Life History

Notes

• 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. [rptd in the 1911 census as 12 yrs old, with his widowed mother]
  B. Ghee [Chee] Parker died when a young child.  [He was reported in the 1911 census in the household of his mother as 4 years old, and again in 1914 as 7]
  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
  
  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, 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
  Parker, Kelsey Son M Ind 12 [b abt 1898] Single Comanche/OK Comanche/OK Comanche/OK 3/4 blood English mother tongue
  Parker, Chee Son M Ind 2 [b abt 1908] Single Comanche/OK Comanche/OK Comanche/OK 3/4 blood [no language rpt]
  
  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.
  
  -----------------
  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 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
  -----------------
  
  Chee Parker
  Birth 1908
  Death Jul 20, 1916
  Burial Cache Kiowa Comanche Apache Intertribal Cemetery, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  Created by Cokeman2 Mar 14, 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #49710696, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=PARK&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=38&GScntry=4&GSsr=1001&GRid=49710696&
  

Sources

• 1. 1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  • 17 May, Quanah Township, Apache, Kiowa & Comanche Reservation, District 29, page 20A, Hse/Fam #7
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. 1911 Indian Census Rolls, Kiowa Comanche and Apache Tribes, Oklahoma
  • 30 June, Kiowa Agency, Comanche Tribe, Page 20
• 4. Parker Heritage Website