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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Family Time Line
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"
Spouse and Children
1888–1952 Male
1886–1971 Female
Parents and Siblings
1850–1893 Male
1855–1947 Female
Siblings (8)
1877–1883 Male
1879–1908 Female
1881–1900 Male
1884–1967 Male
1886–1971 Female
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 4
1892 · The Chicago Canal
Age 6
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Age 23
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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