Brief Life History of Annie Rebecca
When Annie Rebecca Seward was born on 22 August 1841, in Newbury, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Seward, was 33 and her mother, Esther Sarah Frewin, was 29. She married William Henry Kennington on 1 April 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Star Valley, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1900 and Afton, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1910. She died on 19 November 1916, in Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Afton Cemetery, Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States.
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- Anne R. Kennington, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Annie Rebecca Seward - Published information: birth-name: Annie Rebecca Seward
- Annie R Seward Kennington, 1916, "BillionGraves Index"
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Seward (Old English Sǣweard, from sǣ ‘sea’ + weard ‘guard’).
English: from the Middle English personal name Siward, Seward (Old English Sigeweard, from sige ‘victory’ + weard ‘guard’, or the equivalent Old Norse Sigwarth).
Irish (Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Suaird, Ó Suairt, usually Anglicized as Sword .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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William Henry Kennington
Wm. Henry was born 7 August 1842 in Louth, Lincolnshire, England, and he along with the other children received their schooling in England. When Wm. Henry was 14 the family was converted to the LDS fa …
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