Brief Life History of Cynthia M
When Cynthia M Dennison was born in October 1872, in Kentucky, United States, her father, William Anderson Dennison, was 33 and her mother, Mary Ellen Pryor, was 32. She married James Tramel Sands about 1893, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Leitchfield, Grayson, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Grayson, Kentucky, United States in 1930. She died on 27 December 1950, in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Leitchfield, Grayson, Kentucky, United States.
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- Cynthia M Sands in household of James T Sands, "United States Census, 1940"
- Cynthia M. Sands, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1962"
- Cynthia Dennison in entry for Ernest R Sands, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1892 · The Radio is invented
Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Denis (see Dennis ) + -son. Compare Tennyson .
English (of Norman origin): from Anglo-Norman French deinzein, a burgess who enjoyed the privileges of those living deinz la cité ‘within the city’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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