William Roscoe Parker: McKeown Genealogy

1890 - 1978 (87 years)

Generation: 1

William Roscoe Parker was born on 31 Oct 1890 in Fostoria, Hancock County, Ohio (son of John Ardery Parker and Lucy Drumm); died on 20 Jun 1978 in Orange County, California.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Census: 1930, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Notes:

$30 Monthly for Each Baby.
Los Angeles, Cal. – Orrel A. Parker of New York has a chance to add to his income if he has babies enough. By the terms of the will of his brother, Frederick D. Parker, who died here recently, which was filed here, he and his wife are to be given $30 a month apiece for each child that is born to them. The will also provides that another brother, William R. Parker, of this city, be given $30 a month and if he marries, that much additional to be paid to each child born of the union.
The Clyde Enterprise, Clyde, Ohio. Thursday, 22 December 1910.

Courthouse Note
Brevities Miscellaneous
All to the son: By the terms of the will of Lucy Parker, a widow, filed for probate yesterday, her estate, estimated to be worth $6500, is left to her son, William A. Parker, and C.M. Wood is nominated as guardian of the boy.
The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California. Sunday, 25 November 1909.

Family/Spouse: Gladys Llewellyn Moore. Gladys was born on 29 Aug 1889 in California; died on 10 May 1948 in Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Donald Llewellyn Parker was born on 14 Jul 1927 in Los Angeles County, California; died on 5 Nov 1993 in Los Angeles County, California.

Generation: 2

John Ardery Parker was born on 29 Jun 1842 in Ohio (son of John Brown Parker and Margaret Ardery); died on 2 Nov 1900; was buried in Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria, Hancock County, Ohio.

Other Events:

_MILT: Civil War. US Army. Private.
Census: 1880, Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio
Census: 1900, Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio
Census: 1900, Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio

Notes:

Ohio soldier grave registration:
Name: John A. Parker
Birth Date: 1842
Enlistment Date: 25 Sep 1864
Discharge Date: 14 Aug 1865
Death Date: 1900
Burial Place: Fostoria, Ohio, USA
Cemetery: Fountain
Rank: Private
Branch of Service: Army

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57516404/john-ardrey-parker

Section H, Lot 314, Row 7

John married Lucy Drumm on 12 Dec 1871 in Muskingum County, Ohio. Lucy was born in May 1851 in Ohio; died on 15 Nov 1909 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria, Hancock County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucy Drumm was born in May 1851 in Ohio; died on 15 Nov 1909 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria, Hancock County, Ohio.

Notes:

Parker, at No. 2100 Toberman street. Mrs. Lucy Parker, aged 58 years, beloved mother of Orrel A., Fredrick D., and William R. Parker. Funeral today, 2 p.m. at Sutch’s chapel, No.842 South Figueroa street. Interment Inglewood Park Cemetery, Friends invited.
The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California. Thursday, 18 November 1909.

Courthouse Note
Brevities Miscellaneous
All to the son: By the terms of the will of Lucy Parker, a widow, filed for probate yesterday, her estate, estimated to be worth $6500, is left to her son, William A. Parker, and C.M. Wood is nominated as guardian of the boy.
The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California. Sunday, 25 November 1909.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57516019/lucy-drum-parker

Section H, lot 314, grave 5, row 7

Children:

Orral Ardrey Parker was born on 14 Jan 1873 in Hopewell Township, Muskingum County, Ohio; died on 3 May 1965 in Florence, Pinal County, Arizona.
Frederick Dalton Parker was born on 9 Oct 1876 in Fostoria, Hancock County, Ohio; died on 12 Dec 1910 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria, Hancock County, Ohio.
1. William Roscoe Parker was born on 31 Oct 1890 in Fostoria, Hancock County, Ohio; died on 20 Jun 1978 in Orange County, California.

Generation: 3

John Brown Parker was born on 29 May 1818 in County Down, Ireland (son of John Parker and Margarett McBride); died on 5 Feb 1904 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.

Other Events:

Census: 1850, Hanover Township, Licking County, Ohio
Census: 1860, Hanover Township, Licking County, Ohio
Census: 1870, Hanover Township, Licking County, Ohio
Census: 1900, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Notes:

John Brown Parker, age 86 years, died February 5, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. B.F. Thomas, of Los Angeles. The deceased was engaged in the mercantile business in Zanesville for several years, and went from her to Pomona, Calif. in 1874. He lived in the first house ever built in that town; was the first village postmaster and served first as justice of the peace. He lived in Los Angeles since 1885.
The Times Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio. Tuesday, 16 February 1904.

Pomona’s First Postmaster Dies.
John Brown Parker, Pioneer of Los Angeles County.
Occupied First House Built on Present Site of Pomona – Was First Justice of the Peace There. A Staunch Churchman.
John Brown Parker, a pioneer of Los Angeles county, and one of the first American settlers in the Pomona Valley, died in this city early yesterday morning at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. B.F. Thomas, No.1236 East Eighth street.
Mr. Parker was 86 years old at the time of his death, and was a man of splendid physique, possessed of fine health up to his last illness, which was brief. He occupied the first house erected on the site of the present city of Pomona, where he settle in 1874 – an old adobe that is said till to be standing on the outskirts of the city. He was the first postmaster of Pomona, and its first justice of the peace.
Deceased was born in the county of Downs, Northern Ireland, May 29, 1818. In 1830 he migrated to Rochester, N.Y., and later to Zanesville, O., where he was engaged in mercantile pursuits for many years. In that State, in 1845, he married Mary Catherine Perry, who passed away in this city in 1886.
Mr. Parker moved to the present site of Pomona in 1874, and thence to Los Angeles in 1885, where he has since resided. Like most of the natives of the North of Ireland, he was a staunch and active Protestant, and organized and long superintended the first Sunday-school in Pomona. He was a member of the First Christian Church of this city.
Mr. Parker became the father of a family of ten. The surviving children are Mrs. Anna Haun of Chicago, O., and Dr. W.C. Parker, J.H. Parker, Mrs. George J. Dalton, Parry B. parker, Frank M. Parker and Mrs. B.F. Thomas of this city.
Mr. Parker was distinguished among his friends as a man who never tasted tobacco nor whisky nor used a profane word in his life.
Funeral services will be held at the residence of his daughter, No.1236 East Eighth street, tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock; interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California. Saturday, 6 February 1904.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66320333/john-brown-parker

Section G

John married Margaret Ardery on 12 Aug 1841. Margaret was born on 4 Mar 1811; died on 3 Aug 1843 in Ohio; was buried in Bagley Cemetery, Newton Township, Muskingum County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret Ardery was born on 4 Mar 1811; died on 3 Aug 1843 in Ohio; was buried in Bagley Cemetery, Newton Township, Muskingum County, Ohio.

Notes:

Cemetery originally named Muskingum Covenanter Church Cemetery

Name:
daughter of Robert Ardrey and Margaret Gibson

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206006696/margaret-parker

Children:

2. John Ardery Parker was born on 29 Jun 1842 in Ohio; died on 2 Nov 1900; was buried in Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria, Hancock County, Ohio.

Generation: 4

John Parker was born on 6 Jun 1791 in Rathfriland, County Of Down, Ireland (son of Moses Parker and Sarah Hooks); died on 25 Mar 1870 in Dodgeville, Des Moines County, Iowa; was buried in Old Stone Church Cemetery, Dodgeville, Des Moines County, Iowa.

Other Events:

Census: 1850, Yellow Springs Township, Des Moines County, Iowa
Census: 1856, Yellow Springs Township, Des Moines County, Iowa
Census: 1860, Yellow Springs Township, Des Moines County, Iowa

Notes:

Census info.
1850 US census, Yellow Springs Township, Des Moines County, Iowa. John Parker age 59; Margaret age 58; Sarah age 30; Mary age 18; Robert age 16 John age 8; Margret age 57 and Moses age 23.

1856 Iowa state census, Yellow Springs, Des Moines County, Iowa. John Parker age 65; Margaret age 64; Sarah age35; Moses age 29; Mary age 24; Robert age 22; John age 13; and Margaret age 63.

1860 US census, Yellow Springs Township, Des Moines County, Iowa. John Parker age 69; Margaret age 68; Sarah age 44; Mary age 28; John age 17; and Margaret age 67.

1870 Census Mortality Schedule.
John Parker
Yellow Spring Township, Des Moines County, Iowa.
Born in Ireland
Died March 1870
Cause - Paralysis

Died:
US Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885. John Parker, age 78, Died March 1870. Cause of death: Paralysis.

Buried:
Headstone photos used with permission from findagrave contributor pmfrench.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21760204/john-parker

John married Margarett McBride on 11 Apr 1815 in Ireland. Margarett was born on 9 Jun 1792 in County Down, Ireland; died on 2 Dec 1884; was buried in Old Stone Church Cemetery, Dodgeville, Des Moines County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margarett McBride was born on 9 Jun 1792 in County Down, Ireland; died on 2 Dec 1884; was buried in Old Stone Church Cemetery, Dodgeville, Des Moines County, Iowa.

Other Events:

Census: 1870, Yellow Springs, Des Moines County, Iowa
Census: 1880, Yellow Springs, Des Moines County, Iowa

Notes:

McKeown Family Bible record, written on back of page for family portraits From Dale Thompson.
There is a listing of births, it states that John G. McKeown 2nd son of Alexander and Rose Glasgow McKeown was married to Annie Parker daughter of John and Margaret Brown Parker Feb 27th 1849.

From the Parker Book by Wayne Parker, page 72: Margaret McBride was the daughter of John McBride and Dorothea (Dollie) Brown. ... The following remarks made by John Brown Parker (1818-1904) and William Parker (1821-1905) "The McBrides were rather below medium size, while the Browns were large and robust and stood in the front in all manly sports requiring strength and agility." Dolly Brown McBride had one brother John Brown who settled in Guernsey County, Ohio about 1828, had three sons, William Brown, Robert Brown and John Brown. William settled in Philadelphia, Robert in Des Moines County, Iowa and John remained on the Guernsey County farm. David Martin and Mary McBride Martin, emigrated to America about 1841 and went to Zanesville, Ohio (John Parker and Margaret McBride Parker living there at that time). They left after a few months and went to Troy, New York. All trace of family has been lost.

Census info.
1870 US census, Yellow Springs, Des Moines County, Iowa. Margaret Parker age 77; Sarah Parker age 40; and Mary Parker age 30.

1880 US census, Yellow Springs, Des Moines County, Iowa. Margaret Parker, age 88, widowed; Sarah Parker age 55, single; and Mary Parker age 45, single.

Buried:
Headstone photos used with permission from findagrave contributor pmfrench.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21760189/margaret-parker

Children:

Sarah Parker was born on 22 Apr 1816 in Ireland; died on 14 Feb 1893 in Washington, Iowa; was buried in Elm Grove Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Iowa.
4. John Brown Parker was born on 29 May 1818 in County Down, Ireland; died on 5 Feb 1904 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
Rev William Parker was born on 12 Jul 1821 in Ireland; died on 26 Jan 1905 in Valley Center, Sedgwick County, Kansas; was buried in Clearwater Cemetery, Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas.
Moses Parker was born on 27 May 1827 in Ireland; died on 25 May 1918; was buried in Clearwater Cemetery, Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas.
Annie Parker was born on 21 May 1829 in Rathfriland, County Of Down, Ireland; died on 6 Mar 1892 in Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa; was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa.
Mary Parker was born on 10 Jan 1832 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York; died on 12 Mar 1924 in Washington, Washington County, Iowa; was buried on 14 Mar 1924 in Elm Grove Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Iowa.
Robert Parker was born on 11 May 1834 in Ohio; died on 24 May 1922 in Cadott, Chippewa County, Wisconsin; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.

McKeown and Shields Families

William Roscoe Parker