Brief Life History of Kate
When Kate King was born on 7 December 1891, in Islington, London, England, United Kingdom, her father, Henry John King, was 20 and her mother, Hannah Maria Waller, was 21. She had at least 1 son and 3 daughters with Richard Galbally. She died on 28 September 1979, at the age of 87.
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Sources (2)
- Kate King in household of Henry King, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
- King in entry for Maud L Galbally, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
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World Events (8)
1894 · Tower Bridge Completed
Tower Bridge was completed in 1894. It is built across the Thames and is a suspension bridge. It has gothic towers on either side of it and is sometimes confused with the London Bridge. It is also the oldest bridge in London.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1914
Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.
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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