Brief Life History of Charles Philip
When Charles Philip King was born on 20 June 1862, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Charles Henry King, was 43 and his mother, Maria Ann Clark, was 35. He married Margaret Josephine King on 7 March 1886, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1900 and Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1920. His occupation is listed as mechanical engineer in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Charles King, "United States Census, 1900"
- Charles Philip King, "Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915"
- Charles P. King, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
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.
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: 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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