When William Harrison Dennis was born on 22 May 1841, in Morgan, Ohio, United States, his father, William Dennis, was 48 and his mother, Anna Maria Newman, was 42. He married Phoebe Yakey Dennis on 17 April 1864, in Perry, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons. He lived in Bearfield Township, Perry, Ohio, United States for about 40 years and Buckingham, Monroe Township, Perry, Ohio, United States in 1900. He died on 11 April 1924, in Monroe Township, Perry, Ohio, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, Oakfield, Perry, Ohio, United States.
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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.
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