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Family HistoryFamily History - Mary G. Ratcliffee


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Mary G. Ratcliffee and one of her descendants down to the second generation.


First Generation
1. Mary G. Ratcliffee,1 born ____ (parents not determined). Mary married N. D. Parker (born ____, parents not determined).

Child of Mary G. Ratcliffee and N. D. Parker:

+2i. Archie Tipton Parker, born ca. 1888 in Kansas. Married Layne Virginia Ricker (née Donaldson) .

Second Generation
2. Archie Tipton Parker2 (Mary1), born ca. 1888 in Kansas.1, 2 Archie married, 10 June 1925 in Los Angeles, California, Layne Virginia Ricker (née Donaldson) 8 (born 28 May 1883 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, the daughter of John D. Donaldson and Caroline Layne Hackney;1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Layne died 8 April 1956 in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas3, 4). Layne is buried in Bosley Cemetery, Santo, Palo Pinto County, Texas.3

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, California, Los Angeles County, Montebello Township, Laguna Precinct, E.D. 19-1183, Sheet No. 4B, Archie T. Parker, 42, Kansas, first married age 25, salesman, real estate; wife Virginia L. Parker, 45, Tennessee, first married age 30.
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Colorado, Denver County, Denver, E.D. 16-232, Sheet No. 15A, Archie T. Parker, 50, Kansas, divorced, salesman, advertising, lived in Los Angeles, California, on 1 April 1935. He lived in the Denver Hotel in this census.
  3. Find a Grave (website). Bosley Cemetery, Santo, Palo Pinto County, Texas, Virginia Layne Donaldson Parker, born: 28 May 1883; died: 8 April 1956 (from record, which includes a note: Inscription: Devoted Sisters/In God’s Care; and that it is a double marker with Ruth Hackney Donaldson(1885-1958) [grave marker: July 22, 1885 - May 13, 1958]).
  4. Texas Deaths, 1890-1976; Certificate of Death, State File No. 21578, Layne D. Parker, died: 8 April 1956 in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas; born: 28 May 1883 in Cleveland, Tennessee; age 72 years 10 months 10 days; divorced; father: John D. Donaldson, born in Tennessee; mother: Caroline B. Hackney, born in Knoxville, Tennessee.
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Georgia, Whitfield County, West Dalton, E.D. 106, Sheet Nos. 4A and B, John D. Donaldson, 40, Tennessee, April 1860, traveling salesman; wife of 19 years Carrie B. Donaldson, 37, Tennessee, March 1862, 4 children, 4 living; daughter Layne Donaldson, 17, Tennessee, May 1883; daughter Ruth Donaldson, 14, Tennessee, July 1885; son William J. Donaldson, 11, Tennessee, August 1888; daughter Sarah Donaldson, 6, Texas, March 1894.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles City, E.D. 476, Sheet No. 1A, Layne D. Ricker, F, 36, Tennessee; David S. Ricker, 40, Ohio, director of publicity, motion pict. stud.
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, E.D. 60-979, Sheet 14B, Virginia Parker, 56, Tennessee, writer, W.P.A; sister Ruth Donaldson, 54, Tennessee.
  8. California, County Marriages, 1850-1952; County of Los Angeles, Marriage License and Certificate, Archie Tipton Parker, 37, born in Kansas, widowed, divorced; number of marriage: 3d; father: N. S. Parker, born in Kansas; mother: Mary G. Ratcliffee, born in Kansas; and Virginia Layne Ricker, 35 [sic, she was 42 at the time of this marriage], born in Tennessee; number of marriage: 2d; father: John D. Donaldson, born in Tennessee; mother: Caroline Lane Hockney, born in Tennessee; maiden name: Virginia Layne Donaldson; married on 10 June 1925 in Los Angeles.