Brief Life History of Lila
When Lila Parker was born on 30 December 1884, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Joseph Priestly Parker, was 28 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Barnhill, was 29. She married Ezra Gecovia Maxwell on 21 May 1905, in Henderson, Tennessee, United States. She lived in Civil District 1, Henderson, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. She died on 12 December 1965, in Huntingdon, Carroll, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Blair Cemetery, Clarksburg, Carroll, Tennessee, United States.
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- Lilia Parker in household of Joseph T Parker, "United States Census, 1900"
- Lila Parker, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Lila Parker Johnson, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
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.
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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