Brief Life History of James Henry
When James Henry Jennings was born on 11 November 1886, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Robert Hyrum Jennings, was 19 and his mother, Mary Anna Eva Moore, was 20. He married Johanna Nielsen on 23 October 1909, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 1 December 1935, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- James Jennings, "United States Census, 1920"
- James Henry Jennings, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- James H. Jennings, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
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.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Jenning , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
German: patronymic from a pet form (see Jenning ) of the personal name Johannes (see John ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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