Rebecca Walthall Creagh

24 September 1845–26 January 1921 (Age 75)
Marengo, Alabama, United States

The Life Summary of Rebecca Walthall

When Rebecca Walthall Creagh was born on 24 September 1845, in Marengo, Alabama, United States, her father, Memorable Walker Creagh, was 28 and her mother, Willey Harris Burton, was 18. She married William Ross Brooks on 14 April 1868, in Marengo, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in United States in 1900 and Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States in 1920. She died on 26 January 1921, in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Ross Brooks
1845–1908
Rebecca Walthall Creagh
1845–1921
Marriage: 14 April 1868
Creagh Brooks
1869–1884
Augustus Williams Brooks
1872–1932
Elliott G Brooks
1872–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    14 April 1868Marengo, Alabama, United States
    • Children

    (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1846
    Age 1
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1861
    Age 16
    Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
    1865
    Age 20
    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 237;2007: 555; 2010: 678)Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Craobhach, Ó Craobhaigh ‘descendant of Craobhach’, a byname meaning ‘curly(-headed)’ or ‘prolific’ (from craobh ‘branch, bough’); see Cray 1. This is an epithet of the O'Neills of Clare, one of whose ancestors is said to have carried a green branch into battle.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Cray

    Sources (10)

    • Rebecca W Creogh in household of M W Creogh, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Rebecca Creagh, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
    • Rebecca Creagh in entry for Augustus William Brooks, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

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