Amy Jane King

Brief Life History of Amy Jane

When Amy Jane King was born on 2 October 1836, in Mantua, Portage, Ohio, United States, her father, Thomas Jefferson King, was 30 and her mother, Rebecca Englesby Olin, was 31. She married Elias Asahel Smith on 15 April 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Village Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 8 November 1913, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elias Asahel Smith
1804–1888
Amy Jane King
1836–1913
Marriage: 15 April 1856
Silas Thomas Smith
1857–1945
Jesse Moroni Smith
1858–1937
Rebecca Jane Smith
1860–1923
Albert William Smith
1862–1866
Mary Alzina Smith
1865–1953
Martha Priscilla Smith
1865–1946
Amy Esther Smith
1867–1910
Angelina Adelia Smith
1869–1950
Franklin Elias Smith
1871–1917
Sarah Susannah Smith
1873–1952
Thomas King Smith
1875–1875
Edward Hunter Smith
1875–1875
Hiram Bennett Smith
1877–1951
Don Pitt Smith
1883–1966

Sources (64)

  • Amy Smith in household of Elias Smith, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Amy Jane King, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • Amy Jane King Smith, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines

The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English king ‘king’ (Old English cyning, cyng), perhaps acquired by someone with kingly qualities or as a pageant name by someone who had acted the part of a king or had been chosen as the master of ceremonies or ‘king’ of an event such as a tournament, festival or folk ritual. In North America, the surname King has absorbed several European cognates and equivalents with the same meaning, for example German König (see Koenig ) and Küng, French Roy , Slovenian, Croatian, or Serbian Kralj , Polish Krol . It is also very common among African Americans. It is also found as an artificial Jewish surname.

English: occasionally from the Middle English personal name King, originally an Old English nickname from the vocabulary word cyning, cyng ‘king’.

Irish: adopted for a variety of names containing the syllable (which means ‘king’ in Irish).

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

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS FRANKLIN KING

Thomas Franklin King, a High Councilor in the Davis Stake, is the son of Thomas Jefferson King and Rebecca E. Olin, and was born in Portage County, Ohio, May 1, 1842. In a sketch prepared for this wor …

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