Brief Life History of Annetta Belle
When Annetta Belle Parkhurst was born on 13 September 1914, in Houstonia, Pettis, Missouri, United States, her father, John Henry Parkhurst, was 23 and her mother, Frances Maude Ellis, was 22. She married William Herschel Rissler on 29 July 1939, in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Hughesville, Pettis, Missouri, United States in 1930. She died on 5 August 2004, in Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sedalia Township, Pettis, Missouri, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Annetta Bell Parkhurst in household of John Parkhurst, "United States Census, 1930"
- Annetta Belle Parkhurst, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Mrs Annetta Rissler in entry for Mr William H Rissler, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
Spouse and Children
1910–1969 Male
1914–2004 Female
Children (1)
1951–1993 Male
Parents and Siblings
1891–1969 Male
1891–1928 Female
Siblings (5)
1913–2001 Female
1914–2004 Female
1916–2012 Female
1918–1988 Male
1920–2003 Female
World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 2
1917
Age 3
1941
Age 27
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Parkhurst, such as Parkhurst in Buxted (Sussex), which is recorded as Perkehurst in 1439, and Parkhurst in Abinger (Surrey), which is recorded as Parkherst in 1464. The placenames derive from Middle English park ‘park, enclosure’ (Old French parc) or parrok ‘enclosure, paddock’ (Old English pearroc) + hirste ‘hillock, copse’ (Old English hyrst).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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