David Thomas Parry
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| David Thomas Parry Danygraig Cemetery credit - findagrave |
David was the youngest child of Evan Webby Parry and Marty
Jane Brooks, who were married in 1898.
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| Evan Webby Parry |
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| Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People |
Two years later, Evan was to be featured in an article
published in the Cambria Daily Leader.
The article was about the advances of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for
Pale People. Dr. Williams’ Pink
Pills for Pale People was a late 19th to early 20th-century patent
medicine containing ferrous sulfate and magnesium sulfate. It was
produced by Dr. Williams Medicine Company, the trading arm of G. T. Fulford
& Company. It was claimed to cure chorea, referenced frequently in
newspaper headlines as "St. Vitus' Dance"; as well as "
locomotor ataxia, partial paralyxia, seistica, neuralgia rheumatism, nervous
headache, the after-effects of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and
sallow complexions, [and] all forms of weakness in male or female."
The pills were available over the counter.
In the 1921 Census, the Parry family was residing at 190
Treharne Road.
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| 1921 Census |
Evan Webby, 42, had his own account as a Labourer, and his
wife, Mary Jane, 41, undertook the household Duties.
Their children were Margaret Tarma, 17, who also undertook
the Household Duties, Evan Walter, 13, Evelyn Muriel, 9, Elizabeth Ann, 6, all
of whom were at school. David Thomas was
2 years old.
The family was still resident at the address by the time of
the 1939 Register.
In December 1939, David married Iris Elizabeth Lewis.
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| South Wales Daily Post |
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| South Wales Daily Post |
In May 1945, the family of David published birthday wishes published in the South Wales Daily Post.
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| South Wales Daily Post |
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