Personal Details of Robert Parr
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| Buried: | 29/04/1859 |
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Cemetery accounts
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| Name at death | Richard Parr |
| Date of burial | 29/04/1859 |
| Whence brought | Newbury |
| Where & how buried | Consecrated Ground - Common Interment |
| By whom buried | Rev'd. W.F. Norris |
| Account Entry | Book 1 - Page 46 |
| Transcription comments | Robert Parr buried 29th April 1859 has been mistakenly recorded as Richard Parr in the cemetery account books |
Accounts Entry for Robert Parr
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Reproduced with kind permission
Accounts Entry for Robert Parr
Biographical Information
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Robert Parr c1774-1859
Robert Parr
c1774-1859
Robert was a Carpenter. He was baptised on the 5th June 1774, in Bucklebury, Berkshire, the son of James and Elizabeth Parr (nee Drewatt) who were married on the 13th December 1760, in Bucklebury.
Robert’s siblings were (all baptised in Bucklebury):
Elizabeth, 31st May 1762
Lucy, 23rd March 1764
James, 25th December 1766
Sarah, 29th October 1769
Thomas, 14th June 1772
John 25th April 1777
Abraham, 30th July 1781
Charlotte, 20th September 1795
Robert married Mary Woods on the 2nd August 1808, at St Nicolas, Newbury (both were single)
(Mary was born c1785, in Berkshire)
They had the following children baptised at St Nicolas, Newbury, except Mary Ann:
Mary Ann, 6th August 1809 in London (born 8th July)
Eliza, 4th August 1811 (born 8th July)
Harriet, 27th June 1813
William, 15th October 1815
George, 27th July 1817
Charles, 4th July 1819
Ellen Amelia, 26th September 1824
In 1815 Robert Parr (37), a Carpenter, Mary (27), Mary Ann (5), Eliza (4), Harriet (2) and James Withers (19), an Apprentice, were recorded living in Lovidge’s Yard, of the east side of Northbrook Street, Newbury. Also recorded in the household was a Sarah Parr (12)
The 1841 census records Robert (65) and Mary (55), living in Northbrook Street, Newbury.
Robert was widowed in 1844. Mary died aged 59, she was buried on the 11th December at St Nicolas, Newbury.
The 1851 census records Robert (77) as a Master Carpenter, living in Marcha Yard, Newbury, with a lodger, Elizabeth Bird (68).
Robert died aged 85, in 1859, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road cemetery on the 29th April.
(The cemetery company accounts ledger has mistakenly recorded him as Richard Parr.)
Author: ganbles
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