When William Smith Park was born on 3 September 1885, in Orem, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, John Smith Park, was 35 and his mother, Martha Melissa Parker, was 28. He married Sarah Elizabeth Mecham on 13 April 1910, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1908 and lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1920 and Orem Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 25 January 1963, in Orem, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Orem, Utah, Utah, United States.
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English and Scottish: from Middle English and Older Scots parc, parke, perk ‘park, enclosure’ (Old French parc), often referring to the grounds of a manor house or a deer park where the lord hunted. The name was probably synonymous with Parker , denoting an officer who looked after a park for the lord of the manor.
English and Scottish: from a medieval pet form of the personal name Peter . Compare Parkin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesThe original was very hard to read, so I transcribed it here for future generations to see. A Missionary Blessing Given upon the head of Elder William Smith Park, in the Seventies office, Salt Lake C …
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