Brief Life History of Israel Genville
When Israel Genville Kimball was born on 20 April 1826, in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States, his father, Israel Kimball Jr, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Webber, was 27. He married Lavina Howard Dustin on 8 December 1850, in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Maine, United States in 1870. He died on 16 September 1896, in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Middle Intervale Cemetery, Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States.
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- Israel G Kimball in household of Israel Kimball, "United States Census, 1850"
- Israel Greenwill Kimbal, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Israel Granville Kimball, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1832 · Calais Branch is Chartered
The State of Maine chartered the Calais Railway in 1832, one of the first railway charters to be granted by the state. Construction was very long, as the project was reorganized, abandoned, transferred to other companies, and extended several times. It was finally completed in 1898.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from Great and Little Kimble (Buckinghamshire). The placename probably derives from Old English cyne ‘royal’ + belle ‘(bell-shaped) hill’.
variant of Kimble .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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