Robert Kirkman

Brief Life History of Robert

When Robert Kirkman was born on 23 February 1845, in Bolton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Lomax Kirkman, was 24 and his mother, Mary Lawson, was 21. He married Hannah Allan on 21 March 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1870 and Springville, Utah, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He registered for military service in 1905. He died on 2 January 1918, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Kirkman
1845–1918
Hannah Allan
1853–1917
Marriage: 21 March 1870
Mary Ellen Kirkman
1874–1945
Julia Ann Kirkman Storrs
1876–1946
Robert Ernest Kirkman
1878–1947
William Henry Kirkman
1881–1931
Zillah Hazel Kirkman
1885–1888
Jesse Edward Kirkman
1890–1966
Blanch Gartside Kirkman
1893–1968

Sources (36)

  • Robert Kirkman in household of Robert Kirkman, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
  • Robert Kirkman, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

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.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): from Middle English kirkman ‘clergyman; churchwarden; lay official responsible for church finances’.

Americanized form of German Kirchmann , a cognate of 1 above, or of its North German cognate Kerkmann (see Kerkman ) and a very rare variant Kirkmann.

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

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Robert Kirkman And His Wife Mary Lawson

Robert Kirkman And His Wife Mary Lawson Written by son, John Kirkman Robert Kirkman was the son of John Kirkman and Ellen Lomax and was born 1 January 1822 at Brightmet, Lancashire, England, and his …

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