Brief Life History of Mary Ellen
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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- Ellen Parker in household of George H Parker, "United States Census, 1900"
- Mary E Langley, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Mary Ellen Langley Parker, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic
When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
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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