Prescot Area

(Page updated 8 Nov 2005)

Prescot

These are my relatives in the MASON and PARR lines from 1815 to 1896 who lived in and around Prescot, Lancashire.

Anyone looking for information on Parr's, try Trish Parr's 'Proud to be Parr' website on http://www.eParrs.com/ProudParr/ for a variety of interesting sites.

PARR Michael

Born	1815, Warrington, Lancs
Occupation	Clogger
Married	Margaret Leech (1816->1891)
Died	After 1881

Children:

Henry Parr, Born approx 1846/7, Prescot, Lancashire (alive in 1881), Clogger

Henry Parr, married a Margaret, surname unknown. Margaret was born approx. 1859 in Prescot, they had the following children:

Margaret Parr, born approx. 1875, Prescot,
James Parr, born approx. 1876, Prescot,
Helen Parr, born approx, 1878, Prescot.

Eleanor Parr, born approx 1849/50, Prescot, Lancashire
Peter Parr, see entry below
Sarah Parr, born approx 1867
James Parr, born April 1861, on the 1881 Census he was a Clogger living with his parents in Prescot. He married Alice Fillingham shortly thereafter. They had four daughters. He emigrated to the United States and died March 1919. Alice died May, 1928. Information supplied by Kathy Shupe.

PARR Peter

Father	Michael Parr
Mother	Margaret Leech
Born	July 1852, Prescot, Lancs
Occupation	Blacksmith
Married	Mary Davies February 1874, Liverpool
Died	September 1894, Prescot, Lancs

Peter and Margaret Parr's Children

Name	Born/Baptished	Married	Died/Buried
Margaret PARR	see separate entry below
Sarah PARR	Born 1876, Whiston, Lancs		Alive 1891
Elizabeth PARR	Born 1881, Whiston, Lancs		Alive 1891
James PARR Occupation Postman	Born 1883	Gertie UNKNOWN	Alive 1891
Florence	1930
Ada PARR	1887	Fred ROWE	Alive 1891
Minne PARR	1889	Tom SMITH	Alive 1930s
Phyllis SMITH		Anthony SWIFT	Alive in 1930s
Edna SMITH	1911	John TORRENCE	1996
Tom SMITH			Alive in 1930s
Cyril SMITH			Alive in 1930s
Ada SMITH		Isaac LEYLAND	Alive in 1970s

PARR Margaret

Father	Peter PARR
Mother	Mary DAVIES
Born	June 1874, Prescot, Lancs
Occupation	Watchmaker
Married	Richard MASON September 1895 at Prescot Parish Church, Prescot, Lancashire
Died	January 1896, Prescot, Lancs

Children

Margaret MASON See separate entry. Margaret Parr died on the same day her daughter was born.

MASON Margaret

Father	Richard MASON
Mother	Margaret PARR
Born	January 1896, Prescot, Lancashire
Occupation	Nurse
Married	James JOHNSON (1900-1977)
Died	Approx 1981

Children

Edna Mary Mason JOHNSON, see separate entry
Kenneth JOHNSON, 1922/1962
Dennis JOHNSON, September, 1923, Whitley, Lancashire

Edna Mary Mason JOHNSON

Mother	Margaret MASON
Born	June 1919, Leigh, Lancashire
Occupation	Secretary
Married	William Roland WALKER June1941 at Stretton Parish Church, Stretton, Cheshire
Died	November, 1978, York

Children

Elizabeth WALKER, 1944
Margaret WALKER, 1945
Julie WALKER, 1953

MASON Richard

Father	Richard MASON
Mother	Mary LYON
Born	March 1876, Prescot, Lancs
Occupation	Carter, then farmer
Married	Margaret PARR September 1895, Prescot Parish Church
Died	After 1950

Children

Margaret, see separate entry

MASON Richard

Born	1840, Whiston, Lancashire
Married	Mary LYON
Died	After 1896

Children

William 1864/?
Sarah 1867/?
John 1869/?
Martha 1874/?
Richard see separate entry
James 1879/?
Charles 1881/?
Polly 1883/?

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