Unnamed Parr

1881-1881

This stillborn child’s parents were John and Harriett Parr.

The child’s family:

Father: John was baptised on the 3^rd August 1834, at St Mary, Greenham, Berkshire, the son of Richard and Martha Parr (nee Giles) who were married on the 26^th July 1826, at S Mary, Greenham, Berkshire.

Mother: Harriett was born c1837, in Greenham, Berkshire, the daughter of William Thomas and Sarah Corderoy (nee Parr). who were married on the 14^th August 1836, at St Mary, Greenham.

The parents were married on the 28^th August 1858, at All Saints, Poplar, Middlesex.

Siblings:

Martha Jane born 1858 in Bromley

William James born 1860 in Bromley

Sarah Ann born 1863 in Poplar

Harriet Maria born 1865 in Poplar

Thomas born 1867 in Poplar

John born 1869 in Poplar

Ann born 1874 in Newbury (aka Annie)

Charlotte born 1876 in Newbury

Elizabeth Clara born 1879 in Newbury

Family life:

In 1861 John (24) was working as an Excavator, he was living in David Street, Bromley, Middlesex, with Harriett (22), Martha Jane (2) and William James (4 months).

The 1871 census records John (36), as a Bricklayer’s Labourer, living at 317 St Leonard’s Road, Bromley, with Harriett (34), their children, William (10), Sarah Ann (8), Harriett (6), Thomas (4), John (2) and John’s uncle, Thomas Parr (46), a Bricklayer (surname recorded as Larr on ancestry)

In 1881 John (44), a Labourer, Harriett (44) and their children, Thomas (14), an Errand Boy, John (12), Ann (6), Charlotte (4) and Elizabeth (2), were living at 1 Balfour Court, Newbury, Berkshire.

The 1891 census records John (56) as an Innkeeper at “The Steamer” Cheap Street, Newbury with Harriett (53) and their children, Thomas (23), a Bricklayer, Ann (16), Charlotte (14), Elizabeth (12) and eleven lodgers.

Mum Harriett died aged 56, in 1894, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 19^th November.

Dad after mum’s death:

The 1901 census records John (61) as a General Labourer, living at 2 Exchange Road, Newbury, with his daughters Elizabeth (23) and Charlotte (24).

In 1911 John (76) was working as a Labourer (Water Works), he was living at 2 Derby Cottages, King’s Road, Newbury with his daughter Bessie (32) (Elizabeth) and his niece, Martha Jane Head (17). His son-in-law Albert Veale (43), a Gas Works Labourer, his daughter Charlotte Veale (34) and his granddaughter Jeanette Charlotte Veale (3) were also living at the same address but recorded separately.

In 1921 John was living in Newbury with his daughters Elizabeth Parr, Charlotte Veale (now a widow) and his granddaughters Charlotte Janetta Veale and Winifred Harriet Veale.

Dad John died on the 15^th March 1922 (age at death recorded as 82), he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 23^rd March with his son-in-law Albert Henry Veale (buried 1912). At the time of his death, he was living in Greenham Mills, Newbury.

His daughter Charlotte Veale was also buried with John and her husband Albert in 1946.

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