Frederick James Pingston

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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Family Time Line

Frederick James Pingston
1889–1945
Phoebe Cassini
1896–1957
Marriage: 12 May 1915
Bessie Annabelle Pingston
1917–2000
Clara Louise Pingston
1918–1977
June Virginia Pingston
1919–1982

Sources (14)

  • Fred J Pingston, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Frederick Pingston, "Canada, Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899"
  • Unknown, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"

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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