Brief Life History of Richard
When Richard Kenner was born on 18 July 1738, in Northumberland, Virginia, United States, his father, Rodham Kenner, was 21 and his mother, Susanna Opie, was 19. He died on 18 July 1738, in his hometown, at the age of 0.
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- 1 March 1742/43 Will of Rodham Kenner, Record Book, 1738-1743, Northumberland County, Virginia
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Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Kenner ‘connoisseur’ (from kennen ‘know’), hence a nickname for someone considered to be knowledgeable or an expert of some kind; it may also have been used ironically to denote a ‘know-all’.
German: habitational name for someone from Kenn, near Trier.
German: topographic name for someone living near a water pipe or channel, from Middle High German kener ‘water channel’, ‘drainage pipe’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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