PARSONS, GERTRUDE (4 dau. of John Hext of Trenarran, Cornwall,
captain in 22 foot, _d._ 30 June 1838). _b._ Restormel near
Lostwithiel, Cornwall 19 March 1812; joined church of Rome 1844;
_m._ 8 April 1845 Daniel Parsons 1811–87; edited The Workman,
or life and leisure: a magazine, 25 numbers 7 Jany. to 24 June
1865, and its continuation The literary workman 29 July to 30
Dec. 1865; author of Thornberry abbey, a tale of the established
church 1846; The life of St. Ignatius of Loyola 1860; The
romance of Cleaveside, 3 vols. 1867; Ursula’s love story, 3
vols. 1869; Sun and shade, 3 vols. 1871; Beautiful Edith, 3
vols. 1873; Major Vandermere, 3 vols. 1876; The life of Saint
Colette, the reformer of the three orders of St. Francis 1879;
Love knots, 3 vols. 1881; Thomas Rileton, his family and friends