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William Robert Plunkett (1806 - abt. 1868)

William Robert Plunkett
Born in Cunningburne, Newtownards, County Down, Irelandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 61 in Drytown, Amador, California, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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Biography

William Robert Plunkett was born on December 22, 1806 in the township of Cunningburne, Newtonards Parish, County Down, Ireland. He is the son of William Plunkett and Mary. [1][2][3]

He married Sarah Cade Kenedy. They immigrated to Brockville, Onntario, Canada in about 1830. They had at least seven children, the first six born in or near Brockville, Canada, and the last born in Nauvoo, Illinois, of whom died within a year of being born.

  1. William Kanada Plunkett was born on October 15, 1832 in Rideau, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.[4]
  2. Mary Malinda Plunkett was born on May 1, 1834 in Cardston, Alberta, Canada.[5]
  3. James Kanada Plunkett was born 1837 in Upper Canada.
  4. Ellen Plunkett was born 1840 in Upper Canada.
  5. Isaac Plunkett was born on October 9, 1841 in Canada.
  6. Robert Plunkett was born 1842 in Canada.
  7. Joseph H Plunkett was born in July 1844, died in June 1845 in Nauvoo, Illinois.

The census records indicate that he lived in Washington, Van Buren, Iowa, United States in 1850.[6]

He immigrated from Kanesville (now Council Bluffs), Iowa to Utah in 1852 with the Henry Bryant Manning Jolley Company.[7] He lived in American Fork, Utah for a number of years, until about 1855.

In 1860 he lived in Drytown, Amador County, California.[8]

The last known record of him was in on July 22, 1866 in Drytown, when he was registered to vote on the Great Registry. He is assumed to be dead before 1869, when his wife moved to Utah to live with one or their children.

William Robert Plunkett passed away in about 1868 in Drytown, Amador County, California.

Sources

  1. Black, Harvey B. Seventy Quorum Membership, 1835–1846: An Annotated Index of Over 3,500 Seventies Organized into the First Thirty-Five Quorums of the Seventy in Kirtland, Ohio, and Nauvoo, Illinois, (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3176&h=2210&ssrc=pt&tid=19425814&pid=800507869&usePUB=true). Notes: Name Robert William Plunkett, birth 1806 Ireland, father William Plunkett, mother Mary Eleanor, wife Sarah Kennedy, quorum Q7, Endowed Nauvoo Temple 1/30/46 (seventy) Nauvoo.
  2. Black, Susan Easton, compiler. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1989, (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=5333&h=71832&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=3176). Notes: Robert Plunkett, father William Plunkett, mother Mary, birth date 23 Dec 1806 or 22 Dec 1806, birth place Plunkett, Down, Ireland.
  3. Oral History of Robert and Sarah (Kennedy) Plunkett Famly, 27 Feb 1989, recored by Challas Adams Snarr, (https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/12733500?p=16872755&returnLabel=(William)%20Robert%20Plunkett%20(L7N2-P5L)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FL7N2-P5L), Robert Plunkett, son of William and Mary Plunkett, born in the township of Cunningburne, Parish of Newtownards, County Down, Ireland, the 22nd of December 1806.
  4. "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGC-2VH : 10 February 2018), Robert Plunkitt in entry for William Plunkitt, 15 Oct 1832; citing , 15 Oct 1832, reference 2:16SRV36; FHL microfilm 928,968.
  5. "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ2R-SK8 : 11 September 2015), Robert Plunkett in entry for Mary Plunkett Adams, 13 Nov 1924; citing Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States, certificate 20, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm.
  6. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4J-4HQ : 12 April 2016), Robert Phirchet, Washington, Van Buren, Iowa, United States; citing family 9, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Note: the last name of the family is spelled incorrectly and the birth location of the children is incorrect.
  7. Pioneer Database 1847-1868 (https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/9027) Robert Plunkett, Henry Bryant Manning Jolley Company (1852), Clerk of 4th Ten; with 5 males and 3 females, birth date 22 December 1806, death date 1868, male.
  8. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDK4-RL7 : 13 December 2017), Robt Planket in entry for Fred Fernsler, 1860.




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