Lillian Hinkson

Brief Life History of Lillian

Lillian Hinkson was born on 4 February 1862, in New Castle, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States. She married Isaac Patterson Cowden McWilliams on 19 November 1881. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Mahoning Township, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died on 17 January 1917, in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Patterson Cowden McWilliams
1842–1915
Lillian Hinkson
1862–1917
Marriage: 19 November 1881
Oral Lee McWilliams
1882–1885
Almond James McWilliams
1885–1950
Erma E McWilliams
1887–1965
Norma McWilliams
1889–1981
Hannah McWilliams
1891–
George McWilliams
1893–1962

Sources (22)

  • Lily A Froom in household of Wm Froom, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Lilly, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Lilly Henkson in entry for George McWilliams and Mary E O'Blevis, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad

Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Hingston in Bigbury or Hingston Down in Moretonhampstead (both Devon). Hinxton (Cambridgeshire) is a possible alternative source for the surname in eastern England. Hingston in Bigbury derives from Old English hind ‘hind, female deer’ + stān ‘stone’, while Hingston Down in Moretonhampstead comes from Old English hengest ‘horse, stallion’ + dūn ‘hill’. Hinxton (Cambridgeshire) derives either from Old English hengest or the Old English personal name Hengest + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

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

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