Brief Life History of Mary Virginia
When Mary Virginia Pinner was born on 1 March 1850, in Caldwell, Kentucky, United States, her father, Thomas Dixon Pinner, was 30 and her mother, Emily Elizabeth Ashley, was 23. She married James Marion Hoover on 18 December 1872, in Lyon, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Mooney Township, Polk, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Randolph, Metcalfe, Kentucky, United States in 1910. She died on 7 June 1931, in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Verona, Lawrence, Missouri, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (13)
- Mary ? A Pinney in household of Thomas D Pinney, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mollie V. Pi...R, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Mary Virgina Pinner Hoover, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1831–1904 Male
1850–1931 Female
Children (7)
1874–1876 Female
1876–1943 Male
1879–1941 Female
1881–1917 Male
1884–1885 Female
+2 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1819–1865 Male
1827– Female
Siblings (6)
1847– Female
1849– Female
1850–1931 Female
1853–1907 Female
1854–1941 Female
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1861
Age 11
1863
Age 13
1872 · The First National Park
Age 22
Name Meaning
English and North German: occupational name for a maker of pins or pegs (alternatively, in the case of the German name, a metonymic occupational name for a shoemaker), a derivative of Pinn , with the addition of the agent suffix -er.
English: occupational name for a maker or user of combs, Anglo-Norman French peigner, an agent derivative of peigne ‘comb’.
English: habitational name from Pinner, now part of northwest London, which derives its name from Old English pinn ‘pin, peg’ + ōra ‘slope, ridge’, describing a projecting hill spur.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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