Brief Life History of George Elmer
When George Elmer Pennington was born on 22 February 1928, in Monroe, Kentucky, United States, his father, Cothern Barton Pennington, was 32 and his mother, Verda Bell Jamerson, was 27. He lived in Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States in 1930 and Magisterial District 5 East Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 1 December 1998, in Monroe, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Hestand, Monroe, Kentucky, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Elmer Pennington in household of Cothern Pennington, "United States Census, 1940"
- Elmer Pennington, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- George Elmer Pennington, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
Spouse and Children
1928–1998 Male
1916–1971 Female
Parents and Siblings
1895–1980 Male
1900–1973 Female
Siblings (6)
1918–2002 Female
1920–1978 Female
1923– Male
1928–1998 Male
1934–1975 Female
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World Events (8)
1929
Age 1
1936 · The Last Public Hanging in Kentucky
Age 8
1947 · The Presidential Succession Act
Age 19
Name Meaning
English (mainly Lancashire and Cumbria):
habitational name from Pennington in Furness (Lancashire), which derives from Old English pening ‘penny’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, or from Pennington in Leigh (Lancashire), which probably derives from the Old English personal name Pinna + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + Old English tūn.
habitational name from Pennington (Hampshire), or from Penton Grafton or Penton Mewsey (both Hampshire); see Penton . All have the same etymology as Pennington in Furness; see 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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