The Ed and Barbara Parker Family Webpage (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Edward W. Parker	George P. Parker	Thomas B. Parker	William Parker	Thomas Parker
				C:2 May 1784
			B:30 May 1821 M:25 Dec 1847 D:Nov 1905 Biography	Martha Pollard
				B:Nov 1781
		B:8 Oct 1852  BE SC P:Salt Lake City M:1 Jun 1878 P:American Fork, U, Utah D:11 Apr 1919 P:American Fork, UT Life Sketch	Mary Ann Child	William Child
				B:19 Apr 1787
			B:5 Jul 1821 D:28 Jan 1892 Life Sketch	Elizabeth Battersby
				B:20 Feb 1797
	B:27 Mar 1885  BEPSC P:American Fork, UT M:12 Jun 1907 P:Salt Lake D:17 Feb 1937 P:Long Beach, CA Patriarchal Blessing Tribute Misc. Parker Pictures	Elizabeth Procter	Thomas Procter	Robert Procter
				B:8 Apr 1799
			B:15 Sep 1820  BE S M:16 Jun 1845 D:16 Apr 1865	Sarah Procter
				B:12 Aug 1802
		B:27 Jun 1859  BE SC P:American Fork, UT D:18 Oct 1923 P:American Fork Life Sketch	Susannah Chadwick	Benjamin Chadwick
				B:29 Apr 1793
			B:15 Sep  BE S D:23 May 1898	Susan Lord
				B:Aug 1788
B:10 Nov 1922  BEPS P:Provo, UT M:1 May 1944 P:Salt Lake City, SL, Utah D:28 Aug 1986 P:Salt Lake City, UT Patriarchal Blessing Life History	Nellie Maria Oliver	James Albert Oliver	James Oliver	Matthew Oliver
				B:14 Oct 1792
			B:11 Mar 1823  BE S M:12 Jul 1859 D:10 Mar	Esther Seal
				B:12 Dec 1790
		B:2 Jul 1861  BE SC P:South Jordan, UT M:14 Dec 1882 P:Salt Lake City, SL, Utah D:7 Feb 1941 P:Nephi, UT Patriarchal Blessing	Maria Dalley	William Dalley
				B:1798  BE S
			B:2 Nov 1824 BE S D:18 Nov 1904	Mary Ann Summers
				B:1802  BE S
	B:9 Sep 1885  BEPSC P:South Jordan, UT D:5 Jul 1973 P:Salt Lake City, UT Life Sketch Patriarchal Blessing Letter Poems	Emma Mary Ann Holt	Edward David Holt	Robert Holt
				B:17 Dec 1802  BEPSc
			B:23 May 1834  BEPS M: D:24 Oct 1900	Mary Ann Toms
				B:15 Jul 1799  BEPSc
		B:13 May 1866  BE SC P:Salt Lake City D:4 May 1934 P:Provo, UT Patriarchal Blessings	Emma Billings	William Billings
				C:16 Jul 1826
			B:8 May 1850  BE S D:16 Jun 1930	Emily Chesson
				C:2 Sep 1826

Barbara Jean Gunn	Benjamin Leroy Gunn	John Francis Gunn	Benjamin Gunn	John Gunn
				B:31 Mar 1799  BEPS
			B:6 Feb 1841  BEPS M:18 Dec 1862 D:12 Mar 1899 Biography	Ann Brazier
				B:19 Jan 1793(7?)  BE S
		B:19 Sep 1868  BEPS P:Salt Lake City, UT M:18 Dec 1889 P:Salt Lake City, SL, Utah D:18 Jul 1943 P:Salt Lake City, UT Biography History - John Francis and Mary Ann (Deseret) Jackson Gunn	Alice G Bowdidge	John B B Bowdidge
				B:Jan 1805  BE S
			B:18 Jun 1843  BE S D:28 Oct 1933 Biography	Alice Gardner Smith
				B:(March 25, 1808)  BE S
	B:24 Oct 1893  BEPSC P:Salt Lake City, UT M:25 Apr 1917 P:Salt Lake City, SL, Utah D:5 Nov 1971 P:Salt Lake City, UT Autobiography Patriarchal Blessing History - Benjamin Leroy and Fanny Louise Ensign Gunn	Mary Ann D Jackson	Thomas R Jackson	Thomas Jackson
				B:7 Apr 1805  BE S
			B:26 May 1842  BE M:16 Apr 1864 D:23 Nov 1905 Life Sketch	Hannah Busby
				B:5 Jan 1803  BE S
		B:19 Sep 1870  BEPS P:Logan, UT D:7 Jul 1949 P:Salt Lake City	Mary Ann Owen	William David Owen
				B:June 1811(1810)
			B:9 Dec 1845  BE D:7 Jul 1935	Rhoda Moss
				B:1 Sep 1825  BE History
B:29 Jul 1923  BEPS P:Salt Lake City, UT D: P: Patriarchal Blessing Life History	Fanny Louise Ensign	George Albert Ensign	Samuel Lozene Ensign	Samuel Ensign
				B:24 May 1805  BEPS History - Samuel and Mary Everett Gordon Ensign
			B:24 Jan 1836  BE S M:29 Dec 1858 D:4 Jan 1922	Mary Everett Gordon
				B:15 May 1811  BE S
		B:22 Jul 1865  BEPS P:Salt Lake City M:4 Dec 1895 P:Salt Lake City, SL, Utah D:29 Feb 1912 P:Salt Lake City	Mary Angell	Solomon Angell
				B:21 Apr 1806  BEP
			B:22 Nov 1842  BE S D:15 Oct 1936	Eunice Clark Young
				B:23 Nov 1809
	B:4 Aug 1898  BEPSC P:Salt Lake City, UT D:1 Dec 1966 P:Salt Lake City,UT Patriarchal Blessing	Mary C Woodruff	James J Woodruff	Wilford Woodruff
				B:1 Mar 1807  BEPSC
			B:25 May 1847  BEPS M:21 Dec 1868 D:8 Dec 1927 Life Sketch Incident Patriarchal Blessing History - James J. and Fanny Lloyd Woodruff	(2)Mary Ann Jackson
				B:18 Feb 1818  BE SC
		B:5 Apr 1870  BEPS P:Salt Lake City, UT D:12 Jan 1961 P:Salt Lake City, UT	Fanny Lloyd	William Lloyd
				B:Abt 1805  S
			B:18 Oct 1849  BE S D:8 May 1931 Patriarchal Blessing Little Brown Jug - Story	Catherine Lewis
				B:Abt 1807  S

Ed and Barbara's Life Histories

Ed and Barbara have each done a life history. Barbara's is much more comprehensive and has been recently updated with more pictures and a better look. Ed's is essentially an outline. Coming soon!

Barbara's Life History (6 MB)
Barbara's Patriarchal Blessing (94 KB)
Ed's Life History (688 KB)
Ed's Patriarchal Blessing (62 KB)

Uncle Dick's Genealogy Including Kate's Updates

This is the beast! A full 10 MB file of all of Dick's Genealogy. This is obviously only the Gunn line of the family, but it goes WAY back. You need personal ancestral file to read it, which is available for a free download here under the "Order/ Download Products" link.

Uncle Dick's Gunn / Ensign / Woodruff Family History

For you family history buffs, enjoy!

2nd Generation History - Benjamin Leroy and Fanny Louise Ensign Gunn (212 pages) (22 MB)

Benjamin Leroy Gunn Autobiography (2 pages) (70 KB)
Benjamin Leroy Gunn's Patriarchal Blessing (2 pages) (127 KB)
Fanny Louise Ensign Gunn's Patriarchal Blessing (3 pages) (118 KB)

3rd Generation History - John Francis and Mary Ann (Deseret) Jackson Gunn (64 pages) (7.2 MB)

John F. Gunn Biography (3 pages) (111 KB)

4th Generation - Thomas and Mary Ann Owen Jackson

Thomas Richard Jackson Sketch (2 pages) (56 KB)

4th Generation History - Benjamin and Alice Bowdidge Gunn

Benjamin Gunn Biography (3 pages) (106 KB)
Alice Bowdidge Gunn Biography (10 pages) (460 KB)

4th Generation History - James J. and Fanny Lloyd Woodruff (47 pages) (2.8 MB)

James Jackson Woodruff Life Sketch (3 pages) (110 KB)
James Jackson Woodruff Incident (2 pages) (74 KB)
James Jackson Woodruff Patriarchal Blessing (2 pages) (93 KB)
Fanny Woodruff Patriarchal Blessing (5 pages) (172 KB)
Little Brown Jug - Story w/ Fanny Lloyd Woodruff (2 pages) (57 KB)

4th Generation History - Samuel and Mary Everett Gordon Ensign (12 pages) (857 KB)

4th Generation - Samuel L. and Mary Angell Ensign

Mary Angell Ensign Life Sketch (5 pages) (196 KB)

5th Generation - William David and Rhoda Moss Owen

Rhoda Moss Owen History (7 pages) (310 KB)

5th Generation - William and Ann Brazier Gunn

William Gunn Life Sketch (6 pages) (270 KB)

5th Generation History - Samuel and Mary Everett Gordon Ensign (12 pages) (857 KB)

6th Generation - Wilford Woodruff

Wilford Woodruff's Patriarchal Blessing (3 pages) (110 KB)

7th Generation - Solomon and Eunice Clark Young Angell

Solomon Angell Biography (3 pages) (109 KB)
Eunice Clark Young Angell History (3 pages) (122 KB)

Parker Family Histories

2nd Generation - George Proctor Parker and Nellie Oliver Parker

George Proctor Parker Patriarchal Blessing (4 pages) (104 KB)
Tribute to George Proctor Parker (3 pages) (75 KB)
Nellie Oliver Parker Life Sketch (4 pages) (129 KB)
Nellie Maria Oliver Patriarchal Blessing (4 pages) (237 KB)
Letter to Nellie Oliver Parker (4 pages) (90 KB)
Misc. Parker Pictures (10 pages) (1.67 MB)

3rd Generation - Thomas Battersby and Elizabeth Proctor Parker

Thomas Battersby Parker Life Sketch (3 pages) (70 KB)
Elizabeth Proctor Parker Life Sketch (3 pages) (143 KB)

3rd Generation - Emma Mary Ann Oliver

Emma Mary Ann Oliver's Patriarchal Blessings (8 pages) (412 KB)

4th Generation - William and Mary Ann Child Parker

William Parker Biography (2 pages) (60 KB)
Mary Ann Child Parker Life Sketch (3 pages) (104 KB)

4th Generation - James Albert Oliver

James Albert Oliver Patriarchal Blessing (4 pages) (162 KB)

The Parker Name
"Neither wind nor wave shall move us."

(From Parker Family Crest Webpage) The distinguished surname Parker is one of the most notable Anglo/Saxon surnames, and its historical trail has emerged from the mists of time to become an influential surname of the middle ages and of the present day.

In an in-depth research of such ancient manuscripts as the Domesday Book compiled in 1086 A.D. by Duke William of Normandy, the Ragman Rolls (1291-1296) collected by King Edward 1st of England, the Curia Regis Rolls, the Pipe Rolls, the Hearth Rolls, parish registers, baptismals, tax records and other ancient documents, researchers found the first record of the name Parker in Derbyshire, England where they had been seated from very ancient times.

Confusing to most, there have been several different spellings in the archives researched. Although the name Parker occurred in many manuscripts, from time to time the surname was also spelt Parker, Parkers, Parkeres, and these changes in spelling frequently occurred between father and son. There is one record of a father and eight sons. In the graveyard where they are buried, all nine have different spellings of their surnames. Many reasons were revealed for these spelling variations but mainly church officials and scribes spelled the names as they were told to them.

The family name Parker is one of the most notable of the ancient Anglo/Saxon race. This founding race of England, a fair skinned people led by the Saxon Generals/Commanders Hengist and Horsa, settled in Kent from about the year 400 A.D. The Angles, on the other hand, occupied the eastern coast.

The Anglo/Saxon five-century domination of English society was an uncertain time, with the nation being divided into five separate kingdoms, a high king being elected as supreme ruler.

By 1066, King Harold came to the throne of England which was enjoying reasonable peace and prosperity. However, the Norman invasion from France and their victory at the Battle of Hastings, found many of the vanquished Saxon land owners forfeiting their land to Duke William and his invading nobles. The became oppressed under Norman rule, and some moved northward to the midlands, Lancashire and Yorkshire, even into Scotland.

The family name Parker emerged as a notable English family name in the county of Derbyshire. One of the first records of the name was about 1380 during the reign of King Richard II when Thomas Parker of Bulwell is recorded on the border of Derbyshire and Yorkshire. The name had been seated there since ancient times. The senior line descending from Thomas Parker, however, became extinct about the sixteenth century. The junior lines produced the Earls of Macclesfield, and the Baronies of Morley and Monteagle, but these latter two baronies have been in abeyance since 1685. Largely from the midland of England the name flourished in the counties of Derby, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Norringham. By the 14th century an important branch evolved in Devonshire at a place called Whiteway. They settled at North Moulton in Devon. They also moved northward to Scotland and William Parker of Kilmon, Perthshire, a parson, rendered homage in 1296, to King Edward I of England on his brief conquest of Scotland. The name continued to flourish in both England and Scotland for the next two or three centuries, particularly in Scotland where the family name acquired lands in Dundee and became associated the Ogilvies. Notable amongst the family at these times was the Earl of Macclesfield.

For the next two or three centuries bearers of the surname Parker flourished and played a significant role in the political development of England. During the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries England was ravaged by religious and political conflict. Puritanism, Catholicism, Royalist and parliamentary forces shed much blood. Many families were freely encouraged to migrate to Ireland, or to the colonies. Some were rewarded with grants of lands, others were banished.

In Ireland, settlers became known as the Adventurers seeking land in Ireland. Called "undertakers" they undertook to maintain the Protestant faith. In Ireland this distinguished family were recorded in the 1659 census in all the provinces.

Meanwhile the New World beckoned and migration continued, some voluntarily from Ireland, but mostly directly from England or Scotland, their home territories. Some clans and families even moved to the European continent.

Kinsman of the family name Parker were among those who sailed aboard the armada of small sailing ships know as the "White Sails" which plied the stormy Atlantic. These overcrowded ships were pestilence ridden, sometimes 30% to 40% of the passenger list never reaching their destination, their numbers were reduced by sickness of the elements.

Principal amongst the settlers which could be considered a kinsman of the surname Parker, or a variable spelling of that family name was Captain George Parker who settled in Accomac Co. 1654; William Parker, who settled in Hartford, Connecticut in 1635; and Neilson Parker who settled in New Jersey.

The trek from the port of entry was also arduous and many joined the wagon trains to the prairies or to the west coast. During the American War of Independence, many loyalists made their way north to Canada about 1790, and became known as the United Empire Loyalists.

20th century notables of this surname, Parker, include many distinguished persons, Barrett Parker, American diplomat; Clifford Parker, British lawyer; Sir Edmund Parker, British Company Director; Glenn Parker, American Supreme Court Judge; Raymond Parker, Artist. Research has determined the above Coat of Arms to be the most ancient recorded for the family surname of Parker.

Parker Family Links

Browsholme Hall - Ancient Home of the Parker Family
Parker Family Homepage (some original ancient documents)
Parker Family Tree (William and Elisha Parker, 1632)
Parker Rootsweb (a list of Parker sites hosted by Rootsweb)

Clan Gunn
"Either Peace or War"

Uncle Dick's History of the Gunn Family - Sagebrush and Grass (3.27 MB)

Briefly, the Gunn Clan's ancestral tree is mixed in origin with the earliest know inhabitants of the area, the Picts. Later the Celts, Scots, Teutons, Normans, Norse and others intergrated to extend the ancestral tree.

Practically without exception, the Highland Clans chieflylaines claim descent from the Norse Vikings. Gunn Clan is no exception; tracing its beginning to King Olaf the Black of Norway. The surname Gunn derives from Gun, Gunnar, or Gunni (depending upon the intepretation of historian) who was a grandson of Sweyn the Pirate of Freswick whose family ruled the earldoms of Orkney and Caithness during the 9th, 10th and 11th centuries.

The modern lineage and Sept families stem from George Gunn, the Crowner of Caithness, born in the first decade of the 15th century and slain with several of his clansmen at the Chapel of St. Tears, near Ackergil, in July 1478.

Clans have existed in many parts of the world but n was in the Highlands of Scotland that the clan system developed most fully as a way of life. It ended with the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie's Highlanders on the moors of Culloden, near Inverness, on April 16, 1746.

Following this defeat, the Clan system was abolished by law and for many years all weapons were forbidden to the Highlanders, as were the tartans, clan dress, clan symbols and paraphernalia, clan music and gatherings. Even the bagpipe was forbidden as it was considered an instrument of war. At the same time a program known as the "clearances" was carried out with the stated objective of "clearing the Highlanders from the land to make it fit for the raising sheep". It was this program that was largely responsible for the scattering of the Highlanders to the far reaches of the world.

When the proscription of the Clans was lifted and King George IV toured Scotland in the 1820's (he was the first monarch to visit Scotland in 175 years), he and his court were adorned in full Highland regalia. Tartans blossomed everywhere, the Clans were revitalized and Clan societies were organized in an attrept to re-establish family ties.

The first Gunn Clan Society was founded in 1821 but drifted in the doldrums for the next century and a quarter. About 35 years ago the Gunn Clan Society was reactivated in Scotland and the United Kingdom. In 1969, the Gunn Clan Society was organized in the United States with membership open to all Gunns residing in North America. In 1979 the Gunn Clan Society of Canada was organized. Undoubtedly, other Gunn Clan societies will be organized in the Australia/New Zealand area and possibly in South Africa.

This very brief background information is courtesy of the Gunn Clan Society of North America.

Clan Gunn Tartan & Links

Clan Gunn Society of North America
Clan Gunn (UK)
Gunn Clan.net
A History of Clan Gunn by Robert M. Gunn