Brief Life History of William
When William Crookston was born on 18 October 1849, in Savannah, Andrew, Missouri, United States, his father, Robert Crookston Sr., was 28 and his mother, Ann Welch, was 22. He married Agnes McKellar on 12 January 1873, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Star Valley, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1904. He died on 17 December 1904, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- William Crockstan, "United States Census, 1900"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
- William Crookston, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Midlothian and Lanarkshire): habitational name, according to Black, from a place in Renfrewshire, which was named as the estate of one Robert Croc. There are other places, in the Border and Lothian regions of Scotland, with this name, from which the surname could have arisen.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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