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Born: 6 Nov 1838
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Marriage: 1871 Susannah Cockrell
Notes:
From Joseph's birth certificate, his father was Robert Pleasants, a brushmaker then living in
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, his mother was Susan (nee Elmer), and he was born on the
"Sixth of November 1838 ¼ before 12 P.M."
(information supplied by Peter Pleasants)
Pleasants Name:
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Wife / Children:
Susannah Cockrell (1837-1923)
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1. From a suburb of the city of Edinburgh, called "The Pleasants,"
where anciently was a priory of nuns, which was dedicated to St. Mary of Placentia,
of which the name "Pleasants" is a corruption.
2. From Old French 'Plaisant' meaning aggreable. Apart from Pleasants spelling variations include:
Pleasance, Pleesance, Pleasant, Plessant, Plesant, Plessance, Plessence, Plesance,
Plessants, Plaisance, Plaisants, Plaissance.
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