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Question:Does anybody living in the Parker county Texas have any links with they know of, living in England?.
My husband as been tracing his family tree and is related to Leroy parker(Butch Cassidy) we know they moved to the usa.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Does anybody living in the Parker county Texas have any links with they know of, living in England?.
My husband as been tracing his family tree and is related to Leroy parker(Butch Cassidy) we know they moved to the usa.

Hi yes My great Grandma was a Parker she married a Walsh they were from Texas I need to ask my Grandma if you need some more info I will help you if I can ... And yes it was told down her family line they are from England....

hello from Texas. Parker county is just to the west of Tarrant co, and 2nd county over from Dallas (where I live).
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txparker/histor...
here is some background on the history there. It indicates that it was named for Isaac Parker (with some disagreement).
You may have some of this...
http://www.utah.com/oldwest/butch_cassid...
It does show his birth in the 1860's, and I am aware that Parker co was already formed by that time. There could be a distant distant connection to your line.

No but I know a nosey parker.