Brief Life History of Thomas Norton
When Thomas Norton King was born on 1 October 1811, in Lyons, Wayne, New York, United States, his father, Thomas King, was 23 and his mother, Nancy King, was 15. He married Sarah Rebecca Copp in 1828, in Covington Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 17 July 1895, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Thos M King, "United States Census, 1880"
- Thomas King in entry for Isaac V. King, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
- Thomas N King, "United States Census, 1850"
Spouse and Children
1811–1895 Male
1814–1891 Female
Children (9)
1829–1918 Male
1837–1925 Male
1840–1919 Male
1842–1848 Female
1848–1850 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1788–1872 Male
1796–1871 Female
Siblings (6)
1811–1895 Male
1821–1862 Male
1827–1892 Male
1830– Male
1832–1898 Male
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World Events (8)
1812
Age 1
1823
Age 12
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 25
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 rí (which means ‘king’ in Irish).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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