Created June 8, 1997 by Mary Taylor
Last edited December 18, 2004

The Parker Family Home Page

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This page is dedicated to tracing our Parker Family Roots. We don't know if our Parkers originated from England, Ireland, or elsewhere. When asked about it, William Thomas Parker, Jr. used to mention that Lord Peter Parker (no relation, we believe, to Spiderman) was from Ireland.

Frequency of the Name Parker and Locations with Parker in Name

Genealogy Report of Our Parker Family
(As Far As We Can Trace It)

Here is a report of the data I have for the Parker family, beginning with William T. Parker, Jr.'s great grandfather, Anderson Parker. The family was Southern Methodist, but William T. Parker, Sr. converted to Catholicism.

Descendants of Anderson Parker

Generation No. 1

1. ANDERSON1 PARKER was born about  1790 in Delaware.Based on reported age of 59 in the 1850 Census, and 70 in the  1860 Census, it could mean that his birthday was after the month and date of the  1850 Census, but before the month and date of the 1860 Census. Usually Censuses  were done in the summer, so it may have been in June or July, etc. Many Parkers  in our family have July birthdays. We found Anderson Parker in the Duck Creek  area of Delaware in the 1840 Census.

Notes for ANDERSON PARKER:
1850 Federal Census of Talbot County reported the following, per book (compiled by Helen E. Seymour, August, 1997) at Talbot County Library (Maryland Room) in Easton, Maryland:

Anderson Parker 59 F [farmer] 3,000, Del. [birthplace]; John B. 32 F, Del; George, 17, Del; Ann, 37, Del; Eliza, 18, Del; Sewel 7, Del; Lucinda, 2, Del.

1860 Federal Census of Talbot County, compiled by Janet Wilson Riley, 1985, found at Talbot County Library (Maryland Room) in Easton, Maryland:

1396 (family #?) Barnet Stoopes, 42, F (farmer) De [Delaware]; Sarah, 28, De; William, 8, De; Edward, 6; Clara, 6; Ann, 10/12; Anderson Parker, 70, F, De; Solomon, 15, De

500 James B. Strawhan, 35 F; Anna, 47, De; William, 10; William, 25, C [Carpenter]; Lucinda Parker, 12, De.

1870 Federal Census of Talbot County reported the following, per book (compiled by Helen E. Seymour, August, 1997) at Talbot County Library (Maryland Room) in Easton, Maryland:

043 Matthews, Charles, P., 25 WW (wheelwright] 1200/730; LUCINDA, 22, Del; William A., 1; America, 20; PARKER, Sewell, 25, WW APP.

204 PARKER, James, 27 ML (miller)/1235, Del; Annie, 26, Del.; Walter, 3, Del.; Warner, 1, Del.; COKER, Maria, 30b, DO (domestic).

Children of ANDERSON PARKER are:
2. i. ANNA2 PARKER, b. Abt. 1813, Delaware.
3. ii. JOHN B. PARKER, b. Abt. 1819, Delaware.
4. iii. SARAH PARKER, b. Abt. 1832, Delaware.
iv. GEORGE PARKER, b. Abt. 1833, Delaware.

Notes for GEORGE PARKER:
Inferred. See notes for Anderson Parker.

v. SEWELL PARKER, b. Abt. 1845.

Notes for SEWELL PARKER:
Inferred. See Notes for Anderson Parker.

vi. SOLOMON PARKER, b. Abt. 1845, Delaware.

Notes for SOLOMON PARKER:
Inferred. See Notes for Anderson Parker. 1860 Census, Stoopes.

vii. LUCINDA PARKER, b. Abt. 1848.

Generation No. 2

2. ANNA2 PARKER (ANDERSON1) was born Abt. 1813 in Delaware. She married JAMES B. STRAWHAN Abt. 1850.

Notes for ANNA PARKER:
Inferred. See Notes for Anderson Parker.
Notes for JAMES B. STRAWHAN:
Inferred. See Notes for Anderson Parker.

Child of ANNA PARKER and JAMES STRAWHAN is:
i. WILLIAM3 STRAWHAN, b. Abt. 1850.

3. JOHN B.2 PARKER (ANDERSON1) was born Abt. 1819 in Delaware. He married ELIZA JONES.

Notes for JOHN B. PARKER:
1860 Federal Census of Talbot County, compiled by Janet Wilson Riley, 1985, found at Talbot County Library (Maryland Room) in Easton, Maryland:

302 John B. Parker, 41, F [Farmer] De [Delaware]; Eliza, 29, De; William, 9; James, 8; George, 6; John, 5; Ann, 2; John Moore, 27, C [Carpenter], De; Louisa Parker, 18B, S (Servant)

Children of JOHN PARKER and ELIZA JONES are:
5. i. WILLIAM THOMAS3 PARKER, b. September 22, 1850, Easton, Talbot Co., Maryland; d. February 24, 1932, Philadelphia, PA.
ii. JAMES PARKER, b. Abt. 1852.
iii. GEORGE PARKER, b. Abt. 1854.
iv. JOHN PARKER, b. Abt. 1855.
v. ANN PARKER, b. Abt. 1858.

4. SARAH2 PARKER (ANDERSON1) was born Abt. 1832 in Delaware. She married BARNET STOOPES.

Notes for SARAH PARKER:
Inferred. See Notes for Anderson Parker.
Notes for BARNET STOOPES:
Some inferred. See Notes for Anderson Parker.
See 1850 Federal Census of Talbot County, MD as compiled by Helen E. Seymour, August, 1997, found in Talbot County Library in Easton, MD in the Maryland Room.

Children of SARAH PARKER and BARNET STOOPES are:
i. WILLIAM3 STOOPES, b. Abt. 1852, Delaware.

Notes for WILLIAM STOOPES:
See Notes for Anderson Parker.

ii. EDWARD STOOPES, b. Abt. 1854, MD?.

Notes for EDWARD STOOPES:
See Notes for Anderson Parker.

iii. CLARA STOOPES, b. Abt. 1854, MD?.

Notes for CLARA STOOPES:
See Notes for Anderson Parker.

iv. ANN STOOPES, b. Abt. 1859, MD?.

Notes for ANN STOOPES:
See Notes for Anderson Parker

Generation No. 3

5. WILLIAM THOMAS3 PARKER (JOHN B.2, ANDERSON1) was born September 22, 1850 in Easton, Talbot Co., Maryland, and died February 24, 1932 in Philadelphia, PA. He married MARY MCCARRON, daughter of JOHN MCCARRON and SWEENEY.

Notes for MARY MCCARRON:
Mom Mom (Mary McCann Parker) just loved her mother-in-law, May McCarron.

Children of WILLIAM PARKER and MARY MCCARRON are:
6. i. JOHN4 PARKER, d. June 1947, Camden County, NJ uncertain month, July?.
7. ii. CATHERINE PARKER, b. April 1879; d. Upper Darby.
iii. GERTRUDE PARKER, b. March 04, 1890, ?Philadelphia, PA; d. October 24, 1951, St. Gertrude Monastery, Ridgely, MD.
8. iv. FLORENCE PARKER, b. November 1894; d. August 13, 1977, Havertown, Delaware County, PA.
9. v. WILLIAM THOMAS PARKER, JR., b. July 11, 1898, Philadelphia?, PA; d. November 26, 1971, Lakeland, NJ.

Generation No. 4

6. JOHN4 PARKER (WILLIAM THOMAS3, JOHN B.2, ANDERSON1) died June 1947 in Camden County, NJ uncertain month, July?. He married GERTRUDE BEES.
Children of JOHN PARKER and GERTRUDE BEES are:
10. i. BLANCHE C.5 PARKER, d. October 28, 1975, Camden County, NJ.
ii. JOSEPH PARKER.
iii. GERTRUDE PARKER.
7. CATHERINE4 PARKER (WILLIAM THOMAS3, JOHN B.2, ANDERSON1) was born April 1879, and died in Upper Darby.
She married WESLEY MCBURNEY.

Children of CATHERINE PARKER and WESLEY MCBURNEY are:
i. MARY5 MCBURNEY.
ii. WILLIAM MCBURNEY, m. CATHERINE.

8. FLORENCE4 PARKER (WILLIAM THOMAS3, JOHN B.2, ANDERSON1) was born November 1894, and died August 13,
1977 in Havertown, Delaware County, PA. She married HARRY SHILLINGSBURG.

Children of FLORENCE PARKER and HARRY SHILLINGSBURG are:
i. ELIZABETH5 SHILLINGSBURG, b. 1920.
ii. HARRY ROBERT SHILLINGSBURG, b. 1925.
iii. JACQUELINE SHILLINGSBURG, b. 1936; m. JOSEPH MUSCHAMP.

9. WILLIAM THOMAS4 PARKER, JR. (WILLIAM THOMAS3, JOHN B.2, ANDERSON1) was born July 11, 1898 in Philadelphia?, PA, and died November 26, 1971 in Lakeland, NJ. He married MARY MCCANN May 29, 1917 in Philadelphia?, PA, daughter of JAMES MCCANN and ELLEN EAGEN. Notes for MARY MCCANN:
(Francis \de Sales\, Ellen?) I recall Mom Mom saying she was named Mary Ellen after her mother, but she didn't go by Ellen, but signed as Mary F. Vera (11/16/1997) said she knew Mom Mom had four names. (Nanny seemed to like using several names.) That would fit with Mary Ellen Francis De Sales. When I mentioned this to my mother, she said she thinks so, too.)

Mom Mom loved to crochet. She said her mother tried to teach her to knit, but she really didn't like it or pick it up well.

Children of WILLIAM PARKER and MARY MCCANN are:
i. WILLIAM?5, b. 1918; d. buried Old Cathedral?.
11. ii. WILLIAM THOMAS PARKERIII, b. May 27, 1920, Broad St. Hospital, Philadelphia, PA; d. September 23, 1987, Philadelphia, PA.
12. iii. BLANCHE PARKER, b. February 04, 1925, Methodist Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
13. iv. MARY THERESA PARKER, b. February 23, 1928, Philadelphia, PA.
14. v. JOAN MARIE PARKER, b. July 08, 1932, at home, Frankford area of Philadelphia, PA.
vi. CATHERINE PARKER, b. July 08, 1932, at home, Frankford, Philadelphia, PA; d. July 08, 1932, buried Parker plot, Holy Cross cemetery?.