William Parker Crow

Brief Life History of William Parker

When William Parker Crow was born on 6 July 1828, in Denmark, Perry, Illinois, United States, his father, Robert Crow, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Brown, was 33. He married Charlotte Dawson on 30 October 1855, in San Joaquin, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in California, United States in 1870 and Branch Township, Stanislaus, California, United States in 1880. He died on 17 December 1903, in Waterford, Stanislaus, California, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Parker Crow
1828–1903
Charlotte Dawson
1838–1904
Marriage: 30 October 1855
Albert Nathaniel Crow
1856–1932
Edward Noble Crow
1859–1932
Robert McGarvey Crow
1861–1941
Walter Gilbert Crow
1864–1902
Clara C Crow
1866–1952
Minnie Crow
1868–1930
William Parker Crow
1875–1949
George Lewis Crow
1877–1938
Charles Francis Crow
1879–1956
Earl E. Crow
1885–1887

Sources (26)

  • W P Cron, "United States Census, 1860"
  • William P Crow, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • William Parker Crow, "California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1832 · Black Hawk War

The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the "British Band", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis.

1863

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

Name Meaning

Irish, Manx, and English: variant of Crowe .

Native American: translation into English (and shortening) of a personal name based on a word, such as Lakota or Dakota Sioux kaŋgi, meaning ‘crow’. The cultural significance of the crow to Native Americans is reflected in their traditional personal names, some of which were adopted as surnames (translated into English), e.g. Big Crow (see Bigcrow ) and Two Crow (see Twocrow ). See also Bird 4.

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

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