Rennie Elizabeth Tillery

Brief Life History of Rennie Elizabeth

When Rennie Elizabeth Tillery was born on 26 December 1893, in Bertie, North Carolina, United States, her father, Joseph D Tillery, was 27 and her mother, Nancy Lurenda Hall, was 40. She married William Sharron Jernigan on 2 January 1910, in Bertie, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 10 daughters. She lived in Woodville, Bertie, North Carolina, United States for about 15 years. She died on 24 November 1964, in Woodville Township, Bertie, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Hoggard Cemetery, Lewiston Woodville, Bertie, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Sharron Jernigan
1886–1948
Rennie Elizabeth Tillery
1893–1964
Marriage: 2 January 1910
Helen Mae Jernigan
1910–1988
Okie Lee Jernigan
1912–1991
Rachel Layfield Jernigan
1914–1982
Carew Jernigan
1916–1977
Verdie Elizabeth Jernigan
1918–2003
Joseph Curtis Jernigan
1919–1988
Rennie Camelia Jernigan
1921–2006
Gertrude Louise Jernigan
1923–1923
Irene Belvior Jernigan
1924–1992
Nita Marie Jerrigan
1926–2007
Seamoon Sherwin Jernigan
1938–2011

Sources (69)

  • Rennie Jernigan in household of W S Jernigan, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Rennie E. Tillery, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Bessie Tillery, "North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994"

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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1912 · The Girl Scouts

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Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from Upper Tillyrie in Orwell (Kinross-shire). The placename derives from former royal land named in Gaelic tulach ‘hillock’ + rìgh ‘king’ (or possibly ruighe ‘slope’). The name is also scattered in England from the 17th century onward.

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

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