Walter Parratt: Master of Music Walter PARRATT (1841 1924) was an organist and composer of some esteem, holding posts at Magdalen College, Oxford and St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, as well as serving as the president of the Royal College of Organists. His grandfather, William PARRATT (c.1760 1845) came from the Whalley area of Lancashire and was the …
It’s In the Papers We’ve scoured the pages of newspapers recently added to the British Newspaper Archive website to bring you some P*rr*tt related articles. BRISTOL TIMES AND MIRROR (Bristol, England) – 19 November 1814 Saturday James Chinnick, of Freshford, was committed to Ilchester gaol, by W. Clark, Esq.charged with having stolen a pig from …
A Revolutionary War Captain Revolutionary War records on Fold3 were available to access free of charge in early July. I noticed that several Revolutionary War Pension records from Connecticut mentioned a Captain Peter PERRETT of Milford and wondered what more could be found about him. Further research reveals that there are a number of records …
Calling All Male P*RR*TTS The P*rr*tt DNA project is administered by P*rr*tt Society members Wayne Parrott and Harald Reksten. The project uses Y-DNA testing which looks at markers on the male Y chromosome to determine relationships –men within a family will share a Y chromosome with only occasional rare changes which can be used to estimate the genetic distance …
