Lila Parker

30 December 1884–12 December 1965 (Age 80)
Tennessee, United States

The Life Summary of Lila

When Lila Parker was born on 30 December 1884, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Joseph Priest Parker, was 28 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Barnhill, was 29. She married Ezra Gecovia Maxwell on 18 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 Tennessee, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Blair Cemetery, Clarksburg, Carroll, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Riley Johnson
1881–1940
Lila Parker
1884–1965
Marriage: 9 November 1928

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    9 November 1928Henderson, Tennessee, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1886
    Age 2
    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
    1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
    Age 2
    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
    Age 22
    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Parkman
    Parkerson
    Parkey
    Park

    Sources (13)

    • Lilia Parker in household of Joseph T Parker, "United States Census, 1900"
    • Lila Parker, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
    • Lila ... in entry for W.R. Johnson, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

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