Brief Life History of John King
When John King Longmire was born on 6 April 1870, in Blyth, South Australia, Australia, his father, Henry Longmire, was 35 and his mother, Ellen Martha Frost, was 35. He married Alice Fuller on 1 October 1893, in Undalya, South Australia, Australia. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He died on 25 March 1956, in Condowie, South Australia, Australia, at the age of 85, and was buried in Condowie Cemetery, Condowie, South Australia, Australia.
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Sources (7)
- Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
- Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
- John King Longmire, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1877
Australia and England play the first-ever cricket Test match in Melbourne.
1892
Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.
1901
First Federal election.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a minor place in the parish of Windermere (Westmorland), named with Old Scandinavian langr ‘long’ + mýrr ‘mire, bog’.
Americanized form of German Langmeier or of any of its variants: distinguishing name for a tenant farmer (see Meyer 1) whose farm held the name Lang or who was of a tall stature.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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