Brief Life History of Frederick James
When Frederick James Pingston was born on 14 December 1889, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, his father, James Pingston, was 30 and his mother, Betsy Beeken, was 25. He married Phoebe Cassini on 12 May 1915, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Trenton, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1930. He died on 2 August 1945, in Eloise, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Northview Cemetery, Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
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- Fred J Pingston, "United States Census, 1920"
- Frederick Pingston, "Canada, Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899"
- Unknown, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1897 · Beginnings of Kmart
Detroit was the home of the second dime and nickel stores that S. S. Kresge owned. After two years with John McCrory, his partner, he traded his share in the Memphis store, plus $3,000, for full ownership of the Detroit store and formed the Kresge & Wilson Company with his brother-in-law, Charles J. Wilson. In 1962, the S. S. Kresge Company would rebrand and change their name to Kmart.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places throughout England called Kingston or Kingstone. Almost all of them derive from Old English cyning, cing ‘king’ (genitive cyninges, cinges) + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some have a different etymology, such as Kingston on Soar in Nottinghamshire, which derives from Old English cyne ‘royal’ + stān ‘stone’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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