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Charles Edward Parry Sr.

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Charles Edward Parry Sr.

Birth
Cardiff, Wales
Death
1930 (aged 65–66)
Burial
Lethbridge, Lethbridge Census Division, Alberta, Canada Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Son of John Henry PARRY & Caroline GLOVER
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Charles Edward Parry Sr. and Ellen O'Leary Parry

Children:
Ellen (Nell) Parry (1890-1973)
Occupation: teacher
Married Sidney Johnson
they raised three children - the fourth child Wilbur, died as a young child.
Charles Parry
- April 1898 born in Cardiff, Wales
- 1902 immigrated with his family to Canada
- When Charles sister, Kathleen (Dolly)(Sherwood) died giving birth to a son, Charles, and his wife, Wandah Parry, raised him.
Charlie married Wandah Kenney. Wandah was born in Cardston [Alberta] in 1902. Her father, Bert Kenney, was born in Holden, Utah in 1875 and died at Olds [Alberta] in 1956. He came to Canada prior to 1900 and settled in Cardston, later moving to Welling [Alberta] and Lethbridge. His wife Bertha Textorious was born in Leamington, Utah in 1881, married at age sixteen and died at Lethbridge in 1941.
- 1922 married Charles Parry (Harold Hudson was the Best Man)
- Wandah and Charles raised three children; another daughter, Margaret died at birth. Wandah loved children, her own and everyone else's. Because of her sister Mytles' ill health she made a home for her nephew Bob Patterson for two years. Bob attended White School from the ages of twelve to fourteen years. Bob passed away in 1993.

Lillian Margaret Parry
- 1900 born in Wales
- 1902 immigrated with her family to Canada
Occupation: Nurse (worked at Campbell Clinic in Lethbridge for 33 years)
Military Service:
Lieutenant N/S RCAMC - joined the C.A.T.S. (Canadian Auxiliary Territorial Services).
- instructor St. John's Ambulance First Aid and Home Nursing Courses
- among the 1st to volunteer for overseas service, was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, then was posted to military hospitals and prisoner of war camps in Lethbridge, Red Deer, and Jasper
- posted to the Hospital ship Letitia which made many trips across the Atlantic carrying the wounded from Britain to Montreal.
- Lillian was in London for all the excitement of Armistice Day in 1945. She was posted back to P.O.W. Camp 133 in Lethbridge before she was demobilized.
- rejoined the Campbell Clinic, until her retirement in 1959.
- relief for nine years at the Magrath Hospital
- community work as a member of the Board of Auxiliary Hospital for 17 years
- the Quota Club, the Lethbridge Citizen's Association,
- 1st woman Alderman in 1951 at the City of Lethbridge's
- died November 10, 1990.
John H (Jack) Parry
- born in Cardiff, Wales
- 1902 immigrated to Canada at the age of six months
- 1911 (age 9 years) he became the 1st case of infantile paralysis (Poliomyelitis) in Alberta
- 1929 he married Georgena M Rorabeck
They had three children Arthur H Parry (who died before his teens), and two daughter

Wilfred W died as an infant on November 13, 1908, his first birthday.
Agnes also died in May of 1908 [headstone reads: Aged 13 years 1 month & 5 days] from ruptured appendix at age thirteen.

Out of 13 children born to the Parry's, including two sets of twins, only five grew up
Kathleen (Dolly)(Sherwood) was the youngest child of Charles and Ellen Parry, Kathleen (Dolly)(Sherwood), and Wilfred W were born in Canada.
Son of John Henry PARRY & Caroline GLOVER
**************
Charles Edward Parry Sr. and Ellen O'Leary Parry

Children:
Ellen (Nell) Parry (1890-1973)
Occupation: teacher
Married Sidney Johnson
they raised three children - the fourth child Wilbur, died as a young child.
Charles Parry
- April 1898 born in Cardiff, Wales
- 1902 immigrated with his family to Canada
- When Charles sister, Kathleen (Dolly)(Sherwood) died giving birth to a son, Charles, and his wife, Wandah Parry, raised him.
Charlie married Wandah Kenney. Wandah was born in Cardston [Alberta] in 1902. Her father, Bert Kenney, was born in Holden, Utah in 1875 and died at Olds [Alberta] in 1956. He came to Canada prior to 1900 and settled in Cardston, later moving to Welling [Alberta] and Lethbridge. His wife Bertha Textorious was born in Leamington, Utah in 1881, married at age sixteen and died at Lethbridge in 1941.
- 1922 married Charles Parry (Harold Hudson was the Best Man)
- Wandah and Charles raised three children; another daughter, Margaret died at birth. Wandah loved children, her own and everyone else's. Because of her sister Mytles' ill health she made a home for her nephew Bob Patterson for two years. Bob attended White School from the ages of twelve to fourteen years. Bob passed away in 1993.

Lillian Margaret Parry
- 1900 born in Wales
- 1902 immigrated with her family to Canada
Occupation: Nurse (worked at Campbell Clinic in Lethbridge for 33 years)
Military Service:
Lieutenant N/S RCAMC - joined the C.A.T.S. (Canadian Auxiliary Territorial Services).
- instructor St. John's Ambulance First Aid and Home Nursing Courses
- among the 1st to volunteer for overseas service, was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, then was posted to military hospitals and prisoner of war camps in Lethbridge, Red Deer, and Jasper
- posted to the Hospital ship Letitia which made many trips across the Atlantic carrying the wounded from Britain to Montreal.
- Lillian was in London for all the excitement of Armistice Day in 1945. She was posted back to P.O.W. Camp 133 in Lethbridge before she was demobilized.
- rejoined the Campbell Clinic, until her retirement in 1959.
- relief for nine years at the Magrath Hospital
- community work as a member of the Board of Auxiliary Hospital for 17 years
- the Quota Club, the Lethbridge Citizen's Association,
- 1st woman Alderman in 1951 at the City of Lethbridge's
- died November 10, 1990.
John H (Jack) Parry
- born in Cardiff, Wales
- 1902 immigrated to Canada at the age of six months
- 1911 (age 9 years) he became the 1st case of infantile paralysis (Poliomyelitis) in Alberta
- 1929 he married Georgena M Rorabeck
They had three children Arthur H Parry (who died before his teens), and two daughter

Wilfred W died as an infant on November 13, 1908, his first birthday.
Agnes also died in May of 1908 [headstone reads: Aged 13 years 1 month & 5 days] from ruptured appendix at age thirteen.

Out of 13 children born to the Parry's, including two sets of twins, only five grew up
Kathleen (Dolly)(Sherwood) was the youngest child of Charles and Ellen Parry, Kathleen (Dolly)(Sherwood), and Wilfred W were born in Canada.

Inscription

PARRY
CHARLES E. SR.
1864 - 1930
_________
PARRY



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  • Created by: Linda
  • Added: Jan 5, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103151333/charles_edward-parry: accessed ), memorial page for Charles Edward Parry Sr. (1 Aug 1864–1930), Find a Grave Memorial ID 103151333, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Lethbridge, Lethbridge Census Division, Alberta, Canada; Maintained by Linda (contributor 47353767).