Elizabeth ParkeAge: 81 years1847–1928
- Name
- Elizabeth Parke
- Given names
- Elizabeth
- Surname
- Parke
- Married name
- Elizabeth Kirby
 Birth | May 4, 1847 33 30 |
 Marriage | Thomas Kirby — View this family unknown |
 Birth of a sister | Lucy Angelina Parke December 3, 1848 (Age 18 months) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | October 21, 1850 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Elbert Parke January 1851 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | July 10, 1860 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 19 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 19 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 21 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 30 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a father | Oliver H P “Perry” Parke October 19, 1892 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Logsdon December 20, 1893 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a sister | Telitha Parke December 9, 1907 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a sister | Emily A Parke July 15, 1909 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a brother | Overton Parke June 7, 1914 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a sister | Lucy Angelina Parke January 8, 1916 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 68 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a brother | William James Parke 1917 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 69 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 70 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Death | October 1, 1928 (Age 81 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Oliver H P “Perry” Parke Birth: November 10, 1813 43 42 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: October 19, 1892 — Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Mary Logsdon Birth: June 17, 1816 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: December 20, 1893 — Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: October 24, 1838 — |
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15 months elder brother |
William James Parke Birth: February 3, 1840 26 23 — Illinois, United States Death: 1917 — Longmont, Boulder, Colorado, United States |
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20 months elder brother |
Overton Parke Birth: October 8, 1841 27 25 — Schuyler, Illinois, United States Death: June 7, 1914 — Woodstock, Schuyler, Illinois, United States |
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22 months elder sister |
Emily A Parke Birth: July 27, 1843 29 27 — Bainbridge, Schuyler, Illinois, United States Death: July 15, 1909 — Woodstock, Schuyler, Illinois, United States |
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21 months elder sister |
Telitha Parke Birth: May 4, 1845 31 28 — Schuyler, Illinois, United States Death: December 9, 1907 — Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois, United States |
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2 years herself |
Elizabeth Parke Birth: May 4, 1847 33 30 — Schuyler, Illinois, United States Death: October 1, 1928 — Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States |
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19 months younger sister |
Lucy Angelina Parke Birth: December 3, 1848 35 32 — Schuyler, Illinois, United States Death: January 8, 1916 — Washington, Rushville, Illinois, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Elbert Parke Birth: January 1851 37 34 — Schuyler, Illinois, United States Death: 1930 — Riverside, Riverside, California, United States |
| Family with Thomas Kirby |
| husband |
Thomas Kirby Birth: December 1843 — Indiana, United States Death: |
| herself |
Elizabeth Parke Birth: May 4, 1847 33 30 — Schuyler, Illinois, United States Death: October 1, 1928 — Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: — |
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Oliver H P “Perry” Parke - Household
Bainbridge, Schuyler, Illinois
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Oliver H P “Perry” Parke - Household
Woodstock, Schuyler, Illinois
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