Brief Life History of Dosia
When Dosia Penny was born on 11 March 1884, in Franklin Township, Darke, Ohio, United States, her father, Liberty Summers Penny, was 45 and her mother, Sarah Ann Graham, was 40. She died in June 1887, in Miami, Ohio, United States, at the age of 3, and was buried in Laura, Miami, Ohio, United States.
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- Dosia Penny, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Dosha Penny, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
- Dosia Penny, "Ohio, Births and Christenings, 1821-1962"
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1886
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1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
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Name Meaning
English:
from Middle English peni, peny ‘penny’ (Old English pening, penig), applied as a nickname, possibly for a person of some substance or for a tenant who paid a rent of one penny. This was the common ancient Germanic unit of value when money was still an unusual phenomenon. It was the only unit of coinage in England until the early 14th century, when the groat and the gold noble were introduced, and was a silver coin of considerable value. There is some evidence that the word was used in Old English times as a byname. This surname is also found in Ireland. Compare Halfpenny , Farthing , Grote , and Shilling .
alternatively, a variant of Penning or Penn .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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