When Josephine Parker was born on 4 September 1862, in Light, South Australia, Australia, her father, John Mathew Thomas Parker, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Pedler, was 28. She married Edwin Roberts on 22 April 1885, in Hoyleton, South Australia, Australia. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 15 August 1938, in Payneham, South Australia, Australia, at the age of 75.
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End of transportation to Western Australia.
British troops withdraw from Australia.
Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.
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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