Parrott, Eliza (nee Thompson) (1848-1912)

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Primitive Methodist Magazine 1912

Transcription of obituary published in the Primitive Methodist Magazine by J. Wesley Waddell

On 11 January 1912, at the age of sixty-three, there passed to the homeland Mrs. Parrott, widow of the late Mr. William Parrott, J.P. and M.P. for Normanton Division.

She was converted when sixteen years of age at Methley, then in the Leeds IV. Circuit, where she married her husband. On coming to Barnsley thirty years ago they joined our Westgate Church. She was a choice spirit, and during her three months’ illness her room was the vestibule of heaven, for mind and heart were full of calm peace and triumphant faith. 

The interment took place on the 15th. A memorial service was conducted in Westgate Church by the writer.

Family

Eliza was born on 29 March 1848 at Daw Green, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, to parents Thomas Thompson, a joiner, and Jane Haigh. She was baptised on 12 June 1848 at Dewsbury.

She married William Parrott (1843-1905) on 30 May 1868 at St Oswald, Methley, Yorkshire. Census returns identify five of seven children.

• Sarah Jane (abt1869-1874)
• Annie (b abt1871) – married Harry Wright, a schoolmaster, in 1895
• Harry (b abt1873) – a draper’s assistant (1891)
• Jane (1878-1933) – married Ernest Fearnley, a general manager for a stone quarrying company (1911), in 1907
• Alice (abt1883-1949) – married George Winterbottom, a clothier’s assistant, in 1909

Eliza died on 11 January 1912 at Barnsley, Yorkshire.

References

Primitive Methodist Magazine 1912/749

Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers