Homer Ellis Parker

Brief Life History of Homer Ellis

When Homer Ellis Parker was born on 22 November 1899, in Sugar Creek Township, Putnam, Ohio, United States, his father, Isaac Newton Parker, was 32 and his mother, Callie L. McKinley, was 31. He had at least 1 son with Vera Leona Gillam. He lived in United States in 1949 and Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States in 1950. He died on 19 June 1962, at the age of 62, and was buried in Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Homer Ellis Parker
1899–1962
Vera L Gillhan
1908–2001
William E Parker
1928–2000
Russell Parker
1946–

Sources (18)

  • Homer E Parker, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Homer E. Parker, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Homer E Parker, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome

A law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico and gave all Puerto Ricans citizenship. This law was replaced by the Jones–Shafroth Act in 1917.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

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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