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Valda Ruth Parks

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• • Mother of Penn Jillette — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • Robert Henry Parks 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Jenkins   
  • Birth Date:
  • 8 Nov 1909 
  • Birth Location:
  • Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 1 Jan 2000 
  • Death Location:
  • Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Samuel Herbert Jillette
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Apr 1931 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire 
  • Child:

  Penn Fraser Jillette (Ahnentafel No:1 )

• Sources for Valda Ruth Parks

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/11/2023).
  • ² Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925, Birth record for Valda Ruth Parks.
  • ³ New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947, Marriage record for Herbert S Gillette and Valda R Parks.
  • ⁴ The Recorder (Greenfield, Massachusetts), 19 FEB 1964, p. 4, Obituary for father Robert H Parks.
  • ⁵ The Recorder (Greenfield, Massachusetts), 05 MAY 1947, p. 5, Obituary for mother Elizabeth J Parks.
  • ⁶ The Recorder (Greenfield, Massachusetts), 03 JAN 2000, p. 10, Obituary for Valda Ruth (Parks) Jillette.
  • ⁷ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Record for Valda Jillette.
  • ⁸ U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Draft registration for spouse Samuel Herbert Jillette.
  • ⁹ Wikipedia, "Penn Jillette", (accessed 11/11/2023).

Penn Jillette photo by Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)