Robert Hollcraft

Brief Life History of Robert

When Robert Hollcraft was born on 20 March 1805, in United States, his father, James H. Hollcroft, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Lytle, was 19. He married Susannah Kimbrough about 1823, in Clinton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died on 1 January 1832, in Clinton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 26.

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Family Time Line

Robert Hollcraft
1805–1832
Susannah Kimbrough
1803–1891
Marriage: about 1823
Alfred Hollcraft
1827–1901
Allen Hollcraft
1829–
James K. Holcraft
1831–1909

Sources (5)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Robert Hollcraft - birth: March 1805; Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Robert Holdcraft, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Robert Hollcraft in entry for Alfred Hollcraft and Hilda Ericson, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"

World Events (7)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1810 · Change of capital city

Zanesville becomes the new state capital.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Holcroft (Lancashire), from Old English holh ‘hollow, depression’ + croft ‘paddock, smallholding’. This surname is now rare in Britain.

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

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