Born in Moweaqua, Shelby, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Alvin William Pistorius
and Laura Amelia (Heitmeyer) Pistorius
Sister of
Virgil Henry Pistorius, Henry Virgil Pistorius, Frances Eilese Pistorius and Alvin William Pistorius
Wife of
William McKinley Parkinson
— married
about 1931 [location unknown]
Mother of
[private daughter (1920s - unknown)]
Died
at age 73
in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
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Biography
Birth
- Name: Lorena Faith Pistorius
- Sex: Female
- Father's Name: Alvin Wm. Pistorius, 31 years
- Occupation: Liveryman
- Mother's Name: Laura A. Heitmeyer Pistorius, 23 years
- Number of child of this mother: Second
- Event Date: 20 Nov 1906
- Event Place: Shelby, Illinois, United States[1]
1940 United States Federal Census
- Name: Lorena Parkinson
- Sex: Female
- Age: 33 years
- Residence Date: 1935
- Residence Place: Same House
- Birth Date: 1907
- Birthplace: Illinois
- Marital Status: Married
- Race: White
- Ethnicity: American
- Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
- Event Place: Woodside Township, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
- Household:
- William Parkinson Head M 38 Illinois
- Lorena Parkinson Wife F 33 Illinois
- Betty Jane Parkinson Daughter F 11 Illinois
- Delores Parkinson Daughter F 7 Illinois[2]
1950 United States Federal Census
- Name: Lorena F Parkinson
- Sex: Female
- Age: 43 years
- Residence Place: Woodside, Sangamon, Illinois
- House Number: 2731
- Birth Year (Estimated): 1907
- Birthplace: Ill
- Marital Status: Married
- Race: W
- Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
- Father's Birthplace: USA
- Mother's Birthplace: USA
- Event Date: 21 April 1950
- Event Place: Woodside, Sangamon, Illinois
- Household:
- William M Parkinson Head M 48 years Ill
- Lorena F Parkinson Wife F 43 years Ill
- Dolores L Parkinson Daughter F 17 years Ill
- Alvin W Pistorius Brother-in-law of Head of House M 26 years, single[3]
Death
- Name: Lorena Faith Parkinson
- Alias: Lorena Faith Pistorius
- Sex: Female
- Death Date: Nov 1980
- Birth Date: 20 Nov 1906
- Birthplace: Moweagua Shelby, Illinois, United States
- Race: White
- Father's Name: Alvin W Pistorius
- Mother's Name: Laura A Heitmeyer[4][5]
Burial
- Mrs Lorena Faith "Nanny" Parkinson, 73, of 415 W Allen St, died at 9pm Friday at Memorial Medical Center.
She was preceded in death by husband, William and a brother, Virgil Pistorius. Mrs Parkinson was employed by the Illinois Department of Correction, retiring April 30, 1974.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs Thomas (Betye) Leach and Mrs Gilbert (Dolores) Hunter of Springfield; two brothers, Henry and Bill Pistorius of Springfield; four grandsons; one granddaughter; one great-grandson.
Services will be at 2pm Monday at Bisch Memorial Home, the Rev Roger F Christianson officiating. Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery.[6]
Sources
- ↑ "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H9NZ-RY3Z : 13 February 2020), Laura A. Heitmeyer Pistorius in entry for Lorena Faith Pistorius, 1906.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWZL-H8D : Thu Oct 05 06:43:22 UTC 2023), Entry for William Parkinson and Lorena Parkinson, 1940.
- ↑ "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X1V-4LZP : Thu Oct 05 16:07:34 UTC 2023), Entry for William M Parkinson and Lorena F Parkinson, 21 April 1950.
- ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KQ9-B5LM : 10 February 2023), Laura A Heitmeyer in entry for Lorena Faith Parkinson
- ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2YV-9ZQ : 9 January 2021), Lorena Parkinson, Nov 1980; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ↑ The State Journal-Register, Sunday, Nov 16, 1980 pg 38
- Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Clay, Monroe, Missouri; Roll: T624_799; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0115; FHL microfilm: 1374812.
- 1910 United States Federal Census
- 1920 United States Federal Census
- 1930 United States Federal Census
- U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
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