Brief Life History of Emory W.
When Emory W. Shirkey was born on 22 November 1863, in Cessna Township, Hardin, Ohio, United States, his father, Michael Shirkey, was 30 and his mother, Caroline Fogleman, was 28. He married Aurelia Cumpa Baker on 30 January 1904, in Crawford, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Center Township, Hancock, Indiana, United States in 1910 and Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. He died on 1 November 1933, in Kansas, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Cherokee Cemetery, Cherokee, Crawford, Kansas, United States.
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- Emory Shirkey, "Kansas State Census, 1905"
- Emry Shirkey, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
- Emery W Shirkey, "Find A Grave Index"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1870
Historical Boundaries: 1870: Crawford, Kansas, United States
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
Irish: variant of Sharkey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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