Elizabeth Ann Parry Peacock's Dream

The recounting of this fascinating dream comes from a "Parry Gram," which was a newsletter in the 1960s published by and distributed among descendants of various Welsh Parrys (not just descendants of Edward Lloyd Parry). Minnie, who died prematurely, was a younger sister of Elizabeth Ann's, and both were daughters of Edward Lloyd Parry. Enjoy.

Transcribed text:

"In the evening of 16 January 1887, Emma Parry Peacock died of diphtheria. In the morning, Elizabeth Ann Peacock died of the same dread disease. For a month their mother, Elizabeth Ann Parry Peacock, a daughter of Edward Lloyd Parry and Ann Parry, who was expecting at the time, just wouldn’t be consoled. She continually grieved and kept asking, 'Why? Why does God who is so good and understanding allow innocent little children to suffer and die like this?' Then, one night, her sister Minnie, who had also died as a child, appeared at the foot of her bed with the two little girls, one on each side of her. They were dressed in beautiful white clothes, in which they had been buried, but they were streaked, and stained with mud. When asked by Elizabeth about the mud on their clothes, Minnie replied, 'That is your tears that have soiled their clothes like that. They just can’t rest until you quit grieving for them.'

"This dream, or vision, or whatever it may be, teaches us that we should not grieve for those who have been called home. Rather, we should renew our efforts in faith and works so that when our time comes, as it does to everyone, we will be worthy to be with them throughout eternity."

Scan of the article from the Parry Gram