Vivian Juanita Parker, b. 1902
Vivian Juanita Parker was the second child of William A. Parker and Winifred B. Inscho, born on September 26, 1902, in St. Joseph, Missouri. Vivian learned at a very early age to clean, cook and mend clothes and other household chores. She also learned to care for children, being the oldest girl she often cared for her younger brothers and sisters. In addition to all these requirements she learned to play the mandolin. (A musical instrument with a pear-shaped wooden body and fretted neck, usually having metal strings.) Many children during the time of her childhood learned to play instruments and sing for the entertainment of family, friends and neighbors.
Vivian was exceptionally good at sewing. She learned from a lady who would come to the house to do sewing for her mother. The lady was amazed at how fast Vivian learned and at the quality of her work. Soon the Parkers bought a sewing machine and Vivian was the operator. She made shirts, blouses and dresses for the family. Her skill at sewing was much needed when she began to raise her own family. Vivian would see a dress she liked and could copy its design from memory, cut it out from the material and sew it together with much skill. The finished product usually looked very professional.
Vivian married at the young age of seventeen, and began immediately to raise a family. She was the mother of eleven children. All were born with little or no health problems and except for her third child, David who died at age 27 as a result of an accident, all her children have lived long and fruitful lives. Juanita was an exceptional cook. Her Sunday dinners were usually a feast that fed not only her family but also visiting relatives and sometimes friends of the family. A pot roast, mashed potatoes and gravy plus many vegetables. For dessert she most often had several pies, such as apple, cherry, lemon meringue, butterscotch and coconut cream.
During the years of the great depression the Van Vacter family worked as a team to supply their survival needs. For a period of time Vivian, with her crude equipment, would spend all of Friday night and into Saturday baking light rolls. The older children were given baskets of rolls to sell by the dozen from door-to-door. All her work produced only a few dollars but every little bit not only helped but was needed. Vivian also washed and ironed clothes for some of the families in the neighborhood. The Van Vacter home was always busy with industry, and Vivian was usually the one directing the activities.
After Oren died, the children, except for Douglas, were out on their own. Vivian went to work for the AT & SF Railroad as a cook for a mobile Signal Gang. She worked at that position until September of 1967 when she was injured getting off a train in Barstow, California. After her broken arm healed, her position had been filled and she was out of a job. During that same month she reached her 65th birthday, so she filed for her retirement. She worked other jobs for a few years to supplement her retirement income. Vivian died in May of 1981 at the age of 78 in San Bernardino, California. Her remains were buried next to he husband Oren at the Mountain View cemetery in San Bernardino.
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Research notes of Richard R. Van Vacter concerning the lineage of Vivian Juanita Parker -
James Parker and his wife, Margaret Shatroc, were both born in North Carolina in the early 1800's, and my guess is they were born between 1810 and 1815. They left North Carolina and ended up in Indianapolis, Indiana, where their son, Daniel Felix, was born on February 17, 1836. Daniel Felix served in the Civil War and was discharged July 10, 1865. He married Cynthia Ann Reed on December 13, 1869. Cynthia was born May 3, 1849, in Utica, Indiana, and died December 16, 1929, in Gallatin, Missouri. Cynthia was the daughter of Abraham Reed of Dayton, Ohio and Catherine Beck of Pennsylvana.
Daniel and Cynthia had four children. They were: Thomas, born February 1878; William A., born December 25, 1880; Alta M., born October 1882; and Frank W., born January 1885. This information was taken from the 1900 federal census of Gentry County, Missouri.
INSCHO FAMILY RECORD -
The Inscho family line has been easier to research than Parker. The reason is that the name is not as common. Additionally, I have had some luck that doesn't usually befall a genealogist. In my correspondence I have found several historical societies and staff members who have willingly helped me find data concerning Inschos. I also found a publication in which I was able to trace Alvira Delano, my great, great grandmother, and wife of John Inscho, back to 1621 to Phillipe De La Noy, who came to this continent on the ship Fortune. Although the ship came from England, Phillipe was from the Netherlands.
We will begin with Moses Inscho who moved to Huron County, Ohio from Knox County about 1815. Although I do not have the information to satisfy me that Moses in actually the father of my great, great grandfather, John, what information I have points strongly toward it. Moses and his brother, Joseph Inscho, of Knox County, Ohio, settled in the New Haven township of Huron County. They had a brother, Robert, who settled in Greenfield township from Pennsylvania in 1816 and moved to Indiana in 1850. Moses, his wife Jane, and family, several years later, moved to Illinois where Moses died in 1837. The decendants of Moses and Jane were: Harriet, John, Charity, Thomas, Tracy, Jane and a son whose initials were E.H., and a son David. The 1830 federal census of Huron County, Ohio, shows that Moses had two sons between the ages of 10 and 15 years of age. John was one of those two.
John Inscho married Alvira Delano in 1836 in the state of Illinois. They had ten children; three were born in Illinois, four in Indiana and the other three in Iowa. John was born in Ohio in about the year 1816 and Alvira Delano was born in Ohio on October 4, 1817. Their first child was Almira, born September 25, 1837 in Illinois, died October 16, 1927 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Second child was Rebecca Ann, born in Illinois, died in Iowa at the age of 20 on March 28, 1859. Third child, Alva, was born in Illinois and died in the Civil War at Helena, Arkansas on February 13, 1863. Fourth child was Caroline, who was born in Indiana. Fifth child was Amasa who was also born in Indiana and was in the Civil War. He was wounded at Black River, Mississippi on May 17, 1863. Last record of Amasa I have, he was in Merrick County, Nebraska, post office Archer in 1890. Sixth child, Lewis, was born in Indiana, died in Iowa August 2, 1855 at the age of 7 years, 8 months and 15 days. His birth date was November 17, 1847. Seventh child was Mary E., born in Indiana in 1850. Latest record shows she married a John Miller in Custer County, Nebraska October 17, 1887. Eighth child was Silas, born in Iowa. Ninth child was Samuel, born in Iowa and killed in a gun fight in 1890 in Blaine County, Nebraska. Their tenth and final child was Edwin, born May of 1857 in Page County, Iowa and died in St. Joseph, Missouri August 29, 1908.
ALVIRA DELANO -
This part of the report is on the family line of Alvira Delano, wife of John Inscho. The following information may be found in a book entitled "The Geneology History and Alliances of the American House of Delano" and is located in the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, call number E7 d373.
Alvira Delano was born in Ohio on October 4, 1817 and she had a twin sister, Almira. She married John Inscho in the State of Illinois in 1836. Alvira died in Custer County, Nebraska about 1886. Alvira and John had ten children. They are as follows: (1) Almira Jane, born 1837 and when the above referred to book was written she resided in Hawleyville, Iowa, and was married to a Mr. Pierce. (2) Rebecca Ann, who died in Iowa March 28, 1859. (3) Alva, died in the Civil War in Tennessee in 1862. (4) Caroline, born in Indiana. (5) Amasa, who was in the Civil War. He was wounded in action while with the Twenty-Third Iowa Infantry at Black River, Mississippi. (6) Lewis, who died in Iowa August 2, 1855. (7) Mary, born in 1850. (8) Silas, born 1852. (9) Samuel, born in Iowa 1854. (10) Edwin, our great-grandfather, May 1857.
Some of the above information confirms data gathered from other sources, such as the 1900 census and some Bible records. Although the above referred to Newberry Library family history did not have any other information about John Inscho, I was able to trace Alvira Delano back several generations to 1602 to her progenator Philippe De-la Noye who traveled from Leyden, Holland to England and at the age of 18 traveled to Plymouth, Massachusetts on the ship "Fortune" which landed November 11, 1621 and was the first ship to follow the Mayflower.
Alvira's father was Stephen Delano, Jr., born in Woodstock, Vermont on March 30, 1775 and was killed in 1817. He was first married in Essex County, New York to Anna Markham. His second marriage was to Corina Smith in Ohio. Stephen and Corina had four children and they are as follows: (1) Sophronia (unmarried); (2) Mary, born in Frederictown, Ohio April 30, 1814; (3) Alvira, born October 4, 1817 (twin); (4) Almira, born October 4, 1817.
Stephen Jr's father was Stephen Delano, Sr. He was born May 12, 1748 and died at Worthington, Ohio January 1, 1822. This Stephen was married to a Mary Shaw. I have some information on her generations for anyone who may want it. The children of Stephen and Mary are as follows: (1) Stephen, Jr., born Woodstock, Vermont, March 30, 1775; (2) Johnathan, born May 10, 1777; (3) Oliver, born May 26, 1781; (4) Polly, born April 9, 1783; (5) Elisha, born at Richmond, New Hampshire March 1, 1785 (unmarried); (6) Elizabeth, born at Woodstock, Vermont April 25, 1787; (7) Ransom, born March 10, 1789; (8) Priscilla, born 1791; (9) Phillip, born 1794; (10) Sally; (11) Abigail.
Stephen Sr's father was Jonathan Delano, Sr., and he was born February 13, 1713 and died at Dartmouth in the month of November 1795. Jonathan married Mary Hammond (I have more information on the generations of Mary Hammond), on November 14, 1734. Jonathan and Mary had seven children and they are as follows: (1) Jabez, born May 7, 1735 (2) Jonathan, Jr., born September 16, 1736 (3) Amasa, born July 18, 1737, died Windsor, Vermont 1816 (4) Phillip, born August 23, 1739 (5) Priscilla, born October 14, 1740, died Woodstock, Vermont March 11, 1810 (6) Mary, born June 6, 1744 (7) Stephen Sr., born May 12, 1748, died January 1, 1822.
Jonathan's father was Jabez Delano. He was born November 8, 1682, died December 23, 1734. Jabez was first married to a cousin, Mary Delano at Duxbury, Massachusetts on February 8, 1710. Mary died on April 29, 1716. He married Hannah Peckham in 1717. The children of Jabez and Mary were: (1) Mary, born April 12, 1712 (2) Jonathan, born February 13, 1713. The children of Jabez and Hannah were: (1) Susanna, born November 16, 1717 (2) Abigail, born May 1, 1719 (3) Jabez II, born April 25, 1723 (4) Mercy, born August 27, 1725 (5) Eunice, born May 31, 1727 (6) Hannah, born May 28, 1729 (7) Stephen, born May 18, 1732 (8) Sarah, born May 24, 1734.
Jabez's father was Lt. Jonathan Delano. He was born at Duxbury, Massachusetts in the year of 1647 (?) In one place his year of birth is shown as 1647 and in another was 1648. His surname is recorded two ways: one as Delano and another as De-la-Noye. Jonathan died December 23, 1720 at the age of 73. He was married to Mercy Warren. I have additional information on her generations. The children of Lt. Jonathan and Mercy were: (1) Daughter, born November 25, 1678, died November 28, 1678 (2) Jonathan, Jr., born January 30, 1680 (3) Jabez, born November 8, 1682 (4) Sarah, born January 9, 1684 (5) Mary, born October 27, 1686 (6) Nathan, born October 29, 1688 (7) Bethia, born November 29, 1690, died July 19, 1693 (8) Susanna, born September 23, 1693.
The father of Lt. Jonathan was Philippe de Lannoy (La Noye). He was baptised in the Walloon church December 6, 1603 and was born in 1602. Philippe died in Bridgewater, Massachusetts in 1681. He left Leiden in the Netherlands and went to London to join the ship "Fortune", the first vessel to follow the Mayflower. The Fortune left London carrying the Patent of Government and 35 colonists. They landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts November 11, 1621. I have very much information on Philippe, but I will not try to put it in this report. The children of Philippe were was follows: (1) Philip, Jr., born 1640 (2) Dr. Thomas, born 1642 (3) John, born 1644 (4) Lt. Jonathan, born 1648 (5) Samuel, born 1659.
There were also daughters of Philippe as the records show that he fathered nine children, and was married twice.
Please refer to Lt. Jonathan Delano who was married to Mercy Warren. Following are the Warren lines: Mercy Warren was the daughter of Nathaniel Warren, 1624 - 1667, and Sarah Walker, 1645. Nathaniel was the son of Richard Warren of Greenwich Kent, a merchant in Mayflower Plymouth, New England in 1620. Richard died in 1628. He was married to Elizabeth who died in 1673. Richard was the son of Christopher Warren and Alice Webb. Christopher was the son of William Warren and Ann Marble. William was the son of Christopher. Christoper was the son of John Warren. John was the son of Sir Laurence of Kent, born before 1500, and married to Isabel Legh of Kent. Sir Laurence was the son of John de Warren, Esq. and Isabel Stanley of Kent. The above takes the Warrens back to about 1450 and continues on to 1085 when William de Warren married Gunereda, who was the daughter of William "the Conqueror".
ALMIRA JANE INSCHO -
Almira Jane Inscho was the first child of John and Alvira Inscho. She was born in Illinois on September 25, 1837 and died on October 16, 1927, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Her first marriage was to Thomas H. East in 1854. Thomas was born November 17, 1803 and died February 16, 1868. His children were Mary F. East, who died April 29, 1858 and Stephen I. who died at age four months on September 22, 1858. Her other children by East were Henrietta Dorland, Martha Lemley and Ada Morgan. After East's death Almira married Alden Pierce. He died in 1898. Their children were William and Elmer Dwight. Elmer was born in 1882 and died in 1965 and is buried in Clarinda, Iowa. Elmer's wife was Ina Work, born November 20, 1883, died April 15, 1976 and buried in Clarinda, Iowa. Almira is buried at Hawleyville, Iowa along side her husband Thomas H. East and her two children.
REBECCA ANN -
Rebecca Ann Inscho, the second child of John and Alvira, was born in Illinois and died on March 28, 1859, at the age of 20 in Hawleyville, Iowa.
ALVA -
Alva Inscho, the third child of John and Alvira, was born in Illinois, and at age 21 entered the service as a private during the Civil War. He died at Helena, Arkansas Frebruary 13, 1863. Alva was in the Twenty-Ninth Regiment of the Iowa Volunteer Infantry. On January 8, 1863, he was ordered to embark to Helena, Arkansas from Columbus, Kentucky, and before disembarking at Helena, was ordered on an expedition up the White River. The expedition was a disaster and the troops were exposed to hardships and suffered disastrous consequences of sickness. Alva died as a result of sickness contracted on the White River expedition.
CAROLINE -
Caroline Inscho was the fourth of the children of John and Alvira Inscho. She was born in Miami County, Indiana in about 1844. Caroline is one of the children in which records are obscure. A contact from southwest Iowa whom I will write to when she returns to Iowa in April of 1986, will do some extensive research for me. I'm hoping she will find something about Caroline.
AMASA -
Amasa Inscho was the fifth child of John and Alvira. He was born in Miami County, Indiana; born about the year 1846, as he was shown to be four years old in the 1850 federal census and 14 years old in the 1860 federal census. Amasa entered the service as a private August 29, 1862. He was in the Twenty-Third Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was wounded at Black River, Mississippi on May 17, 1863, but remained in the service throughout the duration of the war. He mustered out on July 26, 1865 at Harrisburg, Texas. On October 17, 1867 Amasa sold land to Alvira Inscho that was located in the County of Harrison and the State of Missouri. Amasa showed up in 1890 in Merrick County, Nebraska post office, Archer, Nebraska.
LEWIS -
Lewis was the sixth child, born in Miami County, Indiana November 17, 1847 and died August 2, 1855 in Page County, Iowa.
MARY E. -
Mary E. was the seventh child and the last to be born in Miami County, Indiana. Mary was born in May of 1850. She was five months old in November of 1850 when the federal census was taken and she was 10 years old when the 1860 federal census was taken. Mary was living with her mother in Custer County, Nebraska in 1885. The Nebraska census also shows that Samuel D. Inscho, age 30, was living with them. Mary purchased 160 acres of land from the United States on September 17, 1887. Later that year on October 17, 1887, she married a John Miller. John Miller was 33 years old at the time and Mary was 37 years old. The applicant for the affidavit of marriage was John Inscho, who was 71 years of age at the time.
SILAS -
Silas Inscho was the eighth child of John and Alvira. He was born in Page County, Iowa in 1852. Silas changed the spelling of his surname to Insko sometime after moving to Nebraska. I have marriage records of Walter D. Insko of Milburn, Nebraska who was born at Villisca, Iowa and the son of Silas Insko and Florin Durban. Villisca, Iowa is but a few miles from Hawleyville and just east of the county line of Page County.
SAMUEL -
Samuel D. Inscho was the ninth child of John and Alvira and was born in either 1854 or 1855 in Page County, Iowa. Samuel was living with his sister, Mary, and mother in Custer County, Nebraska in 1885. I have information on Samuel Insco who was killed by a man named John Alscott on February 13, 1890. I believe him to be the son of John and Alvira even though the newspaper account of his death spelled his last name Insco. The newspaper account read as follows:
"Samuel Insco, living 12 miles west of Anselmo, Nebraska in Blaine County, Nebraska, was shot and killed by a man named John Alscott, on last Thursday. The trouble arose over a harrow which Insco had bought of Alscott and had not entirely paid for. Insco insisted on taking the harrow, and Alscott forbid him from touching it. Words soon grew to threats and threats were followed by drawn revolvers and Alscott got the first shot. After the shooting, Alscott went to Brewster and there offered to give himself up, but as the circumstances connected with the tragedy pointed so strongly toward self defense, and as the murdered man was known to be a hard case, nothing has been done in regard to it."
More research will be done to determine if Samuel Inscho, son of John and Alvira, was indeed the Samuel Insco who was murdered over a harrow.
EDWIN -
Edwin Inscho was the tenth child and was born May 1857 at Page County, Iowa and died August 29, 1908 at St. Joseph, Missouri. Edwin married Mary Melvina McGinley of Lone Star, Missouri.