Cynthia Bernetta Carr

Brief Life History of Cynthia Bernetta

When Cynthia Bernetta Carr was born on 15 October 1873, in Kentucky, United States, her father, John Thomas Wells, was 15 and her mother, Elizabeth Carr, was 18. She married William Martin Pennington on 30 December 1891, in Whitley, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Level Green, Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States in 1910 and Louden, Whitley, Kentucky, United States in 1920. She died on 12 March 1941, in Whitley, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Louden, Whitley, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Martin Pennington
1854–1922
Cynthia Bernetta Carr
1873–1941
Marriage: 30 December 1891
Paris Calvin Pennington
1893–1955
Fred Walter Pennington
1895–1964
Henry Hugh Pennington
1897–1978
Eddie L Pennington
1900–
Amanda E Pennington
1902–1967
Rose Malinda Pennington
1905–1986
Harvey Earl Pennington
1908–1964
Pearl Mae Pennington
1910–1994
Liddie Jane Pennington
1913–2002
William Joseph Pennington
1916–2003

Sources (27)

  • Bernette Penington in household of William Penington, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Cynthia B Wells, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Cynthia Burnettie Pennington, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1963"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1880

Historical Boundaries 1880: Whitley, Kentucky, United States

1892 · The Radio is invented

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

Name Meaning

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Carra ‘descendant of Carra’, a personal name from the adjective corr ‘pointed’, explained as meaning ‘spear’. As an Ulster surname, Carr was often confused with Scottish Kerr .

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chathair, a Donegal name meaning ‘son of Giolla Cathair’ or ‘the servant (i.e. devotee) of Saint Cathar’. Cathar was a priest and bishop, otherwise unknown.

Irish: in Galway, a shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chéire, see Keary .

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

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