William Eugene Crocker

2 July 1860–12 April 1922 (Age 61)
Magnolia, Marengo, Alabama, United States

The Life Summary of William Eugene

When William Eugene Crocker was born on 2 July 1860, in Magnolia, Marengo, Alabama, United States, his father, Wilson Hallen Crocker, was 48 and his mother, Mary Sterling Gurley, was 27. He married Julia Hester Williams about 1878, in Marengo, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Hampden, Marengo, Alabama, United States for about 30 years. He died on 12 April 1922, in Thomaston, Marengo, Alabama, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Magnolia, Marengo, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Eugene Crocker
1860–1922
Julia Hester Williams
1854–1920
Marriage: about 1878
Mary Eula Crocker
1879–1950
Leo Oliver Crocker
1882–1957
Senecca Wilson Crocker
1884–1961
Alice Rebecca Crocker
1886–1973
Carl Eugene Crocker
1888–1952
James William Crocker
1891–1892
Julius Gordon Crocker
1894–1974
Edgar Crocker
1898–1898
Velma Crocker
1901–1985

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1878Marengo, Alabama, United States
    • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1863
    Age 3
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1873
    Age 13
    Historical Boundaries: 1873: Marengo, Alabama, United States
    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
    Age 21
    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    Name Meaning

    English (southwestern): occupational name for a potter, from Middle English crockere, an agent derivative of Middle English crok(ke) ‘pot’ (Old English croc, croc(ca)).English (of Norman origin): variant of Craker .Americanized form of German Krocker .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Croker
    Craker

    Sources (17)

    • Eugene Crocker, "United States Census, 1880"
    • W E Crocker, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
    • William E. Crocker in entry for Alice Bessie Crocker, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

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