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William Lafayette Parks1

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M, #837, b. 31 March 1926, d. 15 February 2012
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FatherAndrew Graden Parks (b. 12 March 1900, d. 8 August 1973)
MotherFlora Cecil Parks (b. 16 March 1906, d. 11 October 1969)

Family: Nancy Virginia Pierce Forrester (b. 7 January 1926, d. 17 March 1991)

William Layayette Parks
1926 - 2012

Personal Information

  • 1926
    Birth
    31 March 1926 | Tangier Island, Accomack, Virginia, USAG
    Citations: 2,3,1
  • 194620
    Marriage | Nancy Virginia Pierce Forrester
    31 August 1946 | Richmond, Virginia, USA
    Nancy Virginia Pierce Forrester
    Age: 20
    Birth: 7 January 1926 | Lively, Lancaster, Virginia, USAG
    Death: 17 March 1991 | Morattico, Lancaster, Virginia, USA
    Citations: 4,1
  • 201285
    Death
    15 February 2012 | Richmond, Virginia, USA
    Citations: 5,6
  • 2012
    Burial
    After 15 February 2012 | Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lively, Lancaster, Virginia, USAG
    Citation: 7

Census Data

  • 19304
    1930 US Census | Andrew Graden Parks and Flora Cecil Parks
    5 April 1930 | Tangier, Accomack, Virginia, USA
    He appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Tangier, Accomack, Virginia, in the household of his parents, Andrew Graden Parks and Flora Cecil Parks.
    Citation: 8
  • 195024
    1950 US Census | Nancy Virginia Pierce Forrester
    15 May 1950 | Whte Chapel, Lancaster, Virginia, USA
    William Lafayette Parks and Nancy Virginia Pierce Forrester appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Whte Chapel, Lancaster, Virginia, enumerated 15 May 1950. Their children Bonnie were listed as living with them.
    Citation: 9
Last Edited 5 February 2026

Citations

  1. [S18] Forrester, Margaret Lumpkin, Ancestors and Descendants of Ivis Lee Forrester (Lancaster, Northumberland and Richmond Counties) (Lancaster, VA: Self, 2003), p.69.
  2. [S2042] "Virginia, US, Birth Records, 1912-2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721 - 1911." Index and images. Available online at https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9277/: Accessed January 2018, William Lafayette Parks; citing Virginia, Births, 1721–2015. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
  3. [S4584] "U.S., Korean War Era Draft Cards, 1948-1959." Index and images. Available online at https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62234/: Accessed 24 May 2025, William Lafayette Parks; citing Multiple sources, see Ancertry.com for details.
  4. [S2403] Richmond, Virginia, Marriage Certificate, 31 August 1946 Washington State Archives. Available on-line at http://www.ancestry.com Photocopy in home Library.
  5. [S1812] "Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014." Index and images. Available online at https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9278/: Accessed January 2018, Willliam Layafette Parks; citing Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
  6. [S2839] "Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800's - current." Index and images. Available online at https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61843/: Accessed 24 May 2025, William Parks Lafayette; citing Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia, 17 February 2012.
  7. [S142] Find-A-Grave, online at https://www.findagrave.com, accessed 22 November 2020, memorial page for William Lafayette “Bill” Parks (31 Mar 1926–15 Feb 2012), Find a Grave Memorial no. 85089178, citing Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lively, Lancaster County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by GJ (contributor 47117269).
  8. [S1336] Andrew G Parks household, 1930 US Census, Accomack, Virginia, population schedule, Tangier, Enumeration District 8, sheet 2B, dwelling 44, family 44, National Archives micropublication T626-2433, Downloaded December 2013 from Ancestry.com.
  9. [S4983] William L Parks household, 1950 US Census, Lancaster County, Virginia, population schedule, unknown address, Enumeration District 52-4, sheet 29, Address Right, family 307, National Archives micropublication Roll 2014, Downloaded from Ancestry.com on 4 February 2026.

Bonnie Gayle Parks1

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F, #842, b. 11 October 1948, d. 29 November 2005
Relationships2nd cousin of Ralph Page
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FatherWilliam Lafayette Parks (b. 31 March 1926, d. 15 February 2012)
MotherNancy Virginia Pierce Forrester (b. 7 January 1926, d. 17 March 1991)

Family: Harvey Albert Hinton

  • Lisa Gayle Hinton+
  • Timothy Ryan Hinton+

Personal Information

  • 1948
    Birth
    11 October 1948 | Morattico, Lancaster, Virginia, USA
    Citations: 2,1
  • 196718
    Marriage | Harvey Albert Hinton
    9 January 1967 | Lancaster County, Virginia, USA
    Harvey Albert Hinton
    Citations: 3,1
  • 200557
    Death
    29 November 2005 | Northumberland County, Virginia, USA
    Citations: 4,5,6,7
  • 2005
    Burial
    After 29 November 2005 | Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lively, Lancaster, Virginia, USAG
    Citations: 8,7

Census Data

  • 19501
    1950 US Census | William Lafayette Parks and Nancy Virginia Pierce Forrester
    15 May 1950 | Whte Chapel, Lancaster, Virginia, USA
    She appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Whte Chapel, Lancaster, Virginia, in the household of her parents, William Lafayette Parks and Nancy Virginia Pierce Forrester.
    Citation: 9
Last Edited 5 February 2026

Citations

  1. [S18] Forrester, Margaret Lumpkin, Ancestors and Descendants of Ivis Lee Forrester (Lancaster, Northumberland and Richmond Counties) (Lancaster, VA: Self, 2003), p.70.
  2. [S2042] "Virginia, US, Birth Records, 1912-2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721 - 1911." Index and images. Available online at https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9277/: Accessed December 2017, Bonnie Gayle Parks; citing Virginia, Births, 1721–2015. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
  3. [S1840] "Virginia, U S Marriage Records, 1936-2014." Index and images. Available online at https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9279/: Accessed December 2017, Bonnie Gail Parks & Harvey Albert Hinton; citing Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
  4. [S1812] "Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014." Index and images. Available online at https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9278/: Accessed 5 February 2026, Bonnie Parks Hinton; citing Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
  5. [S1801] "US, Social Security Application and Claims Index, 1936-2007." Database. Available online at https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901/: Accessed 5 February 2026, Bonnie Gayle Parks; citing Social Security Aplications and Claims, 1936-2007.
  6. [S429] Richmond Times-Dispatch, Virginia Obituary for Bonnie Parks Hinton, 30 November 2005, B-7.
  7. [S141] Forrester, Margaret Lumpkin, Ancestors and Descendants of Ivis Lee Forrester Yearly Update #3 (Lancaster, VA: Self, 2006.)
  8. [S142] Find-A-Grave, online at https://www.findagrave.com, accessed 22 November 2020, memorial page for Bonnie Parks Hinton (1948–2005), Find a Grave Memorial no. 78007480, citing Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lively, Lancaster County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Elaine A (contributor 47160132).
  9. [S4983] William L Parks household, 1950 US Census, Lancaster County, Virginia, population schedule, unknown address, Enumeration District 52-4, sheet 29, Address Right, family 307, National Archives micropublication Roll 2014, Downloaded from Ancestry.com on 4 February 2026.

Ralph Henry Chilton Ransone1,2

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M, #848, b. 13 October 1920, d. 21 February 2017
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Family: Margaret Downing Forrester (b. 10 January 1928, d. 16 November 2018)

Personal Information

  • 1920
    Birth
    13 October 1920 | Lancaster County, Virginia, USA
    Citations: 2,1
  • 195130
    Marriage | Margaret Downing Forrester
    30 June 1951 | Home of Elizabeth Forrester Cockrell, Miskimon, Lancaster, Virginia, USA
    Margaret Downing Forrester
    Age: 23
    Birth: 10 January 1928 | Lively, Lancaster, Virginia, USAG
    Death: 16 November 2018
    Citations: 3,1
  • 201796
    Death
    21 February 2017
    Citation: 4
  • 2017
    Burial
    24 February 2017 | Saint Mary's Whitechapel Episcopal Churchyard, Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia, USAG
    Citations: 5,4

MIlitary Service

Ralph Henry Chilton Ransone served in the Army Air Corps in Guam and the Phillipines during World War II from 18 August 1942 to 1946 in Richmond, Virginia, USA.6,1
Last Edited 2 July 2025

Citations

  1. [S18] Forrester, Margaret Lumpkin, Ancestors and Descendants of Ivis Lee Forrester (Lancaster, Northumberland and Richmond Counties) (Lancaster, VA: Self, 2003), p.77.
  2. [S1815] "Virginia, Birth Records, 1864-2014." Index and images. Available online at http://ancestry.com: Accessed April 2016, Raph Henry Chilton Ransone; citing Virginia, Births, 1864-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richomnd, Virginia. Note: this database no longer appears to be available, most (all?) records are available at https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9277/ -.
  3. [S1840] "Virginia, U S Marriage Records, 1936-2014." Index and images. Available online at https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9279/: Accessed 2 July 2025, Ralph Henry Chilten Ransone & Margaret Downing Forrester; citing Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
  4. [S4641] Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia unknown article title, 23 February 2017, B7, Downloaded from Newspapers.com on 2 July 2025.
  5. [S3035] "Find-A-Grave, database and images", https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176626137/ :accessed 2 July 2025, memorial page for Ralph Henry Chilton Ransone (13 October 1920-21 February 2017), Find a Grave memorial number 176626137, citing Saint Mary's Whitechapel Episcopal Churchyard, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Virginia, USA; maintained by GJ (Contributor 47117269.)
  6. [S433] "US World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946." Database. Available online at https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8939/: Accessed April 2016, Raph H C Ransone; citing Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; ARC: 1263923. World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, MD.
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