Ivins Conk

Brief Life History of Ivins

When Ivins Conk was born on 3 March 1849, in Dover Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, his father, John Thomas Conk, was 37 and his mother, Meribah Hyers, was 37. He married Frances Mary Ann Crossland about 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Toms River Township, Ocean, New Jersey, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 21 April 1903, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ivins Conk
1849–1903
Frances Mary Ann Crossland
1846–1923
Marriage: about 1872
Marabah Conk
1866–1942
Althea Crosland Conk
1868–1884
Ella Amelia Conk
1870–1926
Florence May Conk
1873–1952
Ernest Lavern Conk
1876–1916
Frances Ada Conk
1877–1943
Junius F. Conk
1880–1880
Tresa Maud Conk
1881–1881
Denton Conk
1882–1882

Sources (58)

  • Ivins Conk in household of John T Conk, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Ivin C Conk, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • Ivins Conk, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1864 · Arlington Cemetery

Arlington Cemetery is a military cemetery. It was originally a plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. This is the location of Robert E. Lee, 16,000 Civil War soldiers, William Howard Taft, John, Jackie, Robert, and Edward Kennedy. The tomb of the unknown soldier is also located here it was dedicated on November 11, 1921. It contains the remains of those soldiers unknown from WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.

Name Meaning

Probably an Americanized form of German Konk or some other similar (like-sounding) German surname derived from an old short form of the personal name Konrad .

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

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Ivins Conk's alcoholism

In the 1888 directory, he is listed as a farmer along with his father, John T, on Middle Country Road In 1892, Ivins was listed in the Salt Lake Directory as being a porter at The Keeley Institute. T …

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