Urban PARR from Burwell

[koyli]

Hello,

I'm researching a WW1 casualty with the Australian Army. He is buried in Belgium (Tyne Cot cemetery). I know he was born in Burwell (Cambs) on   the 5th  of April 1889. I am looking for information on his family in England. He probably emmigrated in or around 1910.

Best Regards,


Koyli

[Isobelruss]

1891

Albert Parr 47 waterman labourer b Burwell
Amelia 32 wife b Saltfleet Lincs
Anny 10 dau b Burwell
Harold 4 son b ditto
Urban 2 son b ditto
William Day 11 step son  b Littleport Isle of Ely Cambs
Lilly J A 8 step dau b ditto
Newnham Burwell

[koyli]

hello,

thank you ever so much for this information.


Best regards


koyli

[keyboard86]

Hi just love the name Urban! Just wondered who the Urban Parr was who  departed Liverpool for Portland USA on the 27th May 1913 on the Franconia, on same voyage were a Frances Geo Parr aged 17 and a Walter S Parr, maybe no connection at all but the combination of forename/surname left me puzzled!?
Keyboard86

[rosie99]

5th June 1886, Burwell
Albert Parr age 40 (Wid) occ bargeman resident North Street - father Robert Parr occ turf dealer
Amelia Rollitt age 29 (Wid) resident North Street - father Thomas Clarke occ schoolmaster (deceased)
Witnesses George Munns Dyson and Mary Jane Barnes

[Selina]

Marriage at St. George, Littleport
22 September 1878
James Thomas DAY 17, bac, lab, Blackhorse Drove, Littleport son of William lab and
Amelia Rollit CLARKE 22, sp, Blackhorse Drove, Littleport daughter of Thomas schoolmaster.
Witnesses William DAY (x) and Emma KERRIDGE

1881 Census
Black Horse Drove, Littleport
John T. Day 20 Ag. Lab born Downham, Norfolk
Amelia R. Day wife 25 born Saltfleet, Lincoln
William Day son 1 born Hilgay, Norfolk

The only death I can see for  James Thomas Day is registered Hull district 1884.  The age fits.

Selina

[koyli]

Hello again,

I would like to thank Rosie99  and Selina for their time and effort. The amount of detail is incredible.
As for Keyboard86 I fear that it's not the same person. My Urban would have gone to his destination the other way round I presume. I wonder is there any way I could find out where and when he embarked for Australia?


Best Regards


Koyli.

[Selina]

There are some details which may be of interest, including the first marriage of Urban's father, on here
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroecounty/ppm/pafg07.htm

I see from another site that Urban Parr used an alias - William Barry, is it possible that he left this country under that name?

Selina

Added:  information from the site to which the above link refers would, of course, need verifying.

[koyli]

Hi Selena,

Thank you for the link.

Yes Urban used an alias after he had deserted from the australian Army, in which he had enlisted under his real name in 1915. In order to re-enlist without being found out he used the alias of Barry. So I'm fairly sure the alias was only used after 1915.



Best Regards


Koyli