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Personal Details of Emma Sarah Parr

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Buried:	21/07/1898

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

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Only three of the five burial register books still exist as far as we know and these are held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.

Memorial Details

	From top of headstone: In Loving memory of/ Emma Sarah/ the beloved wife of/ Stephen Richard Parr/ who fell asleep July 17th1898/ aged 60 years and 11 months. (Verse unreadable) Also of/ Stephen Richard Parr/ the beloved husband of the above/ who passed peacefully away/ June 26 1920 aged 69 years.

Name on Memorial	Emma Sarah Parr
Date of death	17/07/1898
Age	60
Gender	Female

Memorial Type	Headstone and footstone
Construction Material	Concrete with textured face and engraved letters
Condition of memorial	Poor. Script almost unreadable
Pattison Location Code	C89
Recorder's Notes	Footstone unreadable It is probable that Ellen Parr Stephen's 2nd wife is also in the same grave with her husband. She died 3 years after him and quite often the last in is not mentioned on the memorial
Others named on memorial
Stephen Richard Parr
Ellen (not shown) Parr (not shown)

Cemetery accounts

This information is taken from the accounts ledgers of the Newbury Cemetery Company that originally ran and maintained the cemetery.
The Ledgers are held at the Berkshire Records Office.

Name at death	Emma Sarah Parr
Date of burial	21/07/1898
Whence brought	Crookham
Where & how buried	Consecrated Private Grave
By whom buried	Reverend Pierce
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 102
Transcription comments	On FBMD

Accounts Entry for Emma Sarah Parr
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

DEATHS Emma Sarah Parr

Source:	Berkshire Chronicle
Article date:	23/07/1898
Copyright:
Transciption:	Berkshire Chronicle Date: 23 July 1898 PARR — July 17, at Crookham, almost suddenly, Emma Sarah, beloved wife of F.R. Parr, late of Westcombe-villas, Crookham. (typed as printed).
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

The articles below contain information about Emma Sarah Parr.

Emma Sarah Parr

Emma Sarah Parr
She was born c. 1838 in Greenham. No reliable record of her early life except her surname was Pocock. She married Stephen Richard Parr on 25 December 1876 in Thatcham. She was his first wife and she died on 17 July 1898 aged 60 years in Crookham. She was buried on 21 July 1898.
Sources: 1881 and 1891 Census: Death Index 3Q 1898;

Berkshire Chronicle 23/7/1898.

Mrs. P. Code C89

page 191 Obituaries and Newspaper Announcements Article Source: Berkshire Chronicle
Date: 23 July 1898 PARR — July 17, at Crookham, almost suddenly, Emma Sarah, beloved wife of F.R. Parr, late of Westcombe-villas, Crookham. (typed as printed).

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