Edward Harrington

4 June 1854–17 March 1897 (Age 42)
Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

The Life Summary of Edward

When Edward Harrington was born on 4 June 1854, in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada, his father, Paul Harrington, was 24 and his mother, Sophronia Chambers, was 18. He married Kitty Glasford in March 1874, in North Branch, Lapeer, Michigan, United States. He lived in Michigan, United States in 1870 and Imlay Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States in 1880. He died on 17 March 1897, in Arcadia Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States, at the age of 42.

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Family Time Line

Edward Harrington
1854–1897
Phebe L. Lockwood
1858–1925
Marriage: 15 June 1881

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 June 1881Lapeer, Michigan, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1863
    Age 9
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
    Age 9
    The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
    1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
    Age 12
    The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of the three places called Harrington (Cumberland, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire). The Cumberland placename derives from the Old English personal name Hæfer + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Lincolnshire placename derives from the Old English personal name Hearra + Old English connective -ing- + tūn. The Northamptonshire derives from an Old English personal name Hǣthhere + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Compare Herendeen .Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hArrachtáin ‘descendant of Arrachtán’, a personal name from a diminutive of arrachtach ‘mighty, powerful’.Irish: in Kerry, this name was adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hIongardail, later Ó hUrdáil, ‘descendant of Iongardal’, a personal name of uncertain origin.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Herington
    Herrington
    Herendeen
    Arrington

    Sources (11)

    • Edward Harrington in household of Paul Harrington, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Edward Harrington, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
    • Edward Harrington, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"

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