Life History

Notes

• Soon after her birth, Iona is enumerated with her family in the 1917 Comanche census.  Her family is living with her mother's Fisher clan on the Comanche Reservation, in Comanche County, Oklahoma.
  
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  1917 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma, 30 June, Kiowa Agency
  #1184 A se way nah (Rudolph Fisher) Husb b abt 1850 M Fam #529
  #1185 Tissy chau er Wife b 1854 F
  #1186 Lottie Fisher Dau b 1901 F
  #1187 Mamie Fisher Dau b 1905 F
  
  #1188 Mary A se way nah Dau b 1896 F #529 1/8
  #1189 Augusta Bosin, Jr  Son [sic] b 1915 F
  #1190 Caroline Bosin, Jr  Dau b 1917 F
  
  #1186 Henry Ase way nah (Willie Fisher) Head b 1896 M #529.25
  
  #1192 Ne hi o (Len Parker) Head b 1890 M #529.5
  #1193 Bertie A se way nah Wife b 1892 F
  #1194 Vera Parker Dau b 1915 F
  #1195 Iona Parker Dau b 1917 F
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  1920 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma, 30 June, Kiowa Agency
  #1193 Ase-way-nah (Rudolph Fisher) Head b 1850 M Fam #529
  #1194 Tissy-chau-er Wife b 1854 F
  #1195 Mamie Fisher Dau b 1905 F
  
  #1196 Lottie Fisher Dau b 1901 F #529.75
  
  #1197 Mary Asewaynah [sic, no hyphens or spaces] Head b 1896 F #529 1/8
  #1198 Augusta Bosin, Jr  Son b 1915 M
  #1190 Caroline Bosin Dau b 1917 F
  #1200 Eleanor Bosin Dau b 1919 F
  
  #1201 Henry Asewaynah [sic] (Willie Fisher) Head b 1896 M #529.5
  #1202 Verbera [Verbena] Fisher Dau b 1917 F
  #1203 Bernice Fisher Dau b 1919 F
  
  #1204 Ne hi o (Len Parker) Head b 1890 M #529.25
  #1205 Bertie Asewaynah [sic] Wife b 1892 F
  #1206 Vera Parker Dau b 1915 F
  #1204 Iona Parker Dau b 1917 F
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  1930 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma, 10 April, Chandler Township, District 4, page 5A, Hse/Fam #81
  Parker, Len Head Owns M Ind 39 Married at age 18 Oklahoma Mixed Blood Comanche Farmer
  Parker, Bertie Wife F Ind 35 Married at age 20 Oklahoma Mixed Blood Comanche
  Parker, Iona Dau F Ind 13 OK  Mixed Blood  Comanche
  
  1930 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma, 1 April, Kiowa Agency, Page 22
  #2810 Ne-hio (Len Parker)  Male 49 Comanche 1/4 Married Head
  #2811 Asewaynah, Bertie Female 38 Comanche 1/4 Married Wife
  #2813 Parker, Iona Female 13 Comanche 1/4 Dau
  

Sources

• 1. 1920 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma
  • 30 June, Kiowa Agency
• 2. 1930 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma
  • 1 April, Kiowa Agency, Page 22
• 3. 1917 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma
  • 30 June, Kiowa Agency
• 4. 1930 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  • 10 April, Chandler Township, District 4, page 5A, Hse/Fam #81