Brief Life History of Francis
Francis McKinney was born in 1822, in Connecticut, United States. He married Sarah Sherwood on 15 January 1845, in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Mount Vernon, Knox, Ohio, United States in 1850.
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- Francis Mckinney, "United States Census, 1850"
- James F McKinney, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- James F McKinney, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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World Events (8)
1829 · Farmington Canal Opened
Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cionaodha or Mac Cionaoith ‘son of ç’, an early Gaelic personal name popular from the ninth century and possibly derived from Pictish.
Irish (northern): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coinnigh ‘son of Coinneach’, an Old Irish personal name, borne by a Christian saint and Anglicized in Ireland as Canice, which was treated in Scotland as equivalent to Kenneth . This surname was usually Anglicized in Scotland as McKenzie , but is otherwise hard to distinguish from sense 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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