Parr Family History
Parr Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Parr in Lancashire, which was
named in Old English with pearr ‘enclosure’.German: from
Middle Low German parre ‘parish’, ‘district’, ‘minister’s
house’; a metonymic occupational name for a parson or for someone who
worked in a parsonage or manse. Compare Pfarr.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Parr
Name Distribution of Parr Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Parr families
 1,338 - 2,674  447 - 1,337 |
 1 - 446  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Parr families
|
12 - 22 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Parr census records
You can see how Parr families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
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Parr Family Origin
Parr Emigration Information (US)
Click on a circle in the chart to view Parr emigration records
You can find out when most of the Parr families immigrated
to the United States.
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Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Parr Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Parr families immigrated
to Australia.
You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.
Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Parr Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Parr census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Parr ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Parr
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