Brief Life History of Jesse Dean
When Jesse Dean Dennis was born on 6 November 1897, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States, his father, Benjamin Franklin Dennis, was 44 and his mother, Sarah Ann Oaks, was 38. He married Estha Josephine Browne on 10 December 1925, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Cripple Creek, Teller, Colorado, United States in 1940 and Oakland, Alameda, California, United States in 1950. He died on 25 July 1959, in Vallejo, Solano, California, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Alameda, Alameda, California, United States.
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- Jess D Dennis, "United States 1950 Census"
- Jesse Dean Dennis, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
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1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1899
Historical Boundaries: 1899: Teller, Colorado, United States
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Denis(e), Dinis(e), vernacular forms of Latin Dionysius, Greek Dionysios ‘(follower) of Dionysos’, an eastern god introduced to the classical pantheon at a relatively late date and bearing a name of probably Semitic origin. The name was borne by various early Christian saints, including Saint Denis, the martyred 3rd-century bishop of Paris who became the patron saint of France. From the 12th century onward, the popularity of the name in England (and of its cognates, mainly Denis , in the continental Europe) seems to have been largely due to French influence. The feminine form Dionysia (in vernacular English likewise Den(n)is) is also found, and some examples of the surname may originate from it.
English: from Middle English deneis, a variant of danais ‘Danish’, with the vowel influenced by Middle English denshe (Old English denisc). Compare Dence .
Irish (mainly Dublin and Cork): of the same origin as 1 and 2 above, sometimes an alternative form to Donohue but more often to McDonough , since the personal name Donnchadh was Anglicized as Donough or Denis.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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