Brief Life History of Arabella
When Arabella McKinley was born on 21 January 1844, in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States, her father, John McKinley, was 49 and her mother, Elizabeth Dixon, was 41. She married Henry Green Boyle on 30 September 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States in 1900 and Graham, Arizona, United States in 1910. She died on 22 July 1914, in Glenbar, Graham, Arizona, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Glenbar Cemetery, Glenbar, Graham, Arizona, United States.
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- Arabella Mckinlay in household of Elizabeth Mckinlay, "United States Census, 1870"
- Family Data Collection - Births
- California, County Marriages, 1850-1952; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-MNTH-5?cc=1804002&wc=96P8-N38%3A1069602702
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaigh, a patronymic from the early personal name Fionnlaoch (see Finley ).
History: William McKinley (1843–1901), 25th US president, was born at Niles, OH, a descendant of David McKinley, known as ‘David the Weaver’, of Scotch–Irish stock, who settled in York County, PA, c. 1743. William McKinley's family were iron founders who tracked the ore from the Susquehanna Valley in PA to Columbiana County, OH.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Life sketch of Elizabeth Dixon McKinley
Elizabeth Dixon McKinley 1 January 1803-14 November 1890 Elizabeth Dixon entered this world on the first day of 1803 in Sackville, New Brunswick to Charles Dixon and Elizabeth Humphrey Dixon. The fam …
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