When Donald Clinton Parker was born on 10 September 1902, in Laconia, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Harry Burnham Parker, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Rachel Phillips, was 23. He married Belva Rose McCue on 8 January 1922, in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 26 August 1943, in Grand Blanc, Genesee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 40.
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A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
"Henry Ford built his first gasoline-powered vehicle, named the Quadricycle, in 1896, at his home in Detroit. Ford sold the Quadricycle for $200 and used the money to build a second car. In 1901, Ford raced his car ""Sweepstakes"" against Alexander Winton and won. The victory resulted in publicity for Ford which allowed him to gain investors for his new company, Ford Motor Company. The first Model A was sold on July 23, 1903, and the company was incorporated on November 13, 1903."
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
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.
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