This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kplatz251 Surnames: Garrison, Parker Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.garrison/3531/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm looking for family and information on relatives and ancestors of the follwing Parker family. They are Cherokee who came together near Lake Tenkiller, Oklahoma. I'm working on the family tree of a living son, grandson and granddaughter of Stella Savada Parker (see Stella daughter below in 1910 census info.) b: OK; d: MO. Father: Eli Parker Born: about 1870 in Kentucky Mother: Lee ?? and I believe her first name may be incomplete. Born about 1892 in Oklahoma but her father was born in Arkansas and her mother in Missouri. Eli and Lee were married about 1901. In 1910 they were raising 5 children at home but it is very likely that Lee was only the birth mother of the youngest. Fred abt. 1892; Bertha abt. 1894; Marvis (sp?) abt. 1902; Stella 1904; and Jetty 1910. All of the children were born in Oklahoma. In 1910, the family lived in Cherokee County Oklahoma, Peggs Township. In 1920, Eli, Lee, Jetty 9, Dolly 8, and Jessie 7 were living in Arkansas City, Kansas, Cowley County where Eli was still residing in 1934. At least three of his children, however, stayed in Oklahoma, in Pawhuska, Osage County. His daughter Bertha Garrison nee Parker; and sons, Dewey Parker and George Parker (neither sons appear on census records for 1910 or 1920 so they may have been first born to another mother and perhaps outside Oklahoma). In the 1920 census, Eli and Lee also have a daughter Dolly born abt. 1911/1912 and a daughter Jessie born about 1912/1913 although these may not be their given names. Eli's daughter Bertha MAY have married a J. Marlin or Marlon Garrison of Pawhuska and Haskell Oklahoma. If so, she had a son Lee Roy who died in 1951 at age 38 and a daughter Lola Elnora Eicher nee Garrison who died in 2000. If this is the correct Bertha, she has living daughters, a son, grandchildren and other relatives living in: Cleveland, Oklahoma; Oglesby, Oklahoma; Owasso, Oklahoma; Dewey, Oklahoma; and Waynona Oklahoma. Stella's family does not have a photo of her (she died when the son was 4), and they know virtually nothing about their Parker branch. Does anyone have a connection to my Parkers or to my Garrison, or have information to share? Does anyone know if Bertha Parker married Marlon Garrison? Kathy Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.