Brief Life History of Joseph Edward
When Joseph Edward Crook was born on 13 December 1845, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Crook, was 22 and his mother, Elizabeth Walters, was 31. He married Christina Ann Zundel on 28 December 1864, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1910 and Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1910. He died on 1 December 1920, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Joseph E Crook, "United States Census, 1900"
- Joseph Edward Crook, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Joseph E. Crook in entry for Mary Alice Crook, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · Industrial Revolution in Lancashire
When the Industrial Revolution hit Lancashire, cotton mills started spring up everywhere. This helped the cotton industry to start booming even moreso in Lancashire.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English:
topographic name from Old Norse krókr ‘nook or bend’ denoting someone who lived by a bend in a river or road. In some instances the surname may have arisen as a habitational name from any of the places called Crook in Cumberland and Durham, or Crooke in Lancashire, all of which are derived from this word.
topographic name for someone who lived ‘(at the) barrow or mound’ from Brittonic crüg. In some instances this may have arisen as a habitational name from either Crook in Combe Raleigh or perhaps Crooke in North Tawton (both Devon), which are derived from this word.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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