Clarence Harris King

Brief Life History of Clarence Harris

When Clarence Harris King was born on 26 March 1890, in Du Quoin, Perry, Illinois, United States, his father, Aaron King, was 33 and his mother, Clara Viola Harris, was 27. He lived in Ewing, Franklin, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died on 22 May 1988, in Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, United States, at the age of 98.

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Family Time Line

Aaron King
1856–1945
Clara Viola Harris
1862–1925
Herbert Hiram King
1882–1949
William Arthur King
1884–1900
Clarence Harris King
1890–1988
Frank McCullough King
1892–1969
Jordan Carroll King
1895–1985
Walter Bernard King
1900–1994
Viola King
1925–1925

Sources (2)

  • Clarence H King in household of Aaron King, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Clarance H King in household of Aaron King, "United States Census, 1900"

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1892 · The Chicago Canal

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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

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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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