Brief Life History of Cornelia Elizabeth
When Cornelia Elizabeth King was born on 8 December 1827, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, John Bowker King, was 47 and her mother, Hannah Newton, was 42. She married William Sanford Park on 14 August 1850. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in West Chester Township, Butler, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Sharon, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States in 1880. She died on 20 November 1893, in Ohio, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Worthington, Franklin, Ohio, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (17)
- Cornelia Parks in household of William Parks, "United States Census, 1870"
- Cornelia King in entry for Frances Camelia Park, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
- Cornelia Parks in household of Wm S Parks, "United States Census, 1860"
Spouse and Children
1820–1882 Male
1827–1893 Female
Children (7)
1851– Male
1854–1932 Female
1856–1922 Male
1859–1941 Female
1863–1926 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1779–1853 Male
1785–1872 Female
Siblings (11)
1808–1848 Male
1808– Female
1811–1811 Female
1813–1870 Male
1814–1885 Male
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World Events (8)
1829 · Farmington Canal Opened
Age 2
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
Age 9
1848 · Slavery is Abolished
Age 21
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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