2,013 documented King ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
English nickname for someone of regal bearing, or who played a king in a pageant.
Where the records place them: Iowa (99%), out of 2,006 King records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: Mary, Charles, John, William and Robert.
Of the 1,992 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 77 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Godlove King, born 1777.
Documented King families on this page come from Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Ohio, History of Clay County, Missouri (1920) and Biographical and historical memoirs of Story County, Iowa.
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Deceased King ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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English nickname for someone of regal bearing, or who played a king in a pageant.
The documented line here reaches back to 1777. Most King lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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