Quanah PARKER Kelsey To-pay PARKER Chee PARKER Lena PARKER  TO-PAY Mini tree diagram
Goverson PARKER

Goverson PARKER2,5,3,4

also known as Culberson PARKER1,5

also known as Gobinson PARKER3

19041,2,3,4 - 23rd May 19062,3,4

Life History

1904

Born in Comanche Reservation, Oklahoma Territory.1,2,3,4

23rd May 1906

Died in Died at Star House. 1910 census says Topay has had 4 children, only 2 living, Kelsey and Chee named. Culberson's obit was published on 24 May 1906, the day after his death. He was reported as 18 mos old, but he was not reported in the 1905 Comanche census..2,3,4

"A complication of diseases." Immediate cause was Whooping Cough.

23rd May 1906

Buried in Cache Kiowa Comanche Apache Intertribal Cemetery, Comanche County, Oklahoma.3,4

Notes

  • 1905 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma, 30 June, Kiowa Agency, Comanche Tribe, Page 22
    Ind Name Quanah Eng Name Quanah Parker Male Husband age 64
    Ind Name To-pay         Female Mother age 27
    Eng Name Kelsey Parker Male Son age 7
    Eng Name Culberson Parker Male Son age 1

    Culberson does not appear in the 1910 census, which reports that Topay has borne 4 children, but only 2 are living.  Another name missing here is another child born between 1905 and 1910.  Other sources tell us his name is Goverson.

    Most genealogies spell his name Culbertson.
    1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma, 17 May, Quanah Township, Apache, Kiowa & Comanche Reservation, District 29, page 20A, Hse/Fam #7
    Parker, Quanah Head M Ind 60 [b abt 1850] Marriage 2 Married unk yrs Comanche/OK Comanche/US White/TX 1/2 blood Farmer/Asst to Kiowa Agency English mother tongue Owns
    Parker, Tonarcy Wife F Ind 45 [b abt 1865] Marriage 1 Married unk yrs 1 child/0 living Comanche/OK Comanche/OK Comanche/OK Full blood Comanche mother tongue
    Parker, Topay Wife F Ind 38 [b abt 1872] Marriage 1 Married unk yrs 4 children/2 living Comanche/OK Comanche/OK Comanche/OK Full blood Comanche mother tongue

    The family information on Find a Grave provides the name, reporting the children of To-pay.  The name matching the missing child in the 1910 census that was reported having died is Goverson Parker, the FAG memorial has no date for his birth or death, being unreported on the gravestone.  This child was not reported in the 1905 Comanche census,but his obituary reports he was 18 months old, which would put his birth about December 1904.

    It appears that the name Culberson or Culbertson in some sources represents the child Goverson or Gobinson.  The 4th child referred to in the 1910 census would be Lena, but she was not mentioned in the 1905 census.  She must be the other child who died before 1910, meaning she was born after the 1905 census.  Lena is not referred to in the family list of all the wives and their chdilren, portion included below.

    VI. The sixth wife was Toe-Pay (b. c. 1866) the last surviving wife (d. after 1956).
    A. Kelsey Parker died when a young child.
    B. Ghee [Chee] Parker died when a young child.
    C. Infant that died. [Culberson]
    D. Infant that died. [Goverson]
    VII. The seventh wife was Tonarcy, who bore Quanah no children. She was also known as To-Nas-Sah (Too Nicey).
    --  Parker Heritage, http://www.parkerheritage.com/forum/topics/quanah-parkers-wives-and?groupUrl=quanahparkerfamilyhistory&groupId=2004583%3AGroup%3A8614&id=2004583%3ATopic%3A9139&page=3

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    Lawton, Okla, May 24 -- Gobinson, the 18-month-old son of Chief Quanah Parker died at the chief's home in the Wichita Mountains, near Cache, yesterday, of a complication of diseases.  The child had been sick one month and the immediate cause of death was whooping cough.  The chief was called home on account of the serious illness of his boy.
    ...
    One of the Comanche practices is to bury the dead as soon after death as possible.  The funeral took place the same afternoon at the mission, six miles northwest of Cache.  Rev Cofelt, the Mennonite missionary among the Comanches, conducted the services, which consisted of songs and prayer.
    --  The Guthrie Daily Leader, Guthrie, Oklahoma, courtesy of "Hasbroucks," Find a Grave, accessed 30 October 2016
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    Goverson Parker
    Birth 1904 Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
    Death May 23, 1906 Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA

    Parents:
    Quanah Parker (1845 - 1911)
    Topay (1870 - 1963)

    Siblings:
    Lena Parker
    Esther Parker Tabbyyetchy (____ - 1919) Half-sibling
    Bessie Parker Asenap (____ - 1927) Half-sibling
    Sarah Elizabeth Parker Hardin (1861 - 1930) Half-sibling
    Cynthia Ann Parker Cox (1873 - 1946) Half-sibling
    Laura Neda Parker Birdsong (1877 - 1968) Half-sibling
    Knox A. Beall (1878 - 1958) Half-sibling
    Weyodee Parker Tahmahkera (1880 - 1965) Half-sibling
    Honnie Parker (1882 - 1919) Half-sibling
    Harold Parker (1883 - 1902) Half-sibling
    Johnnie Parker (1887 - 1922) Half-sibling
    Wanada Parker Page (1887 - 1970) Half-sibling
    White Parker (1887 - 1956) Half-sibling
    Baldwin Parker (1887 - 1963) Half-sibling
    Len Parker (1888 - 1960) Half-sibling
    Thomas Parker (1889 - 1975) Half-sibling
    Mary Pache Parker Clark (1890 - 1952) Half-sibling
    Alice Parker Purdy (1894 - 1971) Half-sibling
    Kelsey Topay Parker (1899 - 1921)

    Burial Cache Kiowa Comanche Apache Intertribal Cemetery, Comanche County, Oklahoma

    Created by Cokeman2 Mar 14, 2010
    --  Find A Grave Memorial #49710735, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49710735
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Sources

  • 1. 1905 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma
    • 30 June, Kiowa Agency, Page 22
  • 2. 1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
    • 17 May, Quanah Township, Apache, Kiowa & Comanche Reservation, District 29, page 20A, Hse/Fam #7
  • 3. Obituary of Goverson (Gobinson) Parker 1906
  • 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • 5. Parker Heritage Website

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