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Monday, June 27, 2011

Parry family pedigree charts: Newmarket, St. George (Utah and Denbighshire), and Abergele, Wales

Three useful pedigrees to help you understand where Edward Lloyd Parry fits in with all his relatives:



Sunday, June 26, 2011

Samuel Brooks (1791-1856), friend of Edward Lloyd Parry

One of Edward Lloyd Parry's friends in Wales was Samuel Brooks, a lighthouse keeper in Talacre in North Wales, who worked at the lighthouse at the Point of Ayr. Good friends, both men were converted to Mormonism about the same time in 1848, and both men were baptized by missionary Abel Evans.

Edward Lloyd Parry ended up migrating to Utah with his wife in 1853, and Samuel with his wife Emma Blinstone in 1856. Sadly, Emma died in Nebraska, before they made their trek across the Plains. As a result, Samuel ended up making the trip as a widower with his three children Mary, George, and Frank. The journey proved to be too much for him as well. Upon arrival in the Salt Lake Valley in October, 65-year-old Samuel died, leaving behind three orphaned children. Mary and Frank ended up getting placed in homes, and Edward Lloyd Parry and his wife Elizabeth ended up adopting 11-year-old George (1845-1930) (George is my great-grandfather).

About a week ago I discovered a unique You Tube posting, where some ghost hunters in North Wales recently went to Samuel Brooks' lighthouse in an effort to conjure up his ghost. While I think their attempt did NOT establish actual communication with Samuel (the information the medium retrieved was not accurate), their experience is fascinating and also provides a great tour of the lighthouse. Here's the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsXw6xru4Q4

Thursday, June 23, 2011

St. George Tabernacle - plaque

Here is a picture of the plaque in front of the St. George Tabernacle, an edifice Edward Lloyd Parry helped build. His name is mentioned on it.