Patience Emaline Kinder

Brief Life History of Patience Emaline

When Patience Emaline Kinder was born on 15 September 1824, in Fredericktown, Louisiana Territory, United States, her father, David Crites Kinder, was 30 and her mother, Cynthia Patience Bess, was 21. She married Elijah Whitener on 16 March 1843, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Lorance Township, Bollinger, Missouri, United States in 1870 and Crooked Creek Township, Bollinger, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died on 29 August 1888, in Bollinger, Missouri, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Bollinger, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elijah Whitener
1821–1878
Patience Emaline Kinder
1824–1888
Marriage: 16 March 1843
Joseph Whitener
1842–
Cynthia Whitener
about 1845–1850
Thomas P. Whitener
about 1845–
John Quincy Davis Whitener
1846–1936
J L D Whitener
1846–1918
Ellen Caroline Whitener
1847–1902
Daniel M. Whitener
1850–1902
Barbara Catherine Whitener
1853–1938
Andrew Levi Whitener
1855–1949
Joseph Headle Whitener
1858–1942
Mabrey H. Whitener
1860–
Miles Benjamin Whitener
1861–1939

Sources (19)

  • Emeline Whitener, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Patience Emeline Kinder, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Patience Emmaline Kinder Whitener, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English (northwestern): habitational name from Kinder in Hayfield (Derbyshire). The origin of the placename is uncertain.

German: from the genitive plural of Kind ‘child’, possibly denoting someone who had a lot of children, as in Hans der Kinder ‘Hans of the children’ (Eisleben 15th century), or short for some compound such as Kindervater ‘male midwife’ or Kinderfreund ‘one who likes children’.

German: variant of Günther (see Guenther ).

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

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