Life History

Notes

• III. Third wife was Mah-Chetta-Wookey, who had a child when she married Quanah called Francis Parker, who died in the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania.
  A. Rev. White Parker married a missionary's daughter.
  B. Bessie Parker married Herman Aesnap.
  --   Parker Heritage, http://www.parkerheritage.com/forum/topics/quanah-parkers-wives-and?groupUrl=quanahparkerfamilyhistory&groupId=2004583%3AGroup%3A8614&id=2004583%3ATopic%3A9139&page=3
  
  In the 1900 US census of Oklahoma Territory, Mah Che to Wock Ki's daughter is reported as Laura.  There was an earlier child of Quanah named Laura, born in 1882, according to the 1905 Comanche census.  Laura here matches Bessie in other lists.  That older Laura seems to be a daughter of Quanah's wife Ne-dah, who is not in the list on this page of the 1900 census.  Here it is odd that Laura's father is reported born in Texas, as is the father of two other children in this list.  But Quanah is definitely their father.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Oklahoma Territory, 11 June, Apache, Kiowa & Comanche Reservation, District 12, page 74A, Hse #744, Fam #749
  Parker, Quanah Head Ind M 1852 48 Married 24 yrs TX TX TX Farmer Owns Comanche Father Comanche Mother Comanche 1/2 White
  Parker, To nar sy  Wife Ind M 1865 35 Married 24 yrs 1 children/- living OklaTerr Comanche Comanche Comanche
  Parker, Wick e ah  Old Wife Ind F 1860 40 Married 22 yrs 4 children/- living OklaTerr TX OklaTerr Comanche Comanche Comanche
  Parker, Tope se up  Dau Ind F 1894 6 Single OklaTerr OklaTerr OklaTerr Comanche Comanche Comanche 1/4 White
  Parker, Ho pah rah  Mother-in-law W F 1810 90 Widow OklaTerr Unk Unk Comanche Comanche Comanche
  Parker, Chony Wife Ind F 1863 37 Married 24 yrs 4 children/2 living OklaTerr OklaTerr OklaTerr Comanche Comanche Comanche
  Parker, Honnie  Dau Ind F 1892 8 Single OklaTerr OklaTerr OklaTerr Comanche Comanche Comanche 1/4 White
  Parker, Mah Che to Wook Ki Wife Ind F 1862 38 Married 18 yrs 3 children/2 living OklaTerr OklaTerr OklaTerr Comanche Comanche Comanche
  Parker, Laura [Matches Bessie in other lists] Dau Ind F 1895 5 Single OklaTerr OklaTerr OklaTerr Comanche Comanche Comanche
  Parker, Topay Wife Ind F 1879 21 Married 6 yrs 1 children/1 living OklaTerr OklaTerr OklaTerr Comanche Comanche Comanche
  Parker, Kelsy Son W F [sic] 1 Single OklaTerr OklaTerr OklaTerr Comanche Comanche Comanche 1/4 White
  
  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-nar-cy      Female Wife age 41
  Eng Name Esther Parker Female  age 18
  Ind Name Mah-cheet-to-wook-ky           Female Mother age 44
  Eng Name Bessie Parker Female Daughter age 11
  Eng Name White Parker   Male        age 18
  
  Quanah died in 1911.  In the census that year, several of his wives and children show up in their own households.  We see here the mixed usage of English and Comanche names with individual family members.
  
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  1911 Indian Census Rolls, Kiowa Comanche and Apache Tribes, Oklahoma, 30 June, Kiowa Agency, Comanche Tribe, Page 20
  
  1 To narcy 46 [b abt 1864] F Roll #1
  
  2 Laura Parker Birdsong (Nedah) Head 28 [b abt 1862] F Roll #1 1/2
  3 Anona A Birdsong Dau 6 [b abt 1905] F
  
  4 Weck e ah 51 [b abt 1860] F
  
  5 Ta too ah rup (Baldwin Parker)  Head 23 M [b abt 1888] Roll #3 1/2
  6 Tab bo noid (Nora Goot se que tah) Wife 25 [b abt 1886] F
  7 Ollie Parker Dau 5 [b abt 1906] F
  8 Elmer Parker Son 3 [b abt 1908] M
  
  9 Mah cheet to wook ky Head 49 [b abt 1862] F Roll #4
  
  10 Mah cheet to wook ky Bessie (Parker) Head 23 [b abt 1889] M Roll #4 1/2
  11 Theadore Ase nap Son [no age rptd] M
  
  12 Mah cheet to wook ky (White Parker) Head 33 [b abt 1879] M Roll #4 1/2
  13 Bertha Parker Dau 12 [b abt 1898] M
  
  14 To pay Head 32 [b abt 1879] F Roll #5
  15 Kelsey To pay (Parker) Son 12 [b abt 1898] M
  16 Chee Parker Son 4 [b abt 1907] M
  
  17 Taum-mer-ra-da (Sidney Mah seet)  Head 45 M [b abt 1866] Roll #6
  18 A-er-wuth-take-um   45 [b abt 1866, grave is 1853] F
  19 Mary Taum-mer-ra-da  Female Dau 15 [b abt 1896]
  
  20 Tit tah (Thomas Parker)  19 M Roll #6 1/2
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  Mah-cheet-To-Wook-Ky
  Birth 1862
  Death Jan. 2, 1914
  Spouse Quanah Parker (1845 - 1911)
  Burial Post Oak Cemetery, Indiahoma, Comanche County, Oklahoma, lot: Section 3, Row 8, Plot 17
  Created by Cokeman2 Nov 18, 2011
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #80617501, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=80617501

Sources

• 1. 1905 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma
  • 30 June, Kiowa Agency, Page 22
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. 1900 Federal Census, Oklahoma Territory
  • 11 June, Apache, Kiowa & Comanche Reservation, District 12, page 74A, Hse #744, Fam #749
• 4. 1911 Indian Census Rolls, Kiowa Comanche and Apache Tribes, Oklahoma
  • 30 June, Kiowa Agency, Comanche Tribe, Page 20
• 5. Parker Heritage Website
• 6. 1914 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma
  • 1 July, Kiowa Agency, Comanche Tribe, Page 1
• 7. 1905 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma
  • 30 June, Kiowa Agency, Comanche Tribe, Page 22
• 8. Encyclopedias
• 9. U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962
  • Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
• 10. Abilene Reporter News