 Her most acclaimed work, "Sioned", first published as a serial between 1894 and 1896 was introduced as a novel in 1906 and was reissued in 1988 and 2003.Sarah Winifred Parry was born on 20 May 1870 in Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, to Margaret (née Roberts) and Hugh Thomas Parry.Shortly after her birth, the family moved to Port Dinorwic and were enumerated on the 1871 census with Parry's maternal grandfather John Roberts.