Della Mae, daughter of William George Parr and Sarah Jane Hayward, was born 4 March 1899 at ______________ Ontario. Her headstone however, had 1900 as the year of her birth.

Earl Sherwood, son of King Houston and Annabelle ____________ (mother) , was born _____________ (date) at _______________. (city)

They were married 29 June 1921 at the Presbyterian Manse in Brigden, Ontario

They had one child, Shirley Jean Houston who was born
in 1 May 1924 at ___________________________. (city)

The family went to Peru and the oil fields, where Della contracted a disease and returned to Canada with Shirley while Earl stayed.  While Della was seriously ill at the family residence in Brigden, Shirley, with her grandmother Annabelle Houston, visited a neighbour. Mistaking wintergreen oil for cough medicine, Shirley died of the effect of the oil on _____________ 1926. Shirley was buried at the Bear Creek Cemetery, north of Brigden.

Della died a short time later on 16 December 1926 and was buried alongside Shirley.

The Oil Springs Oil museum have the names of the Houston family.

Earl died of _________________ (cause) on ________________ (date) and was buried in the __________________________ Cemetery at ____________________________. (city)

If you have information on Robert and Hannah Parr, or their descendants, please contact me at parrresearch@sympatico.ca
or my mailing address is:
Jack Parr, Box 609 Mount Albert, ON, LOG 1MO, Canada

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