Ernest Howard Dennison Sr

Brief Life History of Ernest Howard

When Ernest Howard Dennison Sr was born on 10 January 1877, in Pleasant Township, Madison, Ohio, United States, his father, John William Dennison, was 34 and his mother, Rosilla Elizabeth Thomas, was 29. He married Lutie Myrtle Randle on 24 April 1898, in Luray, Clark, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States in 1940 and Missouri, United States in 1955. He died on 20 July 1955, in Downing, Schuyler, Missouri, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Combs Cemetery, Wyaconda Township, Clark, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ernest Howard Dennison Sr
1877–1955
Lutie Myrtle Randle
1880–1967
Marriage: 24 April 1898
Hazel Mae Dennison
1899–1913
Ruth Elizabeth Dennison
1900–1982
Thelma Irene Dennison
1904–1988
Ernest Howard Dennison Jr
1912–2001

Sources (20)

  • Ernest Dennison, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Ernest Dennison, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Ernest Howard Dennison, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1887

Historical Boundaries: 1887: Clark, Missouri, United States

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.

Name Meaning

English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Denis (see Dennis ) + -son. Compare Tennyson .

English (of Norman origin): from Anglo-Norman French deinzein, a burgess who enjoyed the privileges of those living deinz la cité ‘within the city’.

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

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