MARSH, b. October 28, 1890, Methuen, Massachusetts; d. February 1985, St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
9.	vii.	CHRISTIE HANNAH MARSH, b. February 04, 1896, New Bedford, Massachusetts; d. May 01, 1985, New Bedford, Massachusetts.

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