Brief Life History of Wade Pinkney
When Wade Pinkney Ennis was born on 22 January 1898, in Catawba, Catawba, North Carolina, United States, his father, William Pinkney Ennis, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Marlow, was 34. He lived in Conover, Catawba, North Carolina, United States in 1900 and Newton, Catawba, North Carolina, United States in 1910. He died on 11 April 1937, in Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Oakwood, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States.
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- Wade P Ennis in household of William P Ennis, "United States Census, 1930"
- Wade Pinkney Ennis, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Wade Pinkney Ennis, "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1903 · Ford Motor Company
"Henry Ford built his first gasoline-powered vehicle, named the Quadricycle, in 1896, at his home in Detroit. Ford sold the Quadricycle for $200 and used the money to build a second car. In 1901, Ford raced his car ""Sweepstakes"" against Alexander Winton and won. The victory resulted in publicity for Ford which allowed him to gain investors for his new company, Ford Motor Company. The first Model A was sold on July 23, 1903, and the company was incorporated on November 13, 1903."
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Aonghuis ‘son of Angus’, see McGinnis and compare Angus and Hennessy .
English: perhaps a variant of Ince , or Henney with loss of initial H- and the addition of a post-medieval excrescent -s, or a variant of Enos .
Cornish: from any of various places in the western half of Cornwall called Ennis, Enys, Ninnes, etc., from Cornish (an) enys ‘(the) island’. The Saint Gluvias family is certainly from Enys in Saint Gluvias parish.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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