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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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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