Brief Life History of Ann King
Ann King Shanks was born on 9 December 1825, in Stephensport, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States as the daughter of John Shanks and Sirena. She married Leonard Ishmael Smith about 1849, in Washington Township, Buchanan, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Ann Smith in household of Leonard I Smith, "United States Census, 1860"
- Pioneer Overland Company Unknown (1851)
- Ann Smith in household of Leonard Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (8)
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire): habitational name from an unidentified place in southern Scotland with a name in the plural form, presumably derived from Old Scots schank ‘hill spur’. Some have suggested Shank in Borthwick (Midlothian) or Culter Cleuch Shank in Crawford (Lanarkshire), with the unexplained addition of final -s, but these seem unlikely.
English: variant of Shank with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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