“William Parker (builder)”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

William Parker married Margaret Gleeson on December 1, 1831 in St. John's. He later owned a brig named Margaret Parker after his wife.^[4]

Members of the Parker family were prominent businessmen in St. John's, Newfoundland for nearly two centuries.^[5] William's son James Francis Parker founded Parker & Monroe, Ltd. in 1880^[6] which was the largest shoe store on the island for many years. It had several retail outlets and manufactured 100,000 pairs of shoes per year in its plant on Alexander St. Most of the shoes were sold to Newfoundlanders.

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=A Collection of Newfoundland Wills (P) William Parker |url=http://ngb.chebucto.org/Wills/parker-william-2-171.shtml |website=Newfoundland Grand Banks Site |accessdate=26 June 2014 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906131438/http://ngb.chebucto.org/Wills/parker-william-2-171.shtml |archivedate=6 September 2008 |df= }}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Cape Spear Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada|url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/nl/spear/natcul/histor.aspx|website=Parks Canada|accessdate=26 June 2014}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Cape Spear Lighthouse National Historic Site|url=http://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/PlacesToGo/CapeSpearLighthouseNationalHistoricSite|website=Newfoundland and Labrador|accessdate=26 June 2014}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Ship Registration Index|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/ship-registration/001093-119.01-e.php?&sisn_id_nbr=44325&interval=20&&PHPSESSID=cgj3rgecmh1vtn831p7piovq25|website=Library and Archives Canada|accessdate=30 June 2014}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Howard House|url=http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/rhs/rs_listing/116.html|website=Heritage Newfoundland|accessdate=27 June 2014}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=The Lea|url=http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/rhs/rs_listing/118.html|website=Heritage Newfoundland|accessdate=27 June 2014}}