Charles Walter Parsons was born in 1861, in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States. He married Lydia Allen on 15 July 1893, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 14 June 1897, at the age of 36, and was buried in Richmond City Cemetery, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.
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English: occupational name for the servant of a parish priest or parson, from the possessive case of Middle English persone, parsoun (see Parson ).
English: many early examples are found with the prepositions (e.g. Ralph del Persones 1323); these are habitational names, with the omission of house, hence in effect occupational names for servants employed at the parson's house.
English: post-medieval variant of Parson , with excrescent -s. Alternatively, Parson may be a shortened form of Parsons.
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