Minnie Lee (Parker) Mear (1889 - 1964)

Born 7 Jan 1889 in Calhoun Co., Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Arthur B. Parker — married before 1906 in Mississippi, United States

Wife of Thomas Bramal Mear — married before 1916 in Mississippi, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 25 Feb 1964 at age 75 in Texas, United States

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Biography

Minnie was born Jan 7 1889 in Calhoun Co., Mississippi. She was the daughter of Henry Jackson Parker and Nancy Jane (Simpson) Parker. She first married Arthur B. Parker before 1906 in Mississippi. It is known whether he died or they were divorced. She next married Thomas Bramal Mear before 1916 in either Mississippi or Texas. She passed away Feb 25 1964 in Texas and was interred in the Leakey Floral Cemetery, Leakey, Real Co., Texas.

Family

Father: Henry Jackson Parker (1866 AL-1920 TX)

Mother: Nancy Jane (Simpson) Parker (1872 MS-1955 TX)

Child: Minnie Lee (Parker) Mear (1889 MS-1964 TX)

Child: Jeneral Ewell Parker (1891 MS–1928)

Child: Mary Francis (Parker) Gravell (1894 MS-1969 TX)

Child: Clara Katherine (Parker) Trees (1896 MS-1966 TX)

Child: Mossie Mae Parker (abt 1898 MS-____)

Child: Bluferd Manuel Parker (1904 MS-1955 TX)

Child: Ola Edna (Parker) Cummins (1909/10 MS-____)

Marriage:

Date: before 1889

Place: Mississippi, United States

Marriage

Husband: Arthur B. Parker (abt 1882 MS-____)

Wife: Minnie Lee (Parker) Mear (1889 MS–1964 TX)

Child: Truman Parker (abt 1906 MS-____)

Child: Allie Parker (abt 1907 MS-____)

Child: Etta Parker (abt 1909 MS-____)

Marriage:

Date: before 1906

Place: Mississippi, United States

Note: Minnie was single in the 1900 Census, but married with 3 children in the 1910 Census.

I could not find anyone in this family in the 1920 Census.

Marriage

Husband: Thomas Bramal Mear (1888 TX-1964 TX)

Wife: Minnie Lee (Parker) Mear (1889 MS–1964 TX)

Child: Beatrice Louise (Mear) Davis (1916 TX-1979)

Child: Lewis Mear (abt 1922 TX-____)

Child: Floy Lee Mear (abt 1926 TX-____)

Child: Floyd Luther Mear (1927 TX-____)

Marriage:

Date: before 1916

Place: Mississippi or Texas

Note: I could not find anyone in this family in the 1920 Census.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M96D-24P), Minnie L Parker in household of Henry J Parker, Beat 1, Calhoun, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 7B, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,802.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPZ1-RZ2), Minnie L Parker in household of Arthur B Parker, Beat 1, Calhoun, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 8B, family 161, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 734; FHL microfilm 1,374,747.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HL4Z-WPZ), Minnie Mear in household of Bramall Mear, Precinct 3, Zavala, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 13B, line 70, family 220, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2407; FHL microfilm 2,342,141.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4Q5-SQG), Minnie Mear in household of Thomas Mear, Justice Precinct 3, Zavala, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 254-7, sheet 2B, line 52, family 47, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4171.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77732809/minnie-lee-mear), memorial page for Minnie Lee Parker Mear (7 Jan 1889–25 Feb 1964), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77732809, citing Leakey Floral Cemetery, Leakey, Real County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by DJD (contributor 47113932) .
• Other: "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH86-KQH), Minnie Lee Parker in entry for Floyd Luther Mear, 20 Nov 1927; citing Vance, Real, Texas, United States, certificate 79679, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,240,602.