Cynthia McKinney

Brief Life History of Cynthia

When Cynthia McKinney was born on 11 October 1804, in Athens, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Henry McKinney, was 35 and her mother, Rebecca Hynman, was 27. She married Amos Franklin in May 1835, in Athens Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Seneca Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States in 1860 and Seneca, Seneca Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States in 1870. She died on 6 March 1871, in Michigan, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Morenci, Lenawee, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Amos Franklin
1807–1845
Cynthia McKinney
1804–1871
Marriage: May 1835
George Franklin
1836–1906
Rebecca M. Franklin
1837–1907
Julia A. Franklin
1840–1888
Benjamin FRANKLIN
1843–

Sources (5)

  • Cyntha Franklin, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Cynthia McKinney Franklin, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Cynthia Franklin in entry for Julia A. Fisk, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1810

Historical Boundaries 1810: Ontario, Pennsylvania, United States 1812: Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cionaodha or Mac Cionaoith ‘son of ç’, an early Gaelic personal name popular from the ninth century and possibly derived from Pictish.

Irish (northern): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coinnigh ‘son of Coinneach’, an Old Irish personal name, borne by a Christian saint and Anglicized in Ireland as Canice, which was treated in Scotland as equivalent to Kenneth . This surname was usually Anglicized in Scotland as McKenzie , but is otherwise hard to distinguish from sense 1 above.

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

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