Career
The Cape Spear lighthouse is the oldest surviving lighthouse in Newfoundland and Labrador and the most easterly building in North America. William Parker married Margaret Gleeson on December 1, 1831 in Saint John"son William"s son James Francis Parker founded Parker & Monroe, Limited. in 1880 which was the largest shoe store on the island for many years.
lieutenant had several retail outlets and manufactured 100,000 pairs of shoes per year in its plant on Alexander Saint Most of the shoes were sold to Newfoundlanders.
