- Husband
- William F. Parke
- Birth: 31 JUL 1815, New York
- Death: 22 NOV 1885
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- Wife
- Catherine E. Perkins
- Birth: 02 MAY 1827, New York
- Death: 21 MAR 1908
- Parents: Abraham Perkins and Harriet Hopper (2)
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- Marriage S1, S2
- 15 SEP 1854
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- Census S3
- 1860
- Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana
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- Census S4
- 1870
- Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana
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- Census S5
- 1880
- Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana
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| Children
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- Eliza J. Parke
- Birth: 14 DEC 1855, Porter, Indiana
- Death: 18 MAR 1857
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- William T. (Will) Parke
- Birth: 02 JUL 1857, Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, United States
- Death: 08 NOV 1924
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- Lillian A. Parke
- Birth: SEP 1858, Indiana
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- Zenith Arthur (Arthur) Parke
- Birth: 25 AUG 1867, Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana
- Death: 13 MAR 1932, Chicago, Cook, Illinois
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WILLIAM F. PARKE married CATHERINE PERKINS on 15 Sep 1854 at the age of 27. William was 11 years older than Catherine when they married. It was a second marriage for William. They had children late in life. The couple had four children. Eliza, Will, Lillian and eight years later their youngest son Zenith Arthur (known as Arthur). Oldest daughter Eliza died at the age of fifteen months, just one month after the birth of brother Will.
They raised their children in Indiana and spent the rest of their lives there. William died in 1885 at the age 70. Catherine survived him another 23 years, dying in 1908 at the age of 80.
| S1. | Srblac/LDS International Genealogical Index: Parke Perkins Marriage, 1854, Primary quality
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| S2. | Srblac/Z. Arthur Parke Death Certificate, 1932, Primary quality
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| S3. | Srblac/1860 US Federal Census: Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, 1860, Primary quality
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| S4. | Srblac/1870 US Federal Census: Valparaiso Ward 3, Porter County, Indiana, 1870, Primary quality
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| S5. | Srblac/1880 US Federal Census: Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, 1880, Primary quality
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