Sixty Minute Genealogy

Choosing a line that needed some research, I found a John Carless King, son of John and Lyddia Britcher King, who was born on September 28, 1823 or 1825 in Frittenden, Kent, England  and died in 1901 in Baldwinsville, New York.  I took the challenge to see how much I could find about them in sixty minutes of research, and this is what I found . . .
1. Findagrave.com website showed a birth date of September 28, 1825 in Frittenden and a death date of June 20, 1901 in Baldwinsville.  So that eliminated the birth year of 1823 except that I wanted to use a more reliable source of documentation so . . .
2. England, Kent, Parish Register listed John Carless King christened on November 20, 1825, son of John and Lydia King.  Assuming he was born in September 1825, he would have been two months old at the time of christening which seems very feasible.  So I believe the 1825 year of birth to be the correct one.
3. England, Kent, Parish Register listed other children of John and Lydia King, all born in Frittenden and all most likely siblings of John Carless King.  They are as follows:
a. Mary King, born June 12, 1810
b. John King, born November 17, 1811
c. John King, born October 24, 1813
d. Lyddy King, born April 25, 1816
4. 1851, 1861, and 1871 Frittenden, Kent, England census records list John King working as an agricultural laborer.
5. New York Passenger Lists list John and Mary King as passengers on the vessel “Cuba” sailing from Liverpool, England to New York port on May 29, 1873.
6. 1875 New York State Census shows John and Mary King living in Van Buren, Onondaga, New York
7. 1880 Census shows John and Mary King living in Van Buren, Onondaga, New York
8. 1900 Census shows John King, widower, born September 1825, living in Van Buren, Onondaga, New York, coming to the United States in 1873.
9. Gazette and Farmer’s Journal of Baldwinsville, New York newspaper obituary for John Carless King and his wife Mary Ann Dapson King.  Gives a small biography for each.
10. 1841 Census of Frittenden, Kent, England lists John King, age 60, and wife Lydia, age 55, both born in Kent County, England
11. 1851 Census of Frittenden, Kent, England lists John King, age 72, born Biddenden, Kent, England and wife Lydia, age 66, born Frittenden, Kent, England
12. 1861 Census of Frittenden, Kent, England show John, age 82, and wife Lydia, age 76.
13. England, Kent, Parish Register lists death of Lydia King on November 27, 1865 in Frittenden, Kent, England with a birth date of 1784.
14. England, Deaths and Burials, lists a John King who died in Kent, England on April 3, 1864.  This may or may not be the correct John King, father of John Carless King, but is a strong possibility.
15. England, Kent, Parish Register listed John Betts King christened on November 8, 1778 in Biddenden, Kent, England, son of Mary King.  (Previously I had no parents’ names in family records for John Carless King.)
16. England, Kent, Parish Register,  listed Lydia Bricher, christened on August 29, 1784 in Frittenden, Kent, England, daughter of Daniel and Mary Britcher.  I had no parents’ names in family records for Lydia Britcher (Bricher) King.
17. England Marriages, 1538-1973 lists the marriage of Lydia Bricher to John “Pring” (error?) on June 12, 1809 in Frittenden, Kent, England.
In sixty minutes of research, I was able to locate some of the siblings of John Carless King, his parent’s birth dates and possible death dates, his maternal grandparent’s names, and several documents to validate the information I already had in family records as well as a short biography of his life as well as his spouse, Mary Ann Dapson King.
Although sixty minutes of research may not always prove to be so “fruitful,” it is amazing how much I was able to find in sixty minutes using only four websites:  findagrave.com, familysearch.org, ancestry.com, and fultonhistory.com.
Sixty minutes—GIVE IT A TRY!