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Ethel E Parks 1917–1978 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1917

Birth Location: Virginia

Death Date: 1978

Death Location: Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA

Father: Cicero Brown

Mother: Minnie Ross

Spouse(s): William Parks

Children(s): Betty Parks, William Parks, Harold Parks, Shirley Myers

Ethel E Parks was born in 1917 in Virginia, the child of Cicero Brown And Minnie Bell Ross. In 1950, Ethel E Parks resided in Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia, USA. Ethel E Parks married William Eli Parks, and had children including Betty Louise Parks, Billie B Parks, Calvin C Parks, Harold Sisrow Parks, Janet Elaine Parks, Ora R Parks, Robert L Parks, Shirley Elizabeth Parks Myers, William Don Parks. Ethel E Parks passed away in 1978 in Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Ethel E Parks was born in 1917 in Virginia, the child of Cicero Brown And Minnie Bell Ross.
  • In 1950, Ethel E Parks resided in Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia, USA.
  • Ethel E Parks married William Eli Parks, and had children including Betty Louise Parks, Billie B Parks, Calvin C Parks, Harold Sisrow Parks, Janet Elaine Parks, Ora R Parks, Robert L Parks, Shirley Elizabeth Parks Myers, William Don Parks.
  • Ethel E Parks passed away in 1978 in Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Ethel Parks's Ancestors

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Ethel Parks
1917–1978
Birth Place: Virginia
Parents
Cicero Brown
1890–1924
North Carolina,United States of America
Minnie (Bell) Ross
1887–1956
Grayson County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
James (Hiram Brown) *
1859–1936
Wilkes, North Carolina
Josephine ("Josie" Canzada Taylor) Brown
1869–1937
Chestnut Hill, Ashe, North Carolina
Stephen (Jerome Foyd) Ross
1858–1927
Grayson County, Virginia, USA
Martha Adams
1858–1939
N.C.
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ethel Parks's Descendants

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Ethel (E) Parks (abt 1917–1978) m. William (Eli) Parks (13 Nov 1914–16 March 1999)
  1. 1. Betty (Louise) Parks 1942–1997 m. Henry (Scott) Jr 1946–2025
  2. 2. William (Don) Parks 1935–2003
  3. 3. Harold (Sisrow) Parks 1937–1937
  4. 4. Shirley (Elizabeth Parks) Myers 1946–2006

Ethel Parks's Timeline

3 Records

1917
abt 1917
Birth of Ethel E Parks in Virginia
Virginia
1950
1950
Age 33
Ethel E Parks resided here in Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia, USA
Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia, USA
1978
1978
Age 61
Death of Ethel E Parks in Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA
Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1917
    Event Place: Virginia
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Big Creek, McDowell

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Big Creek, McDowell

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1978
    Event Place: Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA

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