18 Aug 2023                   
                Wife: Ellen Thompson    
                Born: 13 Dec 1868          in Suffolk  1,2 (see note 1)
              Census: 1911                 in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire   (see note 2)
             Resided: 1939                 in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire  2
              Father:
              Mother:
             Husband: James William Parr     
       Also known as: William Parr 3
             Married: 1891                 in Suffolk  1 (see note 3)
                Born:  6 Aug 1871          in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire  4,2 (see note 4)
              Census: 1881                 in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire   (see note 5)
              Census: 1891                 in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire   (see note 6)
          Occupation: 1891 - 1911          Ag Lab  
              Census: 1911                 in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire   (see note 7)
             Resided: 1939                 in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire  2
              Father: Joseph Parr   (1842 -     ) 
              Mother: Eliza Webb   (1845 -     ) 
           M Child 1: Ernest Parr      
                Born: 17 Mar 1906          in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire  1,2 (see note 8)
              Census: 1911                 in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire   (see note 9)
             Resided: 1939                 in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire  2
          Occupation: 1939                 Farm Labourer  2
             Resided: 1957 - 1958          at 18 Grantchester Road, Trumpington  5
             Resided: 1959 - 1961          at 49 Paget Road, Trumpington  5
              Member: 1959                 Trumpington Allotment Society  6
             Resided: 1962 - 1970          at 53 Paget Road, Trumpington  5
                Died: 1974                 in Cambridge  7 (see note 10)
                Wife: Annie Emily Downing  b. 5 Dec 1914  d. 1998  
             Married: 1936                 in Cambridge  1 (see note 11)

Sources:
(1) FreeBMD website. 
(2) 1939 Register. 
(3) 1881 census. 
(4) GRO index. 
(5) Electoral Register. 
(6) Trumpington Allotment Society records. 
(7) Index on ancestry.co.uk. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Dec 1868 Mildenhall 4a 505
Note (2) Age 44, born West Row, with husband William Parr and 8 children
Note (3) Mar 1891 Mildenhall 4a 932   husband William Parr
Note (4) Sep 1871 Newmarket 3b 542   mothers surname Webb
Note (5) William Parr: age 9, born Chippenham, with family
Note (6) Age 19, born Chippenham, with family.  Ag Lab, married
Note (7) William Parr: age 40, born Chippenham.  General Labourer on Estate, with wife
Ellen and 8 children
Note (8) Jun 1906 Newmarket 3b 490   mothers surname Thompson
Note (9) Age 5, born Chippenham, with family
Note (10) Sep 1974 Cambridge 9 0687   born 17 Mar 1906
Note (11) Sep 1936 Cambridge 3b 1583

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