Brief Life History of Levi
When Levi King was born in 1863, in Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas King, was 32 and his mother, Martha Ranger, was 25. In 1881, at the age of 18, his occupation is listed as wheelwright in Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Levi King in household of Thomas King, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- Levi King in household of Martha King, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Levi King in household of Thomas King, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
Parents and Siblings
1831– Male
1838– Female
Siblings (5)
1863– Male
1865– Female
1866– Male
1872– Male
1877– Male
World Events (8)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
Age 17
1884
Age 21
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
Age 41
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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