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William Parker (builder)
William Parker (1800 - 1854)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://ngb.chebucto.org/Wills/parker-william-2-171.shtml )〕 was a St. John's masonic builder, shipowner and shopkeeper who along with partner Nicholas Croke built the National Historic Cape Spear lighthouse starting in 1834 or 1835.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/nl/spear/natcul/histor.aspx )〕 The Cape Spear lighthouse is the oldest surviving lighthouse in Newfoundland and Labrador and the most easterly building in North America.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/PlacesToGo/CapeSpearLighthouseNationalHistoricSite )〕
William Parker married Margaret Gleeson on December 1st, 1831〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Prendergast )〕in St. John's. William later owned a brig named "Margaret Parker" after his wife.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/ship-registration/001093-119.01-e.php?&sisn_id_nbr=44325&interval=20&&PHPSESSID=cgj3rgecmh1vtn831p7piovq25 )〕
Members of the Parker Family were prominent businessmen in St. John's Newfoundland for nearly two centuries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/rhs/rs_listing/116.html )〕 William's son James Francis Parker founded Parker & Monroe, Ltd. in 1880〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/rhs/rs_listing/118.html )〕 which was the largest shoe store on the island for many years. It had several retail outlets and manufactured 100,000 pairs of shoes per year in its plant on Alexander St. Most of the shoes were sold to Newfoundlanders.
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