David Alexander Penry

Male26 August 1861–25 March 1940

Brief Life History of David Alexander

When David Alexander Penry was born on 26 August 1861, in Iowa, United States, his father, Thomas Pugh Penry, was 42 and his mother, Catherine Addie Peckover, was 28. He married Nora Daly on 7 September 1891, in Saint Peters Mission, Cascade, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in School District 41 Barrett, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States in 1910 and Washington Township, Sonoma, California, United States for about 10 years. He died on 25 March 1940, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Alexander Penry
1861–1940
Florence Ellen Bean
1869–1965
Marriage: 31 May 1898
Samuel David Penry
1899–1976
George Willis Penry
1906–1995

Sources (12)

  • David Penry in household of Thomas Penry, "United States Census, 1870"
  • David A. Penry, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
  • David A Penry, "Find A Grave Index"

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  • Marriage
    31 May 1898Hogan, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States
  • Children (2)

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    World Events (8)

    1863

    Age 2

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1867 · The Burtis Opera House

    Age 6

    The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.

    1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

    Age 21

    A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

    Name Meaning

    Welsh (south Wales): Anglicized form of the Welsh ab, ap ‘son’ + the personal name Henry, hence ‘son of Henry’ (see Henry ). Some examples have an intrusive d (compare Hendry ).

    Cornish: variant of Pendray, a habitational name from any of several places in Cornwall, such as Pendrea in Saint Buryan and Pendrift in Blisland, with names derived from Middle Cornish pen (an) dre ‘top of the village’ (pen ‘head, top, end’ + an ‘the’ + tre ‘village’).

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

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