Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Carrington was born on 7 August 1826, his father, Henry Carrington, was 24 and his mother, Sarah Lawrence, was 26. He married Mary Ann Lavender on 2 March 1850, in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in America Township, Plymouth, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Plymouth, Iowa, United States in 1900. He died on 27 January 1907, in Iowa, United States, at the age of 80.
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- Joseph Carrington, "United States Census, 1870"
- Joseph Carrington, "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992"
- Joseph Carrington in entry for Charles E. Carrington and Mrs. Ella Wood Booth, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1846
Iowa is the 29th state.
1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Plymouth, Iowa, United States
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire) called Carrington, probably named with an unattested Old English personal name Cāra + -ing- denoting association + tūn ‘settlement’.
Scottish: habitational name from a place in Midlothian named Carrington, probably from Old English Cēriheringa-tūn ‘settlement of Cērihere's people’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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