Solomon Parker

1804 - 1884  (79 years)

• Photos		Solomon Ellis Parker
  		Solomon Ellis Parker - 1

  
  

• Name	Solomon Parker
  Birth	25 Aug 1804	Edwardsburgh, Grenville, Ontario   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 May 1884	Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana   [3]
  Siblings	11 siblings
  1. John Parker ,   b. 10 Oct 1785, Elizabethtown, Leeds, Ontario d. 1875, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  (Age 89 years)   2. William Parker ,   b. 1787, Dundas, Ontario d. 3 Feb 1864, Chicago, Cook, Illinois  (Age 77 years)   3. James Parker ,   b. 14 Feb 1792, Edwardsburgh, Greenville, Ontario d. 12 Apr 1852, Ontario  (Age 60 years)   4. Charles Parker ,   b. 1793, Southampton, New Brunswick   5. Joseph Parker ,   b. 18 Feb 1795, Johnstown, Leeds, Ontario d. 5 Jul 1870, Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah  (Age 75 years)   6. Joshua Parker ,   b. 23 Mar 1798, Dundas, Ontario   7. Catherine Parker ,   b. 23 Mar 1798, Johnstown, Leeds, Ontario   8. Hannah Parker ,   b. 20 Aug 1801, Dundas, Ontario   9. Robert Parker ,   b. 8 May 1803, Williamsburgh, Dumas, Ontario + 10. Solomon Parker ,   b. 25 Aug 1804, Edwardsburgh, Grenville, Ontario d. 8 May 1884, Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana  (Age 79 years) ▻ Nancy Jane Welch ,  m. Dec 1826   11. Lydia Ann Parker ,   b. 1805, Dundas, Ontario d. 16 Jul 1887, Dundas, Ontario  (Age 82 years)   12. Thomas Parker ,   b. 24 Aug 1806, Mountain, Dundas, Ontario d. 1880  (Age 73 years)
  Person ID	I2110	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	Robert James Parker,   b. 7 Jan 1762, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 17 Oct 1829, Sorel, Le Bas-Richelieu, Québec (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Providence Miller
  Family ID	F3322	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Jane Welch,   b. 7 Jan 1811, Mountain, Dundas, Ontario d. 16 Dec 1850, Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1826
  Children	1. Amy Parker,   b. 2 Sep 1827, Mountain, Dundas, Ontario d. 9 Oct 1871, Sands Beach, Huron, Michigan (Age 44 years)   2. William Henry Parker,   b. 11 Jul 1828, Canada d. 14 Jan 1911, Ft. Gratoit, St. Clair, Michigan (Age 82 years)   3. Margaret Parker,   b. 24 Nov 1832, Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario d. 7 Mar 1918, Harbor Beach, Huron, Michigan (Age 85 years)   4. James Parker,   b. 25 Mar 1836, Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario d. 4 Mar 1914, Montesano, Grays Harbor, Washington (Age 77 years)   5. John Parker,   b. 24 Feb 1838, Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario   6. Robert George Parker,   b. 14 Jul 1841, Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario d. 18 Feb 1894, Chesterfield, Bannock, Idaho (Age 52 years)   7. Providence Jane Parker,   b. 24 Mar 1844, Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario d. 3 Jan 1915, Grantsdale, Ravalli, Montana (Age 70 years) + 8. Lydia Ann Parker,   b. 19 Nov 1847, Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario d. 8 Oct 1918, Safford, Graham, Arizona (Age 70 years)   9. Thomas Parker,   b. 14 Dec 1850, Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario d. 17 Mar 1923, Grantsdale, Ravalli, Montana (Age 72 years)
  Photos		Margaret Rudebach Allegedly a photo of Margaret Rudebock (Rudebach) who is widely said to have been the mother of Nancy Jane Welch.
  Family ID	F3512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2016

  
  

• Notes

  He was a sawmill operator. The 1880 census shows him in Deer Lodge, Montana. Notes provided by John Ira Parker of Elko, Nevada to Laura Greene, 1999, from his family records: Solomon Parker was born August 25, 1804 in Edwardsburg, Johnston, Ontario, Canada. He was the eighth child of Robert James Parker and Providence Miller. He married first Ann Custin of Preston, second Nancy Welch, and third Mary Catherine Green. Solomon Parker immigrated from Canada to Utah in 1856 and recorded in Journal Histories October 15, 1856 and September 20, 1856 (pages 1-8), "Solomon Parker and family came from Canada as passengers on Capt. Knud Peterson's ox train, which arrived in Great Salt Lake on September 1856. (250 Scandinavians), 14 wagon English emigrants. Left Florence, Nebraska about June 10, 1856. Joseph Parker was also a passenger. While in Canada, Solomon Parker bought on March 5, 1851 100 acres of land from George T. Goodhue in Middlesex. Paid 7 pounds (N 1/2 lot N. Con) Solomon sold on April 28, 1856 100 acres of land to Thomas Cook for 312 pounds 10 shillings. The sale of the land was immediately before his departure for Utah. Solomon Parker spent the last years of his life with a couple of his sons from his marriage to Nancy Welch in Deer Lodge, Montana, and died there May 8, 1884. [Found on rootsweb] This note written by Lillian Millett on the back of an old family group sheet. This was written to Alfred and Orva Freestone when they were on a mission in Canada where this family originally came from: "When Solomon Parker died he was in Montana, with a daughter who was not a member of the church. He left his genealogy on these names under his pillow and asked that they be given to Grandma (Lydia Ann Parker his daughter). He said 'Annie will know what to do with these names'. So when Grandma Packer (Lydia Ann) died they were all assembled in the front room at Grandma's house and there some miraculous way, the names fell into Aunt Clara's lap. When they examined them, they were these same names, which she and Aunt Janie then went to Salt Lake temple and did the work. I have had a hard time trying to connect them, as very little explanation was given, but we know they are close relatives, because of what Grandpa Solomon Parker said about them. You can understand my feeling about location and mission in that area. "I have a record of a land grant to William and Margaret Welch for 400 acres of land. It was petitioned for in New Johnstown (now Cornwall) in 15 May 1797. It was granted on 17 May 1802 in Mountain Dundas. (Lots 24 and 22). This Margaret was the daughter of John Rudeback (a Loyalist). I think we have two Margarets who married Williams but it is not proven. I wonder if it ever will be?"

  
  

• Sources

  [S1015] The Life and Times of Alonzo Hamilton Packer and His Wife Lydia Ann Parker by John A. Freestone, 1999., place only. [S1043] Findagrave.com page for Solomon Ellis Parker., date only. [S1043] Findagrave.com page for Solomon Ellis Parker., date and state only.