Brief Life History of John
When John Kirkman was born on 17 February 1848, in Bolton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Lomax Kirkman, was 27 and his mother, Mary Lawson, was 24. He married Ann Elizabeth Jones on 27 December 1869, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Walla Walla, Washington, United States in 1910 and Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1866. He died on 27 December 1930, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Twin Falls Cemetery, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States.
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- John Kirkman in household of Robert Kirkman, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- John Kirkman, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Kirkman, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1850 · Belle Vue Gaol Opens
Belle Vue Gaol was a Victorian prison in Gorton, Manchester. The living conditions for the prisoners were horrible. It was intended to be a prison for both males and females and also became a military prison. In 1892, the prison was demolished.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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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