Flora Maria Kingsley

Brief Life History of Flora Maria

When Flora Maria Kingsley was born on 27 May 1827, in Bridgewater Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Ezra Kingsley, was 51 and her mother, Margaret Turrell, was 41. She married Ross Burton Hughes from January 1848 to December 1848, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 5 May 1880, in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Heber City Cemetery, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Coleman Bryant Boren
1808–1858
Flora Maria Kingsley
1827–1880
Marriage: 7 March 1850
Ross Burton Hughes
1847–1873
Josephine Malinda Boren
1851–1925
Henry Kingsley Boren
1854–1904
Albert Boone Boren
1855–1887
Mannassa Boren
1856–1931
William Coleman Boren
1858–1924

Sources (13)

  • Flora Broadhead, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Flora Maria Kingsley Broadhead, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Flora Kingsley in entry for Rachel B. Taylor, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

1842 · Relief Society Organized

The Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized on March 17, 1842. Emma Smith was the first Relief Society president. It was established as a way to help strengthen and serve other women.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the places called Kingsley, in Cheshire, Hampshire, and Staffordshire. The placenames derive from Old English cing ‘king’ (genitive cinges) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

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

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Robert Broadhead & Flora Maria Kingsley

Robert Broadhead & Flora Maria Kingsley, The plural wife of Robert Broadhead and their Family, by Vicki B. Swope, Feb. 1, 2010 The following results started in the research of David & Lydia Broadhead, …

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