Richard Brigham Blakey

27 September 1854–8 March 1922 (Age 67)
Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Richard Brigham

When Richard Brigham Blakey was born on 27 September 1854, in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard John Blakey, was 42 and his mother, Caroline Garstone Price, was 39. He had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with Mary Jane Beeler. He died on 8 March 1922, in Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

Richard Brigham Blakey
1854–1922
Mary Jane Beeler
1865–1921
Mary Caroline Blakey
1885–1944
Jane Marie Blakey
1887–1914
William Wilford Blakey
1888–1889
Richard Willard Blakey
1888–1889

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World Events (8)

1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
Age 5
The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.
1863
Age 9
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Age 18
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 (northern): habitational name from Blackay in Lancashire. Alternatively, from Blakey (Moor and Topping) in Allerston (North Yorkshire), from Middle English blake howe ‘black mound’ (Old English blæc + Old Norse haugr).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Blakely

Sources (16)

  • Richard Blakely, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Richard B Blakeley, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Richard Blakey in entry for Mary Caroline North, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

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