Frank Spurgeon Parker

Brief Life History of Frank Spurgeon

When Frank Spurgeon Parker was born on 27 October 1903, in Hominy, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, his father, Francis Marion Parker, was 43 and his mother, Louisa "Jane" Cook, was 40. He married Clara Elizabeth Pettit on 16 January 1929, in Henderson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Lower Hominy Township, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States in 1910 and Buncombe, North Carolina, United States in 1920. He died on 1 September 1937, in Candler, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Sardis Methodist Church Cemetery, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank Spurgeon Parker
1903–1937
Clara Elizabeth Pettit
1905–1980
Marriage: 16 January 1929
Emma "Jayne" Parker
1930–1995
Parker
1932–1932
Frances Marian Parker
1937–2000

Sources (22)

  • Frank Parker in household of Marion Parker, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Frank S Parker - Government record: birth-name: Frank S Parker
  • Frank Parker, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

World Events (8)

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

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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