Family of Henry A. Parr and Mary Jane Uttley

Name	Birth	Marriage	Spouse	Death	Other
Henry Allen Parr	1868 Glennville, Ireland	December 24, 1894, Doon, ON	Mary Jane Uttley	Apr 18, 1918 Rhode Island, USA	Parents: Henry Paar & Susan Greydon
Mary Jane Uttley	November 11, 1872, Woolwich Twp, ON	December 24, 1894, Doon, ON	Harry Allen Parr	March 1953 Detroit, MI

Edith L. Parr	Jan 1896 New York State	Unknown	surname of Burnham	Unknown
Edward Allen Parr	Oct 21, 1897 Connecticut, USA	Unknown	Myrtle Ellen Bradley 1904-1933	Oct 11, 1975 Lincoln Park, MI
William L. Parr	Sep 23, 1900 Connecticut, USA	Abt 1926	Loretta P. unknown	Sep 29, 1999 Michigan, USA
Henry Parr	Abt 1903 Rhode Island, USA	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Myra M. Parr	May 22, 1904 Rhode Island, USA	Unknown	John Hoggarth 1904-1969	Apr 24, 1991 Taylor, MI	Children: Myra M. Abt1928 & John A. abt 1930
Walter E. Parr	Feb 18, 1906 Rhode Island, USA	Unknown	Unknown	Nov 7, 1990 Garden City, MI
George H. Parr	Feb 25, 1912 Rhode Island, USA	married	Unknown	Aug 4, 1983 Keweenaw, MI

Mary Jane Uttley – 1872-1953

Mary Jane Uttley was the fifth child of Samuel Uttley and Mary Baxter Taylor. She was given the same name as a daughter born in 1863 of Samuel's brother Nathan. Her given name 'Mary' would have been for her mother and the middle name of 'Jane' for her mother's sister Jane Taylor Christman.
Birth
Her birth is recorded in the Ontario Birth Archive of 1872, reference #021-606:
   When:   11 November 1872
   Place:  Woolwich
   Name:   Mary Jane
           female
   Father: Samuel Utley [sic]
   Occ:    Fireman
   Mother: Mary B. Tailor [sic]

   Informant:  Samuel Uttley,
               Fireman, Elmira
   Registered: 26 December 1872
   Accoucher:  Mrs. Isaac Wenger
She was baptized as a Wesleyan Methodist on January 24, 1873 where full name is given as Mary Minerva Jane Uttley and her birth date is given a month earlier on October 12, 1872.
The Census of 1881 lists Mary Jane, age 8, living with the family in Peel Twp, Wellington Co. In 1891 at age 18, Mary is still living at home in Doon but by the next census she is married and moved away.
Marriage
The Ontario Marriage Archive contains a record of Mary Jane's marriage to Harry Parr in 1894, reference #012-073:
   groom:   Henry Allen Parr
   age:     26
   res:     Troy, N.Y.
   born:    Glenville, Ireland
            bachelor
   occ:     Dyer
   parents: Henry Parr / Susan Greydon
   rel:     Methodist

   bride:   Mary Jane Uttley
   age:     22
   res:     Doon
   born:    Elmira
            spinster
   parents: Samuel Uttley / Mary Taylor
   rel:     Presbyterian

   witnesses:  Anna Uttley, Doon
               John Linder, Galt
   when:    Dec 24th 1894, Doon
The witness 'Anna Uttley' would have been Mary Jane's older sister Agnes Ann (Annie).
John Linder was a half-brother to Matilda Uttley (nee Linder), wife of Jonathan Uttley. Is this the same person? A look in the 1901 Census data for Galt may shed some light?

The marriage record says that Harry Parr lived in Troy, New York and the couple probably lived in the United States from the beginning of their marriage. The United States Federal census in 1900 shows the couple living in Norwalk, Connecticut and in 1910 they had moved to North Kingstown, Rhode Island. When Mary's mother dies in 1915, one of her obituaries says Mrs. Mary Parr lived in Connecticut and another obit says Pascoag, Rhode Island.
Henry A. Parr died in Rhode Island in 1918 leaving his wife with at least four children at home. The United States Federal census two years later in 1920 shows Mary as a widow living in Providence, Rhode Island. When her father Samuel dies in 1921 the Parrs are still living in Providence, Rhode Island but the census of 1930 shows Mary has moved to Detroit, Nichigan. After 1935 the obituaries of four of Mary's siblings say that Mrs. Mary Parr continued to live in Detroit, Michigan which is where she died.
Deaths
Henry Allen Parr died in Rhode Island on April 18, 1918 at age 49 years. His parents, Henry and Susan Parr were listed as his kin rather than Mary.
Mary Jane died in Detroit, Michigan in March 1953. She is buried in Beverly Hills, Michigan alongside others in the Parr family. A brief notice in the K-W Record of Thursday March 26, 1953 on page 7 reads:

Mrs. Harry Parr By Record Correspondent DOON -- Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Harry Parr, Detroit. She was the former Minerva Uttley, daughter of the late Mrs. and Mrs. Samuel Uttley. The late William Uttley was a brother.

This is the first reference to Minerva as a name for Mary Jane.

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