When Mary Haskin Parker was born on 8 September 1823, in Chaigley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Parker Sr., was 48 and her mother, Ellen Heskin, was 44. She married Samuel Whitney Richards on 29 January 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Whalley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 3 June 1860, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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.
Possible Related NamesSamuel Whitney Richards was born August 9, 1824, in Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, to Phinehas Richards and Wealthy Dewey Richards. He heard the gospel from his father’s cousin, Brigham Young. He …
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