Brief Life History of Amy Adelia
When Amy Adelia Parker was born on 13 May 1840, in Brookfield Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Ambrose Plummer Parker, was 42 and her mother, Ruby Metcalf, was 32. She married George W Hunt on 17 October 1869, in Brookfield, Brookfield Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Brookfield, Brookfield Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 22 January 1889, in Union, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Elk Point Cemetery, Elk Point, Union, South Dakota, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Amy A Hunt in household of Geo W Hunt, "United States Census, 1870"
- Amy Adelia Parker Brown, "Find A Grave Index"
- Amy Parker in entry for Amy Lavinia Whitaker, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1938-1961"
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1861: Dakota Territory, United States 1862: Cole, Dakota Territory, United States 1864: Union, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Union, South Dakota, United States
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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