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PERRY, Clarence Curtiss,
Civil and Mechanical EnRinoer.
Clarence Curtiss Perry was born Janu-
ary _'7, [882, in New Britain, Connecticut,
son of Roswell and I
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY
lannah A. (Curtiss)
Perry. He attended tin- public schools of
New Britain and the New Britain High
School. Subsequently he attended the
Sheffield Scientific School of Yale Col-
lege, graduating in 1004 with the degree
of Ph. B. He inherited a strong taste for
mechanics ami possessed great natural
ability in this direction. For eight years
alter his graduation he was engaged in
the class of names known as occupational.
It is derived from "Parcariu-," a park-
keeper or shepherd. The following quotation
aptly illustrates the importance ami
significance of the name and also of the
character of those early ancestors who
first bore it :
A Keeper of the King's Hunting Grounds must
necessarily lie active and enterprising. He must
In- a good hunter, and as well informed as the
civilization allowed
ages.
—
a typical man of the early
The name Parker appears in the Domesday
Book (1086), and earlier than this
teaching physics and steam engineering period there was a Geoffrey Parker, noted
at his alma mater. In June. 1912, he ac- during the reign of King Edward (901-
cepted the position as editor of "The Lo- 925)- There were five immigrants early
comotive." published by the Hartford i" the history of New England who bore
Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance the name of Parker, and their progeny are
Company of Hartford, where he remained
several years. On December 1, 1919, he
resigned from Hartford Steam Boiler In-
spection & Insurance Company to take
charge of engineering matters in connec-
tion with Engine Breakage Insurance for
the .Etna Casualty & Surety Company,
lie is an associate member of the Ameri-
can Institute of Electrical Engineers; a
member of the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers ; of the University
Club of Hartford, and the college fra-
ternity, Sigma Psi.
Mr. Perry married Margaret Hubert,
daughter of Robert and Alida (Norgren)
Hubert, of New Britain, born in Chris-
tiania, Norway. They were the parents of
two children, Bernhard Hubert, born
April 12, 1907, and Margaret Curtiss, Au-
gust 22, 1910. Mr. Perry and his family
attend the Center Congregational Church
very numerous throughout the country,
many of them prominent men of affairs
and leaders in their communities.
William Parker, one of these immigrants,
was an early settler of Hartford
and of Saybrook. He was the father of
John Parker, who removed to New
Haven, and there settled, and grandfather
of John Parker, Jr., born October 8, 1648,
died in 171 1. The latter was one of the
early settlers of YVallingford, settling
what was known as "Parker's Farm,"
and which took its name from his surname.
On November 8, 1670, he married
Hannah Bassett, daughter of William
Bassett. They were the parents of Eliphalet
Parker, who died in 1757; he mar-
ried Hannah Beach, and they were the
parents of Aaron Parker, born February
17, 1716, and married, March 11, 1756,
Sarah Martin. Their son, Daniel Parker,
married Miriam Curtis, and they were the
of New Britain.
parents of Daniel Parker, who was the
PARKER, Charles Julius,
„ . , .
Manufacturer, Legislator.
father of Julius Parker, born in
Connecticut, in i8o> ^
Meriden,
When Julius Parker was a young man
The surname of Parker is one of the of twenty-nine years, he came to New
most ancient of surnames, belonging to Britain and engaged in the manufacture
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