When Kenneth Carroll Parsons was born on 21 February 1925, in Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, United States, his father, Lemuel Marion Parsons, was 26 and his mother, Lena Mae Lowe, was 25. He married Lettie Marie Vander Meyden on 1 September 1945, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Williams District, Wood, West Virginia, United States in 1940 and Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States for about 49 years. He registered for military service in 1943. He died on 2 January 1999, in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States, at the age of 73.
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English: occupational name for the servant of a parish priest or parson, from the possessive case of Middle English persone, parsoun (see Parson ).
English: many early examples are found with the prepositions (e.g. Ralph del Persones 1323); these are habitational names, with the omission of house, hence in effect occupational names for servants employed at the parson's house.
English: post-medieval variant of Parson , with excrescent -s. Alternatively, Parson may be a shortened form of Parsons.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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