Rena Emeline Barnum

Brief Life History of Rena Emeline

When Rena Emeline Barnum was born on 4 May 1868, in Township of Montmorency, Whiteside, Illinois, United States, her father, Henry Manoah Barnum, was 25 and her mother, Emeline Reynolds, was 23. She married Herman Edward Tenney on 26 February 1887, in Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Madison, Lac qui Parle, Minnesota, United States for about 15 years. She died on 29 October 1938, in St. Peter, Nicollet, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Hayden Cemetery, Madison, Lac qui Parle, Minnesota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Herman Edward Tenney
1863–1919
Rena Emeline Barnum
1868–1938
Marriage: 26 February 1887
Ernest Barnum Tenney
1887–1980
Rena Emeline Tenney
1890–1934
Raymond Herman Tenney
1890–1966
Willard Henry Tenney
1892–1982
Floyd Austin Tenney
1894–1985
Ansel Arthur Tenney
1898–1963
Olive Lucille Tenney
1902–1983
Fern Tenney
1907–1907
Howard Vern Tenney
1907–1998
Gladys Adelia Tenney
1910–2004

Sources (30)

  • Rena Tenney, "Minnesota State Census, 1905"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Rena Tinney - Government record: Death record or certificate: birth-name: Rena Tinney
  • Baruum, "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1877

Historical Boundaries: 1877: Lac qui parle, Minnesota, United States

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.

Name Meaning

Altered form of English Barnham: habitational name from any of the places called Barnham in Suffolk and West Sussex, or Barnham Broom in Norfolk, all of which were named with the male personal name Beorn or Beorna + Old English hām ‘homestead’.

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

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