When John Parry was born in May 1808, in Axton, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, John Parry, was 34 and his mother, Mary Roberts, was 29. He married Maria on 6 April 1832, in Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1868 and lived in Merionethshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851 and Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 28 January 1888, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Welsh: Anglicized form of the patronymic ap Harry ‘son of Harry’ (see Harry , Harris ). The name is widespread in both England and Wales.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesThe steamship, "Minnesota", with a company of Saints numbering 534 persons, left the port at Liverpool, England on Tuesday, 30 June 1868. Included among the passengers were John Parry, his wife Elizab …
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