Laura Pennington

Female18 November 1886–21 June 1971

Brief Life History of Laura

When Laura Pennington was born on 18 November 1886, in Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa, United States, her father, James Bryson Pennington, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth Warthen, was 30. She lived in Plainfield, Will, Illinois, United States for about 30 years. She died on 21 June 1971, in Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Plainfield Township Cemetery, Plainfield, Will, Illinois, United States.

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Johnathan Mather
1888–1952
Laura Pennington
1886–1971

Sources (4)

  • Laura Pennington in household of Elizabeth Pennington, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Laura Pennington - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Laura Pennington
  • Laura Penington in household of Elizabeth Penington, "United States Census, 1930"

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World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

Age 4

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1892 · The Chicago Canal

Age 6

The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Age 23

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

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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