William Hood Penman

Brief Life History of William Hood

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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Family Time Line

William Hood Penman
1903–1978
Ida Viola Kerwin
1905–1999
Marriage: 9 March 1927
Betty Viola Penman
1927–1994

Sources (11)

  • William H Penman in household of Agnes Penman, "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1916"
  • Wm. Hood Punman, "Ontario Births, 1869-1910"
  • William Hood Penman, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"

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World Events (8)

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1904

Historical Boundaries: 1904: Hidalgo, Texas, United States

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

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).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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