When Mary Ellen Langley was born on 8 March 1875, in Morgan, Tennessee, United States, her father, James Martin Langley, was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth "Eliza" Frances KELLY, was 29. She married George Harmon Parker on 29 November 1891, in Crookedfork, Morgan, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Petros, Morgan, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Porter Township, Christian, Missouri, United States in 1910. She died on 28 November 1961, in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States.
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English: habitational name from any of numerous places called Langley or Longley (in Kent, Sussex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Somerset, Shrops, Lancashire, Durham, and many other counties), themselves from Old English lang ‘long’ + lēah ‘wood, glade, clearing’.
English: from the Middle English female personal name Langlif (Old Norse Langlíf ‘long’ + ‘life’ or ‘body’).
Americanized form of French Langlais .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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