Brief Life History of Alonzo
When Alonzo Brinkerhoff was born on 8 July 1864, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, his father, James Brinkerhoff, was 48 and his mother, Rebecca Hannah Hawk, was 28. He married Almira Barzilla Caldwell on 15 April 1886, in Huntington, Emery, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 20 July 1922, in Emery, Emery, Utah, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Emery Cemetery, Emery, Emery, Utah, United States.
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- Alonzo Brinkerhoff, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Alonzo Brinkerhoff, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Alonzo in entry for Renner X Brinkerhoff, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
While attending the play "Our American Cousin" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Dutch: variant of Brinkerhof, a habitational name from a place so called (there is one in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany), named with hof (see Hof ) and Brink as ‘the farmstead in low-lying pastureland’. The surname Brinkerhoff is no longer found in the Netherlands. Compare Brinckerhoff .
History: Joris Brinkerhoff came to New Netherland (now NY) from the Netherlands in 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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History of James Brinkerhoff (Revised)
History of James Brinkerhoff and His Three Wives – Sally Ann Snyder, Rebecca Hawk and Eliza Jane Henderson (Revised) Written by John Shaw, March 1999 James Brinkerhoff was born on May 22, 1816 …
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