Brief Life History of James Wilbur
When James Wilbur Parks was born on 28 February 1914, in Rubicon Township, Greene, Illinois, United States, his father, Elmer Westley Parks, was 43 and his mother, Hattie Belle Allen, was 39. He lived in Roscoe, Postmasburg, Cape Province, South Africa in 1975. He died on 20 April 2003, in Jerseyville, Jersey, Illinois, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Rose Hill West Cemetery, Rubicon Township, Greene, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Janes W Parks in household of Elmer W Parks, "United States Census, 1930"
- James Wilbur Parks, "Find A Grave Index"
- J Wilbur Parks, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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1925 · Woman's World's Fair
The first Woman's World's Fair was held in Chicago in 1925. The idea of the completely women-run fair was to display the progress of ideas, work, and products of twentieth-century women
1939
South Africa supports Allies in World War II.
Name Meaning
English:
variant of Park 1 with genitival, plural, or post-medieval excrescent -s.
variant of Perk , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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