Brief Life History of Adaline H.
When Adaline H. Parker was born on 17 July 1848, in Fountain City, New Garden Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States, her father, Joel Parker, was 46 and her mother, Mary Maris Parker, was 40. She married Amos Kendall Hollowell on 19 October 1870. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in New Garden Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Indiana, United States in 1870. She died on 21 April 1900, in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States.
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- Adeline H Hollowell in household of Amos K Hollowell, "United States Census, 1880"
- Adeline Parker in household of Joel Parker, "United States Census, 1860"
- Adeline Parker in household of Joel Parker, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (8)
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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