Penelope Henrietta Nunnery

Brief Life History of Penelope Henrietta

When Penelope Henrietta Nunnery was born on 8 June 1863, in Amite, Mississippi, United States, her father, Henry J. Nunnery, was 37 and her mother, Sarah McGehee, was 31. She married Thomas Jefferson Wilkinson on 1 November 1885, in Amite, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Mississippi, United States in 1870 and Beat 1, Amite, Mississippi, United States for about 40 years. She died on 16 November 1928, in Amite, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Amite, Mississippi, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Jefferson Wilkinson
1856–1915
Penelope Henrietta Nunnery
1863–1928
Marriage: 1 November 1885
Horace Eugene Wilkinson
1886–1962
Sarah Hoyte Wilkinson
1890–1975

Sources (6)

  • Penelope H Wilkinson, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Penelope H. Nunnery, "Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911"
  • Penelope H Nunnery Wilkinson, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1877 · Mississippi State Board of Health is Created

In 1877, the Mississippi State Board of Health was established to protect and advance health throughout the state. There are several different categories that fall under their watch such as disease, environment, injury, standard care, shots, keep records, and more.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English nonnerie ‘nunnery’, applied as a topographic name for someone who lived by a nunnery or a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked at one.

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

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