Robert Calvin Parker

Brief Life History of Robert Calvin

When Robert Calvin Parker was born on 26 January 1905, in Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States, his father, John W Parker, was 48 and his mother, Frances Jarvis Evans, was 41. He married Effie Mae Hurdle on 12 May 1925, in Pasquotank, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States. He lived in Elizabeth City Township, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He died on 7 November 1977, in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Elizabeth City, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Calvin Parker
1905–1977
Bessie Mae Twiford
1909–2005
Marriage: 14 October 1940
Frances Castel Parker
1941–2007

Sources (27)

  • Robert C Parker, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Robert Calvin Parker, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
  • Robert C Parker, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

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World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

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.

1918 · Fort Bragg Established

Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

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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