Jane King
about December 1840–about February 1855 (Age 14)
Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
The Life of Jane
When Jane King was born about December 1840, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, her father, George King, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth Froude, was 26. She died about February 1855, in Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 14.
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World Events (2)
1843
Age 3
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
Age 14
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
Name Meaning
1 English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English king, Old English cyning ‘king’ (originally merely a tribal leader, from Old English cyn(n) ‘tribe’, ‘race’ + the Germanic suffix -ing). The word was already used as a byname before the Norman Conquest, and the nickname was common in the Middle Ages, being used to refer to someone who conducted himself in a kingly manner, or one who had played the part of a king in a pageant, or one who had won the title in a tournament. In other cases it may actually have referred to someone who served in the king's household. The American surname has absorbed several European cognates and equivalents with the same meaning, for example German König ( see Koenig ), Swiss German Küng, French Leroy . It is also found as an Ashkenazic Jewish surname, of ornamental origin.2 Chinese 金: variant of Jin 1.3 Chinese 景, 荆, 井, 金: see Jing .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- Jane King in household of George King, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
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