Brief Life History of Clarence Parker
When Clarence Parker Emery was born on 31 March 1895, in Formoso, Jewell, Kansas, United States, his father, Clarence LaRue Emery, was 45 and his mother, Blanche Lisetta Ellsworth, was 37. He married Katherine or Kate W Keyes about 1920, in Kansas, United States. He lived in Manhattan, Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, United States in 1940 and Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1919. He died in February 1983, in Oskaloosa, Jefferson, Kansas, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States.
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- Clarence P Emery, "United States 1950 Census"
- Clarence Parker Emery, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
- Clarence Emery, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the ancient Germanic personal name Amalric, composed of the elements Amal (a dynastic name among the Goths) + rīk ‘realm, power’. The name was introduced into England from France by the Normans, developing into the Middle English personal name Amery, Emery (from Old French Amauri, Emaurri). Compare Amery , Amory , and 2 below.
French: from the Old French personal name Aimery, ancient Germanic Haimeric, from haim ‘home’+ rīc ‘power(ful)’. This may occasionally also be a derivation of the English surname (see 1 above). Compare Lemery .
Americanized form of German Hemmerich .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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