Brief Life History of William Paul
When William Paul Bingham was born on 17 November 1908, his father, Goldson Davis Bingham, was 37 and his mother, Rosa Belle Weaver, was 16. He married Edith Beatrice Mast on 1 January 1931, in Johnson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Laurel Creek Township, Watauga, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. He died on 14 December 1985, in Jefferson, Ashe, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Jefferson, Ashe, North Carolina, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (23)
- William P Bingham in household of Galson D Bingham, "United States Census, 1910"
- William Paul Bingham, "North Carolina, Birth Index, 1800-2000"
- Paul W Bingham, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
Spouse and Children
1908–1985 Male
1909–2004 Female
Children (1)
1931–1932 Male
Parents and Siblings
1871–1938 Male
1891–1968 Female
Siblings (2)
1908–1985 Male
1914–1993 Female
World Events (8)
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Age 1
1918 · Fort Bragg Established
Age 10
1929
Age 21
Name Meaning
English (Dorset) and Irish (County Mayo): habitational name from Bingham (Nottinghamshire). The placename is probably from an Old English folk-name Bynningas (‘the people associated with a man named Bynna’), or possibly from an unattested Old English word bing ‘a kettle-shaped hollow’, + Old English hām ‘homestead’.
Irish (Ulster, of Scottish origin): altered form of Bigham .
American shortened and altered form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames such as Bingenheimer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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