When William Gordon Park was born on 7 May 1861, in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, William Duncan Park, was 23 and his mother, Jeannette Gordon, was 17. He married Louisa Alice Randall on 20 September 1893, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 3, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 20 July 1942, in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Elysian Burial Gardens, Millcreek, Salt Lake, 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 .
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