Moses King

Brief Life History of Moses

When Moses King was born in 1828, in Albourne, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, William King, was 30 and his mother, Esther Sayers, was 28.

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Family Time Line

William King
1798–1873
Esther Sayers
1800–1838
Mary King
1819–
Ann King
1830–1884
William King
1821–
Thomas King
1824–
Sarah King
1825–
Aaron King
1828–
Moses King
1828–
Ellen King
1833–1912
Harriet King
1835–
Esther King
1838–1838

Sources (3)

  • Moses King, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Moses King, "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910"
  • Moses King, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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World Events (8)

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor

The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

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 (which means ‘king’ in Irish).

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

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