Brief Life History of Mary Emma
When Mary Emma King was born in 1872, in St Helens, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John King, was 21 and her mother, Mary Rawcliffe, was 24. She married William Bentley in March 1894, in Chorley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Leyland, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Standish, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.
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Sources (5)
- Mary E King in household of John King, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Emma King - Government record: birth-name: Mary Emma King
- Mary Emma Bentley in household of William Bentley, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
Spouse and Children
1867– Male
1872– Female
Children (3)
1894– Male
1897– Female
1899– Male
Parents and Siblings
1851– Male
1848–1874 Female
Siblings (2)
1872– Male
1872– Female
World Events (8)
1878 · Bacup Natural History Society
Age 6
1884
Age 12
1908
Age 36
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English king ‘king’ (Old English cyning, cyng), perhaps acquired by someone with kingly qualities or as a pageant name by someone who had acted the part of a king or had been chosen as the master of ceremonies or ‘king’ of an event such as a tournament, festival or folk ritual. In North America, the surname King has absorbed several European cognates and equivalents with the same meaning, for example German König (see Koenig ) and Küng, French Roy , Slovenian, Croatian, or Serbian Kralj , Polish Krol . It is also very common among African Americans. It is also found as an artificial Jewish surname.
English: occasionally from the Middle English personal name King, originally an Old English nickname from the vocabulary word cyning, cyng ‘king’.
Irish: adopted for a variety of names containing the syllable rí (which means ‘king’ in Irish).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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