Brief Life History of Eleanor Caroline
When Eleanor Caroline Kington was born on 18 April 1848, in Garden Grove, Decatur, Iowa, United States, her father, Thomas Kington III, was 53 and her mother, Margaret Pisel, was 35. She married John Eckersall Redford on 5 February 1865, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Cache, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 10 July 1866, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 18, and was buried in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Ellen Kington in household of Thos Kington, "United States Census, 1860"
- Eleanor Caroline Kington Redford, "BillionGraves Index"
- Ellen C. Kingston, "Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900"
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World Events (7)
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, 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: habitational name from Kington Saint Michael or West Kington (both Wiltshire), Kington (Worcestershire), Kington in Thornbury (Gloucestershire), Kington in Claverdon (Warwickshire), Old Kington (Herefordshire), or any of the three places called Kington in Dorset. The placenames derive from Old English cyne ‘royal’ or cyning ‘king’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Eleanor Caroline Kington Redford
Eleanor was the fourth child of a family of eight children. Two brothers and two sisters died and were buried enroute to Utah. Her family arrived in Salt Lake City between 1849 and 1850. Her son wr …
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