Jennette Parker

Brief Life History of Jennette

When Jennette Parker was born in 1837, in Freedom, Portage, Ohio, United States, her father, Enoch C. Parker, was 30 and her mother, Abigail Perkins, was 26. She married Adolphus Flint on 13 September 1871, in Portage, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Jackson Township, Des Moines, Iowa, United States in 1860 and Parkman, Geauga, Ohio, United States in 1880. She died on 2 August 1889, in Garrettsville, Portage, Ohio, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Freedom West Cemetery, Freedom, Portage, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Adolphus Flint
1840–1893
Jennette Parker
1837–1889
Marriage: 13 September 1871
Ellen Flint
1872–

Sources (10)

  • Janette R Flint in household of Adolphus Flint, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Nettie Parker, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Jennette Parker Flint, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846

Iowa is the 29th state.

1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines

The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.

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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