Vennor Emmett Crocker

Brief Life History of Vennor Emmett

When Vennor Emmett Crocker was born on 29 May 1881, in Manchester Township, Dearborn, Indiana, United States, his father, William Emmett Crocker, was 25 and his mother, Lulu M. Worley, was 20. He married Nora Agnes Beck on 12 April 1904, in Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas, United States in 1920 and United States for about 14 years. He died on 20 January 1963, in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Vennor Emmett Crocker
1881–1963
Nora Agnes Beck
1884–1915
Marriage: 12 April 1904
Mary Louise Crocker
1905–1996
Thelma A. Crocker
1907–
Vivian Worley Crocker
1909–1998

Sources (22)

  • Vennor E Crocker, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Vennor Crocker, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
  • Vennor Emett Crocker, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

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.

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