Spouse: Kathryn Marie NYGAARD-146174.

Spouse: Caroline B. (Carrie) BRAZIER-31560. Caroline B. (Carrie) BRAZIER and Lafayette (Lafe) TEMPLE were married on 11 December 1865 in Clermont Co., OH.^{465,6894,16676} Children were: Maude H. TEMPLE-45416.

At time of death, family lived at 903 Falls Road Terrace, Baltimore. At his wake in this home, one memorial testimony cited "judges of the local and federal courts, officers of The American Bar Association, prominent attorneys of Baltimore, fellow shorthand reporters, associates and employees. Among those present were: George A. McBride, former President of the National Shorthand Reporters Association, Herman H. Pechin, another former NSRA President, Edward I. Berry, Vice President of the NSRA, Arthur J. Munro, former Vice President of the NSRA, and Lafayette Parker's associate, Theodore A. Rettaliata.

Three sides of the large living room in which the casket reposed were covered with flowers, and it took three cars to take all the flowers to the Cemetery. He was named after La Fayette Parker. He was named for his mother's uncle, who had either one or two daughters, but neither of whom apparently survived past 1878. The family story, for which there is little doubt, is that La Fayette Parker had no surviving male issue, and wanted his name to live on. In fact, it would appear that his last surviving daughter (or perhaps only daughter) died before 1878. He offered Ellen Kathleen Parker $500 to name her next male child after him, which she did. Founded Temple Business Schools in 1903 (known then as Temple School of Shorthand and Typewriting), along with Mrs. S.A. Wilmot-Huish and Mrs. Caroline B. Stephen - newspaper article, 17 Aug 1925, Washington Post.

Lived at 4408 Main Avenue in Baltimore when son, Lafayette Parker Temple Jr born in Washington DC. - Per Birth Certificate.

Went to Washington DC in 1896 to study architecture & became a mechanical draftsman.

1898 became a stenographer.

Moved to Baltimore in 1906.
Member of Mount Moriah Lodge, # 116 A.F. & A.M.

Known for his even temper, good nature and humor, and ability to entertain with anecdotes as well as be very persuasive when speaking. One memorial said "His smile was winsome, his personality was magnetic. To meet him was to like him, and to know him was to love
him. Always quick to forgive, slow to offend, he never had an enemy."

He was a renowned after dinner speaker and humorist, often speaking in the final position of an evening's entertainment. Some of his engagements were:

The Maryland Society of Delaware, 11th Annual Dinner, 12 Mar 1925;
Twenty-eighth Annual Banquet of the Dutchess County Society of New York City, 19 Jan 1924;
Twenty-seventh Annual Banquet of the Dutchess County Society of New York City, 13 Jan 1923 (where he shared the speaking duties with Major Fiorello La Guardia);
Twenty-Ninth Annual Banquet of the Real Estate Board of New York, 7 Feb 1925 (where he shared speaking duties with Alfred E. Smith);
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Dinner, 11 May 1922;
Ninth Annual Dinner of the Orange County Society of New York City, 19 Jan 1924.
Kiwanis Ladies' Night, 22 Feb 1924;
Fourth Annual Banquet of the New Jersey Industrial Lenders Association, 19 Mar 1925;
Ninth Annual Banquet of the Pennsylvania Industrial Lenders Association, 3 Dec 1924 Parents: George Aldrich (George) TEMPLE-12 and Ellen Kathleen (Kate) PARKER-13.

Spouse: Cora Louise (Louise) LUMSDEN-5087. Cora Louise (Louise) LUMSDEN and Lafayette Parker TEMPLE Sr. were married on 31 August 1904 in Washington, DC.^{54223,54233,54234} Married by Rev. John Schick Children were: Phillips Lumsden TEMPLE-50, Louise Ernestine (Ernestine) TEMPLE-56, Lafayette Parker (Pick) TEMPLE Jr.-2, Marjorie L. TEMPLE-57.

Spouse: Betty June HORTON-5089. Children were: Patricia Lynn TEMPLE-3, Christina Lee TEMPLE-4.

Name not filled in, and name of LPT Jr not registered until 5 Apr 1911. He was baptized on 25 January 1912 in Forest Park, Baltimore, MD.¹¹⁰¹⁹⁷ He was educated before 1925. In his own words, "Pick, a precocious child, started in public school in Baltimore at the age of five, but was removed from school to wait another year, after he kept the other youngsters in the class highly amused with his imitations of animal noises during class! The teacher decided that though precocious he was still too young to enter first grade.
"The following year, he was entered in a private school for boys, the Boys' Latin School in Baltimore, where he remained through the sixth grade with only minor skirmishes resulting from his effervescent personality!
"He then attended Roland Park Public School for the seventh grade. Upon completion of this year, Pick was so well grounded in his school work that he was able to skip the eighth grade entirely and entered his first year of high school at St. Paul's School in Baltimore. Four years later, he was graduated at the head of his class and at the same time, received the "best all-round athlete" award and the school's "good fellowship" aware made by the Alumni Association of the school. He received additional prizes for highest over-all standing in the school, along with the English Composition and mathematics prizes. Lafayette learning the guitar about 1927. In his own words, "It was during his attendance at St. Paul's as a boarding student after his father's death in 1925, where he began to learn to play the ukulele from several friends.
"Pick helped work his way through high school by waiting on tables and serving in the church. On his day off, he often worked part time selling sheet music in a local music store. It was while working in the music store that he heard a fellow play a six-string guitar. It brought back memories of his father who used to play a guitar when Pick was very young. It made the ukulele sound like a hunk of tin. The guitar player explained to Pick that the first four strings of the six string Spanish guitar are chorded exactly as a ukulele is chorded. Then the remaining two strings are used to supply additional bass notes. This was a revelation to Pick who promptly took a guitar off the shelves of the music store, and in slack moments, practiced on it, learning simple arrangements of Stephen Foster melodies from an instruction book. Pick could not read music but he studied the chord diagrams in the book and learned to apply them strictly by ear, and to sing or hum the melody of the songs as he strummed the guitar. It was fun, even though hard on the finger tips at first.
"In 1926, Pick took his Christmas money and bought his first guitar at Montgomery-Ward's for $6.75. From that time on, he sought out anyone who could sing a song that he could learn. He learned most of the popular tunes of the day and many ballads which, he found out may years later, were folk songs. There were boys at the school from many different states and since it was a choir school, most of them sang. Thus, Pick learned all the songs that young folks from many different areas brought with them. Railroad songs, mountain songs, comic songs, tragic songs, etc." He served in the military on 27 June 1929 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD.¹¹⁰¹⁹⁸ In the Navy, enlisted 27 Jun 1929 and left 14 Feb 1930, served in Norfolk, VA. Service Number 257-95-30 He appeared in the census in April 1930 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD.⁵⁴²³³ Between 1933 and 1935 Lafayette was a Statistical Clerk for Census Bureau in Washington, DC. Worked as temporary clerk 1933-1935. Between 1935 and 1937 he was a Supervisor, 1935 Census of Business in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.¹¹⁰¹⁹⁹ Between 1937 and 1953 he was a Permanent Civil Service appointment in Washington, DC.¹¹⁰¹⁹⁹ Lafayette lived 7611 Georgia Avenue, apartment 305 in Washington, DC in 1938.¹¹⁰²⁰⁰ In April 1940 he was a census bureau clerk in Washington, DC.³⁵³⁹⁹ In October 1940 he was an employee of Census Bureau in Washington, DC.³⁵⁴⁰² Lafayette lived 2065B 38th Street, SE in Washington, DC between 1942 and 1946. He lived 2065A 38th Street, SE in Washington, DC between 1946 and 1952.¹¹⁰¹⁹⁹ Between 1948 and 1962 he was a television performer in Washington, DC.¹¹⁰¹⁹⁹ Beginning 9 Jun 1948, on a part time basis while still employed in the Census Bureau, he wrote, produced and performed 8 weekly television shows on folk music for WTTG, in Washington, DC. For each 15 minute show, he received $ 25. On 26 Sep 1948, he began performing as a folk singer and actor for 13 shows on WMAR TV in Baltimore, MD, again with 15 minute shows for $ 25 each. He moved briefly to radio, where he began, on 14 Oct 1948, writing, producing and performing 23 weekly radio shows for WTOP radio. These 15 minute radio shows paid $ 40 each. Beginning 28 Jan 1951 he started a series of TV shows on WTOP TV as a cowboy master of ceremonies and folk singer. This show began to include children guests whom he interviewed. He supervised games for the children, and also sang with them. He performed 253 such shows during the year, and also made numerous personal appearances. This was when his popularity began to take off. His approximate income at the time was $ 7000 annually. By 1952, the shows had increased to 7 days a week. He began doing a major portion of the production and writing, as well as performing and doing an increasing number of personal appearances. He had been asked to record a number of folk songs from his repertoire for the Archive of American Folk Lore at the Library of Congress in 1947, he had by 1952 gained a reputation as an authority in the field of folk music. This fact generated a series of adult lectures by him on the subject. In Nov 1952, he went on leave from the Government and became a full time worker in the entertainment and public relations for his new sponsor, Giant Foods, Inc. He did 360 shows that year, for an income of $ 18, 000.

In 1953, he continued as cowboy master of ceremonies and folk singer, as well as producer and writer of his TV shows. He did 362 shows that year. He finally resigned from the Census Bureau on 5 Oct 1953 when it became clear that the show would probably continue to succeed. Under the auspices of Giant Food, he undertook as a community service a series of lectures in the elementary school assemblies throughout the Washington Metro area. He prepared all his own material for these lectures, selected the subjects in conference with the various school boards in the area. The purpose of these lectures was to encourage young people to become better citizens by a fuller use of their talents and opportunities. He averaged 4 or 5 talks to school assemblies every school week, thus reaching many thousands of children both on and off the air. On the TV show he began to use puppet characters in the body of the show for commercials and general fun. He wrote all the material and pre-recorded the voices for the puppets on tape. This added dimension to the show and more work for him in a very crowded schedule by that time. His salary rose to $ 28,000.

During 1954, these activities continued and expanded, as he rendered public relations work to the services he performed for Giant. He attended and spoke at banquets, civic meetings, trade association meetings where he explained the philosophy behind the successful Giant Food program. That year, he produced and performed 360 shows, with a raise in pay to $ 40,000.

During 1955, he continued public relations work for Giant, and wrote, produced and performed as the cowboy master of ceremonies and as a folk singer on 351 shows. He prepared and expanded material on good citizenship in his lectures, delivering more than 150 lectures in the Washington area that year. His salary rose again to $ 46,000.

1956 saw him continue these same activities, and he appeared on 358 shows, as well as delivering 218 lectures. He also recorded an album of folk songs for RCA-Victor. His salary rose again to $52,000.

In 1957, this same set of activities continued, with 308 TV shows and 250 lectures. So successful had the public relations campaign for Giant become that it gained national attention, and was written up in several national magazines. The lower number of shows reflected the elimination of the Sunday show from the schedule. His income rose to $ 53,000.

The TV show moved to WTTG in 1958, though he continued to work for Giant in all the lines he had been serving. That year, he performed on 310 shows originating from the WTTG studios on the top floor of the Raleigh Hotel in Washington, DC, and delivered 247 lectures. The following year, he continued with 312 shows, and 240 lectures. In 1960. Giant again moved him, this time to WMAL TV, and reduced the show frequency to 5 days a week. He delivered more than 200 school lectures, and recorded another record for Prestige-International records. His salary was $ 53,000.

In 1961, the work for Giant continued with 270 shows and 200 lectures. He helped plan and organize a western frontier town amusement park in Fairfax County, VA, and named it "Old Virginia City." (It is presently taken over by a Costco and Home Depot complex.) He lent his name to the early American vintage steam train, the "Pick Temple Railroad," and operated as an engineer on the weekends, which was a thrill for such an avid steam railroad fan. For this latter work his compensation was $50 per day and 15% of the weekly gross of the railroad. He also made two trips to Hollywood to appear in the Rifleman TV series with Chuck Connors, for Four Star Productions. Giant cut back the air time of the TV show to half an hour, 5 days a week, and cut his salary to $ 42,000. This cut back had been part of Giant's long planned advertising policy.

By 1962, Giant had accomplished its original purpose of becoming a leading food chain, and had begun to further expand their operation to include general merchandise. They opened a number of Super Giant Discount Centers, including non-food items such as refrigerators, rugs, bedding, etc. The advertising approach was no longer through children and it was deemed wise to change their advertising from television to newspapers. The heavy expense of the children's show was no longer economically feasible. As of 1 Jan 1962, Giant took the TV show off the air, causing a considerable public relations problem because the public had become so accustomed to the show that they became quite vocal over its disappearance. He spent the first two months of 1962 in the delicate public relations task of helping Giant assuage the feelings of outraged customers by writing letters, phoning and even personal visits to complainants, explaining the necessity for the change and protecting Giant's good name. Having been so completely identified with Giant over the pervious 9 years, it was not feasible to expect any other sponsor in the area to foot the bill to continue the show. Giant and he had done too good a job of talent-sponsor identification. By the end of the show that year, his salary had been $ 32,000. In April 1950 Lafayette was a Census Bureau statistician in Washington, DC.³⁵⁴⁰¹ He lived 124 Fleetwood Terrace in Silver Spring, Montgomery, MD between 1952 and 1954.¹¹⁰²⁰¹ This house was where we originally took ownership of Lady, our pet and showdog, and where Lady had her pups. He lived 9604 Old Spring Road in Kensington, Montgomery, MD between 1954 and 1962. Lafayette lived 311 Hidden River Road in Penn Valley, Narberth, Montgomery, PA between 1962 and 1965. In 1962/3 he was a television performer in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.¹¹⁰¹⁹⁹ Having come to the end of the feasible run of his show in Washington, DC, he undertook a similar show on WFIL TV in Philadelphia, PA on weekend mornings. He wrote, produced and performed 32 such shows during 1962. This continued into 1963, as the show ran through the summer of 1963. He then retired from the business, because, in his words, "Things were not the same." Between 1965 and 1972 he was an Audio Visual Specialist, Office of Economic Opportunity in Washington, DC. Lafayette lived 8301 Aqueduct Road in Potomac, Montgomery, MD between 1966 and 1972. He lived 9425 Rolling Hills Drive in Sun City, Maricopa, AZ between 1972 and 1991. He died on 21 December 1991 at the age of 80 in Sun City, Maricopa, AZ.¹¹⁰²⁰² Died of the effects of smoking. His autopsy said his lungs were mostly non-functional and honeycombed. He had also been suffering from repeated mini-strokes. Cremated. Had the same personality characteristics of his father. He had no enemies, and few who were only friends - when people met him, they loved him. There were few who were uncommitted to his charm and magnetic personality. Parents: Lafayette Parker TEMPLE Sr.-11 and Cora Louise (Louise) LUMSDEN-5087.

Spouse: Jeannette Beatrice (Jeannette) FRIEDMAN-5088. Jeannette Beatrice (Jeannette) FRIEDMAN and Lafayette Parker (Pick) TEMPLE Jr. were married on 20 February 1937 in New York City, New York, NY.^35404,35405 Claimed not to be married until 1937 to protect their jobs at the Census Bureau. Either Pick or Jeannette altered their wedding records to show an earlier date, but NY marriage records put the date on 20 Feb 1937. Jeannette was was already pregnant, and this was a story the family kept secret, but it caused friction among her siblings and with his parents. Children were: Faye Ilaine TEMPLE-38, TEMPLE-93672, Lt. Colonel Lafayette Parker TEMPLE III-1.

Spouse: Muriel Charlotte FOX-73. Muriel Charlotte FOX and Lafayette Parker (Pick) TEMPLE Jr. were married on 9 October 1931 in Towson, Baltimore, MD.³⁴⁸⁴⁷ They³⁴⁸⁴⁷ were divorced on 15 January 1932 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD.³⁴⁸⁴⁸ Sources include letter to Mrs. LPT Sr. from lawyer, Paul A. Sullivan, describing initial contact with Mrs. Westcott and her daughter, Muriel C. Temple on 28 Oct 1931. On 4 Dec 1931, the Circuit Court issued a Stipulation about costs, in which LPT Jr would pay Muriel C. Temple $100 in lieu of alimony and pay the $75 costs of Muriel's attorney. Sources include letter of transmittal of final decree, from lawyer Sullivan, on 19 Jan 1932, the day before his 21st birthday.

Spouse: Ethel GOODNER-53449. Ethel GOODNER and Lake Lazar (Lake) TEMPLE Sr. were married in 1921 in IL.³⁷⁸⁶¹ Children were: Lake Lazar (Lake) TEMPLE Jr.-53444.

Spouse: BUSH-184024.

Spouse: J. Vernon BELL-76916. Lalia (Lalie) TEMPLE and J. Vernon BELL were married on 11 December 1920 in Little River, Wake, NC.¹³⁰³⁷ Children were: Ru-Dean BELL-100498.

Spouse: Marion Dorothy (Mary Ann) HUGHES-103632. Marion Dorothy (Mary Ann) HUGHES and Lamar Eugene TEMPLE were married. Children were: Angela TEMPLE-103633, Ramona TEMPLE-103634, Eva TEMPLE-103635.

Spouse: Virginia Ann -109766. Virginia Ann and Lamar Eugene TEMPLE were married on 27 April 1962 in Houston, Harris, TX.⁷⁴⁷²

Spouse: Dolores Jean COE-76026. Dolores Jean COE and Lamar Richard TEMPLE were married on 29 June 1946 in Springfield, Clark, OH.^23554,23555 They^23554,23555 were divorced on 4 December 1967 in Clark Co., OH.^10192,23555 Divorce granted on basis of gross neglect or extreme cruelty. At the time of the divorce, they had 6 minor children. Case # 64461. Children were: Dorothy (Dotty) TEMPLE-53637, David L. TEMPLE-53632, Richard B. TEMPLE-53631, Shirley TEMPLE-53635, John TEMPLE-53633, Carolyn TEMPLE-53634, Marilyn TEMPLE-53636.

Spouse: Virginia Lois (Virginia) LITTLE-53630. Virginia Lois (Virginia) LITTLE and Lamar Richard TEMPLE were married on 31 January 1968 in Champaign Co., OH.¹⁰¹⁹²

Spouse: Brenda -115620.

Spouse: Bradley D. PLOTZ-164411.

Spouse: Bradley PLOTZ-45273.

Spouse: David MC REYNOLDS-113209.

Spouse: Tami -159644.

Spouse: Courtney Lynn CUSHMAN-145152.

Spouse: Lisa Waleen THOMAS-159343. Children were: Brittany Marie TEMPLE-159077, Kaitlin Leeann TEMPLE-159508, Ryan TEMPLE-180397.

Spouse: Karen Arlene JACKSON-61559. Children were: Christopher Lance TEMPLE-61560, Casey TEMPLE-65053, Noah TEMPLE-65054.

Spouse: Vickie Lane PARTIN-61563.

Spouse: Janice Lynne FAILS-118676. Janice Lynne FAILS and Lance McDonald TEMPLE were married on 26 November 1975 in Los Angeles Co., CA.³²⁸⁴⁴ Children were: Erin Lynne TEMPLE-118679, Morgan Lance TEMPLE-118680.

Spouse: Peggy -103016.

Spouse: Madelaine Georgette BERUBE-127577. Madelaine Georgette BERUBE and Lancelot Alexander (Lance) TEMPLE were married on 19 July 1951 in Canada.¹³⁶⁴⁴ Children were: Leanne Evelyn TEMPLE-127578, Shannon Claire TEMPLE-127579, Nicole Louise TEMPLE-127580.

Spouse: Michael H. JENSEN-145154.

Spouse: Dorothy Alderman READE-33548. Dorothy Alderman READE and Landis McNeil TEMPLE were married on 21 June 1947 in Atkinson, Pender, NC.^45374,67255 Children were: Allen Richard (Richie) TEMPLE-33551, John Walter TEMPLE-33552, Stephen Landis (Steve) TEMPLE-33553.

Spouse: Lorraine Dale (Dale) ECHOLS-78662. Children were: Brandon Alfred NASH-78663.

Spouse: Grace Louise EWELL-51917.

Spouse: Pearl Eunice NASH-22523. Pearl Eunice NASH and Landon Scott (Landon) TEMPLE Sr. were married on 28 June 1935 in Blackstone, Nottoway, VA.⁶⁰⁸⁷⁶ Children were: Landon Scott (Butch) TEMPLE Jr.-22524.

Spouse: NESBIT-119507.

Spouse: Debbie -151140. Children were: Joshua TEMPLE-151141, Terry TEMPLE-151142.

Spouse: Gena Rae HITCH-143910.

Spouse: Thomas K. TEMPLE-164523.

Spouse: James ROE-142996.

Spouse: Arthur David TUSSEY-25052. Laney Day TEMPLE and Arthur David TUSSEY were married on 20 January 1915 in Davidson Co., NC.¹⁰⁸⁸⁰ Children were: Lula May TUSSEY-68492, Lloyd Harold TUSSEY-68493, Clatie Edna TUSSEY-68494, Ruby TUSSEY-68495, David Arthur TUSSEY-68496, Clyde Holland TUSSEY-68497, Audrey Jean TUSSEY-68498.

Spouse: Debra Fay HUNTER-148771.

Spouse: Jessica M. ODUM-148773.

Spouse: Ernestine Mitchell SMITH-184353. Ernestine Mitchell SMITH and Captain Lanier David TEMPLE were married.