Emma

Emma, daughter of Robert Parr and Hannah Charity, was born 13 August 1826 at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, England.  Lucy was baptized 4 May 1828 with siblings Emma and George at the St. John the Evangelist Church at Waterbeach.  Emma's parents brought Emma and her siblings to Ontario, Canada sometime during 1834.  They settled near Wardsville, Ontario by the 1842 census.


The 1842 Census for Mosa Township, Middlesex County, Ontario only listed females between the ages of 14 and 45; no names. Since we know that she married in 1842 (not when yet), she may or may not have been part of that census.

Josiah, son of Josiah Dewey and _____________ (mother) was born ________ 1814 near Brunswick, Maine.  Emma and Josiah were married ________________ 1842 in ___________________________ (church?) near Newbury, Ontario.

Below was an email received from Debbie Dewey that helps with more information on Emma.
"Dear Jack,

From "Dewey Genealogy and Family History," compiled by Louis Marinus Dewey, Westfield, Mass., 1898, page 610, is the following:

"2108. JOSIAH DEWEY, 2d, son of Josiah, b. 1814, near Brunswick, ME.; d. 1863, Cedar Rapids, Ia.; m. 1842, near Newbury, Ontario, EMMA PARR, dau. of Robert, b. in England, d. Cedar Rapids, Ia.
NINTH GENERATION - Born at Coshocton, O.
3991. Robert Parr, b. Sept. 24, 1843, m.
3992. Josiah Augustus, b. June 27, 1847; m.
3993. Frank, b. 1849.
3994. Clara, b. 1851, m. Herman Cook and lives at Des Moines, Ia.
3995. Eliza, b. 1853, m. Wm. Kierstead and lives at Omaha, Neb.
3996. Ida, b. 1855, m. ----- Spoffard and lives at Cedar Rapids, Ia. in 1898."
And, on page 694, the following:
"3991. ROBERT PARR DEWEY, son of Josiah, b. Sept. 24, 1843, at Coshocton, O.; was raised in Iowa and enlisted in the 1st Ia. Vols. for three months; with Gen. Lyon when he was killed at the battle of Wilson's Creek, Mo., Aug. 10, 1861; re-enlisted in 20th Ia. infantry and served as sergeant until the close of the war; was in the battle of Springfield, Mo., siege of Vicksburg, Ft. Morgan, Blakely and Mobile; discharged at Mobile, Ala., in 1865; he is a wood worker at 709 Bryant street, San Francisco, Cal.; m. 1869, at Chicago, Ill., AMIE WATTSON.
TENTH GENERATION.
6195. Cora, b. 1870, m. P. Savage.
6196. Gertie, b. 1872.
3992. JOSIAH AUGUSTUS DEWEY, son of Josiah, b. June 27, 1847, at Coshocton, O.; is a furniture manufacturer at San Francisco, Cal., since 1876; has been in Guatemala, C. A., for three years (1898); m. Jan. 9, 1871, at Chicago, Ill., DELLA H> BRAZIE, dau. of Austin and Mary M. (Smith); b. Dec. 13, 1855, at Chicago, Ill.

TENTH GENERATION - Born at Chicago.
6201. Jessie Emma, b. Jan. 13, 1872.
6202. Ida Mary, b. Aug. 23, 1874.
6203. Josiah Austin, b. April 14, 1877, at San Francisco.
6204. Edith Belle, b. Dec. 12, 1879.
6205. Frank Raymond, b. Nov. 26, 1882.
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6206. Adele Milicent, b. Jan. 18, 1885.
Pearl Elizabeth, b. Nov. 14, 1888.
Ruby, b. Nov. 14, 1888, d. Dec. 27, 1888."

In addition to the above, I have gleaned information from the California Birth and Death Records as follows:
3994. Clara, d. 25 Sep 1941, Los Angeles Co., CA; and had:
1 Charles Carlos COOK, b. 1 Mar 1874, Iowa; d. 14 Jan 1955, Fresno Co., CA
3996. Ida, d. 2 Oct 1955, Los Angeles Co., CA; m. Victor Ames SPAFARD, b. 19 Mar 1881, New York; d. 27 May 1958, Los Angeles Co., CA
6201. Jessie Emma, d. 30 Jul 1965, San Francisco, CA; m. CUTTING, and had:

1 Marjorie, b. 13 Dec 1892, California; d. 24 Jun 1983, San Francisco, CA; m.
HULTING, and had Frederick Burt, 25 Jan 1933, Alameda Co., CA

2 Ida, b. 25 Jun 1894, California; d. 27 Oct 1989, Alameda Co., CA; m. GILMOUR, and had Jean, b. 15 Jan 1923, Alameda Co., CA
3 Jessie, b. 5 Nov 1895, California; d. 25 Mar 1984, Alameda Co., CA; m.
RICHARDSON, and had (i) David C., b. 22 Jun 1922, Alameda Co., CA; and
(ii) Madge, b. 1 Mar 1931, Alameda Co., CA
6202. Ida Mary, d. 14 Aug 1946, El Dorado Co., CA; m. WHITFIELD, and had:
1 Elizabeth S., b. 22 Aug 1892, Iowa; d. 14 Oct 1982, Santa Barbara Co., CA;
m. RICHARDSON
6204. Edith Belle, d. 12 Aug 1950, Alameda Co., CA; m. COLEMAN

Pearl Elizabeth, d. 5 Dec 1940, San Francisco, CA; m. MACKAY.

Hopefully, the above will assist you some in your research. I am sorry that I do not know more, but this is not my particular line of the Dewey family. Deborah (Debby) Dewey"

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

I thank you for your interest in the family of Robert and Hannah Parr.

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