Ellen Temple Barker

Ellen Parratt

Walter’s sister Ellen married the Rev. H. Barker. Did she play the organ at her husband’s church!? She died at Rosendale, New York, on 21st May 1904.

Grave at Huddersfield Parish Church of St. Peter

Between the path along the north side of Huddersfield parish church and the north wall of the church, to left of centre, is a gravestone, with a curved surface making it like a section of a cylinder, inscribed in remembrance of Thomas Parratt and some relatives, though the people listed are not all interred there. The text on the stone is as follows:

In Affectionate

Remembrance of

THOMAS PARRATT

WHO DIED MARCH 27th 1862 IN THE

70th YEAR OF HIS AGE

“YE ARE COMPLETE IN HIM”

ALSO OF

SARAH ELIZABETH

WIDOW OF THE ABOVE

THOMAS PARRATT

WHO FELL ASLEEP MAY 15th 1891

IN THE 85th YEAR OF HER AGE

“UNTIL THE DAY BREAK & THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY”

ALSO OF

HENRY LISTER PARRATT

BORN SEPTEMBER 17th 1834

DIED FEBRUARY 8th 1904

INTERRED AT THE CEMETERY

ALSO OF ELLEN

TEMPLE BARKER

WIFE OF THE REV. H. BARKER

AND ELDEST DAUGHTER OF

THOMAS AND SARAH ELIZABETH PARRATT

DIED AT ROSENDALE, NEW YORK

MAY 21st 1904, AGED 66 YEARS

“BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD”