Life History

Notes

• The first wife was Wec-Keah.
  Children:
  A. Nau-Nocca (1873-1947), married Emmett Cox (1852-1927). Eleven children were born to this union, five of whom died when very young.
  B. Weyodi (variously known as: Wer-Yoh-Ti or Werare) (b.1879) married Louis Tamahkera (b. 1879).
  C. Woonardy (Wanada) married Harzy Page. No children. She attended Carlisle College in Pennsylvania and attended President Theodore Roosevelt's Inauguration with her father.
  D. Mary Pbutsi Pooche married Edward Hatch Clark.
  E. Topseup "Alice" married Earl Purdy (b. 1878). One son died in infancy. She raised a niece, Bobby Clark Bradley.
  --   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 1900 the Comanche tribe and other tribes whose land was in Oklahoma Territory were enumerated in the US census of that territory.  The enumerator has reported Quanah's and his parents' birth state as Texas, yet for all the children still at home, Tope se up, Honnnie, Laura and Kelsey, he has reported their father as born in Oklahoma Territory.
  
  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
  
  Next in the list is Weck-e-ah's daughter We-ra-ra or Weyodeewith her husband Tah-ma-ke-ra.  In this record we find that the enumerator has reported the number of children born and living on the line for her husband Tah ma ke ra instead of We rah ra.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Oklahoma Territory, 11 June, Apache, Kiowa & Comanche Reservation, District 12, page 74A, Hse #744, Fam #749
  Tah ma ke ra Head Ind M 1876 24 Married 5 yrs 2 children/2 living OklaTerr OklaTerr OklaTerr Horse Herd [No rpt of ownership] Comanche Comanche Comanche
  We rah ra Wife Ind F 1880 20 Married 5 yrs no children rpt OklaTerr OklaTerr OklaTerr  Comanche Comanche Comanche
  Tah ma ke ra, Samuel Son Ind M 1896 4 OklaTerr OklaTerrOklaTerr Comanche Comanche Comanche
  Tah ma ke ra, Saphio Dau Ind F 1898 2 Single OklaTerr OklaTerr OklaTerr Comanche Comanche Comanche
  
  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 Weck-e-ah      Female Mother age 46
  Ind Name Pache Eng Name Mary Parker Female Daughter age 14
  Ind Name Tope-se-up   Female Daughter age 12
  Ind Name Woon-ar-dy Eng Name Woon-ar-dy Parker Female Daughter age 22
  
  Quanah died in 1911.  Most of his family is still listed together in varoius households on two pages of the 1911 and 1914 census.  Weck e ah is listed as a single individual in her household.
  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 1888] 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 1878] 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 1862] Roll #6
  18 A-er-wuth-take-um   45 [b abt 1862] F
  19 Mary Taum-mer-ra-da  Female Dau 9 [b abt 1909]
  
  20 Tit tah (Thomas Parker)  19 M Roll #6 1/2
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  1914 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma, 1 July, Kiowa Agency, Comanche Tribe, Page 1
  To nar sy Family 1 b 1864 F
  
  Laura Parker Birdsong (Ne dah) Family 1.5 Head b 1882 F
  Anona A Birdsong Dau b 1882 F
  
  Weck e ah Family 2  b 1859 F
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  The following memorial on Find a Grave also includes an obituary.
  
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  Weckeah Parker
  Death May 16, 1923
  age 67 years [b abt 1856]
  
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  The following obituary was sent by Lisa Stalnaker (#46893021):
  
  Wellington Leader
  Friday, June 8, 1923, Wellington, Texas
  Page 12, Brief Texas News
  "Wife of Chief Quanah Parker Dies  --  Mrs. Weckeah Parker, wife of the former great chief of the Comanche Indians, Quanah Parker, for whom the town of Quanah, Texas, was named, died at Lawton, Okla., May 16, at the home of Mrs. E. H. Clark, one of her daughters. Mrs. Parker leaves five daughters, twenty grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren."
  Source: newspaperarchives.com
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  Spouse Quanah Parker (1845 - 1911)
  Children:
  Cynthia Ann Parker Cox (1873 - 1946)
  Weyodee Parker Tahmahkera (1880 - 1965)
  Wanada Parker Page (1887 - 1970)
  Mary Pache Parker Clark (1890 - 1952)
  Alice Parker Purdy (1894 - 1971)
  
  Burial Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  
  Created by Trapper John Feb 12, 2011
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #65563283, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65563283
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Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. 1900 Federal Census, Oklahoma Territory
  • 11 June, Apache, Kiowa & Comanche Reservation, District 12, page 74A, Hse #744, Fam #749
• 3. 1905 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma
  • 30 June, Kiowa Agency, Page 22
• 4. 1911 Indian Census Rolls, Kiowa Comanche and Apache Tribes, Oklahoma
  • 30 June, Kiowa Agency, Comanche Tribe, Page 20
• 5. Parker Heritage Website
• 6. 1896 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma Territory
  • 30 June, Comanche Reservation, Unassigned Lands, Page 48
• 7. 1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  • 14 May Zella Township, District 67, Indian Population, page 13B, Hse #4, Fam #5
• 8. 1920 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  • 27 January, Zella Township, District 141, page 3B, Hse #36, Fam #54
• 9. 1926 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma
  • no date, Kiowa Agency, Comanche Tribe, Page 35
• 10. 1930 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  • 10 April, Lawton Township, District 16-24, page 6A, Hse #87, Fam #88
• 11. Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
• 12. 1940 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  • 12 April, Lawton, District 16-22, Page 7B, Hse #129, Owns $75
• 13. 1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  • 11 May, Zella Township, District 679, Page 13A, Hse #240, Fam #244
• 14. Encyclopedias
• 15. U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962
  • Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
• 16. Abilene Reporter News