Brief Life History of Robert Crawford
Lt Col Robert Crawford Sharkey was born on 28 December 1831, in Hillsborough, County Down, Ireland as the son of Joseph Sharkey and Harriett Crawford. He married Emma Simmons on 10 January 1850, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 19 August 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Robert Sharkey, "United States Census, 1860"
- Robert Sharkey, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
- Robert in entry for William Sharkey, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1839
The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Colum, Declan, Mairead.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Searcaigh ‘descendant of Searcach’, a byname meaning ‘beloved’.
Americanized form of French or French Canadian Chartier ‘carter’. Alteration of the French ending -tier to English -key is typical for American French surnames. Compare Shorkey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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