Brief Life History of James Albert
When James Albert Pennock was born on 13 October 1884, in Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, his father, Albert Pennock, was 39 and his mother, Victoria Haley, was 34. He married Florence M Rowledge on 18 March 1904, in Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Ontario, Canada in 1884. He died on 6 August 1947, in Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 62, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.
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Sources (7)
- Albert James Pennock in household of Charles F Pennock, "Canada Census, 1901"
- James Pennock, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- James Albert Pennock, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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World Events (4)
1886 · First Workmen's Comp Act
In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born
Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.
Name Meaning
English (mainly North Yorkshire): perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Penoc, which might be a pet form of Old English Pǣgna, of uncertain origin.
Welsh: perhaps a nickname from Middle Welsh pennoc ‘big- headed’, ‘with a large head’, possibly ‘headstrong’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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