Brief Life History of Albert Walter
When Albert Walter Kingsland was born on 3 March 1873, in Bridport, Addison, Vermont, United States, his father, Hiram Walter Kingsland, was 25 and his mother, Lucia Lavoncha Elitharp, was 23. He married Mary Ethel Downs on 12 September 1899, in Middlebury, Addison, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Castleton, Rutland, Vermont, United States in 1920 and Fair Haven, Rutland, Vermont, United States in 1930. He died in September 1940, in New York, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Addison, Vermont, United States.
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- Albert W Kingsland, "United States Census, 1910"
- Albert W. Kingsland, "Find A Grave Index"
- Albert W Kingsland, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English (southeastern): habitational name from any of several places called Kingsland, such as Kingsland in Hackney (Middlesex) or Kingsland in South Molton (Devon), named with Old English cing ‘king’ (genitive cinges) + land ‘land’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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