Notes on the Parry Family’s Welsh Bible

The bible was given by William Thomas Parry to his wife Cathrine in January 1874, when they were living at 177, Stretford Road, Manchester.

William Thomas Parry  was born in Manchester in 1840, the second child of Robert Parry, a joiner, and his wife Elinor. At the time of the 1841 Census, the family lived in Devonshire Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester. Twenty years later, at the 1861 Census the family lived at 123 Carter Street, Chorlton-upon-Medlock. At that time Robert Parry was described as a builder. He and his wife were both aged 52 and their son William, described as a warehouse-man, was aged 21.

Cathrine Parry was born as Catherine Jones, daughter of William Jones, farmer, of Llyslew, Llanidan, Anglesey and his wife Elinor. She became a corn merchant in Manchester and married John Smith Black, a silk merchant, who died soon after the birth of their only child. The 1861 Census lists her as a widow and a corn flour dealer, living at 177 Stretford Road, Manchester with her 3-year-old son, William Jones Black, who later became a doctor.

Catherine married a second time and became the wife of William Thomas Parry.

Their daughter Eleanor Catharine Parry was born on 2 June 1864. A son, born in June 1868 died a year later in June 1869.

William Thomas Parry died aged 36 on 27 May 1876.

Dr William Jones Black died aged 30 on 22 Dec 1888.

Catharine Parry died aged 70 on 16 July 1989.

Eleanor Catharine Parry married William Humphreys Jones and they lived at Treifan, Brynsiencyn, Anglesey. She died on 28 January 1925.

The bible then passed to her son Alwynne Humphreys Jones who gave it in 1977 to his nephew, Ellis William Parry Jones, thus keeping it in the Parry family.