The family is linked to Parr’s Bank in Warrington, which had a branch on Wavertree High Street.
In the 1820s, the occupant of Greensde House was Miss Hannah PARR, born about 1773. She was first listed there in 1821. Prior to that, she may have lived in Garston. Hannah PARR lived at Greenside House until her death, aged 60, in 1833. She is buried at St Nicholas. Officiating minister was William BADNALL.
Hannah's brother Thomas PARR of Firgrove House was executor of her will. Hannah made bequests to:
The Liverpool Infirmary and the Liverpool Dispensary
Two of her nieces, unmarried daughters of her brother William and his Birmingham-born wife Catherine. Mary Elizabeth PARR was born 1796 in Birmingham, died in Liverpool 1834; Catherine Amelia PARR was born Birmingham in 1797, died in Liverpool 1852. William and Catherine had another daughter, Hannah (born in Birmingham 1794) and a son William (born Birmingham 1798). In 1851 Catherine Amelia PARR was living with her widowed mother at 1 Catherine Street. Catherine PARR senior was described as a 'proprietor of houses'.
The children of her late brother James PARR and Rose - Ann EWING (widow of James EWING), James PARR, Mary PARR, John PARR, Robert PARR, Isaac PARR and Elizabeth Rose PARR. Elizabeth inherited the bulk of the estate. Hannah was very specific about how the money was to be invested, and was very clear about the behaviour of any future husband. Elizabeth married William BADNALL, vicar of Holy Trinity Church and officiating minister at Hannah's funeral, later that year.
Her sister Elizabeth EVERARD,
The house seems to have stayed in the family, and may have been rented to other families. William and Elizabeth's son and his family were living there in 1891, and before then it was known as the Rectory for some time,
Is there another chapter of PARR involvement?
In 1897 there was a Joseph PARR at 5 Greenside Avenue. He had other addresses in Wavertree, at 2 Anderton Square and 25 Gordon Street.
In 1891 there was a bricklayer called Joseph PARR born 1841 living in Church Yard, Wavertree. 2 Anderton Square was occupied by David BARR. Hmm By 1898 this was listed as Anderton Terrace.