Parr.... (surname)

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  • James & Sophie Parr, Exning, England... moved to Mansfield.  (as told by Mike Halcomb, audio)... (Mike has visited the English area of our ancestors, and has an email with considerable history in it, which he says is readily available.  Send soon!)
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    • Tidbit... Per Bernadine... they have the old article from 1917 (?)... Farmer City paper... re the Christian Church (Mrs. Reuben Parr) served a 7 course dinner at their home, after the wedding of Marquis & Pearl Parr)... at the church. 
    • [Also... The day after the wedding, Reuben & Mary Parr moved off the family farm and into Mansfield... leaving Marquis & Pearl to live on the family farm... and farm it.  The family farm then was where all the Parr children were born and raised.  It was owned by Marquis, Myrtle Parr Gee, and Alma Parr Clark]
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        • Reuben Parr... married Mary Bennett Parr.   Reuben came over from England at age appx 5-7 yrs-old (check with Ben Carter or Mike Halcomb -- both have been there.) 
        • • Alma (Irene?) Parr.... married Lloyd Clark
            • Jolene Clark married John Baurle
            • Leslie Clark (who lived near us at Bethel)
          • Myrtle 'Sis' married Charles 'Uncle Charlie' Crittendon Gee
          • Olan Parr married Juanita _______ .  Olan died young, and Juanita married again... Mr. Goff
            • Sam Parr married Louise ______ and after she died, he married Thelma Bowles Tartar
              • Sharon Tarter (deceased)
          • Marquis Parr... married Hazel Pearl Gee
            • Evelyn Pearl Parr Halcomb
            • Lucille ____ Parr Vaughn 
            • Bernadine ___ Parr Carter 
            • Alice Joan Parr... married Eldon Richard Cox 
            • John Carlton (JC) Parr