Brief Life History of James Park
When James Park Neal was born on 17 January 1874, in Smyth, Virginia, United States, his father, Joseph Marion Neal, was 28 and his mother, Mary Virginia Humphries, was 23. He married Imogene O Briggs on 27 November 1902, in Daviess, Missouri, United States. He lived in Lincoln Township, Daviess, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1910. His occupation is listed as medical doctor - surgeon in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States. He died on 12 December 1941, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States.
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- James P Neal in household of Joseph Neal, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: James Park Neal - Government record: Census record: birth-name: James Park Neal
- J Park Neal, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French, Anglo-Norman French, and Middle English personal name Neel, Nele, Nihel, Niel, itself derived from the Latin name Nigellus (a diminutive of Latin niger ‘black’), originally a nickname for someone with black hair or a dark complexion. The name was very common among Normans and was brought to England at the time of the Norman Conquest. There has been considerable confusion with the Irish and Scottish Gaelic name Niall (see Neil ); the two names are now pronounced identically. It is theoretically possible that in Normandy, where the personal name was popular, that it was also used for Old Norse Njáll, but this is difficult to prove. Njáll was adopted from the Irish Gaelic personal name Niall by Vikings in Ireland, who took it back to Iceland and Norway, but whether the Vikings also took Njáll to Normandy and to the northwest of England, is an open question, which cannot be settled on the available evidence.
English: alternatively from the Middle English personal name Nele, a variant of Nell as a pet form of Elias (see Ellis ). Compare Nelson , Nielson .
Scottish and Irish: shortened form of McNeal (see McNeil ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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