Oran Vernal Parks
1918–1991 (Age 73)
Breckenridge, Stephens, Texas, United States
The Life of Oran Vernal
When Oran Vernal Parks was born on 14 June 1918, in Breckenridge, Stephens, Texas, United States, his father, Morris Jack Vestal Parks, was 27 and his mother, Mae Ledbetter, was 19. He had at least 1 daughter with Mildred P Collier. He died on 2 November 1991, at the age of 73.
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Family Time Line
Oran Vernal Parks
1918–1991
Mildred P Collier
1915–1994
Marriage: August 1967
Carolyn Parks Bagwell
1943–1991
Spouse & Children
1918–1991Male
- Mildred P Collier
1915–1994Female
MARRIAGE
August 1967
San Bernardino, California, United States
August 1967
San Bernardino, California, United States
children
(1)
- Carolyn Parks Bagwell
1943–1991Female
Parents & Siblings
- Morris Jack Vestal Parks
1890–1967Male
1899–1999Female
siblings
(1)
1918–1991Male
World Events (8)
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
Age 1
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Age 11
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1941
Age 23
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from Park 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
Oran V Parks in household of Morris Parks, "United States Census, 1920"
Oran V Parks in household of Morris M Parks, "United States Census, 1930"
Oran Vernel Parks, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
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