Perry Willard Parker: McKeown Genealogy

1907 - 1983 (75 years)

Generation: 1

Perry Willard Parker was born on 14 Jun 1907 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California (son of Perry Marion Parker and Geraldine Heisel); died on 8 Apr 1983 in Torrance, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in burial details unknown.

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179270551/perry-willard-parker

Generation: 2

Perry Marion Parker was born on 16 Dec 1879 in Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania (son of William Casper Parker and Mary Alice Marvin); died on 30 Dec 1944 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.

Notes:

Perry M. Parker, 65, assistant cashier of the Security-First National Bank, with which he was connected for 44 years, died yesterday in the California Hospital following an operation. He was a native of Pennsylvania and came here in his youth. The home is at 1631 S. Wilton Place. Besides his widow, Mrs. Geraldine Parker, he leaves a daughter, Miss Marjorie Parker, and a son, Capt. William Parker, with the armed forces. Funeral arrangements are to be made by Bresee Bros. & Gillette Mortuary.

Los Angeles Times
January 1, 1945

PARKER, Perry M. Parker,
Services at Bresee Brothers' Gillette Chapel Thursday 1:30 p.m.

Los Angeles Times
January 3, 1945

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59357183/perry-marion-parker

Section G, Lot 5260W 1/2

Perry married Geraldine Heisel. Geraldine was born on 7 Jan 1888 in Brunswick, Chariton County, Missouri; died on 11 Jan 1963 in San Diego County, California; was cremated in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Geraldine Heisel was born on 7 Jan 1888 in Brunswick, Chariton County, Missouri; died on 11 Jan 1963 in San Diego County, California; was cremated in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.

Notes:

PARKER, Geraldine H., mother of Marjorie H. and Perry W. Parker, widow of Perry M. Parker. Services Tuesday, 1 p.m., at Benbough Mortuary, San Diego, Cremation.

Los Angeles Times
January 13, 1963

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59356870/geraldine-parker

Section G, Lot 526-W 1/2, Row 3

Children:

1. Perry Willard Parker was born on 14 Jun 1907 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; died on 8 Apr 1983 in Torrance, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in burial details unknown.
Marion Parker was born on 11 Oct 1915 in Los Angeles County, California; died on 17 Dec 1927 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.
Marjorie Parker was born on 11 Oct 1915 in Los Angeles County, California; died on 2 Aug 1987 in San Diego County, California; was cremated in ashes scattered at sea.

Generation: 3

William Casper Parker was born on 21 Jun 1847 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio (son of John Brown Parker and Mary Catherine Perry); died on 8 Jan 1928 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.

Notes:

Grandsire of Parker Girl Dies
Widow Left by Doctor; Funeral to be Conducted This Morning
Announcement of the death of Dr. William Casper Parker, 80-year-old grandfather of Marion Parker, Kidnapped and slain school child, which occurred Sunday at 2 a.m., was made yesterday. Dr. Parker died at his home at 1750 St. Andrews Place, after a long illness, death being attributed to old age and infirmities.
Funeral services will be conducted today at 11 a.m. at the Bresee Brothers’ chapel, 855 South Figueroa street.
Mr. Parker leaves his widow, Mary Alice Parker; two sons, Frederick Willard and Parry Marion; three daughters, Helen, Mrs. Hazel E. Garber and Mrs. LeRoy Dawson, and three grandchildren, Perry Willard Parker and Marjorie Parker, son and daughter of Mrs. Perry Marion Parker, and Robert Garber, all of Los Angeles. One brother, Perry Brown Parker, of McFarland, and one sister, Mrs. George J. Dalton of Los Angeles, also are left.
Interment in Evergreen Cemetery will follow the funeral.
The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California. Tuesday, 10 January 1928.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59358694/william-casper-parker

William married Mary Alice Marvin. Mary was born on 2 Oct 1854 in Putnam County, Ohio; died on 11 Apr 1930 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Alice Marvin was born on 2 Oct 1854 in Putnam County, Ohio; died on 11 Apr 1930 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.

Notes:

PARKER, At 1850 South St. Andrews Place, April 11, Mary A., widow of the late Dr. W.C. Parker; mother of F.W. and P.M. and Helen Parker and Mrs. Hazel E. Garber and Mrs. Le Roy Dawson; grandmother of Perry Willard Parker, Marjorie Parker and Bobbie Garber; beloved sister of Charles F. Marvin and Mrs. H.W. Smith of Washington, D.C. Funeral at Bresee Brothers' chapel, 855 Figueroa Monday at 2:30 p.m. Interment, Evergreen Cemetery.

Los Angeles Times
April 14, 1930

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59357693/mary-alice-parker

Children:

Frederick Willard Parker was born on 2 Sep 1877 in Carnegie, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; died on 6 Mar 1949 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
2. Perry Marion Parker was born on 16 Dec 1879 in Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania; died on 30 Dec 1944 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
Helen Parker was born on 27 Apr 1887 in Pennsylvania; died on 11 Aug 1974 in Thousand Oaks, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
Hazel Parker was born on 5 Feb 1890 in California; died on 8 Feb 1979 in Ventura County, California; was cremated in ashes scattered at sea.
Virginia Marvin Parker was born on 10 Oct 1898 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; died on 14 Nov 1993 in Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California; was buried in Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park, Westlake Village, Los Angeles County, California.

Generation: 4

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 Mary Catherine Perry on 11 Mar 1845. Mary was born on 5 Dec 1825 in Virginia; died on 28 Feb 1886; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Catherine Perry was born on 5 Dec 1825 in Virginia; died on 28 Feb 1886; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66320334/mary-catherine-parker

Section G

Children:

Margaret Ann "Anna" Parker was born on 19 Dec 1845 in Ohio; died on 28 May 1915 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
4. William Casper Parker was born on 21 Jun 1847 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died on 8 Jan 1928 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
James Henry Parker was born on 1 Oct 1848 in Ohio; died on 7 Aug 1851.
Mary Emily Parker was born on 10 Aug 1850 in Ohio; died on 5 Dec 1886 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
James Henry Parker was born on 17 Sep 1852 in Ohio; died on 10 Feb 1913 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
Sarah Elizabeth Parker was born on 6 May 1854 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died on 9 Apr 1941 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
Melissa Yreka Parker was born on 24 Dec 1855; died on 1 Oct 1860.
Infant Son Parker was born on 12 May 1857; died on 12 May 1857.
Perry Brown Parker was born on 12 Nov 1859 in Hanover, Licking County, Ohio; died on 10 Jun 1951 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
Francis Marion Parker was born on 16 Nov 1861 in Ohio; died on 20 Feb 1927; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
Edna Ethelda Parker was born on 19 Nov 1870 in Ohio; died on 20 Mar 1912 in Hood River, Hood River County, Oregon; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.

McKeown and Shields Families

Perry Willard Parker