Brief Life History of Charles Floyd
Charles Floyd King was born on 16 May 1893, in Limestone, Madison, Alabama, United States as the son of Great grandfather Peter Valentine King. He married Ruby Ann Smith on 28 October 1917, in Madison, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Muscle Shoals, Colbert, Alabama, United States for about 10 years and Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States for about 1 years. He died on 25 June 1977, at the age of 84, and was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Leighton, Colbert, Alabama, United States.
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- Charlie F King, "United States 1950 Census"
- Charlie F King, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Charlie Floyd King, "Find A Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English king ‘king’ (Old English cyning, cyng), perhaps acquired by someone with kingly qualities or as a pageant name by someone who had acted the part of a king or had been chosen as the master of ceremonies or ‘king’ of an event such as a tournament, festival or folk ritual. In North America, the surname King has absorbed several European cognates and equivalents with the same meaning, for example German König (see Koenig ) and Küng, French Roy , Slovenian, Croatian, or Serbian Kralj , Polish Krol . It is also very common among African Americans. It is also found as an artificial Jewish surname.
English: occasionally from the Middle English personal name King, originally an Old English nickname from the vocabulary word cyning, cyng ‘king’.
Irish: adopted for a variety of names containing the syllable rí (which means ‘king’ in Irish).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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