Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth King was born on 18 March 1859, in Caldwell, Texas, United States, her father, William King, was 24 and her mother, Beththena M. SPEARS, was 20. She married Thomas Bartholomew Russell on 7 April 1875, in Coryell, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Payson, Gila, Arizona, United States in 1900 and Miami, Gila, Arizona, United States in 1920. She died on 21 December 1920, in Globe, Gila, Arizona, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Globe, Gila, Arizona, United States.
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- Mary E King, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mary E King, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Mary Elizabeth King Russell, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
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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