Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Parker was born on 4 November 1839, in Hurst Green, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Parker Jr., was 27 and her mother, Alice Woodacre, was 25. She married Samuel Whitney Richards on 14 February 1855, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Virgin, Kane, Utah, United States in 1880 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 20 December 1914, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Marian Parker in household of John Parker, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary Parker, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Ann Parker Richards, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.
Name Meaning
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.
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Excerpts from Harold L. Brown's autobiography about Phineas and Samuel Richards as recorded in 1973
[Ora Geneva Ensign's] great grandfather was Phineas Richards. He was one of three brothers who, at the beginning of the 1800's, lived in Massachusetts. All three men later became leaders in the Mormon …
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