Brief Life History of M B
When M B Parker was born on 16 April 1923, in Dexter, Cooke, Texas, United States, his father, Kester David Parker, was 26 and his mother, Mary Matilda Bacon, was 21. He married Edna McKean Argyle on 12 October 1944, in West Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States. He lived in Red River Township, Tillman, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. He died on 24 May 1988, in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States.
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- M B Parker, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- M. B. Parker, "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981"
- M B Parker, "Oklahoma, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
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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