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Joseph R Chalk

1855–29 May 1889 (Age 34)
Ohio, United States

The Life of Joseph R

When Joseph R Chalk was born in 1855, in Ohio, United States, his father, Ranson Robinson Chalk, was 36 and his mother, Caroline Jumper, was 29. He married JULIA C. SAVAGE on 1 November 1888, in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States. He lived in Wyandotte, Kansas, United States in 1875 and Wyandotte Township, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States in 1880. He died on 29 May 1889, in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States, at the age of 34.

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Joseph R Chalk

1855–1889

JULIA C. SAVAGE

1862–

Marriage: 1 November 1888

Spouse and Children

Joseph R Chalk

Male1855–1889Male

JULIA C. SAVAGE

Female1862–Female

MARRIAGE
1 November 1888
Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States

Parents and Siblings

Ranson Robinson Chalk

Male1819–1876Male

Caroline Jumper

Female1826–1892Female

siblings

(10)

George William Chalk

Male1847–1915Male

Eliza Jane Chalk

Female1849–1882Female

John Wesley Chalk

Male1851–1918Male

Maria Chalk

Female1853–1854Female

Joseph R Chalk

Male1855–1889Male

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World Events (8)

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Age 5

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1861

Age 6

Kansas is the 34th state

1865

Age 10

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

Chalk

Joseph

English: from Old English cealc ‘chalk’, applied as a topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of chalk soil, or as a habitational name from any of the various places named with this word, as for example Chalk in Kent or Chalke in Wiltshire.

Possible Related Names

Chalker

Sources (3)

Joseph Chalk in household of Ranson Chalk, "United States Census, 1870"
Joseph Chalk in household of R M Chalk, "Kansas State Census, 1875"
Joseph R Chalk in household of Caroline Chalk, "United States Census, 1880"

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