Emma Parker

Brief Life History of Emma

When Emma Parker was born on 24 May 1819, in Burslem, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Parker, was 28 and her mother, Mary Ann Taylor, was 26. She married Alfred Cordon on 19 December 1836, in Burslem, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 28 April 1898, in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Willard City Cemetery, Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alfred Cordon
1817–1871
Emma Parker
1819–1898
Marriage: 19 December 1836
Elizabeth Cordon
1837–1838
George Cordon
1840–1840
Edwin Parker Cordon
1841–1929
Rachel Ann Cordon
1844–1911
Emma Cordon
1846–1935
Alfred Cordon Jr
1847–1848
Adelaide Amelia Cordon
1849–1914
Myra Green Cordon
1851–1852
William Henry Cordon
1852–1853
Mary Frances Cordon
1854–1862
Charles Edward Cordon
1856–1877
Eliza Almira Cordon
1858–1926
Sarah Jane Cordon
1860–1925
Ida V Cordon
1862–1919

Sources (61)

  • Emma Cardon in household of Alfred Cardon, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Emma Parker, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Alfred Cordon, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "

World Events (8)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

Name Meaning

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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