Ethel Letitia Clendining

Brief Life History of Ethel Letitia

When Ethel Letitia Clendining was born on 9 March 1891, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Richard C Clendining, was 23 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Tucker, was 17. She married Francis Joseph Lafferty on 28 January 1915, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930 and Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. She died on 2 June 1970, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Fernwood, Yeadon, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Francis Joseph Lafferty
1891–1964
Ethel Letitia Clendining
1891–1970
Marriage: 28 January 1915
Richard Joseph Lafferty
1917–2007

Sources (16)

  • Ethel L Clendining in household of Richard Clendining, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Ethel Clendining, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906"
  • Ethel L Clendining, "Pennsylvania Civil Marriages, 1677-1950"

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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1905 · The Movie Theater

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1912 · The Girl Scouts

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Name Meaning

Scottish: variant of Glendenning . This surname is now rare in Britain.

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

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