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Daniel Woodson PARKER
(1856 –1923)
Celia Caroline WRIGHT
(1859 –1891)
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Vesta Alma PARKER
(1889 –1953)

 

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Spouses & Children

1. Ira Willis WHITE

2. William John KENNEDY

Vesta Alma PARKER 5
  • Born: 6 September 1889, Oregon, USA 3 6 7 8
  • Marriage (1): Ira Willis WHITE in May 1904 in prob Oregon, USA 1 2
  • Marriage (2): William John KENNEDY on 3 July 1920 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA 3 4
  • Died: 21 May 1953, Los Angeles County, California, USA at age 63
  • Buried: 23 May 1953, Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA

bullet   Other names for Vesta were Vesta A. KENNEDY,3 Vesta PARKER,9 Vesta A. PARKER 6 and Vesta WHITE.2 7 8

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bullet  Burial Notes

Green Hills Memorial Park, Faith and Hope 461 D

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bullet  Recorded Events in Her Life


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  • She appeared on the 1900 US Federal Census on 16 June 1900 in Oak Grove Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. 6

Daniel W Parker       43
Della Parker       34
Shirley E Parker       21
Jessie I Parker       17
Lena B Parker       14
Elisabeth M Parker       12
Vesta A Parker       10
Lester E Parker       6


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  • She appeared on the 1910 US Federal Census on 9 May 1910 in Grass Valley Precinct, Sherman County, Oregon, USA. 7
     
Arthur R. Rebmen       52     Head
Ira W White       23     Hired Man
Vesta White       20     Housekeeper
Carrel White       1 1/12     Boarder


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  • She resided at 511 W. 9th Street in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA on 12 September 1918. 2
  • She worked as a housekeeper for a boarding house on 5 January 1920 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA. 8

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  • She appeared on the 1920 US Federal Census on 5 January 1920 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA. 8

Vesta White       30     Head
Carroll H White       10     Son
Leo I White       7     Son
Andrew Anderson       34     Lodger
William J Kennedy       30     Lodger


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  • She appeared on the 1930 US Federal Census on 7 April 1930 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA. 3

726 Harney Street, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA (dwelling number 94; family number 121):

William J Kennedy       40     Head
Vesta A Kennedy       40     Wife
Donald W Kennedy       7     Son
Babara J Kennedy       5     Daughter
Leo I White       18     Stepson


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  • Gallery: William and Vesta Kennedy family, about 1932, in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA.
  • She had a residence in 1935 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA.
  • She appeared on the 1940 US Federal Census on 15 April 1940 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA. William J Kennedy       50
    Vesta A Kennedy       50
    Donald Kennedy       18
    Barbara Kennedy       15
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Vesta married Ira Willis WHITE, son of Homer WHITE and Nancy Ann POWELL, in May 1904 in prob Oregon, USA.1 2 (Ira Willis WHITE was born on 23 November 1885 in Grant County, Oregon, USA,2 7 died on 7 December 1918 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA 10 11 and was buried on 9 December 1918 in Juniper Flat, Wasco County, Oregon, USA.). The cause of his death was influenza.


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Vesta next married William John KENNEDY on 3 July 1920 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA.3 4 (William John KENNEDY was born on 9 January 1890 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland,3 8 12 13 died on 23 November 1966 in Los Angeles County, California, USA 12 and was buried on 9 April 1968 in Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA.)


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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Personal knowledge of Elden Eugene Richmond (1924 – 2017), family historian. Email Kirsty Haining for contact info for Elden.
  2. Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917 –1918 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917 –1918. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.), Ira Willis White registration, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, Roll 1991536.
  3. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. NARA microfilm publication T626, 2,667 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), William J. Kennedy household, 726 Harney Street, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA.
  4. Marriage Certificate (digital or paper copy of official marriage record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining).
  5. Kirsty M. Haining.
  6. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls), Daniel W. Parker household, Oak Grove Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, USA.
  7. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), Arthur R. Rebmen household, Grass Valley Precinct, Sherman County, Oregon, USA.
  8. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), Vesta White household, 511 W. 9th Street, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA.
  9. Gertrude Brown Smith and Beulah M. Springstead, Our Colonial Lines: Powell, Eaton, Rice, Pettengill, Collver, White (c) 1992, p. 101. This is the 3rd edition of a family-published book on genealogy.
  10. Washington Death Certificates, 1907 –1960.
  11. Death Certificate (digital or paper copy of official death record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining), 1918 Ira W. White in Vancouver, WA.
  12. Ancestry.com, California, Death Index, 1940 –1997 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940 –1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics).
  13. Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917 –1918 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917 –1918. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.).


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