Brief Life History of Hyrum Francis
When Hyrum Francis Crook was born on 31 December 1848, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Crook, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Walters, was 34. He married Mary Ann Race on 8 November 1870, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 12 daughters. He lived in Judicial Township 2, Inyo, California, United States in 1910 and United States in 1930. He died on 28 January 1933, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Hyrum Francis Crook, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Legacy NFS Source: Hyrum Francis Crook - Church record: birth-name: Hyrum Francis Crook
- Hyrum F Crook in the entry of Elizabeth (Crook) Curtis, Utah, Select County Marriages, 1935
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1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English:
topographic name from Old Norse krókr ‘nook or bend’ denoting someone who lived by a bend in a river or road. In some instances the surname may have arisen as a habitational name from any of the places called Crook in Cumberland and Durham, or Crooke in Lancashire, all of which are derived from this word.
topographic name for someone who lived ‘(at the) barrow or mound’ from Brittonic crüg. In some instances this may have arisen as a habitational name from either Crook in Combe Raleigh or perhaps Crooke in North Tawton (both Devon), which are derived from this word.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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