Florence Wilson Kenion

20 October 1876–13 July 1962 (Age 85)
Orange, North Carolina, United States

The Life Summary of Florence Wilson

When Florence Wilson Kenion was born on 20 October 1876, in Orange, North Carolina, United States, her father, Joseph Shaw Kenion, was 43 and her mother, Francis Virginia Redding, was 28. She married Ellis Young Coleman on 8 October 1899, in Cedar Grove Township, Orange, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Cedar Grove, Orange, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years and Cedar Grove Township, Orange, North Carolina, United States in 1940. She died on 13 July 1962, in Orange, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Cedar Grove, Orange, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ellis Young Coleman
1875–1955
Florence Wilson Kenion
1876–1962
Marriage: 8 October 1899
Fannie Elizabeth COLEMAN
1901–1938
Young Kenion Coleman
1903–1989
Alba Jean Coleman
1906–1964
Opal Maria Coleman
1909–1983
Hamby Marshall Coleman
1911–2001
Alonzo Brown Coleman, Sr.
1914–1986
Larry Shaw Coleman
1916–2008
Ted Ellis Coleman
1921–2020

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    8 October 1899Cedar Grove Township, Orange, North Carolina, United States
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1877 · Last Troops Leave
    Age 1
    In 1877, the last of the troops that were occupying North Carolina left.
    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
    Age 5
    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
    1900 · Gold for Cash!
    Age 24
    This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

    Name Meaning

    English (Lancashire): variant of Kenyon .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Kenyon

    Sources (34)

    • Florence Kenyou in entry for Alonso Brown Coleman, "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922"
    • Florence Kinnion in household of Joseph S Kinnion, "United States Census, 1880"
    • Florence Henion in entry for Ted Ellis Coleman and Esther Marie Kots, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

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