Wilda Billie King

Brief Life History of Wilda Billie

When Wilda Billie King was born on 12 May 1909, in Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States, her father, Andrew Neal King, was 33 and her mother, Viola Cottam, was 32. She married Harland Robins Soper on 9 July 1928, in Duchesne, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States in 1920 and Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, United States in 1930. She died on 12 January 2002, in Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harland Robins Soper
1901–2002
Wilda Billie King
1909–2002
Marriage: 9 July 1928
Wilda Jean Soper
1929–2014
Harland Robins Soper II
1931–1934

Sources (10)

  • Welda King in household of Andrew Neal King, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Miss Wilda King, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Billie King Soper, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"

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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 (which means ‘king’ in Irish).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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