Hugh McKinney

Brief Life History of Hugh

When Hugh McKinney was born on 20 December 1803, in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Ireland, his father, James William McKinney, was 29 and his mother, Mary Flemming, was 23. He married Sarah Ann Lehman on 30 April 1832, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1830 and lived in Garden Grove, Decatur, Iowa, United States in 1848 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. In 1860, at the age of 57, his occupation is listed as farmer in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 13 May 1885, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hugh McKinney
1803–1885
Sarah Ann Lehman
1803–1867
Marriage: 30 April 1832
William L McKinney
1833–1915
James McKinney
1835–1908
Thomas Henry McKinney
1837–1838
Sarah Jane McKinney
1838–1915
Hugh McKinney
1840–1915
Jacob Lehman McKinney
1843–1920
Thomas McKinney
1844–1851
John Washington McKinney
1845–1885
Joseph Edson McKinney
1846–1851
Mary Jane Spencer Hall
1852–1914

Sources (49)

  • Hugh McKinney, "United States, Census, 1840"
  • Dont Know, "Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966"
  • Hugh McKinney, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1804

Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cionaodha or Mac Cionaoith ‘son of ç’, an early Gaelic personal name popular from the ninth century and possibly derived from Pictish.

Irish (northern): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coinnigh ‘son of Coinneach’, an Old Irish personal name, borne by a Christian saint and Anglicized in Ireland as Canice, which was treated in Scotland as equivalent to Kenneth . This surname was usually Anglicized in Scotland as McKenzie , but is otherwise hard to distinguish from sense 1 above.

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

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HUGH MCKINNEY 1803-1885 Hugh McKinney was born December 20, 1803 in Ballycastle, Antrim, Ireland. He was the son of James McKinney born in 1777, and Mary Flemming born in 1781. Sarah Ann Lehman was …

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