When Henry Elijah Parker was born on 8 November 1848, in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Charles Edward Parker, was 22 and his mother, Ellen Louisa Perkins, was 23. He married Marietta Cate on 27 September 1871, in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States in 1880 and Denbigh, Newport News, Virginia, United States in 1900. He died on 19 January 1925, in Newport News, Virginia, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Newport News, Virginia, United States.
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The United States Congress passed a package of five separate bills in an attempt to decrease tensions between the slave states and free states. The compromise itself was received gratefully, but both sides disapproved of certain components contained in the laws. Texas was impacted in several ways; mainly, the state surrendered its claim to New Mexico (and other claims north of 36°30′) but retained the Texas Panhandle. The federal government also took over the public debt for Texas.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Congress restored Texas to the Union on March 30, 1870, despite not yet meeting all of the requirements established for re-admittance.
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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