Charles Edward Dennis

Brief Life History of Charles Edward

When Charles Edward Dennis was born on 2 May 1872, in Kew, Victoria, Australia, his father, William Frederich Dennis, was 37 and his mother, Emily Martha Wood, was 23. He died in 1944, in Victoria, Australia, at the age of 72.

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Family Time Line

William Frederich Dennis
1835–1893
Emily Martha Wood
1850–1888
Charles Edward Dennis
1872–1944
Fanny Dennis
1873–1873
Frederich William Dennis
1874–1884
Arthur Ernest Dennis
1876–1876
Florence Emily Dennis
1877–1928
George Herbert Dennis
1878–1878
Mabel Edith Maud Dennis
1879–1910
Alice Constance Dennis
1881–1952
Eveline Ellis Dennis
1882–1885

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  • Charles Edward Dennis, "Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981"

World Events (7)

1877

Australia and England play the first-ever cricket Test match in Melbourne.

1892

Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.

1901

First Federal election.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Denis(e), Dinis(e), vernacular forms of Latin Dionysius, Greek Dionysios ‘(follower) of Dionysos’, an eastern god introduced to the classical pantheon at a relatively late date and bearing a name of probably Semitic origin. The name was borne by various early Christian saints, including Saint Denis, the martyred 3rd-century bishop of Paris who became the patron saint of France. From the 12th century onward, the popularity of the name in England (and of its cognates, mainly Denis , in the continental Europe) seems to have been largely due to French influence. The feminine form Dionysia (in vernacular English likewise Den(n)is) is also found, and some examples of the surname may originate from it.

English: from Middle English deneis, a variant of danais ‘Danish’, with the vowel influenced by Middle English denshe (Old English denisc). Compare Dence .

Irish (mainly Dublin and Cork): of the same origin as 1 and 2 above, sometimes an alternative form to Donohue but more often to McDonough , since the personal name Donnchadh was Anglicized as Donough or Denis.

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

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