Other Events:

• Occupation: Farmer, canal bank labourer
• Baptism: 20 Dec 1801, St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk

Notes:

Marries as Wilson and in 1841 census, as Wilson, but Parr thereafter until burial as John Wilson.
Children all baptised as Wilson: wife and daughters Alice and Margaret are with him in Back Moss Lane, Burscough in 1841, with daughter Mary nearby in Moss Lane.

John married Margaret Higham on 16 Jun 1823 in St Michael and All Angels, Croston. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Higham and Betty) was born in 1803 in Mawdesley; died in 1892 in Maghull; was buried on 6 Feb 1892 in St John the Baptist, Burscough. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Wilson Parr was born about 1828 in Burscough; died in 1888 in Burscough; was buried on 22 Sep 1888 in St John the Baptist, Burscough.
2. Alice Wilson Parr was born in 1833 in Burscough.
3. Margaret Wilson Parr was born in 1836 in Burscough.
4. John Wilson Parr was born in 1842 in Burscough.