I'm interested in the Parrs from Philadelphia and also NJ...Debby angel89@ozemail.com.au wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Parr, Kaderly, Heter >Classification: Obituary > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wl4.2ACEB/497.3 > >Message Board Post: > >"The Tuscarawas Advocate" New Philadelphia, OH on Thursday, Oct. 13, 1898 > >John Parr, senior, died at his home on West Fair street last Wednesday, Oct. 5, at about half past twelve o'clock, aged sixty-three years, two months and eleven days. The immediate cause of his death was congestion of the brain. Since June 1892 Mr. Parr has been in feeble health, having sustained a stroke of paralysis at that time. On Sunday, Oct.2, 1898, he became unconscious apparently without external cause and remained in that condition until half an hour before his death, when all the signs of illness left him and those waiting at his bedside said that he looked as natural as he had before he received the stroke of paralysis, over six years before. His death was a quiet passing away, leaving no signs of struggle or pain. The funeral occurred Saturday afternoon, interment in East Fair street cemetery, Rev. Leich officiating. John Parr, Sr., was born in Mechenheim, Newstat on the Hardt, Rhine Bavaria, Germany, July 24, 1835; was baptized in the Evangelical church in infa! n! >cy; confirmed at the age of 12 years by Rev. Focht, pastor of the Evangelical church at Mechenheim, and in the spring of 1847, he emigrated to America with his parents locating at Trenton, Tuscarawas county, Ohio. He was married to Anna Mary Kaderly, July 1856. This union was blessed with 4 children, 2 sons and 2 daughters of which 2 sons survive him, John of this city, and Charles of Burlington, Kan. She died February 1866. In May 1868 he was married to Lydia Ann Heter. This union was blessed with 2 sons, Benjamin and Edward, both survive him, she died February 13, 1898. Mr. Parr came to New Philadelphia in 1868 and engaged in the grocery business. In recent years he was engaged in looking after his property interests which were extensive." > > >==== PARR Mailing List ==== >Queries should contain as much information as you know, i.e. dates and places of all vital events if known, along other family members so that the reader can identify if they are researching the same family. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >