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Robert Tyler Polk 1852 – 1923 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 December 1852

Birth Location: Westport, Jackson County, Missouri, United States of America

Death Date: 2 October 1923

Death Location: San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States of America

Father: Thomas Polk

Mother: Eliza LaRue

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Robert Tyler Polk was born in 1852 in Westport, Jackson County, Missouri, United States of America, the child of Thomas Wilkins Polk and Eliza Douglas LaRue. Robert Tyler Polk passed away in 1923 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Robert Tyler Polk was born in 1852 in Westport, Jackson County, Missouri, United States of America, the child of Thomas Wilkins Polk and Eliza Douglas LaRue.
  • Robert Tyler Polk passed away in 1923 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States of America.

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Robert Polk's Ancestors

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Robert Polk
1852 – 1923
Birth Place: Westport, Jackson County, Missouri, United States of America
Parents
Thomas Wilkins Polk
1816 – 1899
Vincennes Knox County Indiana, USA
Eliza (Douglas) LaRue
1816 – 1889
Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, United States of America
Grandparents
Robert (Tyler) Polk
1797 – 1843
Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, USA
Elizabeth ("Betsy") Widener
1794 – 1854
Maryland, USA
Great-Grandparents
Charles Polke
1744 – 1823
Delilah Tyler
1755 – 1797
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Capt Potomac"
1703 – 1753
Christian Cartledge
1714 – 1779
Edward Tyler
1734 – 1802
Nancy Langley
1732 – 1820

Robert Polk's Timeline

2 Records

1852
6 December 1852
Birth of Robert Tyler Polk in Westport, Jackson County, Missouri, United States of America
Westport, Jackson County, Missouri, United States of America
1923
2 October 1923
Age 71
Death of Robert Tyler Polk in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States of America
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 December 1852
    Event Place: Westport, Jackson County, Missouri, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 October 1923
    Event Place: San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lakeport, Lake County, California, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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