When Rufus Erastus Parker was born on 28 October 1861, in Georgia, United States, his father, James Clayton Parker, was 27 and his mother, Amanda Lang, was 20. He married Texas Richard on 2 December 1886, in Alachua, Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Florida, United States in 1870. He died on 4 July 1896, in La Crosse, Alachua, Florida, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in La Crosse, Alachua, Florida, United States.
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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.
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