Thomas and Rhoda ( WYNN ) PARRY - Wales - England, Utah - 1800's - Family Notes THOMAS & RHODA ( WYNN ) PARRY - Wales - England, Utah - 1800's

(rin 29 & 30, ID 54 & 55)

Compiled by LaVere Peters


Most of the data for Thomas and Rhoda and their family is from LDS records unless otherwise noted. Records used were the IGI and Ancestry File 3MLG.

Thomas was born April 13, 1808, at Ewyas Harold, Hereford, England, to James and Mary (JENKINS) PARRY.

Rhoda was born April 19, 1812, at Sedgley, Staffordshire, England, to William and Mary (DANGERFIELD0 WYNN.

Thomas and Rhoda were married April 12, 1830, at Blaina Parish, Aberystruth, Monmouthshire. [Aberystruth is the old Welsh name for the small town that shows on current maps as Blaina; it is near Pontypool and Abertillery. Monmouth is correctly described as being in Wales or England. The culture has always been Welsh, and the people who live there consider themselves to be Welsh; however, Monmouth was administratively English until April, 1974.]

Thomas and Rhoda had twelve (possibly thirteen) children between 1831 and 1855, all of them having been born at Aberystruth/Blaina.

Thomas died March 13, 1865 at Blaina.

Apparently, after the death of Thomas, Rhoda and at least two of her children (Harriet and Daniel) left Wales and came to Tooele County, Utah. [Harriet's first marriage (to John TATE) was in Utah on November 22, 1866.]

The 1870 census for Tooele City, Tooele Co., Utah, enumerated on June 6, lists the following:

PARRY Rhoda

Harriet

Daniel

Rhoda

Mary A.

The 1880 census for the same location on Main Street in Tooele City, enumerated on June 4, lists the following:

PARRY Rhoda age 68 born England

WILLIAMS John 51 England

Harriet 33 Wales

Rhoda 12 Utah

Thomas 5 Utah

Ellen 3 Utah

I haven't learned yet when Rhoda died.

Prepared 6 Mar. 1996


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