Arthur Allen Pennington

Brief Life History of Arthur Allen

When Arthur Allen Pennington was born on 22 March 1879, in McDonough, Illinois, United States, his father, Joel J. Pennington, was 30 and his mother, Mary Peart, was 26. He married Mariam Agnes Bowles on 24 December 1900, in Custer, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years. He died on 9 December 1955, in Parsons, Labette, Kansas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

Arthur Allen Pennington
1879–1955
Mariam Agnes Bowles
1883–1969
Marriage: 24 December 1900
William Joel Pennington
1901–1965
Edna Mae Pennington
1903–1981
Arthur Floyd Pennington
1906–1965
Gladys Marguerite Pennington
1909–1992
Emanuel Lester Pennington
1910–1972
Cecil Wesley Pennington
1917–1983
Russell Reck Pennington
1920–1945

Sources (16)

  • Arthur A Pennington, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Arthur A Pennington, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
  • Arthur Allen Penninton, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

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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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