Brief Life History of Alma Georgiana
When Alma Georgiana Parker was born on 8 October 1878, in Anita, Cass, Iowa, United States, her father, John Humphrey Parker, was 30 and her mother, Mary Jane Dill, was 23. She married John Clark Nation on 9 September 1895. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Election District 8, Fremont, Wyoming, United States in 1920 and Fremont, Wyoming, United States in 1930. She died on 25 March 1961, in Lander, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Lander, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States.
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- Georgiana Parker in household of John Parker, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Georginia Alma Parker, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Alma Georgiana Nation, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1884
Historical Boundaries 1884: Fremont, Wyoming Territory, United States 1890: Fremont, Wyoming, United States
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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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