Brief Life History of George Edward
When George Edward Mckinley was born on 9 August 1837, in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, John McKinley, was 42 and his mother, Elizabeth Dixon, was 34. He married Caroline Springston on 10 December 1862, in Lake, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Lake, California, United States in 1870 and Judicial Township 1, Lake, California, United States in 1900. He died on 5 December 1906, in Middletown, Lake, California, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Middletown Cemetery, Middletown, Lake, California, United States.
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- G E Mckinley, "United States Census, 1870"
- George Edward McKinley, "California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000"
- George Edward Mckinley, "California Great Registers, 1866-1910"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · The California Gold Rush
On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
1861
Historical Boundaries: 1861: Lake, California, United States
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaigh, a patronymic from the early personal name Fionnlaoch (see Finley ).
History: William McKinley (1843–1901), 25th US president, was born at Niles, OH, a descendant of David McKinley, known as ‘David the Weaver’, of Scotch–Irish stock, who settled in York County, PA, c. 1743. William McKinley's family were iron founders who tracked the ore from the Susquehanna Valley in PA to Columbiana County, OH.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Children of George E and Caroline McKinley
"On December 10, 1862 , Mr. McKinley married Miss Caroline Springston , a native of Pennsylvania, who was twelve years old when she came to California with her parents. Mrs. McKinley, now seventy- one …
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