When Laura Grace Parrish was born on 1 October 1883, in Wasco, Oregon, United States, her father, Rolando Parrish, was 35 and her mother, Martha Angenette Helm, was 27. She married Orval Davis on 6 January 1909, in Crook, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Cross Keys, Crook, Oregon, United States in 1900 and Portland City Election Precinct 130, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 9 March 1968, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.”
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.
English (mainly southern): from the Old French habitational name and personal name Paris . Parrish is the most common form of the name in English, and is the result of confusion between -s and -sh (compare Norris ), reinforced by folk etymological association with the modern English word parish.
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