Brief Life History of Charles Merinus
When Charles Merinus Kenyon was born on 30 March 1857, in El Dorado, California, United States, his father, Charles Marinus Kenyon, was 32 and his mother, Eliza Jane Hester, was 29. He married Sarah Elizabeth Hensley on 27 October 1879, in Lassen, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in California, United States in 1870 and Chico Judicial Township, Butte, California, United States for about 10 years. He died on 9 April 1938, in Chico, Butte, California, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Chico, Butte, California, United States.
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- Chas M Kenyon in household of Chas Kenyon, "United States Census, 1870"
- Charles M Kenyon, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Charles M Kenyon, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from a place near Warrington, which is of uncertain etymology. There was formerly an ancient burial mound there and Ekwall has speculated that the name is a shortened form of a British name composed of the elements crūc ‘mound’ + a personal name cognate with Welsh Einion (see Eynon ).
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coinín ‘son of Coinín’, a byname based on a diminutive of cano ‘wolf’, also Anglicized as Canning and Cunneen . The similarity to the borrowed word coinín ‘coney, rabbit’ has sometimes caused this name to be Anglicized as Rabbitt .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhinghin, ‘son of Finghen’, a personal name meaning ‘fair-born’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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