When Hugh Park was born on 23 February 1843, in Plympton, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, his father, David Park, was 33 and his mother, Ann Brooks, was 31. He married Rebecca Cook about 1868, in Kent, British Columbia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1850 and lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1860 and Hobart, Douglas, Nevada, United States in 1900. He died on 23 January 1924, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Mottsville Cemetery, Douglas, Nevada, United States.
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English and Scottish: from Middle English and Older Scots parc, parke, perk ‘park, enclosure’ (Old French parc), often referring to the grounds of a manor house or a deer park where the lord hunted. The name was probably synonymous with Parker , denoting an officer who looked after a park for the lord of the manor.
English and Scottish: from a medieval pet form of the personal name Peter . Compare Parkin .
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Possible Related NamesGENOA WEEKLY COURIER -- Friday July 25, 1884 Last Tuesday evening about 9 o'clock the shocking intelligence was conveyed to town that David Park Sr. Of Mottsville had committed suicide by hanging …
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