Richard Pilling

Brief Life History of Richard

When Richard Pilling was born on 28 November 1833, in Waddington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Pilling, was 37 and his mother, Peggy Bank, was 34. He married Catherine Adams on 10 March 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Great Mitton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. In 1880, at the age of 47, his occupation is listed as farmer. He died on 28 December 1906, in Cardston, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 73, and was buried in Aetna, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Richard Pilling
1833–1906
Catherine Adams
1838–1935
Marriage: 10 March 1856
Richard Adams Pilling
1857–1941
John Adams Pilling
1860–1947
Joseph Pilling
1862–1924
Mary Catherine Pilling
1865–1953
Elias Pilling
1867–1926
Margaret Malinda Pilling
1870–1960
George Edmund Pilling
1873–1878
James Henry Pilling
1875–1960
Rufus Elijah Pilling
1878–1966
Elizabeth Caroline Pilling
1881–1971

Sources (25)

  • Richard Pilling, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Richard Billing, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Richard Pilling in entry for Elizabeth Marsden, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (7)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened

The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.

1869

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Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): habitational name from a place so called, which takes its name from the River Pilling. The etymology of the river name is uncertain, but is perhaps associated with Old English pyll ‘tidal creek’.

English (Lancashire): topographic name for someone who lived by a creek or stream (Old English pyll ‘tidal creek’), or by a stake, a derivative of Pill + the Middle English suffix -ing.

English (Lancashire): perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Piling, a pet form of Old English Pīl (from pīl ‘stake’, perhaps a short form of an Old English name such as Pīlheard), + the Old English hypocoristic suffix -ing.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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