Brief Life History of George
When George King was born on 3 October 1822, in Wythe, Virginia, United States, his father, John Jacob King, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Wampler, was 32. He married Mary Peery in 1845. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, United States in 1880 and Blacklick, Wythe, Virginia, United States in 1900. He died on 9 April 1903, in Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (42)
- George King, "United States Census, 1850"
- Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
- U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939
Spouse and Children
1822–1903 Male
1827– Female
Children (7)
1846–1931 Male
1849– Male
1852–1936 Male
1854–1927 Male
1856–1952 Female
+2 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1788–1860 Male
1790–1871 Female
Siblings (6)
1818– Female
1822–1903 Male
1825– Female
1826–1903 Female
1828–1908 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 3
1827 · First mention of the name Rural Retreat
Age 5
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
Age 22
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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