When William Richard Kingsford was born on 9 January 1820, in East Langdon, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Kingsford, was 20 and his mother, Elizabeth Files, was 16. He married Louisa Burrows on 26 July 1851, in East Langdon, Kent, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 14 February 1898, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Historical Boundaries: 1831: Jackson, Missouri, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English (Kent and Middlesex): habitational name chiefly from a lost place in Mersham (Kent). Places called Kingsford and Kingford in Devon, Essex, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire are alternative possible sources of this surname in other parts of England. The Kent placename derives from Old English cing ‘king’ (genitive cinges) + feld ‘open country’. The Worcestershire placename derives from the Old English personal name Cēna + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + ford ‘ford’. The other placenames derive from Old English cing + ford.
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