Brief Life History of Robert Stewart
When Robert Stewart Campbell was born on 6 November 1855, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Robert Lang Campbell, was 30 and his mother, Mary Ann Stewart, was 26. He married Rachel Elizabeth Ballif on 16 October 1876, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and World in 1930. He died on 5 September 1931, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Robert I Campbell, "United States Census, 1920"
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- Robert Stewart Campbell, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Scottish: nickname from Gaelic cam ‘crooked, bent’ + beul ‘mouth’. As a result of folk etymology, the surname was often represented in Latin documents as de bello campo ‘of the fair field’, which led to the name sometimes being ‘translated’ into Anglo-Norman French as Beauchamp .
Irish (North Armagh): adopted for Gaelic Mac Cathmhaoil ‘son of Cathmhaol’ (literally ‘battle chief’): see Caulfield and Cowell .
English: variant of Camel , under the influence of the Scottish name (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Robert Stewart Campbell Birth: Nov. 6, 1855 Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Utah, USA Death: Sep. 5, 1931 Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Utah, USA Son of Robert Lang Campbell and Mary Stewart Mar …
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