Brief Life History of Richard Brigham
When Richard Brigham Blakey was born on 27 September 1853, in England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard John Blakey, was 34 and his mother, Caroline Garston, was 34. He had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with Mary Jane Beeler. He immigrated to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1856. He died on 8 March 1922, in Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States.
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- Richard Blakely, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Richard Brigham Blakey - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Richard Brigham Blakey
- Richard B Blakeley, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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World Events (8)
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
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 (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.
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