This is the father of Charlie "Bird" Parker. Research is underway to determine the gravesite for Mr. Parker. He is believed to have died by homicide in the latter 1930s, probably 1939 and probably not in Missouri. There was reportedly a funeral held in Kansas City, Missouri - possibly Kansas City, Kansas - which his widow Addie arranged and his son Charlie attended - but, to date, no obituary and no documentary evidence of that funeral has come to my attention. A new resource for information might be this one: https://www.kclibrary.org/research-resources/research-databases/kansas-city-call-1946-2008. T.N.

Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922

Name: Charles Parker
Birth Date: Abt 1887
Birth Place: Topeka, Kansas
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Spouse: Edith Zulchine
Child: John Anthony Parker [This "index" records the birth of Charles' son John on 13 Jun 1914 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; it suggests, but does not "prove", that his father Charles was born in Topeka, Kansas since we don't know who the "informant" for this record was.]
FHL Film Number: 1288322 [The FHL film number refers to a microfilm copy of the source held by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.]
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Parker
Edith Zulchine
John Anthony Parker

Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925

Name: Charlie Parker
Census Date: 1915
Residence County: Wyandotte
Residence State: Kansas
Locality: Kansas City Ward 3
Birth Place: Kansas
Family Number: 6
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Birth Year: 1887
Race: Black
Household Members: Name Age
Jane Goodloe 75
Ella Parker 45
Edith Parker 28
Charlie Parker 28
Bessie Parker 20
John A Parker 9 mo

1920 United States Federal Census [I have been unable to locate Charles and his wife Addie - assumed to have been married ca. 1916 - on the 1920 census. The record below documents that John Anthony Parker, Charles' son and Addie's stepson, was living with his paternal grandmother Ella Parker and his paternal great-grandmother Jane Goodlow for this enumeration. To see this census, click here. T.N.]

Name: John Parker
Age: 5
Birth Year: 1915
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1920: Kansas City Ward 3, Wyandotte, Kansas
Street: Washington Boulevard
Residence Date: 1920
Race: Mulatto
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Grandson
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: USA
Able to Speak English: Yes
Attended School: No
Household Members: Name Age
Jane Goodlow 75
Joseph Wells [roomer] 54
Ella Parker 53
John Parker 5

Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925

Name: Charles Parker
Census Date: 1925
Residence County: Wyandotte
Residence State: Kansas
Locality: Kansas City
Birth Place: Tennessee
Family Number: 225
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Age: 37
Birth Year: 1888
Race: Black
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Addie Parker
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Parker 37
Addie Parker 28
Charles Parker 4 [who would later grow up to be jazz great Charlie "Bird" Parker]

Sometime between 1925 and 1930, the Parker family moved from Kansas City, Kansas to Kansas City, Missouri.

1930 United States Federal Census [to see an image of this census, click here.]

Name: Charles Parker
Birth Year: 1889
Gender: Male
Race: Negro
Age in 1930: 41
Birthplace: Kansas
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA
Map of Home: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri
Street Address: W 34
Ward of City: 5
Block: 66
House Number: 109 [Per Google Streetview from May, 2018, an apartment building at 109 W. 34th St. is still extant.]
Dwelling Number: 66A
Family Number: 195B
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Home Value: 20.00
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 27 [this would indicate a marriage ca. 1916, 14 years prior to 1930]
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Kansas
Mother's Birthplace: Kansas
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Janitor
Industry: apr [sic; apt]
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Parker 41
Addie Parker 32
Charles Parker 9