Caroline Matilda King

Brief Life History of Caroline Matilda

When Caroline Matilda King was born on 11 December 1836, in Grove, Allegany, New York, United States, her father, Eleazer King Jr., was 25 and her mother, Mary Caroline Fowler, was 18. She married Charles Whitlock on 1 February 1853, in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 27 March 1916, in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Ephraim Park Cemetery, Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Whitlock
1833–1919
Caroline Matilda King
1836–1916
Marriage: 1 February 1853
Charles Whitlock
1854–1932
George Andrew Whitlock
1856–1916
Caroline Matilda Whitlock
1857–1930
Warren S Whitlock
1859–1937
John Hardin Whitlock
1863–1940
Hannah Whitlock
1870–1909

Sources (40)

  • Caroline King in household of Eleazer King, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Caroline Matilda Whitlock, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • Caroline Matilde in entry for Hannah Whitlock, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

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: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, 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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Andrew Hiram Whitlock Family in 1852 John Tidwell Company

This article is to add detail about the extended Andrew Hiram Whitlock family who immigrated from Council Bluffs to Utah in 1852 with the John Tidwell Company according to the Mormon Pioneer Overland …

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