When Joseph Parry was born on 4 April 1825, in Newmarket, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Parry, was 56 and his mother, Mary Foulkes, was 47. He married Jane Payne on 29 August 1848, in St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Christleton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. He died on 6 August 1911, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.
Like the iron and copper mines, the coal fields in South Wales were very important to the industrial revolution. Many of those that worked in the coal mines were part of the Merthyr uprising.
Welsh: Anglicized form of the patronymic ap Harry ‘son of Harry’ (see Harry , Harris ). The name is widespread in both England and Wales.
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