Brief Life History of Rachel
When Rachel Keeling was born on 10 March 1818, in Draycott, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Keeling, was 25 and her mother, Sarah Keeling, was 22. She married John West on 13 November 1837, in Wilne with Draycott, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 16 June 1910, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Rachel Whipple, "United States Census, 1860"
- Rachel Keeling, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Marriage to Nelson Wheeler Whipple 12 March 1853
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English keling, kiling (probably of Old Norse origin) ‘young codfish’, perhaps for a fishmonger or for someone with staring eyes. Alternatively, from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Kel(l)ing, which may be transferred use of the nickname keling. The name has been established in Ireland since the 17th century. It is not to be confused with Irish Keelan .
Americanized form of German Kühling, a patronymic from Colo, probably a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name meaning ‘helmet’.
English: variant of Killing, a habitational name from Kelling (Norfolk) or Nunkeeling (East Yorkshire), both meaning ‘(the place of) the people of a man called Cylla’, from an Old English personal name Cylla + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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