Amelia Rosalie Tennis

12 April 1852–11 December 1916 (Age 64)
Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States

The Life Summary of Amelia Rosalie

When Amelia Rosalie Tennis was born on 12 April 1852, in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States, her father, John Dedrick Tennis, was 42 and her mother, Catharine Harns, was 30. She married John Henry Turner on 23 November 1870, in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Alabama, United States in 1870 and Beat 3, Jackson, Mississippi, United States in 1900. She died on 11 December 1916, in Moss Point, Jackson, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Pascagoula, Jackson, Mississippi, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Henry Turner
1850–1925
Amelia Rosalie Tennis
1852–1916
Marriage: 23 November 1870
Virginia Rosalie Turner
1871–1873
James Bernard Turner
1873–1933
John Henry Turner
1875–1964
Amelia Alice Turner
1877–1884
Caroline Gertrude Turner
1880–1941
Wiley Rhinehart Turner
1882–1953
Julius Griffith Turner
1884–1922
Frank Bertram Turner
1886–1937
Ameail Tennis Turner
1888–1963
Joseph Taurs Turner
1889–1953
Turner
1893–1893

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    23 November 1870Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States
    • Children

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (5)

    World Events (8)

    1861
    Age 9
    Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
    1863
    Age 11
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
    Age 18
    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.

    Name Meaning

    Americanized form (and a rare German variant) of North German, East Frisian, or North Frisian Tönnies (see Tonnies ). Compare Tennies .Americanized form of Dutch Teunis: from a short form of the personal name Antonius (see Anthony ).English (Welsh borders): perhaps a variant of Dennis 1.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Tonnies

    Sources (13)

    • Analnia R Turner in household of John H Turner, "United States Census, 1900"
    • Amelia R Tennis, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
    • Emelia R. Tannis in entry for James Bernard Turner, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

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