Re: Joseph Parry composer from Merthyr
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In reply to:
Joseph Parry composer from Merthyr
8/13/01
A postscript to previous notes:In 1841 Daniel Parry is listed as 51 and Elizabeth Parry (nee Bett) is 46.I have omitted a sister Ann of 17, who is a dressmaker.The family moved to Dauville in Pennsylvania.In 1881 Louisa Watkins is living at 11 Russell Street, Swansea.The family later moved to Ashleigh House near St James Crescent in Swansea.Louisa and Joseph Haydn Parry were married in St James Church, Swansea on 1 August 1888.The two children, Louise Marguerite and Arthur H. Parry, were born in Harrow on the Hillin England. In the 1891 census Louise Marguerite is staying at Ashleigh, aged 1 year, with a nanny from Harrow.I don’t know where her parents were at the time.William Watkins was Mayor of Swansea, Wales, in 1899 and 1900, and a picture of William and Louisa can be found in the publication by Gerald Gabb, Swansea Jubilee 2.There is a Joseph Parry Museum sited at 4, Chapel Row, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.Sorry I omitted these bits from my first email.Sally