William Kinsley was born in Messingham, Lincolnshire County, England, where his father, Charles, was a laborer and sometime shepherd. Charles and his wife Elizabeth (Hilton) had six children.
in 1843 William's aunt, Ann (Hilton) Robinson, her husband Thomas and their children emigrated to Grant County, Wisconsin. About twenty years later William and his younger brother John Kinsley followed, settling in Lafayette County, where they operated a farm and prospected for lead in the surrounding area.
John served in the Union Army, but William, who was blind in one eye, did not. After the war both men gained American citizenship and worked together to improve their farm in Kendall Township.
John married in 1870 and by 1880 had bought land in York County, Nebraska, near Grand Island. Soon afterward John, his family, and William all moved to Marshall County, Kansas, sharing a farm in Balderson Township, near the town of Marysville. In 1890 John and his family moved once more, to Oakley, Kansas.
William remained in Marshall County, but a year later died of a heart attack at the young age of 49. In his obituary he was hailed as "a prominent farmer." There was no mention that he ever married or had children.
DNA testing has shown that either William or John Kinsley was the biological father of John Braley and his twin sister Mary Braley Standard, who were born in Darlington, Wisconsin, in 1870.
in 1843 William's aunt, Ann (Hilton) Robinson, her husband Thomas and their children emigrated to Grant County, Wisconsin. About twenty years later William and his younger brother John Kinsley followed, settling in Lafayette County, where they operated a farm and prospected for lead in the surrounding area.
John served in the Union Army, but William, who was blind in one eye, did not. After the war both men gained American citizenship and worked together to improve their farm in Kendall Township.
John married in 1870 and by 1880 had bought land in York County, Nebraska, near Grand Island. Soon afterward John, his family, and William all moved to Marshall County, Kansas, sharing a farm in Balderson Township, near the town of Marysville. In 1890 John and his family moved once more, to Oakley, Kansas.
William remained in Marshall County, but a year later died of a heart attack at the young age of 49. In his obituary he was hailed as "a prominent farmer." There was no mention that he ever married or had children.
DNA testing has shown that either William or John Kinsley was the biological father of John Braley and his twin sister Mary Braley Standard, who were born in Darlington, Wisconsin, in 1870.
William Kinsley was born in Messingham, Lincolnshire County, England, where his father, Charles, was a laborer and sometime shepherd. Charles and his wife Elizabeth (Hilton) had six children.
in 1843 William's aunt, Ann (Hilton) Robinson, her husband Thomas and their children emigrated to Grant County, Wisconsin. About twenty years later William and his younger brother John Kinsley followed, settling in Lafayette County, where they operated a farm and prospected for lead in the surrounding area.
John served in the Union Army, but William, who was blind in one eye, did not. After the war both men gained American citizenship and worked together to improve their farm in Kendall Township.
John married in 1870 and by 1880 had bought land in York County, Nebraska, near Grand Island. Soon afterward John, his family, and William all moved to Marshall County, Kansas, sharing a farm in Balderson Township, near the town of Marysville. In 1890 John and his family moved once more, to Oakley, Kansas.
William remained in Marshall County, but a year later died of a heart attack at the young age of 49. In his obituary he was hailed as "a prominent farmer." There was no mention that he ever married or had children.
DNA testing has shown that either William or John Kinsley was the biological father of John Braley and his twin sister Mary Braley Standard, who were born in Darlington, Wisconsin, in 1870.
in 1843 William's aunt, Ann (Hilton) Robinson, her husband Thomas and their children emigrated to Grant County, Wisconsin. About twenty years later William and his younger brother John Kinsley followed, settling in Lafayette County, where they operated a farm and prospected for lead in the surrounding area.
John served in the Union Army, but William, who was blind in one eye, did not. After the war both men gained American citizenship and worked together to improve their farm in Kendall Township.
John married in 1870 and by 1880 had bought land in York County, Nebraska, near Grand Island. Soon afterward John, his family, and William all moved to Marshall County, Kansas, sharing a farm in Balderson Township, near the town of Marysville. In 1890 John and his family moved once more, to Oakley, Kansas.
William remained in Marshall County, but a year later died of a heart attack at the young age of 49. In his obituary he was hailed as "a prominent farmer." There was no mention that he ever married or had children.
DNA testing has shown that either William or John Kinsley was the biological father of John Braley and his twin sister Mary Braley Standard, who were born in Darlington, Wisconsin, in 1870.
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