When William Hood Penman was born on 15 November 1903, in Ontario, Canada, his father, Archibald Gemmill Penman, was 27 and his mother, Agnes Hood, was 23. He married Ida Viola Kerwin on 9 March 1927, in Clifford, Minto, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Red Deer, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1911 and Alberta, Canada in 1916. He died on 9 November 1978, in Hidalgo, Texas, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in McAllen, Hidalgo, Texas, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1904: Hidalgo, Texas, United States
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Welsh and Scottish:
habitational name from a lost place in the Border region, derived from Brittonic penmaen ‘head [of the] stone’.
habitational name from any of several places in Wales similarly named, such as Penmaenmawr or Penmaenbach (Caernarvonshire).
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