Hollis Elton Parker

Brief Life History of Hollis Elton

When Hollis Elton Parker was born on 7 October 1901, in Platner, Washington, Colorado, United States, his father, James Louis Parker Sr., was 45 and his mother, Sara Ann McKee, was 43. He married Elizabeth Dolby on 6 June 1921, in Otis, Washington, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Groveport, Madison Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Fairfield, Ohio, United States in 1987. He died in October 1987, in Groveport, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Reynoldsburg, Franklin, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hollis Elton Parker
1901–1987
Elizabeth Dolby
1901–1947
Marriage: 6 June 1921
Dwayne Edward Parker
1922–1998
Jeanne LaDella Parker
1925–1997
Derryl Elton Parker
1927–1977

Sources (18)

  • Hollis E. Parker, "United States, Census, 1950"
  • Hollis E Parker, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
  • Hollis E Parker, "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007"

World Events (8)

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English parker ‘park-keeper’ (Old French parquier, parchier), an officer employed to look after deer and other game in a hunting park (see Park 1). This surname is also very common among African Americans. It has also been recorded since medieval times in Ireland.

Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish names.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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At the age of seventeen, Hollis, the baby of the Parker family left Colorado to seek his place in soc1ety. He made his home at Groveport, Ohio working on the farm of Edward Dolby. Several years la …

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