Brief Life History of George Washington
When George Washington Kimball was born on 4 October 1826, in Wells, York, Maine, United States, his father, Willbraham Kimball, was 48 and his mother, Deborah Bourne, was 44. He married Maria Melvin on 29 November 1849, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 13 September 1892, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- George W Rimball in household of Wilbraham Rimball, "United States Census, 1850"
- George W. Kimball, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- George W. Kimball, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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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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