Born about in Fort Parker, Limestone, Texas, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Silas Mercer Parker
and Lucinda (Duty) Parker
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died after
after about age 44
in Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Jul 2010
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When Orleana Parker was born in Texas, it was about the year 1836. Her father was killed when she was a baby, and it is said that her mother remarried. By 1850, Orleana is living in Anderson County, Texas in the household of Adrian Anglin. She married James Rufus O'Quinn after 1850, and they had at least four sons and three daughters between 1855 and 1871. Orleana died sometime after 1880, and was buried in the Foster Cemetery in Anderson County, Texas.
Research Notes
It has been suggested that . . . "Orlena Parker was born on January 1, 1836, and was 4 months, 18 days old at the time of the attack of Fort Parker in Limestone County, Texas."
It has also been suggested that she died 5 November 1887.
No documentation for either of these dates has been found.
Sources
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202210468/orlena-o'quinn: accessed 13 May 2023), memorial page for Orlena Parker O'Quinn (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 202210468, citing Foster Cemetery, Anderson County, Texas, USA; Page researched, created, and maintained by BeNotForgot (contributor 46974545). Buried here as per J. M. Emerson as published in the Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 186, Ed. 1, Friday, March 11, 1910 Page: 5 of 8
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Orlena by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Orlena:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Orlena by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Orlena:
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~1.56%
Lydia (Plummer) Sterling
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #403152
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~0.78%
David Smith :
23andMe, GEDmatch M420724 [compare]
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[Living Zimmerman]
Parker-8925 and Parker-258 appear to represent the same person because: Cleanup from merge, same person.
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by [Living Zimmerman]
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